description Lowell Fulson - Tramp Overview
"Tramp" is a 1967 album by blues guitarist and singer Lowell Fulson, released on Kent Records. Based in Oakland, California, Fulson was a prominent figure in the West Coast blues scene. The album's title track, co-written by Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, became a signature song for him and was later successfully covered as a duet by soul musicians Otis Redding and Carla Thomas.
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Lowell Fulson - Tramp ranks #101 of 403 in the Blues Album ranking, behind Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step, ahead of Bukka White - Sky Songs Vol. 1.
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Who originally recorded "Tramp" on Lowell Fulson's album?
Lowell Fulson recorded "Tramp" with co-writer Jimmy McCracklin, and it appeared on Fulson's 1967 Kent Records album. Otis Redding and Carla Thomas soon transformed it into a playful male-female soul duet.
Why is Lowell Fulson sometimes credited as Lowell Fulsom?
Records and labels used both Fulson and Fulsom during his career. The guitarist was born Lowell Fulson, which is the spelling now most consistently used in blues histories.
Does Tramp sound more like Delta blues or West Coast electric blues?
The album reflects Fulson's mature West Coast electric style, shaped by his long career in California. It mixes blues guitar with the tighter rhythm-and-blues and soul arrangements favored by Kent Records in the 1960s.
Which other Lowell Fulson songs connect to his earlier career?
"Three O'Clock Blues" and "Reconsider Baby" are among Fulson's best-known compositions. B.B. King recorded the former, while Elvis Presley later covered "Reconsider Baby."
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