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Somebody Loan Me a Dime
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Length
11 tracks, 43:54
Release Date
1 January 1974
One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records – his deep, rich baritone sounds more like a magic carpet than a piece of barbed wire, and he speaks in jazz-inflected tongues, full of complex surprises. The title track hits with amazing power, as do the chugging "The Getaway," a hard-swinging "You Say You're Leaving," and the minor-key "You Don't Know What Love Is." In every case, Robinson had recorded them … read more
One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music&qu… read more
One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records &ndash… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Somebody Loan Me a Dime
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 3:46 36,143 listeners
2 Play track The Getaway
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 2:50 17,912 listeners
3 Play track Directly From My Heart to You
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 4:21 2,616 listeners
4 Play track Going to Chicago
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 3:50 5,108 listeners
5 Play track You Say You're Leaving
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 3:15 2,848 listeners
6 Play track Checking On My Woman
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 3:26 3,459 listeners
7 Play track You Don't Know What Love Is
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 4:22 14,278 listeners
8 Play track I've Changed
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 4:23 2,225 listeners
9 Play track Country Girl
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 4:55 2,264 listeners
10 Play track Gotta Wake Up
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 4:25 1,946 listeners
11 Play track Texas Flood
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 4:21 4,858 listeners

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Fenton Robinson (born Fenton Lee Robinson on 23 September 1935; died 25 November 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar. He recorded his signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", in 1967. The song was used in the film The Blues Brothers, being heard playing on the radio when Jake (John Belushi) is being transported and paroled. A cover version was recorded by Boz Scaggs in 1969. His Japanese fans reverently dubbed Fenton Robinson "the mellow blues genius" because of his ultra-smooth vocals and jazz-inflected guitar work. But… read more
Fenton Robinson (born Fenton Lee Robinson on 23 September 1935; died 25 November 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar. He recorded his signature song,… read more
Fenton Robinson (born Fenton Lee Robinson on 23 September 1935; died 25 November 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar. He recorded his signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", in 1967.… read more

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