Elvin Bishop - The Best Of Elvin Bishop: Tulsa Shuffle (1994)

Tracklist

01. Tulsa Shuffle
02. How Much More
03. The Things That I Used to Do
04. Sweet Potato
05. Honey Bee
06. Prisoner of Love
07. Party Till The Cows Come Home (Album Version)
08. Hogbottom (Album Version)
09. Be With Me (Album Version)
10. So Fine (Album Version)
11. Don't Fight It (Feel It) (Album Version)
12. As the Years Go Passing By
13. So Good
14. Rock My Soul
15. Rockbottom
16. Stomp (Instrumental)
17. Stealin' Watermelons
18. Last Mile (Instrumental)

In his first manifestation as a bandleader (1969-1972), Elvin Bishop lived in Marin County, CA, and performed under the auspices of promoter Bill Graham. Not surprisingly, the three albums he cut in that period fit into the soul-blues-rock style of post-psychedelic San Francisco, even to the point of featuring an extended instrumental, "Hogbottom," on which Bishop takes Carlos Santana's place fronting the Santana percussion section. This 18-track compilation selects from the albums The Elvin Bishop Group, Feel It!, and Rock My Soul, effectively summarizing this phase in Bishop's career. The only thing wrong with it is that it would be easy to make the mistake of thinking that it covers all of his solo career rather than only the first four years, especially because there have now been four different albums released with the title The Best of Elvin Bishop.

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