Jimmy Dillon - Bad And Blue (1994)

"Bad and Blue" is the CD solo debut from California's Jimmy Dillon, long a fixture of the Marin County club scene. Dillon kicked around for years with reggae-rockers The Edge, as fine an unsigned bar band as I've ever seen, before striking out on his own with the vinyl-only E.P. "Fool for Love", a flawed product which tried too hard to be commercial. With Bad and Blue, Dillon has corrected that problem, with an album that highlights all his many strengths - fine guitar work, strong songwriting, a smoky, romantic vocal style, and varied arrangements creating a nice range of styles and moods. Particularly noteworthy is his atmospheric cover of the Stones "No Expectations".

Personnel includes: Jimmy Dillon (vocals, acoustic, electric & slide guitars); Austin Delone (vocals, keyboards); Jerry Portnoy (harmonica); Clarence Clemons (saxophone); Geoffrey Gordon (percussion).

01. Break The Chain 4:52
02. Crave 4:37
03. Sea Of Blues 5:08
04. Down In Shadowland 5:01
05. Shade Of Blue 3:45
06. One Wrong Move 4:43
07. Bad And Blue 3:07
08. Private Investigator 3:17
09. No Expectations 4:51
10. Rave Up 4:26