{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Tasty Blues | type = Album | artist = Little Brother Montgomery | cover = Tasty Blues.jpg | alt = | released = 1961 | recorded = July 1, 1960 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Blues | length = 42:02 | label = Bluesville<br />{{small|BVLP 1012}} | producer = | chronology = Little Brother Montgomery | prev_title = Little Brother | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = Blues | next_year = 1961 }}
'''''Tasty Blues''''' is an album by blues musician Little Brother Montgomery recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year.<ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1012 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series] accessed October 31, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography] accessed October 31, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.wirz.de/music/montgome.htm Wirz' American Music: Little Brother Montgomery discography] accessed October 31, 2018</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" /> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=467}}</ref> }} AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Here's a very attractive example of a pianist with roots dug deep in pre-war tradition updating his style just enough to sound contemporary for 1960. ... Montgomery swoops through his seminal "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider" with enthusiasm and élan".<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|first=Bill |last=Dahl |class=album |id=mw0000093021 |title= Little Brother Montgomery: ''Tasty Blues'' – Review |accessdate= October 31, 2018}}</ref> ''The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'' comments that Lafayette Thomas's presence on the album sets it apart from other records by Montgomery.<ref name="Penguin"/>
==Track listing== All compositions by Little Brother Montgomery except where noted # "Tasty Blues" – 4:40 # "Santa Fe" – 2:36 # "How Long, Brother?" – 3:36 # "Pleading Blues" – 3:30 # "No Special Rider Blues" – 2:22 # "Brother's Boogie" – 2:54 # "Sneaky Pete Blues" (Lafayette Thomas) – 4:20 # "Something Keeps Worrying Me" – 4:02 # "Cry Cry Baby" (Armand "Jump" Jackson) – 3:00 # "Satellite Blues" – 3:54 # "Deep Fried" – 3:55 # "Vicksburg Blues" – 3:13
==Personnel== ===Performance=== *Little Brother Montgomery – piano, vocals *Lafayette Thomas – guitar (tracks 1–4 & 6–12) *Julian Euell – bass (tracks 1–4 & 6–12)
===Production=== * Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
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Category:Little Brother Montgomery albums Category:1961 albums Category:Bluesville Records albums Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio