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Country Meets the Blues is an album of jazz interpretations of country music and blues tunes performed by the Ramsey Lewis' Trio which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Argo label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

"Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) - 2:59
"St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 3:07
"Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) - 2:43
"Country Meets the Blues" - (Ramsey Lewis) 2:27
"Memphis in June" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:05
"High Noon" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 4:46
"I Need You So" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 3:21
"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) - 2:45
"Tangleweed 'Round My Heart" (Roy Kelley, Forrest Wyatt) - 3:24
"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Clarence Williams) - 1:56

Personnel

References

Argo Records discography accessed October 9, 2012
^ Allmusic Review accessed October 9, 2012

v t e Ramsey Lewis
Studio albums	Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Swing (1956) Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz (1958) Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959) Stretching Out (1960) More Music from the Soil (1961) Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962) Country Meets the Blues (1962) Bossa Nova (1962) Pot Luck (1963) Barefoot Sunday Blues (1963) Bach to the Blues (1964) More Sounds of Christmas (1964) You Better Believe Me (1964) Wade in the Water (1966) The Movie Album (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1967) Maiden Voyage (1968) Mother Nature's Son (1968) Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1969) Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973) Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits (1973) Solar Wind (1974) Sun Goddess (1974) Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977) Tequila Mockingbird (1977) Legacy (1978) Routes (1980) Chance Encounter (1982) Les Fleurs (1983) The Two of Us (1984) Fantasy (1985) Keys to the City (1987) We Meet Again (1989) Ivory Pyramid (1992) Sky Islands (1993) Urban Knights I (1994) Urban Knights II (1997) Appassionata (1999)
Live albums	The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (1960) The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns (1964) The In Crowd (1965) Hang On Ramsey! (1965) Dancing in the Street (1967) Them Changes (1970) The Groover (1972)
Singles	"The 'In' Crowd" "Hang On Sloopy" "Wade in the Water" "Sun Goddess"

v t e Oliver Nelson
Discography
Studio albums	Meet Oliver Nelson (1959) Taking Care of Business (1960) Screamin' the Blues (1960) Nocturne (1961) Soul Battle (1960) Straight Ahead (1961) The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) Afro/American Sketches (1962) Impressions of Phaedra (1962) Fantabulous (1964) More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964) Happenings ( 1966) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) Sound Pieces (1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) Jazzhattan Suite (1967) The Spirit of '67 (1967) The Kennedy Dream (1967) Soulful Brass (1968) Black, Brown and Beautiful (1969) Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (1974) Skull Session (1975) Stolen Moments (1975)
Live albums	Live from Los Angeles (1967) Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (1970) Leon Thomas in Berlin (1971) Swiss Suite (1972)

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