| No. | Song | Written by | |
| 1. | Right To Quit You | 3:54 | Lucius Parr |
| 2. | No Pain | 5:45 | Diane Brown |
| 3. | Blues And Soul | 3:31 | S. Dobynes* & Jimmy Dawkins |
| 4. | Lonely Guitar Man | 5:17 | S. Dobynes* & Jimmy Dawkins |
| 5. | Fool In Heah | 5:38 | S. Dobynes* & Jimmy Dawkins |
| 6. | Gitar Jive (instr.) | 4:20 | Jimmy Dawkins |
| 7. | Know Your Lover | 4:38 | Lucius Parr |
| 8. | Driftin' Sand | 3:52 | S. Dobynes* & Jimmy Dawkins |
| 9. | Down With The Blues | 6:44 | Jimmy Dawkins & S. Dobynes* |
| 10. | Who Done It? | 3:53 | S. Dobynes* & Jimmy Dawkins |
*=credited to JD relatives |
Wayne Goins (g)
Lebron Scott (b)
Ted Dortch (sax 4)
Ernie Baker (tr 4)
Steve McRay (key)
Bryan Cole (dr)
Ray Scott (dr)
"...hewed to the darker shades of blues. There are eight angst-filled songs...plus two 'dance' numbers....intense lyrics and gruff vocals...clean, sharp-edged guitar playing....There aren't many CD's I enjoy playing all the way through; this is one of them..."
LIVING BLUES (9-10/94, p.63):
"...Dawkins' every guitar note is distinctively his own; in fact he is among the very
few instantly recognizable blues guitarists ... 'Blues and Pain' shows the hitherto
unsuspected ability of producer Bryan Cole to adapt to a highly individual performer. Hats
off to Ichiban for getting this one right."
MAGIC CITY BLUES NEWS:
"It's difficult to pick out favorite cuts on 'Blues and Pain' due to the seamless quality of the recording.
All you hear is a great band laying down great tracks."
THE HARD REPORT:
"As we know, blues is reaching out in many directions today; return to the hard driving sounds of Chicago:
westside, Maxwell Street style. This is a good record that doesn't have a bad track. Hats off to the guys
at Ichiban."
COLUMBUS BLUES ALLIANCE:
"'Blues and Pain' is Dawkins' best effort since the brilliant 'All For Business' on Delmark '71. Highly recommended."
WESTCOAST BLUES REVIEW:
"It appears that both Dawkins and Ichiban have made the right move. This is pure, perfect and passionate modern
Chicago blues with a heavy dose of stinging westside guitar. It's a real treat."
The winter of 1994 in Chicago was particularly brutal. The kind of freezing, miserable winter that can numb your soul and give you the blues. Blues and pain. The influence of these conditions are behind this new Jimmy Dawkins release. Jimmy stuffed his amp in the trunk of his Cadillac, grabbed his big guitar and his drummer Ray Scott, and drove straight on through from Chicago to Atlanta. The next two days were spent holed up in KALA studios, where Jimmy and the band ripped into the piercing, tormented set of blues contained on this disc. The only luxury was that we had 16 ounce beers instead of the regular kind. Producer Bryan Cole and engineer Edd Miller silently smiled at each other as the tape ran and the shredding guitar lines sprang forth from Jimmy's trademark Gibson. The reigning king of Chicago's west side expelled all the feelings that had built up after extensive international road travel. Blues and Pain is a volcanic eruption of soul, made all the more intense by turning up the volume. Crank it !
Bad Luck Doug, WRFG Atlanta