Two Steps from the Blues is the debut album by Bobby Bland, in 1961. It compiles five songs recorded between 1956 and 1960 and seven songs recorded in two sessions from August 3 to November 12, 1960. The backing band was composed of Joe Scott and Melvin Jackson (trumpet), Pluma Davis (trombone), Robert Skinner and L. A. Hill (tenor saxophone), Rayfield Devers (baritone saxophone), Teddy Reynolds (piano), Clarence Holloman (guitar on some tracks, notably “I Don’t Want No Woman,” where Bobby Bland shouts, “Look out, Clarence!” in the middle of the guitar solo), Wayne Bennett (guitar on other tracks), Hamp Simmons (bass), and John “Jabo” Starks (drums).