Mousetrap is the second solo album by Spencer Davis, released in 1972 on United Artists Records.
Spencer Davis (born Spencer David Nelson Davies, 17 July 1939) is a Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s beat band The Spencer Davis Group. After the group broke up, Davis moved to California and recorded an acoustic album with Peter Jameson, It’s Been So Long for Mediarts in mid-1971. He followed it up with a solo album Mousetrap for United Artists, produced by and featuring Sneaky Pete Kleinow.
Tracks
1 Rainy Season (Tret Fure) 03:02
2 Listen To The Rhythm (Spencer Davis) 02:51
3 What Can I Be (Andy Way) 02:50
4 Tried (Spencer Davis) 02:41
5 Easy Rider (Spencer Davis) 03:12
6 Tumble Down Tenement Row (Spencer Davis) 03:09
7 Sunday Walk In The Rain (Don Yarbrough) 03:40
8 I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (Joe Babcock) 03:40
9 Sailor’s Lament (Spencer Davis) 03:24
10 Hollywood Joe (Spencer Davis) 03:37
11 In The Hills Of Tennessee (Andy Way) 02:40
12 Ella Speed (Huddie Ledbetter; Spencer Davis) 03:47
Musicians
1 Rainy Season
| Bass | Andy Way |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| 12 String Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Fiddle | Gib Guilbeau |
| Background Vocals | Tret Fure |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
2 Listen To The Rhythm
| Bass | Leland Sklar |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Electric Piano | Larry Knechtel |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
3 What Can I Be
| Bass | Leland Sklar |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Sax | Ernie Watts |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trumpet | Harry Edison |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
4 Tried
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Steel Guitar | Pete Kleinow |
| Piano | Larry Knechtel |
| Flute | Ernie Watts |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Harry Edison |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
5 Easy Rider
| Bass | Andy Way |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| 12 String Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Harmonica | Spencer Davis |
| Fiddle | Gib Guilbeau |
6 Tumble Down Tenement Row
| Bass | Leland Sklar |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Electric Piano | Larry Knechtel |
| Sax | Ernie Watts |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
7 Sunday Walk In The Rain
| Bass | Leland Sklar |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Steel Guitar | Pete Kleinow |
| Piano | Larry Knechtel |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
8 I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
| Bass | Leland Sklar |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Fiddle | Gib Guilbeau |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
9 Sailor’s Lament
| Bass | Leland Sklar |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Electric Piano | Larry Knechtel |
| Steel Guitar | Pete Kleinow |
| Flute | Ernie Watts |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Harry Edison |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
10 Hollywood Joe
| Bass | Leland Sklar |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Piano | Larry Knechtel |
| Sax | Ernie Watts |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Harry Edison |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
11 In The Hills Of Tennessee
| Bass | Andy Way |
| Guitar | Tret Fure |
| Slide Guitar | Spencer Davis |
| Fiddle | Gib Guilbeau |
| Vocals | Spencer Davis |
12 Ella Speed
Liner Notes
Producer – Pete Kleinow
Arranged By – Spencer Davis (Tracks 5, 12)
Arranged By – Huddie Ledbetter (Track 12)
Engineer – Bob Hughes
Design [Album Design] – John Cabalka
Photography By – Fred Valentine, Norman Seeff
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Mousetrap is the second solo album by Spencer Davis, released in 1972 on United Artists Records.