JIMMY WITHERSPOON THE BLUES THE WHOLE BLUES AND NOTHING BUT THE BLUES Released: 1992
Label: Indigo Records
Format: Flac
Total Time: 52:12
Blues Master Jimmy Witherspoon was born August 8, 1923, Gurdon, Ark. and past on September 13, 1997, Los Angeles, Ca. His father, a railroad man, sang in local choirs, while his mother played piano. Spoon didn't pursue music professionally until after his WWII stint in the Merchant Marines. On his return to the states in 1944, he replaced the great Walter Brown in The Jay McShann Band and performed with Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker. Spoon's first hit record was Ain't Nobody's Business which he followed in 1949 with a reworking of the Leroy Carr song In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down. His hit Ain't Nobody's Business was one of the biggest records of the era, and stayed on the Billboard for 34 weeks that year. Spoon made 200 recordings since and was a true giant of the post-war Blues boom. Spoon managed to span the worlds of Blues, R&B and Jazz with his deep baritone and unique style anchored in the big band Blues traditions
Recorded between January & February 1992.
Tracklist: 01. You Got A Hold Of My Heart - 3:44
02. It Never Rains But It Pours - 4:05
03. A Real Bad Day - 3:43
04. Sooner Or Later - 5:56
05. Killing Time - 5:23
06. The Blues, The Whole Blues And Nothing But The Blues - 4:03
07. Help Me Operator - 4:34
08. Would Man Be Satisfied - 3:57
09. Two Sides To Every Story - 4:01
10. Wake Up Call - 3:51
11. Think - 4:34
12. You Ain't Foolin' Me - 4:23
Personnel: Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals); Steve Grainger (alto, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Peter Thomas (tenor); Gary Shaw (guitar); Dick Heckstall-Smith (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Pete Wingfield, John Baggot (piano); Bob Ross (keyboards); Mike Vernon (percussion) |