Jimmy Witherspoon - Spoon's Life
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Jimmy Witherspoon, vocals
George Smith, harmonica
Johnny Dollar, guitar
Sammy Lawhorn, guitar
Nick Charles, bass guitar
Roosevelt "Snake" Shaw, drums
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Pure Pleasure
Original Label : Isabel
Recorded at Studio Davout, Paris on on October 27th 1980 by Patrick Dufour
Produced by Didier Tricard
Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Originally released in 1981
Reissued in 2015
Tracks:
Side A :
1. Night Life
2. Help Me
3. Big Boss Man
4. Cold Cold Feeling
5. Worried Life Blues
Side B :
1. Did You Ever
2. Blues With A Feeling
3. Big Leg Woman
4. Bags Under My Eyes
Reviews:
A beautifully recorded session of top quality blues performed by masters of their art. On paper it may look like a slightly odd coupling of KC shouter with a Chicago blues band. The results confirm that Jimmy Witherspoon is a blues singer full of passion and throughout this session all the musicians compliment each other admirably. A beautiful slab of music.
Witherspoon's style of blues - that of the "blues shouter" - became unfashionable in the mid-1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album, Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which featured Roy Eldridge, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines and Mel Lewis, among others. He later recorded with Gerry Mulligan, Leroy Vinnegar, Richard "Groove" Holmes and T-Bone Walker.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : 4.67 / 5