Jimmy Witherspoon - Big Blues (1997)
Jimmy Witherspoon - Big Blues (1997)
Blues, Jazz | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 60 min | 162 MB
Label: JSP Records | Rel: 1997
Blues, Jazz | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 60 min | 162 MB
Label: JSP Records | Rel: 1997
A CD reissue of a 1981 double LP, Big Blues is a sprawling piece of modernized electric jump blues that honestly never quite catches fire despite the best efforts of Jimmy Witherspoon and his guest star, tenor saxophonist Hal "Cornbread" Singer. Both Witherspoon and Singer play and sing with soulful grit and a relaxed ease, but the band backing them never quite comes together. One issue is that there's no bass player on the album, just keyboardist Mike Carr working a set of bass pedals with his feet à la Ray Manzarek of the Doors; this leaves drummer Harold Smith out in the cold, unable to work up the kind of in-the-pocket groove this kind of slow-cooking blues needs to get over.
Tracklist:
01. You Got Me Running
02. Whiskey Drinking Woman
03. Once There Lived A Fool
04. Just A Dream
05. Lotus Blossom
06. Big Boss Man
07. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
08. That's The One
09. Let's Think Awhile
10. Swing On It
11. The Point
12. The Snow Was Falling