Big Blues (Jimmy Witherspoon album)

Big Blues
Studio album by Jimmy Witherspoon
Released	1981
Recorded	June 1981
Studio	The Point Studio, London
Genre	Blues
Label	JSP/Proper
Producer	John Stedman

Big Blues is an album featuring Jimmy Witherspoon supported by a band of British jazz musicians. ^[1] It was originally released in 1981, and was subsequently re-released in 1997, the year Witherspoon died.

Track listing

1. "You Got Me Runnin'"
2. "Whiskey Drinking Woman"
3. "Once There Lived a Fool"
4. "Just a Dream"
5. "Lotus Blossom"
6. "Big Boss Man" – (Luther Dixon, Al Smith)
7. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" – (Jimmy Cox)
8. "That's the One"
9. "Let's Think Awhile"
10. "Swing on It"
11. "Point"
12. "Snow Was Falling"

Personnel

• Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals
• Jim Mullen – guitar
• Peter King – alto saxophone
• Mike Carr – piano, electric piano, organ
• Harold Smith – drums
• Hal Singer – tenor saxophone

References

1. Hoy, Alan (June 20, 1981). "Birth of a new blues..." Evening Star . Retrieved June 2, 2025.