Evenin' Blues

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Evenin' Blues
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1964 [1]
RecordedAugust 15, 1963
Los Angeles, California
Genre Blues
Length39:25
Label Prestige
PRLP 7300
Producer David Axelrod
Jimmy Witherspoon chronology
Baby, Baby, Baby
(1963)
Evenin' Blues
(1964)
Blues Around the Clock
(1963)

Evenin' Blues is a studio album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon, recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label in March 1964. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic called the album "a good, relaxed (but not laid-back) session, and one of his bluesier ones". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Witherspoon except where noted.

  1. "Money's Gettin' Cheaper" – 2:49
  2. "Grab Me a Freight" (Larraine Walton) – 3:45
  3. "Don't Let Go" (Jesse Stone) – 2:49
  4. "I've Been Treated Wrong" (Robert Brown) – 3:27
  5. "Evenin'" (Royce Swain) – 2:42
  6. "Cane River" – 2:33
  7. "Baby, How Long" (Brownie McGhee) – 2:48
  8. "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) – 2:43
  9. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:05
  10. "Drinkin' Beer" – 2:15
  11. "Don't Let Go" [alternate take] (Stone) – 2:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "I've Been Treated Wrong" [alternate take] (Brown) – 3:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
  13. "Evenin'" [alternate take] (Swain) – 2:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Cane River" [alternate take] – 2:31 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Editorial Staff, Billboard (March 21, 1964). "New Album Releases". Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  2. Prestige Records discography accessed May 14, 2013
  3. 1 2 Unterberger, R. AllMusic listing accessed May 14, 2013
  4. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 726. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.