Jimmy Johnson I\'m A Jockey(blues)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

Jimmy Johnson I'm A Jockey
Label : Verve (1994)
Polygram (1995)
Birdology (1996)
Dreyfus Records (2003)
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It shouldn't have taken Johnson a full decade to find his way back into a studio, but such are the injustices of the record business. The wait was worth it, though -- backed by his touring trio of the timeframe, Johnson mixes blues and soul, originals (a heartfelt "Black & White Wall" and the soaring ballad "My Ring") and covers (his takes on McKinley Mitchell's "End of a Rainbow" and Wilson Pickett's "Engine Number 9" hit home), in decidedly solid contemporary form. ~ Bill Dahl

Tracklist :
1. That Will Never Do [5:44]
2. Jockey [5:40]
3. Engine Number 9 [4:14]
4. My Ring [4:19]
5. Highway 13 [5:47]
6. As The Years Go Passing By [9:04]
7. Black And White Wall [3:58]
8. The Highway Is Like A Woman [6:37]
9. In The Midnight Hour [3:21]
10. End Of A Rainbow [4:26]
11. Look Over Yonder's Wall [6:10]

Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois in 1993.

Jimmy Johnson (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
Ellen Samuels, Theresa Davis (vocals)
Lucky Peterson (guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards)
Billy Branch (harmonica)
Byron Bowie (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone)
Hank Ford (tenor saxophone)
Kenny Anderson (trumpet)
Edwin Williams (trombone)
Jessie Lockridge (piano)
David Russell (drums).