Jimmy Witherspoon - Urban Blues Singing Legend / 4CD set

Spanning what is largely considered blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon's most fertile and important period between 1945 and 1951, Urban Blues Singing Legend is a superb four-disc box set that features most of the iconic post-war blues artist's best cuts. Witherspoon was a versatile performer who could move deftly from robust jump blues "shouters" to more laid-back and urbanely soulful ballads. Here you get both sides of Witherspoon as he is backed by such equally legendary musicians as tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, pianist Bill Doggett, and others. Included here are such tracks as his 1949 R&B hit with Jay McShann's band "Ain't Nobody's Business, Pts. 1 & 2" as well as such live hits as "Big Fine Girl" and "No Rollin' Blues" from the '50s. Featuring an annotated discography and stellar liner notes, Urban Blues Singing Legend is easily the definitive collection of one of the definitive artists of postwar rockin' blues. AllMusicGuide

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Confessing the Blues
    2 Hard-Man Working Man's Blues
    3 Shipyard Women Blues
    4 Ernestine
    5 Roll on, Katy
    6 Voodoo Woman Blues
    7 I Want a Little Girl
    8 Have You Ever Loved a Woman
    9 Gone with the Blues
    10 Wandering Gal Blues
    11 Hey Mr Landlord
    12 Hey Mr Landlord (Alt. Take)
    13 Cain River Blues
    14 How I Hate to See Xmas Come Around
    15 Third Floor Blues
    16 Money's Getting Cheaper
    17 Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough (Alt. Take)
    18 Skid Row Blues
    19 How Long
    20 Ain't Nobody's Buisness Pt. 1
    21 Ain't Nobody's Buisness Pt. 2
    22 Back Water Blues
    23 Frogimore Blues
    24 Frogimore Bues (Alt. Take)
    25 In the Enening When the Sun Goes Down
    26 In the Evening (Alt. Take)
    - Disc 2 -
    1 Wee Baby Blues
    2 Six-Foot-Two Blues
    3 How Are You Gonna Act
    4 Money Eyes Woman
    5 Spoon Calls Hootie
    6 Destruction Blues
    7 Call My Baby
    8 The New Look
    9 Big Heart
    10 Drunk Broke and Hungry
    11 Big Eyes Blues
    12 Funny Style Baby
    13 Cold Blooded Boogie
    14 Lush Head Woman
    15 Long About Dawn
    16 Miss Clawdy B
    17 Thelma Lee Blues
    18 Pinocchio Blues
    19 Your Red Wagon
    20 Sweet Lovin' Baby
    21 Geneva Blues
    22 Feelin' So Sad
    23 Same Old Blues
    24 I Love You Just the Same
    25 Jump Children
    26 Take Me Back Baby
    - Disc 3 -
    1 Who's Been Jivin' You
    2 Rain, Rain, Rain
    3 When I Had My Money
    4 Doctor Blues
    5 Big Fine Girl
    6 No Rollin' Blues
    7 Drinkin' Beer (Have a Ball)
    8 Better Love Next Pt. 1
    9 Better Love Next Pt. 2
    10 Don't Ever Move a Woman Into Your House
    11 Hard Workin' Blues
    12 Failing By Degrees
    13 New Orleans Woman
    14 I'm Goin' Around in Circles
    15 Just a Country Boy
    16 There Ain't Nothin' Better
    17 Love and Friendship
    18 Once There Lived a Fool
    19 I'm Just Wonderin' Part 1
    20 I'm Just Wonderin' Part 2
    21 I'm Just a Ladies Man
    22 You Can't Kiss a Dream Goodnight
    23 Practice What You Preach
    24 I Gotta Gal Lives Up on the Hill
    25 Ain't Nobody's Business
    26 Real Ugly Woman
    27 Give My Heart Another Break
    - Disc 4 -
    1 Would My Baby Make a Change
    2 The Wind Is Blowin'
    3 Love My Baby
    4 Baby Baby
    5 Slow Your Speed
    6 Foolish Prayer
    7 Lucille
    8 Blues in Trouble
    9 Two Little Girls
    10 One Fine Gal
    11 Don't Tell Me Now
    12 Corn Whiskey
    13 The Day Is Dawning
    14 Jay's Blues Part 1
    15 Jay's Blue Part 2
    16 Miss, Miss Mistreater
    17 Back Home
    18 The Last Mile
    19 It
    20 Back Door Blues
    21 Fast Woman, Slow Gin
    22 24 Sad Hours
    23 Just for You
    24 Sad Life
    25 Move Me Baby
    26 I'm Not Too Young
    27 Highway to Happiness
    28 I Done Told You
    29 Oh Boy