Jimmy Witherspoon
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Jimmy Witherspoon: All About Spoon — And How He Got Another Chance
Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 27 June 1964
JIMMY WITHERSPOON is a gigantic man of 41 with great bristling eyebrows and moustaches and a large winning smile. Intimates and admirers call him Spoon. ...
Jimmy Witherspoon: Live (Stateside SL10232)
Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 28 September 1968
ON LIVE (Stateside SL10232), the rich-voiced Jimmy Witherspoon is heard in a typical club show accompanied by the Ben Webster quartet. ...
Jimmy Witherspoon: A New Look For Spoon And Back To Authentic Blues
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 12 April 1969
IT WAS clear at first glance, when Jimmy Witherspoon and his wife walked into the MM offices last week, that I was confronted by a new-look Spoon. ...
Jimmy Witherspoon: Ramjam Club, Brixton, London
Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 30 April 1966
JIMMY WITHERSPOON'S appearances at R & B clubs like Brixton's Ramjam might seem out of place. But he cuts across the music barriers with his ...
T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Witherspoon: T-Bone Opens to Capacity Crowd at Last Word
Live Review by J.T. Gipson, The California Eagle, 13 May 1948
Cafe Society Fetes Noted Blues Singer in High Fashion ...
War, Roberta Flack, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Witherspoon: Shea Stadium, New York NY
Live Review by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 21 July 1973
War declared at Shea Stadium. ...
'Ain't Nobody's Business': The No Rollin' Blues of Jimmy Witherspoon
Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, Goldmine, 24 May 1996
"I'D RATHER open up a show than to close it," Jimmy Witherspoon said emphatically. "'Cause I know whoever follows me is gonna have to sing." ...
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