Esta sessão descontraída e informal de 1963 é uma das mais raras de Jimmy Witherspoon e foi a única vez que o 'Arkansas shouter' gravou com T-Bone Walker, o Texano pai da guitarra eléctrica blues. Numa pouco habitual performance como sideman, Walker contribui com a sua marca única e especial de solos, obbligato, e introduções 'from the five' num disco recheado de standards.

• Edição Limitada
• Analogue Productions Prestige Stereo Series
• Vinil Audiófilo 180 Gramas
• Masterizado por Kevin Gray na Cohearent Audio
• Corte a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais
• Acetatos preparados para prensagem por Gary Salstrom
• Prensagem na Quality Record Pressings QRP USA
• Capa Deluxe "tip-on" com acabamento de alto brilho

Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 180-gram LPs pressed at state-of-the-art plant Quality Record Pressings and plated by Gary Salstrom. Deep groove label pressings, tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock.

This rare and relaxed 1963 Prestige date from Jimmy Witherspoon finds the Arkansas blues singer supported by T-Bone Walker on guitar, Clifford Scott on tenor sax, Bert Kendrix on organ, Clarence Jones on bass, and Wayne Robertson on drums. In addition to soulful takes on standards like Roy Brown's jump blues cut "Rockin' Tonight " and Leiber and Stoller's rhythm & blues number "Kansas City," the 10-song set also features definitive renditions of Jesse Stone's "Don't Let Go" and the haunting title track.

Adding further Texas seasoning was San Antonio saxophonist Clifford Scott, best known for his distinctive solos on “Honky Tonk” and other Bill Doggett hits, who not only played tenor (as the original credits indicate), but blew searing alto on “Grab Me a Freight” and flute on ’Spoon’s reading of the haunting title track, a blues ballad previously associated with both Jimmy Rushing and Walker. With Clifford Scott, Bert Kendrix, T-Bone Walker, Clarence Jones and Wayne Robertson.

"A good, relaxed (but not laid-back) session, and one of his bluesier ones, with organ, Clifford Scott (who played on Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk") on sax, and T-Bone Walker on guitar. Nothing too adventurous about the song selection, including well-traveled items like "Good Rockin' Tonight" and "Kansas City," but Witherspoon sings them with ingratiating soul, reaching his peaks on his cover of "Don't Let Go" (perhaps better than the hit version by Roy Hamilton) and the late-night ambience of the title track." - Richie Unterberger, All Music

Músicos:

Jimmy Witherspoon, voz
Clifford Scott, tenor sax
Bert Kendrix, orgão
T-Bone Walker, guitarra
Clarence Jones, baixo
Wayne Robertson, bateria

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. Money's Gettin' Cheaper
2. Grab Me A Freight
3. Don't Let Go!
4. I've Been Treated Wrong
5. Evenin'

Lado B
1. Cane River
2. Baby, How Long
3. Good Rocking
4. Kansas City
5. Drinking Beer

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