Jimmy Witherspoon
A master of both flamboyant, excitable, jumping R&B and smooth, crooning, jazz
ballads, Jimmy Witherspoon was a star of the post-war blues boom and made a
lasting impact on the US music scene. He sang in local Arkansas churches from
the age of five and ran away from home at 16 to make his name in Hollywood,
before joining the Merchant Marine in 1941. While his boat was docked in India,
he got his break sitting in with Teddy Weatherford's band on Forces Radio and he
returned to San Francisco to tour and record with Ian McShann's gospel jazz
group in the mid-1940s. His signature tu...
How Long BluesJimmy Witherspoon
After Hours
2:46
Christmas BluesJimmy Witherspoon
Spoon's Blues
2:57
Goin' to ChicagoLightnin' Slim and Jimmy Witherspoon
Kansas City
5:12
St. Louis BluesJimmy Witherspoon
At The Renaissance
3:50
C.C. RiderLightnin' Slim and Jimmy Witherspoon
At The Renaissance
5:28
I'll Always Be in Love with YouJimmy Witherspoon
Spoon's Blues
