Idle Hours (album) explained

Idle Hours
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lonnie Johnson with Victoria Spivey
Cover:	Idle Hours (album).jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	July 13, 1961
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Blues
Length:	40:43
Label:	Bluesville
Producer:	Chris Albertson
Chronology:	Lonnie Johnson
Prev Title:	Losing Game
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Another Night to Cry
Next Year:	1962

Idle Hours is an album by blues musicians Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey, recorded in 1962 and released on the Bluesville label.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Johnson and Victoria Spivey had known one another for decades, so it's no surprise that their musical repartee on 1961's Idle Hours seems so natural and playful".

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Johnson except where noted

1. "Darling, I Miss You So" – 3:23
2. "Long Time Blues" – 4:35
3. "You Are My Life" – 3:38
4. "Oh Yes Baby" – 2:43
5. "Please Baby" – 2:52
6. "Leave Me or Love Me" – 2:57
7. "Idle Hours" (Spivey) – 3:30
8. "You Have No Love in Your Heart" – 3:51
9. "Good Luck Darling" – 3:20
10. "No More Cryin'" – 3:35
11. "I Got the Blues So Bad" (Spivey) – 3:03
12. "End It All" – 3:16

Personnel

Performance

• Lonnie Johnson – guitar, vocals (tracks 1–10 & 12)
• Victoria Spivey – vocals, piano (tracks 2, 7 & 11)
• Cliff Jackson – piano (tracks 1–8, 10 & 12)

Production

• Chris Albertson – supervision
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series . 2023-09-26 . www.jazzdisco.org.
2. Web site: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography . 2023-09-26 . www.bsnpubs.com.
3. Web site: Illustrated Lonnie Johnson discography . 2023-09-26 . www.wirz.de.