Losing Game Explained

Losing Game
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lonnie Johnson
Cover:	Losing Game.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	December 28, 1960
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Blues
Length:	35:33
Label:	Bluesville
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Lonnie Johnson
Prev Title:	Blues & Ballads
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Idle Hours
Next Year:	1961

Losing Game is an album by blues musician Lonnie Johnson, recorded in 1961 and released on the Bluesville label.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl wrote that "this 1960 set is a typically gorgeous solo outing that ranges from torchy standards of the Tin Pan Alley species to bluesier pursuits of his own creation".

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Johnson except where noted

1. "New Orleans Blues" – 2:24
2. "My Little Kitten Susie" – 2:38
3. "Evil Woman" – 2:30
4. "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) – 2:29
5. "Moanin' Blues" – 3:59
6. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:27
7. "Lines in My Face" – 2:50
8. "Losing Game" – 1:52
9. "New Year's Blues" – 2:17
10. "Slow and Easy" – 4:18
11. "Four Walls and Me" – 3:45
12. "You Won't Let Me Go" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:04

Personnel

Performance

• Lonnie Johnson – guitar, piano, vocals

Production

• Esmond Edwards – supervision
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Notes and References

1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1024 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series
2. https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography
3. https://www.wirz.de/music/johnsonl.htm Wirz' American Music: Lonnie Johnson discography