Lucky the Man explained
Lucky the Man |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Wizz Jones |
Cover: | Wizz Jones Lucky The Man.jpg |
Released: | 2001 |
Recorded: | 1998 to 2000 |
Genre: | Folk, folk rock |
Length: | 46:10 |
Label: | Scenescof (USA), Hux |
Producer: | Wizz Jones, Andy le Vien, Charles Reynolds |
Prev Title: | Through the Fingers |
Prev Year: | 2001 |
Next Title: | Young Fashioned Ways |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Lucky the Man is the 2001 studio album by the British folk guitarist, singer and songwriter Wizz Jones. The album was re-released on CD in 2007, with additional tracks, on the Hux label; this issue comes with a 12-page booklet including extensive notes, personal comments from Wizz on each of the bonus tracks, plus rare photographs from Jones' personal archive.
Track listing
- "Weeping Willow Blues" (Blind Boy Fuller)
- "Sermonette" (Nat and Julian Adderley)
- "Lucky the Man" (Wizz Jones)
- "Paris" (Clive Palmer; arranged by Wizz Jones)
- "Omie Wise "(Traditional; arranged by Wizz Jones)
- "Mountain Rain" (Archie Fisher)
- "In Stormy Weather" (Al Jones)
- "Another Summertime" (Wizz Jones)
- "Lullaby of Battersea" (Wizz Jones)
- "Roving Cowboy (Ballad of Dan Moody)" (Mike Smith)
- "Funny (But I Still Love You)" (Ray Charles)
- "Blues Run the Game" (Jackson C. Frank)
- "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rode, Harry Warren)
Additional tracks on 2007 CD release
- "About a Spoonful" (Mance Lipscomb)
- "Dark Eyed Gypsies" (Traditional; arranged by Wizz Jones)
- "Moving On Song" (Ewan MacColl)
- "Planet Without a Plan" (Wizz Jones)
- "Sugar for Sugar" (Richard "Rabbit" Brown)
Personnel
- Wizz Jones - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- John Renbourn - guitar, vocals
- Clive Palmer - 5-string banjo
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Gary Ricard - Godin electric guitar, vocals
- Gerry Conway - percussion
- Bernd Rest - Santa Cruz acoustic guitar
- Simeon Jones - harmonica, tenor saxophone
- Martin Wheatley - National Tricone tenor guitar, Martin mahogany ukulele
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott - guitar, vocals (2007 issue only)
Label details
2001 issue
- Label = Scenescof (USA)
- Catalogue # = SCOFCD1009 (CD); SCOFLP1009 (limited edition vinyl LP)
2007 issue
- Label: Hux Records
- Catalogue # = HUX094
- ASIN: B000UUHOCW
Production
- Producers: Wizz Jones, Andy le Vien, Charles Reynolds
- Recording Engineer: Andy le Vien
- Mixing: unknown
- Photography: Dave Peabody, Robert Wilbraham, Charles Reynolds, Simeon Jones
- Liner Notes: unknown