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...
Kansas CityLightnin' Slim and Jimmy Witherspoon
At The Renaissance
2:57
Kansas CityJimmy Witherspoon
At The Renaissance
St. Louis BluesJimmy Witherspoon
At The Renaissance
3:50
Goin' To Chicago Blues
Jimmy WitherspoonBlues for Spoon and Groove
3:59
Money's Gettin' CheaperJimmy Witherspoon and Jay McShann
Nobody´s Business
2:59
Roll 'Em PeteLightnin' Slim and Jimmy Witherspoon
At The Renaissance
5:17
