24/03/2025

Jimmy Witherspoon "Handbags And Gladrags" (1971) Soul / Rhythm & Blues-



Label : ABC Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Handbags And Gladrags  Mike D'Abo)
02 - Evil Man Blues (Leonard Feather)
03 - Stay With Me Baby (Jerry Ragovoy & George Weiss)
04 - Testifying (Jimmy Witherspoon)

Side Two

01 - Redneck (Joe South)
02 - Spoon's Beep Beep Blues (Jimmy Witherspoon)
03 - It's Time To Live (Archie Moore, Glen Sherley & C. Tenzy)
04 - Elmira (Floyd Huddleston)
05 - Don't Get Flakey With Me (Jimmy Witherspoon & V. Jackson)


On "Handbags And Gladrags", "Stay With Me Baby", "Redneck" & "It's Time To Live" 
Jimmy Witherspoon : Vocals
Paul Harris : Piano, Vibes & Arranger
Joe Walsh : Guitar
Bryan Garofalo : Bass
Russ Kunkel : Drums, Horn Section under the direction of Ollie Mitchell
Merry Clayton, Clydie King & Venetta Fields : Vocals
Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, June, July, August, 1970
Produced by Bill Szymczyk

On "Evil Man Blues"
George Bohannon : Electric Trombone
Pete Christlieb : Electric Tenor Saxophone
Stu Gardner : Organ
Gildo Mahones : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
Mel Brown & Arthur Adams : Guitars
Ray Brown : Bass & Fender Bass
Larry Bunker : Drums
Recorded at Soul Recording Studios, Los Angeles, February 20, 1970
Produced by Ed Michel

On "Testifying" & "Don't Get Flakey With Me"
As above, except :
Paul Humphrey replaces Larry Bunker
Recorded at Soul Recording Studios, Los Angeles, February 20, 1970
Produced by Ed Michel

On "Spoon's Beep Beep Blues" & "Elmira"
Jimmy Witherspoon : Vocals
Harry Edison : Trumpet
Plas Johnson : Electric Tenor Saxophone
Art Hillery : Organ
Gildo Mahones : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
Mel Brown & Arthur Adams : Guitars
Ray Brown : Bass & Fender Bass
Earl Palmer : Drums
Recorded at Soul Recording Studios, Los Angeles, February 19, 1970
Produced by Ed Michel

Produced by Ed Michel & Bill Szymczyk
Engineering by Bill Szymczyk, Gary Stauffer & Ed Michel
'Handbags And Gladrags' Provided by Ephemera, West Hollywood, Calif.