2001 studio album by Wizz Jones
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 )[ a]
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