''Idle Hours'' is an album by blues musicians
Lonnie Johnson and
Victoria Spivey
Victoria Regina Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976), sometimes known as Queen Victoria, was an American blues singer and songwriter. During a recording career that spanned 40 years, from 1926 to the mid-1960s, she worked with Louis A ...
, recorded in 1962 and released on the
Bluesville label.
Wirz' American Music: Lonnie Johnson discography
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Reception
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reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Johnson and Victoria Spivey had known one another for decades, so it's no surprise that their musical repartee on 1961's ''Idle Hours'' seems so natural and playful".
Track listing
All compositions by Lonnie Johnson except where noted
# "Darling, I Miss You So" – 3:23
# "Long Time Blues" – 4:35
# "You Are My Life" – 3:38
# "Oh Yes Baby" – 2:43
# "Please Baby" – 2:52
# "Leave Me or Love Me" – 2:57
# "Idle Hours" (Spivey) – 3:30
# "You Have No Love in Your Heart" – 3:51
# "Good Luck Darling" – 3:20
# "No More Cryin'" – 3:35
# "I Got the Blues So Bad" (Spivey) – 3:03
# "End It All" – 3:16
Personnel
Performance
* Lonnie Johnson – guitar, vocals (tracks 1–10 & 12)
*Victoria Spivey
Victoria Regina Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976), sometimes known as Queen Victoria, was an American blues singer and songwriter. During a recording career that spanned 40 years, from 1926 to the mid-1960s, she worked with Louis A ...
– vocals, piano (tracks 2, 7 & 11)
* Cliff Jackson – piano (tracks 1–8, 10 & 12)
Production
*Chris Albertson
Christiern Gunnar Albertson (October 18, 1931 – April 24, 2019) was a New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer.
Early life
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– supervision
*Rudy Van Gelder
Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Theloni ...
– engineer
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References
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Lonnie Johnson (musician) albums
Victoria Spivey albums
1961 albums
Bluesville Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio