Bad Avenue

• Artist: Jimmy Dawkins/Lefty Dizz/Brewer Phillips/The House
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• Release Date: February 22, 2000
• Total Time: 161:49
• Type: Box set
• Genre: Blues

Review

Not really a various-artists compilation, this mini box set actually consists of three separate JSP albums that were originally issued on vinyl back in the 1980s. Featuring individual efforts by Jimmy Dawkins, Brewer Phillips, and Lefty Dizz, these three solo sessions have all been remastered and, in some cases, even remixed -- with sparkling results. Each of these artists deserves a wider hearing, and this set makes that possible, putting a lot of raw blues in one place at a nice price. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
If You Got to Love Somebody		Jimmy Dawkins	(4:39)
Highway Man Blues	Jimmy Dawkins	Jimmy Dawkins	(7:42)
So Good to Me	Jimmy Dawkins	Jimmy Dawkins	(6:28)
Last Days	Jimmy Dawkins	Jimmy Dawkins	(8:40)
Feel the Blues	Jimmy Dawkins	Jimmy Dawkins	(4:46)
Christmas Time Blues	Jimmy Dawkins, Nora Jean Wallace	Jimmy Dawkins	(5:11)
Have a Little Mercy	Jimmy Dawkins	Jimmy Dawkins	(8:00)
We Got to Go	Jimmy Dawkins	Jimmy Dawkins	(5:30)
So Good to Me [Alternate Take]	Jimmy Dawkins	Jimmy Dawkins	(5:16)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Cloudy Weather		Lefty Dizz	(4:01)
That's Alright in the Dark		Lefty Dizz	(6:53)
I Feel Like Jumping		Lefty Dizz	(6:47)
Bad Avenue		Lefty Dizz	(8:35)
Ain't It Nice to Be Loved		Lefty Dizz	(8:31)
Look on Yonder's Wall		Lefty Dizz	(4:04)
Too Late		Lefty Dizz	(6:35)
Sadie		Lefty Dizz	(6:22)
Where the Hell Were You When I Got Home?!		Lefty Dizz	(7:49)

CD 3

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Whiskey Headed Woman		Brewer Phillips	(5:19)
Poison Ivy	Brewer Phillips	Brewer Phillips	(4:39)
Watermelon Man		Brewer Phillips	(3:36)
Poor Boy Blues	Brewer Phillips	Brewer Phillips	(6:11)
Pretty Baby		Brewer Phillips	(4:10)
Whole Lotta Love		Brewer Phillips	(3:12)
Okee Dokee Stomp		Brewer Phillips	(3:18)
Woke up This Morning		Brewer Phillips	(3:41)
Cleo		Brewer Phillips	(4:55)
Every Day I Have the Blues		Brewer Phillips	(2:51)
Just Pickin'		Brewer Phillips	(4:08)

Credits

Fred Barnes (Bass), Tyson Bell (Bass), Steve Plair (Slide Guitar), Rick Kurch (Guitar), Brewer Phillips (Vocals), Frank Bandy (Bass), Ted Harvey (Drums), Brewer Phillips (Guitar), Jerry Soto (Engineer), Lurrie Bell (Guitar), Lefty Dizz (Vocals), Jerry Soto (Piano), Martin Atkinson (Remixing), Lefty Dizz (Guitar), Jimmy Dawkins (Vocals), Carey Bell (Harmonica), Eddie Lusk (Piano), Steve Plair (Guitar), Jimmy Dawkins (Guitar), John Stedman (Remixing), Michael Scott (Drums), James Bell (Drums), J.T. Burks (Harmonica), Nora Jean Wallace (Vocals), John Stedman (Liner Notes), John Stedman (Mixing), Eddie Lusk (Keyboards)