Lucky the Man

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

 * 1) "Weeping Willow Blues" (Blind Boy Fuller)
 * 2) "Sermonette" (Nat and Julian Adderley)
 * 3) "Lucky the Man" (Wizz Jones)
 * 4) "Paris" (Clive Palmer; arranged by Wizz Jones)
 * 5) "Omie Wise "(Traditional; arranged by Wizz Jones)
 * 6) "Mountain Rain" (Archie Fisher)
 * 7) "In Stormy Weather" (Al Jones)
 * 8) "Another Summertime" (Wizz Jones)
 * 9) "Lullaby of Battersea" (Wizz Jones)
 * 10) "Roving Cowboy (Ballad of Dan Moody)" (Mike Smith)
 * 11) "Funny (But I Still Love You)" (Ray Charles)
 * 12) "Blues Run the Game" (Jackson C. Frank)
 * 13) "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) 

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)

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