Written by
Bob Stumpel

November 6
2014


If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck (With Jimmy Lewis)


Album 1969 ThingWith Jimmy Lewis

Single (A): ABC 11170, November 1968, b/w When I Stop Dreaming.
Album: Ray Charles Doing His Thing, ABC/Tangerine 695, May 1969.

Recorded on October 26, 1968 at RPM Studios in Los Angeles.

Ray Charles (vocals, piano); Jimmy Lewis (vocals); Phil Guilbeau, Wallace Davenport (trumpet); David Phelps, Henry Coker (trombone); Maurice Spears (bass trombone); Andy Ennis, Buddy Terry (tenor saxophone); Leroy Cooper (baritone saxophone); Arthur Wright, Freddie Robinson (guitar); Edgar Willis (electric bass); Billy (Lionel) Moore (drums); Joe Clayton (conga); Sandra Crouch (tambourine). Arranged by James Carmichael.

(The live performances haven’t surfaced yet – I wonder if Jimmy ever joined Ray there).

Live:
’68 TV TS
’69 TV Smothers


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