Lucky the Man
# 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

* "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)
* ↑ with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, previously unissued

## 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
