I'm a Jockey
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| I'm a Jockey | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Studio | Streeterville | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 59:21 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Jean-François Deiber | |||
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I'm a Jockey is an album by the American musician Jimmy Johnson, released in 1994.[1][2] It was Johnson's first album in a decade; he took a break to recover from a 1988 van crash that injured him and killed members of his band.[3] Johnson supported the album with a North American tour.[4] I'm a Jockey won a 1996 W. C. Handy Award for "Comeback Blues Album".[5] The album was reissued in 2003.[6]
The songs were arranged by Gene Barge.[7] Lucky Peterson contributed on Hammond B-3; Billy Branch played harmonica.[8][9] A four-piece horn section was used on some of the tracks.[10] "My Ring" is a reflection on life with Johnson's first wife.[11] "Black & White Wall" is about race relations.[12] "End of a Rainbow" is a cover of the McKinley Mitchell song.[3] "As the Years Go Passing By" is a version of the song purportedly written by Deadric Malone.[13] "The Highway Is Like a Woman" is a cover of the Percy Mayfield song.[8] "Engine Number 9" and "In the Midnight Hour" are versions of songs most associated with Wilson Pickett.[9] "That Will Never Do" was written by Little Milton.[10]
