Big Fun is an album by the American blues musician Elvin Bishop, released by the Alligator label in 1988.^[1][2]

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AllMusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[5]

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AllMusic reviewer William Ruhlmann stated that "this record, which, naturally, emphasizes his more blues-oriented guitar playing, although without sacrificing his country boy identity".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "These albums have a quality rarely encountered in records of their type - personality. Much of that is down to the garrulity of Bishop's singing and his quirky angular guitar solos ... If the albums have fault , it's Bishop's inclination to indulge in his own form of blues-rap ... it's pleasant enough but it's an easy way out".^[5]

All compositions by Elvin Bishop except where noted

1. "Don't You Lie to Me" (Hudson Whittaker) − 3:25
2. "Beer Drinking Woman" (Peter Chatman) − 4:12
3. "Oklahoma Country Girl" − 2:47
4. "My Dog" (William Schuler) − 3:33
5. "Midnight Hour Blues" (Leroy Carr) − 3:31
6. "No Broken Hearts" − 2:50
7. "The Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo" (Willie Perryman) − 2:35
8. "She Puts Me in the Mood" − 3:32
9. "Country Boy" − 3:01
10. "Honest I Do" (Jimmy Reed) − 3:01
11. "Fishin' Again" − 3:25

• Elvin Bishop − guitar, vocals
• Stevie Gurr − guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
• Nancy Wright, Terry Hanck − tenor saxophone
• Reynaldo "Daddy Ray" Arvizu Jr. − alto saxophone
• Phil Aaberg, Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack − keyboards
• Michael "Fly" Brooks − bass
• Norton Buffalo − guitar, harmonica
• Gary Silva – drums, backing vocals
• Kathy Kennedy, Katie Guthorn – drums, backing vocals
• The Carptones, Whit Lehnberg – general mayhem (track 11)