Big River (Jimmy Nail song) laments the later decline of the industry and therefore the decline of the importance and activity of the Tyne itself. However, in the last chorus, the song takes a more hopeful turn, declaring that, "the river will rise again". The guitar work on the song was provided by Mark Knopfler who features in the music video. Big River (Jimmy Nail song) "Big River" is a song written and performed by Jimmy Nail and released on the album "Big River". It was released as a single in 1995. In 2011, it was recorded by Joe McElderry for the DVD, "Big River
Big River Telephone With the deployment of MetaSwitch equipment on their network, Big River is able to deliver the advantages of VoIP technology directly to the end user. The implementation of the MetaSwitch allows Big River the opportunity to streamline its existing operations and to expand its innovative services including VoIP from a single platform. This technology is the core of delivering dial tone, connecting calls, providing call features, and routing calls for Big River Telephone Company. The Big River telephone and MetaSwitch relationship is an active public partnership program that is engineering focused to ensure that both companies can co-operatively work together