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 (Oregon) Big River (Oregon) The Big River is a tributary of the Coast Fork Willamette River, approximately long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Calapooya Mountains south of Eugene. It rises in northern Douglas County, northwest of Huckleberry Mountain, approximately south-southeast of Cottage Grove at . It flows northwest through Lane County to form the Coast Fork of the Willamette at its confluence with the Little River, about south of Cottage Grove at Flowing northwest from the northern flanks of the Calapooya Mountains in Douglas County, Big River enters Lane County about downstream from