Genres: R&B, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Blues Revival Active: 50's, 60's, 70's Born: September 6, 1925 in Dunleith, MS
John Ussery, John Campbell, Them, John Mayall, Grateful Dead, Eric Burdon, The Blasters, The Animals, Syl Johnson, Johnny Winter, The Wheels, Paul Butterfield, Stan West, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Eric Johnson, Harvey Mandel, Lonnie Brooks, Omar & the Howlers, Ten Years After |  |
There's simply no sound in the blues as easily digestible, accessible, instantly recognizable, and as easy to play and sing as the music of Jimmy Reed. His best-known songs -- "Baby, What You Want Me to Do," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Honest I Do," "You Don't Have to Go," "Going to New York," "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," and "Big Boss Man" -- have become such an integral part of the standard blues repertoire, it's almost as if they have existed forever. Because his style was simple and easily imitated, his songs were accessible to just about everyone from high-school garage bands having a go at it, to Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Lou Rawls, Hank Williams, Jr., and the Rolling Stones, making him -- in the long run -- perhaps the most influential bluesman of all.
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Release: November 13, 2007
Label: Shout! Factory
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Release: September 25, 2007
Label: Shout! Factory
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