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Jimmy Reed - Just Jimmy Reed (Classic Blues Album 1962)

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2008-02-05 14:26:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Reed was originally released in 1962 on Vee-Jay Records and reissued by P-Vine in 2006. This short ten-track set doesn't include any of Reed's most beloved hits ("Oh John" being the closest), but it does highlight material that could have been. Reed's patented swamp blues guitar and harmonica lines mixed with his uniquely lazy vocal style are...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed At Soul City (Classic Blues Album US 1964)

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2008-01-24 17:35:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976) was an American blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries Jimmy Reed was born in Dunleith, Mississippi in 1925, learning...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jimmy Reed - Now Appearing (Great Album US 1960)

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2008-02-06 12:03:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...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...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jimmy Reed - Sings The Best Of The Blues (US 1963)

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2008-02-09 08:42:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...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...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jimmy Reed - T'aint No Big Thing (Classic US Blues 1963)

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2008-01-26 14:14:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...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...
 
 
 
 
 
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The crash of the US Dolar causes reed crisis!

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2008-05-15 02:20:44 by David Valdez in Casa Valdez Studios
...reeds? If you do you may be shocked the next time you order reeds. I play Rigotti Golds myself and this month I ordered seven boxes (5 alto and 2 tenor) from Roberto's in NYC. I didn't bother to ask what my total was because I thought that I already knew how much they would be, which I figured to be about $150. When called back to check to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at 71

2008-09-04 19:29:39 by ashtray in Music Banter
 
...Reed dies at the age of 71 By JOHN GEROME 1 day ago NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71 His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday He's one of the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Musician and Actor Jerry Reed Dies at 71

2008-09-03 17:28:00 by Editor in News
 
...Reed has died after a long bout with emphysema. He was 71 years-old Born Jerry Reed Hubbard on March 20, 1937, in Atlanta, Georgia, Reed first learned to play the guitar on a used model his mother purchased for him when he was still a young child. He developed his proclivity for funk-infused picking early, following his intuition instead of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Lou Reed's Northampton Show

2008-04-23 05:01:13 by lositossn of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
...Reed on this past Sunday So my friend, Jeff, and I arrived at the concert at 7:30. We were told that Reed's sound check was running late so the opening would be delayed. Typical. So they finally opened the doors when the sound check was done. We got to our seats in front row, second balcony (great view Shortly after at about 8:10 or so...