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  Jimmy Reed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 the harmonica and guitar from Eddie Taylor, a close friend.
The Rolling Stones have cited Reed as a major influence on their sound, and one of the Stones' first recordings was their cover of Reed's "Honest I Do." His recording of "Big Boss Man" was voted one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
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 JReed
Jimmy Reed was born Mathis James Reed in 1925 in Washington County Mississippi.
Jimmy Reed begins to gain popular acceptance of the adult R and B fans, as the younger set prefers the vocal groups and the teenage performers that have become the front line of rock and roll.
Reed especially is the favorite of young fans because of his simple yet driving sound of the droning guitars and the intense sound of his harmonica on the slow blues numbers.
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 Jimmy Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born: Sep 6, 1925 in Dunleith, MS Died: Aug 29, 1976 in Oakland, CA Jimmy Reed was one of the most influential bluesmen of the post-World War II era.
In 1943 Reed moved to Chicago and shortly after he was drafted in the navy where he served for two years.
Jimmy did one last album, a failed attempt to update his sound, before becoming somewhat of a recluse in his final years.
www.thedevilsmusic.net /bios/jimmy_reed.html   (448 words)

  
 Jimmy Reed
Reed was born on September 6, 1925, on a plantation in or around the small burg of Dunleith, MS.
Jimmy Reed also appears, by all accounts, to have been unable to remember the lyrics to new songs -- even ones he had composed himself -- and Mama Reed would sit on a piano bench and whisper them into his ear, literally one line at a time.
Jimmy Reed placed 11 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts and a total of 14 on the R&B charts, a figure that even a much more sophisticated artist like B.B. King couldn't top.
www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R+++352094   (1055 words)

  
 Biography: Jimmy Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jimmy Reed was born September 26, 1925 in Dunleith, Mississippi.
Reed's simple but evocative sound of walking bass lines mixed with high and slow harp did develop that unique, stacatto style, a blowing style with a lot less suck than someone such as Little Walter or Sonny Boy Williamson.
Jimmy Reed to say the least had a a lot of trouble with the bottle, however he was not the first nor the last to encounter such difficulties after all it is part of life.
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 Jimmy Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jimmy Reed to say the lest had a a lot of trouble with the bottle, however he was not the first nor the last to encounter such difficulties after all it is part of life.
Reed's declined in the 60's is directly in line with the fall of Vee-Jay.
Jimmy Reed's style though was on the high end of the harp (more blow than suck) such as this sample cut:
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 Jimmy Reed, Mississippi Rhythm and Blues Musician
Jimmy Reed was born on September 6, 1925, in Dunleith, Mississippi.
Jimmy Reed was one of the most influential bluesmen of the post-World War II period.
Jimmy Reed was the first of the Chicago electric bluesmen to break through to the pop/rock market.
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 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jimmy Reed was another major influence on The Rolling Stones.
Although her name seems to be lost to history, Jimmy’s wife (known only as Mama Reed) wrote many of his songs and even sat behind him in the studio reciting the lyrics when he was too drunk to remember them.
Jimmy was knowm to lie down in the middle of his performances when he became too dizzy to sit up.
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 Jimmy Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jimmy Reed was one of the most influential and successful blues men of the post World War II period, selling more records in the 1950s and early 1960s than any other blues artist except B. King.
Jimmy Reed records hit the RandB charts with amazing regularity and crossed over to the pop charts on several occasions, a feat unheard of for a blues artist.
Jimmy Reed died in 1976 while trying to make a comeback on the blues festival circuit.
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 YEAR OF THE BLUES 2003
By all accounts, Jimmy Reed was neither an accomplished guitar or harmonica player, but from 1953 until the mid-60s, he nonetheless crafted some of the most popular blues ever.
Reed was not alone in crafting the songs and performances, however.
His wife, Mary "Mama" Reed, wrote many of his lyrics, and she was invariably (and often audibly) on hand to coach Reed through them in the studio.
www.yearoftheblues.org /features.asp?id={3644D12F-2C1E-4779-A8B7-9217E2D77958}&type=52   (417 words)

  
 TroyRutter.com - Music : I'm Jimmy Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The treble is boosted; there is not enough bass; there is the addition of echo (or maybe reverb) on Jimmy's vocals; and the the speed seems a little off as well.
Originally released in 1958 as Vee-Jay LP #1004, "I'm Jimmy Reed" was Jimmy Reed's debut album.
Reed is backed by men like John Brim and Eddie Taylor, and a certain Albert Nelson (better known as Albert...
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 Jimmy Reed
One of the prominent Bluesmen to come from this region was James Mathis Reed, better known to his fans as Jimmy Reed.
Reed was born in Dunleith, Mississippi on September 6, 1925.
Jimmy was buried at the Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois.
www.cascadeblues.org /History/JimmyReed.htm   (912 words)

  
 JIMMY REED COL-CD-7127 Plays 12 String Guitar Blues ***
Jimmy Reed's classic progression behind a subtle acoustic 12 string lead where once his vocal slid.
Jimmy's sweet and squeaky harmonica plays out atop his 12 string...
This exceptional Jimmy Reed blues number is a little less plaintiff in instrumental form, but no less listenable.
www.reverbcentral.com /reviews/r/reed2922.html   (479 words)

  
 Jimmy Reed @ Soundbug
Jimmy Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976) was a United States blues singer, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences.
In 1945, Reed was released and moved back to Mississippi for a brief period, marrying Mama Reed before moving to Gary, Indiana to work at an Armour Foods meat packing plant.
In spite of his numerous hits, Reed never achieved the same level of critical success as other popular blues artists of the time, though he had more hit songs than any others.
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 LivinBlues- Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed records hit the charts with amazing frequency and crossed over onto the pop charts on many occasions, rare for a Bluesman.
Jimmy Reed did one last album, an attempt to update his sound with funk beats and wah-wah pedals, before becoming a virtual recluse in his final years.
Jimmy Reed was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
www.livinblues.com /bluesrooms/jimmyreed.asp   (464 words)

  
 Jimmy Reed MP3 Downloads - Jimmy Reed Music Downloads - Jimmy Reed Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Yet, Jimmy Reed -- not a celebrated 12-string guitar player like Leadbelly or any of the other renowned instrumentalists who came up in Leadbelly's wake -- cut this acoustic 12-string instrumental album, which has become an enduring classic of the genre.
Reed was as skilled at presenting his guitar work as he was as a singer, and his playing on 12 String Guitar Blues is smooth, sinewy, lean, and lyrical, with a tight band behind him.
Consisting of recognizable Reed originals and a couple of other blues standards thrown in, the music comes off very well, mixing electric guitar with acoustic 12-string and Reed's harmonica substituting for the vocal parts.
www.mp3.com /albums/67692/summary.html   (460 words)

  
 JIMMY REED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was born Mathis James Reed on September 6, 1925.
Reed was one of ten children in a sharecropping family that
Reed's crossover appeal peaked during the revival of interest in the
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 Amazon.com: Music: Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Reed's sweet, Delta-inflected singing complemented the cool, walking bass shuffles of his cleverly crafted songs, the finest of which are to be found in this tasteful contribution to Rhino's Blues Masters series.
Reed rerecorded many of his early hits for ABC-Bluesway from the mid-Sixties into the Seventies, but the tracks included here are all the original Vee-Jay recordings from 1953 to 1963.
Reed's own personal life must have been painfull to the point of him drinking himself to death at the early age of 50.
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James Mathis Reed nasce il 6 settembre 1925 a Dunleith, Mississippi, cresce in una piantagione dove il padre e la madre raccoglievano il cotone.
Poco affidabile, spesso sotto l'effetto dell'alcool, di salute cagionevole, Jimmy Reed fù una maledizione per le case discografiche e per gli organizzatori di concerti, ma pochi negarono la creatività di un uomo che compose, cantò e suonò un Blues semplice e caldo, disteso e pieno di charme.
Jimmy Reed ebbe una forte influenza non solo sui musicisti bianchi (Rolling Stones in primis) ma anche su molti artisti di colore.
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 CD Review of Jimmy Reed - The Very Best of Jimmy Reed on Rhino - Blues Masters Series @ jazzreview.com
Moving to Chicago at 18, Reed spent a while on the revered Maxwell Street playing with Willie Joe Duncan who played a single string instrument of his own design.
Jimmy desperately wanted to record and approached Chess Records but was turned down.
Although many blues critics branded Jimmy as a "lazy" performer, it was this very trait that placed him among the legends of the blues.
www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=1787   (304 words)

  
 White Sox Interactive Forums - Jeremy Reed Update (still no news on Jimmy Reed)
Also Jimmy Reed did not have nearly the musical ability on the tools of the trade, guitar and harmonica, that his contemporaries had.
Reed's own wife ("Mama Reed") can be heard singing along with him on some recordings as he would often forget the words.
I agree that the constant Jeremy Reed threads are a bit annoying, but I'm afraid the poor guy is becoming hated for stuff out of his control.
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 Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
Mathis James (Jimmy) Reed, one of ten children born to sharecroppers Joseph and Virginia Reed, spent the first seven years of his life on a plantation in Dunleath, Mississippi.
Few fans knew that Reed's wife, Mary Lee "Mama" Davis, wrote many of his songs.
Jimmy Reed died in his sleep from respiratory failure brought on by a massive seizure.
www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3792   (137 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Jimmy Reed
Sumner County Emergency Communications Director Jimmy Reed admits that while it may be sacreligious, he has no plans to watch the Super bowl because he doesn't even care about the game.
This is the real stuff, raging originals laced with gut-wrenching renditions of songs by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush and others who brought the blues north from the Mississippi Delta, plugged in their guitars and changed modern music...
Influenced by everyone from the Beatles and Jimmy Reed to Led Zeppelin and Tom Waits as a kid, and with a background in classical cello, Delmhorst has drawn kudos for her three CDs.
music.surfwax.com /files/Jimmy_Reed.html   (2380 words)

  
 Oldies.com : Jimmy Reed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jimmy Reed was a true original: he sang in a lazy mush-mouthed ramble, played limited, if instantly recognizable, harmonica, and even more minimal guitar.
A 1991 inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Reed was one of the most distinctive and individual Blues singers, guitarists, harmonica players and songwriters of all time.
Many people consider Jimmy Reed the most influential Bluesman of his time - artists as diverse as Elvis, Charlie Rich, Lou Rawls, and The Rolling Stones credit this guitar/harmonica player and vocalist as a major influence.
www.dell.oldies.com /artist/view.cfm/id_268.html   (269 words)

  
 Jimmy Scott Homepage
With the release of Holding Back the Years Jimmy Scott returns to the romantic ballads that brought this living legend to the forefront as Jazz vocalist.
Jimmy's performance on Holding Back the Years reminds us of the passion and exhilaration of his vocal ability and the uniqueness of his phrasing.
When the song stops with Jimmy's last note we're back in the world as it was.
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 Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall: The Best Of Jimmy Reed by Jimmy Reed CD
Interestingly, JIMMY REED AT CARNEGIE HALL is not a concert album (technical and contractual difficulties prevented taping the actual event), but a studio recreation of the Carnegie Hall set Reed and his band played several days before the recording.
Abetted by guitarist "Lefty" Bates, drummer Earl Phillips, and Reed's wife, "Mama" (whose sweet backing vocals are an integral thread in the fabric of the music), Reed turns in a wonderful performance.
The set is characterized by Reed's trademark muted, swampy sound, which would go on to influence a generation of young bluesmen and rockers.
cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6737019/a/Jimmy+...+Jimmy+Reed.htm   (455 words)

  
 Jimmy Reed - LDS Musician
As an old "Jazz Riff" of the late 30's says "It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it" typifies the piano styling of Jimmy Reed.
From Jimmy's early exposure to Jazz in the 30's and his first band in Jr.
High in the 40's, Jimmy has been able to listen, learn and share in a real American art form -"Jazz" for over 50 years.
www.ldsmusicworld.com /artists/jimmy_reed.html   (115 words)

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