Every day when the sun went down millions across the South would tune in to the blowtorch of the nighttime airwaves, WLAC 1510 AM Nashville, Tennessee to hear radio disc jockey John R. play those great old blues records. Takes me back to the late 1950s when high school and college kids, both black & white, were listening to Jimmy Reed and other greats of the time. Two of the competing sponsors on his show where Randy's Record shop and Ernie's Record shop. Both would have sales packages going on constantly, pitching their specials for the month. Of course there was no internet, so, those Clear Channel powerhouse radio stations ruled the entertainment media of the day. One of the big things among those kids was to turn their car radios up, and cruise around through the burger joints, so everone would hear them coming and going.
First heard Jimmy Reed Music as a kid in the 60s and its always stayed with me. His music has so much feeling and grove that all the computer perfect music of today don't have in fact most of the older music has more feeling to me than most of the stuff from now days because its not perfect but has real human emotion instruments and Vocal.
I miss the record player and some of the peoples form my life but most of all my health and my youths theses songs remind me of those old blues clubs now this is stuff that bought you in too the club. That and if they had good food kinda like a.smoking barbecue pit the smell of the brisket and ribs sausage and chicken and the sweet barbecue sauce.
Randy's record shop Nashville, Tn. Wolfman Jack Del Rio, Tx. I recall those time as early as 1953 listening to the heavy bass beat of Jimmy Reed. The best of the blues!
this is the most jimmy REED song IVE heard any where alot of these songs I haven't even heard on the radio 📻 be 4 /years ago it sure was a different time when U could go and all of the old bluesman live on stage and the times changed when other people started listen 👂 2 this music 🎶 2 it was what they felt in there heart 😊❤ and soul and it was the real music 🎶 that spoke 2 them it sure is a different groove 4 me IVE been listening 👂 2 it ever since I was a kid it will always be a part of my heart 😊❤ and soul 😊😊🎉❤🎉❤/😊😊😊🎉❤😊 TLC/OMG 7 2 2O23
So glad I found this! Brings back so many memories of the late '50s when we listened to him to get us in the mood for some down and dirty. Now I'm 80 and still love this music!!
I was not able to make a instant comment to explain the vallue of this music . Its magic in whatever mood you are in. its indescribably. thank you Jimmy Reed
Agreed!!! Sorely underrated compared with other greats such Muddy Waters. Jimmy's take on blues has much more widespread appeal, and seems more soulful and melodic.
@@bluegtturbo Jimmy will never be classed as underrated to me, he is the greatest of them all. If I want to listen to the blues, there are few others I would rather listen to than the Big Boss Man, he is the blues.
My Grandfather played Blues Guitar and Harmonica. He was a Jimmy Reed Fan and made sure that I learned about various Blues Artists when I was 3 years old in 1960. Lightinin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker and many more were always on the "Record Player" in them days. I learned how to play Blues Harp at 12 years old and never looked back. R.I.P. Grandad.
You are lucky, none of my nephews or nieces care. I grew up in the Free State, nothing but corn, cows and forgotten train tracks up there. I grew up lonely in one of those overly Christian homes where music was seen as evil. Thank god I found the blues after I left my mothers devouring gaze. The harmonica has saved my life over and over again. Jimmy Reed is awesome. Long live the blues.
My dad was a white teenager in California in the 1950s. He loved the blues and early rock ‘n’ roll. Doo-wop through Chuck Berry, little Richard, Fats Domino the list goes on and on.. when it came to the blues I think Jimmy Reed was his favorite. One of his prize album is Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall. He has hundreds of albums and 45’s from the 50’s . I didn’t always get along with the old man, but I think him all the time for my love of good music.
Oh my goodness take me back to NC! 1959 listening to him over the airwaves coming in on my radio from Memphis TN around 1:00am with radio by my bedside so thrilling couldn't sleep!!
Just read some reviews, new listener to Mr Reed, can't wait to discover all about him and I've got to get some vinyl of this guy! Yay Christmas gifts! I mean hey, Christmas gifts!
The first time I really heard Jimmy it was a flea mrkt.A guy had bootlegged a booth sized pile of cassette tapes and was rockin' the market with the tapes he was selling. That became the sound the house was rocking at our place.
Copilot Jimmy Reed Explore Ah, I see what you did there! When you spell “boss” backward, you get “ssob.” 😄 And you’re absolutely right about Jimmy Reed! He’s a legendary blues musician known for his distinctive style. Reed hailed from the Mississippi Delta and later made his way to Chicago. His songs, like “Bright Lights, Big City,” “Baby What You Want Me to Do,” and “Big Boss Man,” have left an indelible mark on blues music. Interestingly, Chicago blues owes much to the Delta blues tradition, and Reed’s influence is felt in both. 🎸🎶 If you’re interested, you can check out some of Jimmy Reed’s classic blues tunes. Songs like “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” and “You Don’t Have to Go” showcase his signature shuffle rhythm. It’s fascinating how artists like him shaped the blues landscape! 🎵🔵 1Listen to Jimmy Reed’s “Big Boss Man” 2Watch “Bright Lights, Big City” by Jimmy Reed 3Explore more of Jimmy Reed’s music
I Looked up when a Boss was first used. Then Spell Boss backward. Now you know why Jimmy Reed is the Man. And that's not from Chicago. Chicago Blues is a stepchild. It's Delta Blues,.Yes Sir, Mr Bossman. Bring a smile to my face every time.
Old music is still new too others every day you hear something old but its new too you because its the first time you or hearing it but it still sounds good something too pat your foot too then the rested of your body Fowler. And then you or doing something call dancing.
The very first time time I heard the blues it was Jimmy Reed singing Big Boss man in 1963 I was 13 then I'am 72 now. His music has been part of my life all these years.
this was another Jimmy a true father of the electric blues guitar 🎸 this is JIMMY REED who could play the blues and could play the slow blues U could pat your feet and clap 👏 your hands 2 thank U JIMMY REED 😊😅🎉❤🎉😅/😊😊 😊😅❤😊😊 TLC/OMG 7 2 2O23
It is always great to hear Jimmy - the "President Of The Blues"! Some of these cuts are alternate takes, Little Rain & Signals Of Love for instance, also Honey Where You Going. Every version of Honey, Where You Going that I can find on youtube is the same alternate take.. The single version is much better - more together. It was the other side of Little Rain. I know I am being picky just mentioning the alternate takes, but I am a Jimmy Reed fan since the mid 50's - have all the singles, etc. I couldn't have made it through my teenage years without JR.
J'ai connu cette musique , il n'y a pas si longtemps , j'ai tout de suite adoré Jimmy et le blues, et apprécié l'harmonica qui est interprété divinement .
Ann .no he didn't. We share a name.but he is good. Every time i think i have found the blues man i find one better. And right now he's the one. He's good.
@sydmccreath4554 Bonham and JPJ could do that too ..they could stretch that behind the beat thing at will.. but JPJ was more into Jamerson, and Bonzo wasnt really Al Jackson Jr.. what a pitty 😊 nevertheless, it worked so great for Zep
And other old classic rock artists like Eric Clapton from the UK. He has always been nuts for the blues, and has flown to Mississippi to attended the Delta Blues festival, to get his inspiration.
@@williamfulgham2010 what has that bore Clapton to do with THE WHO? NO ONE HAS DONE MORE DIS SERVICE TO THE BLUES THAN CLAPTON WITH HIS PHONEY PLASTIC VOICE MAKING A MOCKERY OF IT. AND ALWAYS BABBLING OFF ABOUT ROBERT JOHNSON AS IF THERE WERE NI OTHER AND BETTER BLUESMEN THAN JOHNSON.
I suppose "Take Out Some Insurance" was his first crossover hit, because it was the first Jimmy Reed recording I heard on Top 40 radio stations. I still have the Rocking With Reed album I bought that summer of 1959, and many others. My favorite? "Going By The River," parts 1 and 2.
Who Ever You Are!!!! If you been walking the planet a while......Know finer Blues Man Ever...Thank You.....
Every day when the sun went down millions across the South would tune in to the blowtorch of the nighttime airwaves, WLAC 1510 AM Nashville, Tennessee to hear radio disc jockey John R. play those great old blues records. Takes me back to the late 1950s when high school and college kids, both black & white, were listening to Jimmy Reed and other greats of the time. Two of the competing sponsors on his show where Randy's Record shop and Ernie's Record shop. Both would have sales packages going on constantly, pitching their specials for the month.
Of course there was no internet, so, those Clear Channel powerhouse radio stations ruled the entertainment media of the day. One of the big things among those kids was to turn their car radios up, and cruise around through the burger joints, so everone would hear them coming and going.
Gets no better thanJimmy Reed,this is the top!!!
Best Blues artist - Timeless ❤
I just love his music.
"I'm Going To Ruin You Baby!'
This is the first time that I heard this song and I thought that I had heard them all. This is "low down and dirty!"
I like this cause I can hear the guitar work . classic harp , too .
I'm an old man that plays along and hopes I hit the right note .
Hope you are hitting it right in tune!
First heard Jimmy Reed Music as a kid in the 60s and its always stayed with me. His music has so much feeling and grove that all the computer perfect music of today don't have in fact most of the older music has more feeling to me than most of the stuff from now days because its not perfect but has real human emotion instruments and Vocal.
Greatest of all time
The quality of the recording is outstanding ! Analog baby!
Unfortunately it's not analog to the door.. not to bad all the same.. not that my ears would be able to tell the difference now.
I miss the record player and some of the peoples form my life but most of all my health and my youths theses songs remind me of those old blues clubs now this is stuff that bought you in too the club. That and if they had good food kinda like a.smoking barbecue pit the smell of the brisket and ribs sausage and chicken and the sweet barbecue sauce.
Jimmy Reed !! .... Oh yah !!
Randy's record shop Nashville, Tn. Wolfman Jack Del Rio, Tx. I recall those time as early as 1953 listening to the heavy bass beat of Jimmy Reed. The best of the blues!
My dad turned me onto Mr jimmy reed when I was a kid 1970 and I thanked him for it just last week 😊💚☮️
May father did the exact same thing 😊,
@@CaijSix.0 right on. Thank God for our dads👍🏻✌🏼
It's late November, 2023, I'm a first time listener. I love the blues but don't have much in my collection.
I'm Hooked! U Hooked another one Mr Reed!
If you like Jimmy Reed you should some Lightnin' Hopkins to listen to. You won't regret it.
this is the most jimmy REED song IVE heard any where alot of these songs I haven't even heard on the radio 📻 be 4 /years ago it sure was a different time when U could go and all of the old bluesman live on stage and the times changed when other people started listen 👂 2 this music 🎶 2 it was what they felt in there heart 😊❤ and soul and it was the real music 🎶 that spoke 2 them it sure is a different groove 4 me IVE been listening 👂 2 it ever since I was a kid it will always be a part of my heart 😊❤ and soul 😊😊🎉❤🎉❤/😊😊😊🎉❤😊 TLC/OMG 7 2 2O23
So glad I found this! Brings back so many memories of the late '50s when we listened to him to get us in the mood for some down and dirty. Now I'm 80 and still love this music!!
So good to read your feelings about the great man and my personal friend Jimmy Reed. President The Jimmy Reed Appreciation Society.
i am 73 and i found him not long ago. i agree with you elsie. its great music
Thanks for this absolute gift,
Simply awesome!!!
I was not able to make a instant comment to explain the vallue of this music . Its magic in whatever mood you are in. its indescribably. thank you Jimmy Reed
The Best,the very best
This is how I celebrate Black History Month.....good old fashioned Bump & Grind....
Certainly belongs in the pantheon.
There was, is now and ever will be only one Jimmy reed. (President of the Jimmy Reed Appreciation Society).
Agreed!!! Sorely underrated compared with other greats such Muddy Waters.
Jimmy's take on blues has much more widespread appeal, and seems more soulful and melodic.
@@bluegtturbo Jimmy will never be classed as underrated to me, he is the greatest of them all. If I want to listen to the blues, there are few others I would rather listen to than the Big Boss Man, he is the blues.
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My sentiment exactly, one and only Jimmy Reed
I have known a couple of Jimmy Reeds in my life. They just weren't as fun to listen to..
My Grandfather played Blues Guitar and Harmonica. He was a Jimmy Reed Fan and made sure that I learned about various Blues Artists when I was 3 years old in 1960. Lightinin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker and many more were always on the "Record Player" in them days. I learned how to play Blues Harp at 12 years old and never looked back. R.I.P. Grandad.
You are lucky, none of my nephews or nieces care. I grew up in the Free State, nothing but corn, cows and forgotten train tracks up there. I grew up lonely in one of those overly Christian homes where music was seen as evil. Thank god I found the blues after I left my mothers devouring gaze. The harmonica has saved my life over and over again. Jimmy Reed is awesome. Long live the blues.
My dad was a white teenager in California in the 1950s. He loved the blues and early rock ‘n’ roll. Doo-wop through Chuck Berry, little Richard, Fats Domino the list goes on and on.. when it came to the blues I think Jimmy Reed was his favorite. One of his prize album is Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall. He has hundreds of albums and 45’s from the 50’s . I didn’t always get along with the old man, but I think him all the time for my love of good music.
Oh my goodness take me back to NC! 1959 listening to him over the airwaves coming in on my radio from Memphis TN around 1:00am with radio by my bedside so thrilling couldn't sleep!!
Mamie wat een mooie naam hoor (ik) niet zo vaak , fijne avond geniet ervan ! Lieve Groetjes uit Nederland Provincie Groningen ❤🇳🇱🙏👋🌹
Just read some reviews, new listener to Mr Reed, can't wait to discover all about him and I've got to get some vinyl of this guy! Yay Christmas gifts!
I mean hey, Christmas gifts!
NC for us not Amerian folk.. I know most but NC eludes me... North Carolina ? Maybe I just answered my own question 😊
You can't beat the old crude Jimmy
Reed boogie!!
Hey i've been enjoying this vibe since 1964,still takes me. Ive been playing guitar and harp pretty well ever since, i guess that's the way it goes
This is 24 carat gold! Thank you so much!
He's up there with my other fav's fo sho
buena he!, buena he!, me puso en paz blues...
you got it going on. , i need this in my life, everyday
I will be able to take care of my own body and l love Jimmy Reed songs.
Everybody is longing for those days, juke joints and splo-houses, red dirt back roads of Alabama and Georgia line. Hello my Divine Twin !
My sister ordered these sounds in the mid 50,s .I like 5 or 6yrs old.
Simply one of the best bluesmen, thx
The first time I really heard Jimmy it was a flea mrkt.A guy had bootlegged a booth sized pile of cassette tapes and was rockin' the market with the tapes he was selling. That became the sound the house was rocking at our place.
I love this. This is the real blues
Words of wisdom 😘
Fijn Weekend allemáál Groetjes uit Nederland Provincie Groningen R.I.P ❤🇳🇱 🙏(🌹) Jaar 2023 Tijdstip 21:46 UUR VRIJDAGAVOND (13) JANUARI. 👋
priceless !!
King of the classy blues shuffle, Jimmy Reed.
Thank you for putting all this together, fantastic.
Doen jullie je best nog maar even...mor Dientje gaot zo slapie doen ..aans lig ik weer op apegapen 😂Moi lieverdjes .❤😘👋
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Jimmy Reed
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Ah, I see what you did there! When you spell “boss” backward, you get “ssob.” 😄
And you’re absolutely right about Jimmy Reed! He’s a legendary blues musician known for his distinctive style. Reed hailed from the Mississippi Delta and later made his way to Chicago. His songs, like “Bright Lights, Big City,” “Baby What You Want Me to Do,” and “Big Boss Man,” have left an indelible mark on blues music. Interestingly, Chicago blues owes much to the Delta blues tradition, and Reed’s influence is felt in both. 🎸🎶
If you’re interested, you can check out some of Jimmy Reed’s classic blues tunes. Songs like “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” and “You Don’t Have to Go” showcase his signature shuffle rhythm. It’s fascinating how artists like him shaped the blues landscape! 🎵🔵
1Listen to Jimmy Reed’s “Big Boss Man” 2Watch “Bright Lights, Big City” by Jimmy Reed 3Explore more of Jimmy Reed’s music
Holy shit! What an incredible upload. Thank you so much. Beautiful man. Well done!
I Looked up when a Boss was first used. Then Spell Boss backward. Now you know why Jimmy Reed is the Man. And that's not from Chicago. Chicago Blues is a stepchild. It's Delta Blues,.Yes Sir, Mr Bossman. Bring a smile to my face every time.
Blues,one of the masters.
Thank you so very much.
Old music is still new too others every day you hear something old but its new too you because its the first time you or hearing it but it still sounds good something too pat your foot too then the rested of your body Fowler. And then you or doing something call dancing.
The very first time time I heard the blues it was Jimmy Reed singing Big Boss man in 1963 I was 13 then I'am 72 now. His music has been part of my life all these years.
Me too! Jimmy Reed's music inspired me to become a musician later in life. Back in 1963 everyone was listening to the Beatles.
Thank you...love Jimmy!
I justs met him and i love him.too. he a real rocker.
this was another Jimmy a true father of the electric blues guitar 🎸 this is JIMMY REED who could play the blues and could play the slow blues U could pat your feet and clap 👏 your hands 2 thank U JIMMY REED 😊😅🎉❤🎉😅/😊😊 😊😅❤😊😊 TLC/OMG 7 2 2O23
Great find thanks so very much
Enjoyed every minute of the catalog of recordings by the great Jimmy Reed.
Gary Stewart the great country singer brought me here
Too good
Здорово 👍
Love it ❤
Best TH-cam video ever
I love all music, and this genre is one of my favorites!! It goes right to the knitty-gritty of life. ❤️ 😊
Preciso, contundente, directo, llano y creativo
Perfect! Thanks!
Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much man!
It is always great to hear Jimmy - the "President Of The Blues"! Some of these cuts are alternate takes, Little Rain & Signals Of Love for instance, also Honey Where You Going. Every version of Honey, Where You Going that I can find on youtube is the same alternate take.. The single version is much better - more together. It was the other side of Little Rain. I know I am being picky just mentioning the alternate takes, but I am a Jimmy Reed fan since the mid 50's - have all the singles, etc. I couldn't have made it through my teenage years without JR.
Bc oirrr
The president of the Blues that sure fits great comment right there
Jimmy Reed would be a great President of the United States, too!!
Really Nice
Marinoni Claudio- Milano
This are great tunes, some I've never heard before I thought I'd owned everything he put out a lot of tunes thanks for In lighting me 😊👍🎵💯
This is fantastic 👏
Hola. Hermoso compilado. Bendiciones.
Thank you... Wonderful vinyl quality! Great to hear those Jimmy harp Reeds playin'!
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Hermoso 💪
This is INCREDIBLE!! With song listings too. Thanks!!
I sure like the blues
100% right
J'ai connu cette musique , il n'y a pas si longtemps , j'ai tout de suite adoré Jimmy et le blues, et apprécié l'harmonica qui est interprété divinement .
Real good bluez
fucking the greatest. even the recording technique.
formidable.
maravillosa música saludos desde COLOMBIA- BOGOTA
Taylor Swift! Put a movie on I'm bringing in some shrimp wrapped with bacon baby cakes! 😘🤪🍺
DIS B MY KINDA MUSIC 👍🎸😎🎶
Thank you for this. It's important to me. I grew up not even knowing much about Jimmy Reed or Eddie Taylor. I'm into it.
When God made him He broke the mold.
Ann .no he didn't. We share a name.but he is good. Every time i think i have found the blues man i find one better. And right now he's the one. He's good.
no. he fractured it and made lazy lester...still good, enough to fool old guys that it's jimmy reed but...not jimmy reed.
Im Divorces all that's others music and Merry blues that's where's i won't to be.❤
Lang neit gaod zitn schroefke lös bie mie " Moi'eee schaom mie dr Veur !
Nowhere can you find such lazy loping behind the beat .. magic stuff
@sydmccreath4554 Bonham and JPJ could do that too ..they could stretch that behind the beat thing at will.. but JPJ was more into Jamerson, and Bonzo wasnt really Al Jackson Jr.. what a pitty 😊 nevertheless, it worked so great for Zep
otimo trabalho revivendo o classico
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This is the musician who inspired THE WHO to become a band.
Nonsense
And other old classic rock artists like Eric Clapton from the UK. He has always been nuts for the blues, and has flown to Mississippi to attended the Delta Blues festival, to get his inspiration.
@@williamfulgham2010 what has that bore Clapton to do with THE WHO? NO ONE HAS DONE MORE DIS SERVICE TO THE BLUES THAN CLAPTON WITH HIS PHONEY PLASTIC VOICE MAKING A MOCKERY OF IT. AND ALWAYS BABBLING OFF ABOUT ROBERT JOHNSON AS IF THERE WERE NI OTHER AND BETTER BLUESMEN THAN JOHNSON.
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BIG BAD ASS JIMMY REED @#AWESOME IF U DID'T KNOE
30:31 You Don't Have To Go 🎸🎶
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Thanks so much for this. Does he have a son playing?
This is good, in’it?
MymamalovesJimmyReedsheloveshismusic🎉🎉
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האש האש דקה 13 טוב לאימון
There Nothing Wrong With The Blue It's just ManORWOMOMANFeelBAD
Dios me dijo q me ama y yo le creo, si me amo y me salvo a ti tambien te amo, te ama y te amara
I suppose "Take Out Some Insurance" was his first crossover hit, because it was the first Jimmy Reed recording I heard on Top 40 radio stations. I still have the Rocking With Reed album I bought that summer of 1959, and many others. My favorite? "Going By The River," parts 1 and 2.
😀💙👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇦
How Tall was Jimmy Reed??/
Berkeley 63
Do some of these songs end prematurely ?
What key is the harmonica?Thanks