Birds Landing: Discovering simple pleasures in Bay Area country Nov 1, 2008
The discs that sprint out on the ground and hop over small bumps in the dirt are made to simulate hunting rabbits, preserve tenant Jimmy Reed explains ... Jimmy Reed shows the difference between clay pigeons and clay rabbits. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Boz Scaggs hit the books to take a jazz turn Oct 28, 2008
On his studio shelves, boxed sets of Jimmy Reed and Miles Davis share space with Ry Cooder, Kronos Quartet and Segovia CDs ... Singing Jimmy Reed right is no less demanding than doing justice to Rodgers and Hart. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Farewell, Levi Stubbs: His legacy in 3 classic Four Tops songs Oct 21, 2008
Growing up on Chicago's Southside in the early sixties with the Temptations, Four Tops, Bo, Jimmy Reed, the Dells with my man Marvin. music was and still is a big part of my life. (Chicago Tribune)
Weekend picks Oct 17, 2008
9 p.m. Maverick country singer Willie Nelson and iconic jazz man Wynton Marsalis get together for a one-off performance of soulful tunes by American composers Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Merle Travis and bluesmen Harry Warren, Spencer Williams and Jimmy Reed. Highlights in a set that includes Down by the Riverside, Stardust and Georgia on My Mind are the wail of trumpets and saxes accompanying Nelson's rendition of Night Life and the playful call-and-response on Ain't Nobody's Business. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
ZZ Top Hopes To Rock With The Black Keys Aug 16, 2008
There is some new material around already, from a 15-day studio session Gibbons did in May with a couple of engineers, during which he says he "managed to squeeze out 15 tunes."It was just me kickin' back and having a good time," Gibbons recalls. "We did everything from a black church gospel ballad to updated versions of 'Rollin' and Tumblin',' did some Jimmy Reed take-off things, just keeping that bluesy thread throughout. I think that as long as we maintain that blues tradition, the material... (Billboard.com)
Melissa Etheridge headlines Sunset Music Series Jun 7, 2008
"He just plays it like it s supposed to be played." Vaughan s fourth and latest solo release is "On the Jimmy Reed Highway.". INDIGO GIRLS. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Who Made You God? He'll get in your face May 30, 2008
It features a winning mix of original songs, some co-written with local music mainstay Ben Hernandez, and gritty versions of chestnuts by Jimmy Reed, Blind Boy Fuller, Kokomo Arnold and other American music pioneers. But Henkel's Sunday gig at Lestat's, which will also feature his Freddie Roulette-tinged lap steel guitar playing, will have a broader stylistic focus. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The two faces of Jenny May 27, 2008
It's a quietly enthralling album alternating harrowing tunes by Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, and Jimmy Reed with Scheinman's equally plaintive originals. Her voice is as clear and expressive as her masterly bowing, and she brings a bracing honesty to the material, which was produced and recorded by Tony Scherr, who provides expert support on guitar, bass, and vocals. (Boston Globe)
Pickle's Blues Extravaganza this weekendPosted 4 hours, 51 minutes ago. Mar 7, 2008
Primer began playing guitar at 8 years old, emulating the classic blues sounds of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Jimmy Reed and others that he heard on the radio. Ten years later, Primer uprooted and moved to Chicago, continuing to work on his blues self-education. (Lima News, OH)
Eight to watch in '08 Jan 13, 2008
There's history here: Roy Orbison and Loretta Lynn, classic rock, occasional dashes of musical theater, Jimmy Reed, Leonard Cohen. Atkins once said she wanted to sound like a girl group in a David Lynch movie, and her new album, "Neptune City," a deep, effervescent collection of noir Americana, fills that bill. (Boston Globe)
Michael Jackson, Will Smith and Tupac Shakir all sued Jan 4, 2008
Johnson - who has worked with Magic Sam, Junior Wells and Jimmy Reed during his career - is seeking unspecified damages. Meanwhile, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash has confessed he refused to let Jackson - who was cleared of child abuse charges in 2005 - hold his son when they met in London. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Bestselling Author Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl) and Rising ``Pop-Noir'' Sensation Nicole Atkins Featured in the Next ``Upstairs at the Square'' on Thursday, January 10, at the Union Square Barnes & Noble Dec 28, 2007
Nicole Atkins father introduced her to blues artists like Jimmy Reed and allowed her to sit in on sessions with local musician friends. A Jersey shore native, her lauded debut album is named after her hometown, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Orchard(R) Brings Landmark Label Vee-Jay to the Digital Space Nov 30, 2007
NEW YORK NGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Orchard (NASDAQ: - ), a global leader in digital music, video, new media and brand services, today announced a major distribution deal with Vee-Jay, the groundbreaking label known for their early recordings of Little Richard, Jimmy Reed, The Staple Singers, John Lee Hooker, and other music legends. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
music box sets Nov 25, 2007
Vee-Jay Records first made its mark in the mid-'50s with records by blues singer Jimmy Reed and doo-wop groups like the Spaniels. Vee-Jay grew into a broader, more expansive label than the more famous Chess Records across town, moving solidly into the Rd, gospel music and even white rock 'n' roll like the Four Seasons (the label also released some of the early singles by the Beatles, not included here). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Pick out a box set for every musical taste Nov 23, 2007
The 86 songs spotlight the Four Seasons, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, The Spaniels and a host of lesser-known artists. Frills: A 40-page photo-heavy book with track-by-track commentary and essays. (USA Today -- Life)
Acts & Openings Nov 16, 2007
Wayne has worked with artists as diverse as Jimmy Reed, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rhodes, Jeff Healey and Joe Louis Walker. He has won two Juno awards, has won the Maple Blues Award for Piano Player of the Year three times, and has won 14 awards from Real Blues Magazine, including Blues Artist of the Year. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Guitar God, mortal man Nov 5, 2007
By the time he reached 16, Clapton writes, he was "quite proficient as a player," learning the fingerpicking techniques of Delta blues legends Big Bill Broonzy and Jimmy Reed. By 1963, Clapton was a member of the Yardbirds and touring the world. (Toronto Star)
Cover band to bring adult-themed Halloween party to Sunrise Beach Oct 20, 2007
We cover (among others) Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, John Ashcroft and our mouths when we cough. Party favors tossed from the stage include breath mints and business cards from local bail bondsmen. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Another shade of bluesman Sep 28, 2007
Hammond Jr., son of legendary record producer John Hammond - and heading to the Bay Area for this weekend's San Francisco Blues Festival - sure seemed odd to many in the racially mixed audience at the Berkeley Community Theater in 1963, when he made his Bay Area debut as an un-billed guest on a concert featuring blues star Jimmy Reed and gospel singer-guitarist Reverend Gary Davis ... In the mid-'50s he saw Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters at the Apollo Theater and began attending all-star rock 'n'... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tunes to help you whistle while you work Sep 3, 2007
" Big Boss Man, Jimmy Reed: "I work hard in the day time, rest easy at night. " Running Up That Hill, Kate Bush: "And If I only could, I'd make a deal with God and get him to swap our places. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Buddy Guy & Little Richard to Headline 28th Annual Long Beach Blues Festival September 1 & 2 - Cal State University, Long Beach Aug 17, 2007
This year, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Buddy Guy & Little Richard will anchor the stellar line-up, which also includes Dr. John, Robert Cray Band, Taj Mahal (reunited with the Phantom Blues Band), The Jimmy Reed Highway (Jimmie Vaughan, Kim Wilson, Omar Kent Dykes and Lou Ann Barton), Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine, Irma Thomas and many others ... SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 MAIN STAGE MAIN STAGE Buddy Guy (4:40 p.m.) Little Richard (4:45 p.m.) Dr. John (2:45 p.m.) Jimmy... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Rhody royalty kicks off blues series Jul 6, 2007
His newest album is a two-CD set from Stony Plain Records called "World Full of Blues." Robillard writes in the liner notes that he wanted to "record a set of music that touched upon nearly all the areas of blues and blues-related music that make up my sound." Thus, he and his band romp their way through soul, funk, gospel, swing and gut-bucket blues, paying homage along the way to Memphis Slim, Jimmy Reed, T-Bone Walker, Bo Diddley, Booker T and the MGs, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. On this album,... (Westerly Sun, RI)
FreedomFest to be rocking Jul 4, 2007
I must ve inherited my love for the blues from my father cause I still listen to BB King, Jimmy Reed, the Vaughn Brothers and Bobby Bland. He played in several bands in his early teens, but at age 21 was given his first rub board, a must for the authentic presentation of zydeco. (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
Buddy Holly stands larger than life nearly 50 years after he and his music died Jul 1, 2007
I walk by exhibits showing his Fender Stratocaster , his home turntable, and his record collection spanning the Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, and Jimmy Reed. There are the fans-only items such as his baseball mitt, fishing pole, and high school yearbook (he sang in the Lubbock High School choir), along with the thick plastic contact lenses he couldn't wear because they hurt his eyes. (Boston Globe)
Rochester’s Black Cat Bone to play Saturday Jun 30, 2007
People can expect to hear covers from musicians such as Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf. He said real blues like this carries a story that s as deep and raw as American history. (Austin Daily Herald, MN)
Marathon bands: Four on the road Jun 1, 2007
Mighty Mo Rodgers (7:40 a.m., Mission Bay Park Visitors Center): This Culver City-based soulful singer has earned his right to sing the blues, which he's been doing since the 1960s with the likes of T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Bobby Blue Bland and Jimmy Reed. Working with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (along with John Mayall, Arlo Guthrie, John Hammond, Michael Franks), Rodgers produced the 1973 release Sonny and Terry on A&M Records. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Crawfish, blues come to Tuscaloosa Apr 13, 2007
Alabama native Little Jimmy Reed, aka Leon Atkins, will headline the festival. Atkins acquired his nickname after playing a show for blues artist Jimmy Reed when the latter was too drunk to take the stage. (The Crimson White, AL)
Keith Richards: The pirate king of rock'n'roll Apr 9, 2007
In common with many of his generation, Richards was infatuated with all things American, converting his passion for Roy Rogers into one for Elvis, Little Richard and Chuck Berry, and then the hard-core Chicago blues of Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson: a pallid, cup-eared hipster was born. Richards first encountered the posher "Mike" Jagger at school, and then years later on a railway platform, magnetised by the American blues records each of them carried as badges of cool. (Independent)
A place among American songwriters Apr 6, 2007
The acoustic twosome explores folk, blues and country music and draws ideas from artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. DeMarco writes songs in the tradition of Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, expressing universal truths and ideas in simple language. (Mail Tribune, OR)
- Why Karen Dalton is the best singer you've never heard of Mar 23, 2007
" Dalton is the great lost voice of the New York's Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s. Hers was a voice to make the listener feel sad and lost. At times it was warm and supple, rippling over Something on Your Mind, for example; at others it was twisted and other-worldly, as when wrapped around Katie Cruel. It was a voice that earned her the tag "folk music's answer to Billie Holiday" - a comparison she loathed, but which was inevitable, Dalton's voice possessing that same welling, bluesy... (Guardian Unlimited)
Get your motor running Feb 20, 2007
The Essential Boss Man (Charly) by Jimmy Reed. Everyone should own a Jimmy Reed record. (Guardian Unlimited)
- The 25 best gigs of all time Jan 21, 2007
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• Finding the blues everywhere Jan 5, 2007
"I grew up with my mother listening to B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Albert King and all kinds of stuff. My dad was into Jimmy Reed and my uncle turned me on to rock n' roll.". By the time Moss learned guitar and started playing his own music, it was blues that came pouring out; but those blues licks were heavily influenced by the Rl, rock and funk he'd grown up with. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
