''I'm Jimmy Reed'' is an album by blues musician

Jimmy Reed Mathis James Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with a wide variety of audiences. Reed's songs such as "Honest I Do" (1957), "Baby Wha ...

, compiling twelve tracks originally issued as singles between 1953 and 1958, that was released by the

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Reception

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reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "''I'm Jimmy Reed'', was about as strong a first album as was heard in Chicago blues ... As was the case with most bluesmen of his generation, Reed's debut LP was really a collection of single sides than an actual album of new material (though some of it did hail from its year of release), consisting of tracks he'd recorded from June 1953 through March 1958 ... But that also turns ''I'm Jimmy Reed'' into a treasure-trove of prime material from his repertory, including the songs on which he'd built his reputation over the previous five years ... which help give this album more depth and breadth than a formal hits collection would have had".

Track listing

All compositions credited to Jimmy Reed # "Honest I Do" – 2:40 # "Go on to School" – 2:47 # "My First Plea" – 2:45 # "Boogie in the Dark" – 2:34 # "You Got Me Crying" – 2:35 # " Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" – 2:14 # "You Got Me Dizzy" – 2:53 # "Little Rain" – 2:45 # "Can't Stand to See You Go" – 2:50 # "Roll and Rhumba" – 2:46 # "You're Something Else" – 2:35 # "You Don't Have to Go" – 3:04 *Recorded in Chicago on June 6, 1953 (track 10), December 29/30, 1953 (tracks 4 & 12), December 5, 1955 (tracks 6 & 9), June 11, 1956 (track 3), October 3, 1956 (track 7), January 9, 1957 (track 8), April 3, 1957 (track 1), December 12, 1957 (track 11), March 12, 1958 (tracks 2 & 5)

Personnel

– guitar, vocals, harmonica *Remo Biondi (tracks 2, 5 & 11),

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(track 10),

Eddie Taylor Eddie Taylor (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. Biography Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing ...

(tracks 1-9, 11 & 12) – guitar *

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(tracks 6 & 9),

Albert King Albert King ( Nelson; April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He is perhaps best known for his popular and ...

(tracks 4, 10 & 12), Earl Phillips (tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 8 & 11) – drums

References

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