Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues

Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues is an album by blues musician Jimmy Reed recorded in Chicago in 1963 and released by the Vee-Jay label.[1][2]

Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues
Studio album by
Jimmy Reed
Released1963
Recorded1963
StudioChicago, IL
GenreJazz
Length28:35
LabelVee-Jay
LPS-1073
Jimmy Reed chronology
Jimmy Reed Sings the Best of the Blues
(1963)		 Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues
(1963)		 I'm Jimmy Reed
(1964)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "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 ... 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 ... The result is yet another classic album by Reed, and one of the more straightfoward and accessible bodies of blues played on 12-string that one can find".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Reed except where noted

  1. "Bright Lights, Big City" – 2:29
  2. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:27
  3. "Blue Carnegie" – 2:08
  4. "New Chicago Blues" – 2:19
  5. "Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon, Al Smith) – 2:50
  6. "Hush Hush" – 2:27
  7. "Blues for Twelve Strings" – 1:40
  8. "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" – 2:27
  9. "Boogie in the Dark" – 2:37
  10. "Take Out Some Insurance" – 2:24
  11. "Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth" – 2:23
  12. "Close Together" – 2:24

Personnel
  • Jimmy Reed – 12 string guitar, guitar, harmonica
  • Lefty Bates, Eddie Taylor – guitar
  • Marcus "Benjy" Johnson – bass
  • Earl Phillips, Morris Wilkerson – drums
  • Mary Lee Reed – vocals

Drums

References
  1. Illustrated Jimmt Reed Discography, accessed August 20, 2019
  2. Callahan, M. & Edwards, D. Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 2: Main Series VJS-1071 to VJS-1154 (1963-1965), accessed August 20, 2019
  3. Eder, Bruce. Jimmy Reed: Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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