JIMMY REED. "PLAYS 12 STRING GUITAR BLUES" STATESIDE UK 1963 LP. ORIG MONO.
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Jimmy Reed ?– Plays The 12 String Guitar Blues
Label: Stateside ?– SL10086 Format: Vinyl, 33 ? RPMCountry: UK Released: 1963 Genre: Blues Style: Chicago Blues
Tracklist
1 Bright Lights Big City 2 St. Louis Blues 3 Blue Carnegie 4 New Chicago Blues 5 Big Boss Man 6 Hush Hush 7 Blues For Twelve Strings 8 Baby What You Want Me To Do 9 Boogie In The Dark 10 Take Out Some Insurance 11 Aw, Schucks 12 Close TogetherReview by Bruce Eder [-]
This release added yet another wrinkle to Jimmy Reed's mystique. Even most of his fans would concede that Reed's guitar skills were far short of virtuoso level. 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. The harmonica is on a separate track, making use of a natural sounding stereo separation that keeps the sound of the band -- featuring Eddie Taylor and Lefty Bates on guitar, Marcus Johnson on bass, and Morris Wilkerson and Earl Phillips on drums -- unified. The result is yet another classic album by Reed, and one of the more straightforward and accessible bodies of blues played on 12-string that one can find.
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