Taj Mahal - Bright Lights Big City (1999)

[TheHoldenMusic]

Bob Stroger, Koenig, Johnson, Harvey, Lane... Taj... WHAT A BLUES

[kuchcache]

Nice cover. Love Taj and Jimmy!

[moscowcharlie1]

Reminds me of why I thought Chuck Berry was a piano player when I first heard Maybelline in1956; go on, go listen; I dare you. Johnny J. owns what he touches.

[lokerno]

Taj Mahal !!!! the master blues !!! Lo ví en Buenos Aires tocando acústico, el solo y su guitarra, y nunca tuve tanto blues !!!!!!

[silasouren]

the harp is not for Taj

[alanbrokenspoke]

always been a fan of taj , great voice backed up by a cracking band , thanks for posting

[DORSbauan]

yeah..an original of Jimmy Reed.,,parang feeling kong mag-inom ngaung gabing ito..bec. of the blues.

[radarman818]

Is that Johnnie Johnston on keyboards?

[zoot2233]

@radarman818 Sure is Muddys piano man!

[JohnnyTRex99]

@zoot2233 Oh no, the piano player is the late Johnnie Johnson, the piano player for Chuck Berry. He's the Johnny in Johnny B. Goode -- though he plays a piano like a ringin-a-bell.

[glenneveaux]

Priceless! Thanx 4 thu post! Taj, j.j., j.d. t. harvey, b. stroger, & j. koenig sooooooooooo underrated. great song & a great performance by all!!!

[lordritchie]

Ted Harvey=one of the best. Loved him with Hound dog Taylor

[SianReynolds]

Great version of a great song. But what happened to TM's harp playing? He used to be awesome. Here, it's pretty limp.

[capecodful]

Very nice, indeed.

[blueukeangel17]

Exactly!!!

[notlocc]

This is how a shuffle should be played!

The perfect rhythm section doing all thats needed and no more.

Drummers and Bass players take note

Excellent stuff

[bassmanjla]

while I agree overall... it feels like there is a hint of "damn bass players! let me hog all the sound!" when you say it.

[alham809]

cheers for this

[mollymini]

oh yes you ve got the blues

[danielpop98]

You've Got the Blues man, yeahhhhhhh

[fatfrank22]

This is undoubtedly a great version of this classic.

[Garret00074]

ACtually a fellow named Jimmy Reed wrote this song..

Check him out...he was one of the great blues artists....

[thecopster100]

@Garret00074 hes good but taj mahal made this song way better imo

[gsavage115]

gsavage115. Please Garret, shut your mouth and learn some history of the masters. Jimmy Reed sold more records than almost anybody from the mid-fifties to early sixties. He has beeen in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1991, and his songs are still being interpreted every day by a new generation of musicians. You wouldn't say some guy named Elvis, or Muddy Waters, or Keith Richards.

[KIWIBLUES]

yeah man thats johnnie johnson, rocknroll

[bullandblues]

ted harvey y bob stroger la mejor base ritmica del mundooooooo!!!

[ultimatewarrior23]

The piano player is also Chuck Berrys, which leads me to believe he plays for many a rock n roll artists.

[muirhouseterrace]

Atroshus spelin

[ultimatewarrior23]

This version of Bright Lights Big City is not better than Neil Youngs version, from Everybodys Rockin which is a cover of The Animals. However, I'll still listen to it.

[JohnnyTRex99]

Ultimate Warrior -- the Animals covered Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights Big City" and many other black blues standards. And thank you, but we'll decide for ourselves what to like and what to listen to....

[bobany1]

Amen!!!

[alexjohn43]

blues at its very best

[MrCaribbean]

Taj Mahal is a fantastic musician,he has worked with sooo much artist.

[rikieII]

Yes, this is a jimmy reed song as it should be. A Taj Mahal worth .

[Superblusero]

Fantastic.I love Taj Mahal.Thanks a lot for posting it

[vidwatchers123]

Nice, nice, nice. Thanks for posting.

[Fireprodude]

My Strat looks just like jimmys!

[bluesdoor]

ATTENTION ALL BLUES PLAYERS This is how you play a Jimmy Reed song with Respect. These greats on stage all have their own style but they leave their ego out in favor of a Jimmy Reed Eddie Talyor groove. I call it Respect anyone can solo all over a 12 bar but where is the blues tension or call & responds? They sho is laying down the Reed stack.

[canonbjc2110]

that;s an 8 bar blues, not 12 bar......

[bluesdoor]

Yes it is. I was making reference to your average blues jams played all around the world where more than not it is about the big solo with as many notes as you can cram in and that was not Jimmy's style of blues music.

Thanks for taking the time to post please join our Blues door Channel if you Dig Blues and Jim Morrison.

[bobany1]

Sorry but I am not a Jim Morrison fan

No-one's perfect

Bob

[sjziro]

You must be talking about some other song right? Cause this is 12 bar blues all day long...

[southsideblues]

What do you get if put some real blues masters on a stage together?

Some REAL DIRTY OL' GROOVING BLUES!!!