Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man

[shadeshiest22]

elvis was and still is the KING!!!  he was not only a great singer but an outstanding entertainer for god sakes!!!!

[demonethagreat]

put me into submission you trick ass ,bitch ass, dipping, know it all fuck bdsm in a grocery store how fucking flakey are you???

[MaineBluesman]

Wow, there sure are some opinionated and single-minded people on here. Sure, this is great blues, and Jimmy Reed is historically known as a blues singer, but it easily qualifies as an early rock & roll tune in every category I can think of: style, tempo, beat, format, chord progression, feel, Could you twist to it? You betcha. How 'bout we just enjoy it and worry less about categorizing it? For those who say Elvis only sang other people's songs..uhh..Jimmy Reed didn't write this one either, so..

[Bowser1948]

Love this ..Jimmy was a bit of a one trick pony to me ...but a very fine pony

[emerald6786]

I dedicate this to my father John D H. May you rest in peace. I love and miss you daddy.

[latokatn506]

This man was and still the king of the blue's And ain't no body can steal that from him and the people who knew of his talent and bought his record's And I am white and from the South and we listen this kind of music Every night and you would be shocked to know just how the white's in the south bought his record's .And his music talent is still here with us ..Funny who love's the blue's and look who are keeping it a live ..They might not do it as good but they try

[skychanter]

real deal

[mollydoghall1]

I saw jimmy reed on tv in the mid sixties playing and singing this song. he played the guitar-harmonica-and with his left foot on a pedal played the drum.

[mollydoghall1]

best I've ever heard

[1414948]

The best blues musician I heard fantastic. Thank you!



[timjmoran]

LOVE..LOVE.. LOOOVE the drum track on this... so simple, but SO perfect, so primal... The whole track is fabuliss.. but the drums kinda make it, I think.

NAd I bet there were only a few mics on this track, too. Anybody know where

Reed recorded?? I'm guessin' Chicago...

[john9944]

This guy is a real rock and roll icon. He influenced everybody for the Stones on down. I saw a Neil Young concert several years ago and he did a set of Reed tunes before his show even started. The way that Springsteen used to do Buddy Holly. The Boss said that it kepi him honest. I guess the same would go for Neil.

[RichardKoenigsberg]

Yes, Jimmy Reed was one of the Kings of rock 'n' roll. They call it the blues today. But Jimmy was one of the first and greatest rock 'n' roll singers.

Elvis was only RETROSPECTIVELY crowned as "the King." When rock 'n' roll emerged, he was one of MANY important singers (they didn't call them "artists" then). Jimmy Reed had a much deeper influence on me than Elvis.

[Crazybitchjj]

I never heard of this song before today, but it was recomended to me by the beautiful Dana Fuchs!!!! I love it!!

[Appaloosa1969]

Jimmy Reed was a musical Martin Luther King, Jr.

We owe our present and future to men like him!

[ivelosthewilltolive]

Great guitar and vocal. Not the most creative drumming I've ever heard...

[45ralphher]

this is a blues song.... doesn't really concern the recognized king of Rock n' Roll Elvis Presley(R.I.P.)

[oraletony]

Remembering my Pops favorite Blues Jams !! R.I.P. My pops was raised in East Los (L.A.)  ; ( Great jam !!

[DaveSchmidt19]

Elvis Is The King Of Rock And Roll

[lsmith869]

@DaveSchmidt19 Surely you jest.

[RegLeachFan]

i love Jimmy, he's the mad notes.

true and blue ...

[goldenmorningfarminc]

I love reading these comments. I was ten when this was released. My mama loved it and sang it all the time.

[fanofprotopic]

The Sons of Champlin do a great funked up cover of this

[slovacek59]

nobody and i mean nobody can sing like JR

[cjoey39]

I haven't listened much to Jimmy Reed in fact this might be my first time. I love the rhythm and singing style! The guitar sounds fantastic! I can't wait to here more!! Life is good!! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"

[Kirke182]

There is only one person that plays like this.

[WillMissit]

You idiot this is not rock and roll and has nothing to do with Elvis. This is plain old down and out blues. The kind that only a black man can sing.

[TheDoxster]

Remember seeing Mr. Reed at the Prom in St. Paul, Mn. in early 60's. This song brings back great vibes, one of my all-time favorites.

[SunRaSara]

No one does it better than JR. The beat just pulls your strings

[ioxxd90]

GREAT!!!!

[loxab2]

anyway, vinyl reproduction of music always sounds better , love to hear and see the record moving to the rythm

[tnboy1231]

dam'n good song

[casu3]

rock and roll its for boys blues its for mens

[mdpocoroba]

Jimmy's wife used to recite his lyrics to him from below the footlights, like a human teleprompter. Always found that amusing...

[purcupile]

Big Mama Thorton was the Queen of Rock N' Roll

[1954surya]

Birth of Rock'n Roll

[schwibert]

Leon Russell,was inspired by Jimmy Reed in the 70's..Great blues..Leon has own version dedicates to Jimmy..Google Leon Russell..Big boss man..it's great..

[Lovetogolf2005]

The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughn were all born from Jimmy Reed.......and not from Elvis!......

[astar334]

@Lovetogolf2005 Stones and Beatles were also heavily influenced by Buddy Holly.

Buddy > Elvis

[Lovetogolf2005]

Jimmy Reed is the King of Rock and Roll, not Elvis.....

[WillMissit]

You idiots this is not rock and roll and has nothing to do with Elvis.. It is plain old down and out blues like only a black man can sing.. Elvis was inspired by this kind of music.

[ryanmathes47]

i hate myself so F me

[darlene1029]

Probably my favorite although hard to pick a fav. .

Thanks for this one mstipendiary28 : )

[slovacek59]

elvis does hold a light when it comes to jr

[bronxaries72]

love this dude,my stepdad introduced me to him about 15 yrs ago and I was the only girl booming him in a SUV!!!!! lolol

[RegLeachFan]

you just tall, thats all..

[pdfma]

No It proves my point, I'm not an idiot, your just to STUPID to understand my point.

[defasabat456]

@pdfma then i will try to understand your point but before you make one please do a little more research and if you'll stop be closed minded you might just see someone else has a good point. like i said in my other post if you like elvis and the way he sings... fine ....but just don't call him the king because he is not. in most cases people call him that just because they were told to.use your own mind and do the research and quit argueing with people with reasons like"jerry reed liked him" .

[pdfma]

Elvis is and will always be the King of Rock!

He is the one who revolutionized Music for generations to com, even Jerry Reed who I very much like got into this business because of Elvis. You say Elvis always sang other peoples songs, your right, first of all they sound a hell of a lot better than the people who wrote it and any singer/songwriter on the planet was hoping, no praying that Elvis would record their song. So you see this will stand til the end of time...Elvis The King! of Rock.

[defasabat456]

@pdfma thank you for proving my point. you are a idiot if you have any questions on why your a idiot just read your statement you wrote.

[sweetnoots]

@pdfma This to you , and others who don't know the HISTORY OF BLUES, and refuse to change their thinking, Do the homework, and learn something about the reason Elvis was able to do his THANG, and black artist, like JR, were not!!!!!I'm just sayin!!!!!!!

[PoppaBlue59]

Thanks to my parents, and the part of Texas where I live, I grew up listening to Mr. Reed. Great song, thanks for posting!

[crashbug]

this is good!

[pdfma]

with all due respect to Mr. Reed, Elvis' version does more justice to the song, that is why Elvis is the King and will always be The King!

[defasabat456]

@pdfma to you and anybody that says elvis is king you are all blind idiots i am so sick of everybody saying he was the king all he was king of is being white if you notice he always done other peoples songs not his own.elvis was nothing more than a face (a white face) .we still have people like him in music today they are just there to sell records and look pretty. if you like the way elvis sings,thats fine, but don't call him the king there is but one king and he don't sing the blues

[bogohoboho]

@defasabat456 blind and deaf

[defasabat456]

@bogohoboho not sure what your trying to say here what is your point .

[lmdw]

I was a Freshman in High School when this came out, and so I have lots and lots of really good memories w/this!! Jimmy Reed knows how.......

Love this one....

[fanofprotopic]

I have a super fonky cover of this by the Sons of Champlin

[whistlingwisegeorge]

Watch out, a cover of this song that got a hundred views caused me to get a third strike and I lost 3 YouTube Channels and a thousand uploads. Google is not your friend. Never have two channels associated with one e-mail address. Create an individual e-mail address for every channel you have or they fuck you on everything. I thought I had learned but they suckered my trust. One whole channel was original and about worm farming. I was providing a public service and now I'm very upset.

[gypsymama501]

K-Dog thinks he's my Big-Boss-Man! Maybe he is!!!! LOL

[cgamonwhit]

A guitar, harmonica and a drum plus Jimmy. Timeless classic and i'm going out to buy it this weekend.

[typsypyg]

@cgamonwhit : don't forget the string bass.

[bigdaddy0228]

GET ON IT bossman ooooooooooooooooooooooyaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaa

[mad4mtl]

Now I do not claim to know much about Blues music, but to me Jimmy epitomizes the Blues.

[Rishi15]

Love those blues and the blues harp!

[therealraybaby]

Muthafucka can't U hear me when I CALL!!!! U won't even give me a got damn drink of water, ya durty bastard, u better hope I don't ever have 2 feed yo ass by the spoon someday!!!!  LOL

[reddawg70]

imma just thanx to my dad for findin' himself at KU back in the 60's and then findin' J. Reed and passin him onto me....

[SunRaSara]

He is the best there ever was. There is a 33 album

Jimmy reed at Carnige Hall late 50's early 60's I believe.

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@SunRaSara RIGHT ON !!

[sparkyization]

'57 Chevy. Kooler full of ice kold Ranier ale. A little jigger O' Seagram's 7 & and baby face Donna. Crusin' Exposition Hall with my FOUR track Pioneer tape deck blowin' some Jimmy Reed

"Slavery"? Get real, dude. FogettaBout it

[freddieg1234]

wow dude think for it "you ant so big your just tall thats al"l hes talking bout the slave master "big boss man" dude just know and quit being ignorant

[sparkyization]

excellente.  Good, no GREAT reply!

NOW, ... I agree with you!

Thanx, Fred. The tunes all mean different things to all of us and for Jimmy during that era he lived, He that wasn't that far removed from the slave days & It might have had those slave undertones

Right On, Bro' ;-) Great post

[freddieg1234]

and i the only one who discovered wat this song is really about its totally subliminal think back to slave days

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@freddieg1234 BullCrap everyone relates to The Blues. I'm a white man and was a personality disc jockey on many stations and I love and played many many R&B sides. Look at John R and The Ole Jivin Hossman Bill Allen on WLAC they played the hell out of all this stuff and they were white. Everyone can "feel" the blues.

[freddieg1234]

@THEMOJOMANsince1959 dude listen to the lyrics dude hes talking about the slave master "well u ant so big u just tall thats all" "bossman" lol dude i was raised on this shit

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@freddieg1234 Right On



[Iraqveteran8888]

This is music...

[undergroundgod777]

Okay I like this verson the best, but Elvis has a better voice, and did a cleaner rendition, which is great for most people, I just like my music dirty in that old south kind of way so Jimmy does it for me.

[lowgrau]

Man, we need music like this again today!

[ksharpe10]

Them early rolling stones is great stuff, wish they sounded like that today. Alot was brian jones, listen to their version of Confessin the blues, a 1941 song, which bb king did too, they do not sound anything alike. The Stones version sounds very Jimmy reed style. Great.

[187MOMURDA187]

Didnt Elvis die on the toilet, im not sure but i think he did.

[customkey]

I've worked for a few of these. Right on Mr. Reed.

[susanbgcbr549]

OMG!!! Great Memory

[loitalove2009]

ELVIS IS NOT THE KING OF ROCK N ROLL

[elvispresley11]

that's an opinion...but the in fact, ELVIS IS THE KING OF ROCK N' ROLL!

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@loitalove2009 Elvis LOVED ALL THESE GUYS it's so evident in everything he did !!

[crashbug]

@loitalove2009 , I guess that makes over 50,000,00 people wrong!

[2Stardumb]

@crashbug no just stupid

[SlowwHand]

@2Stardumb Jimmy Reed is Blues. A lot of Rock is Blues based.

[2Stardumb]

@SlowwHand I know man and I love the old blues stuff. I don't know why you wrote me this comment....I play Blues and thats what I grew up on and completely understand the evolution of rock from blues. I was referring to crashbugs saying it makes 50,000,000 wrong and I just said no they are not wrong just stupid.

[martinbond2003]

@loitalove2009 Truly agree. Even when I was very young listening to the likes of Pink Floyd, Led Zeplin I wondered WHY they called Elvis the King of Rock & Roll?

The likes of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino far surpass Elvis for proper RAW rock & Roll. I suppose most of the Greats were black in a time where they wouldn't be noticed in American music.

[195477]

@martinbond2003 You obviously haven't listened to enough Elvis.There is NO way any of the above surpassed the king for R&R.

[vondrena]

@loitalove2009 THANK YOU!

[pwnzerblah22]

@loitalove2009

Just a clepto motha fucka

[vassiliagazetas]

@loitalove2009 no the KING ELVIS IS JUST THAT*!!!

[mikkle5069]

@loitalove2009 If he didn't take it and run with it we would still be waiting for someone to make it anything but a black experience.

[JAARNO88]

@loitalove2009 oh yes he is!

[MrSemlibertadores]

Yes,ELVIS KING THE MUSIC!

[elviscash56]

@loitalove2009 This is good stuff but Elvis being the king of rock is pretty much set in stone

[kjsongster]

@loitalove2009 bullshit!

[kjsongster]

@loitalove2009 imagine jimmy reed singing and ELVIS song.ELVIS is the king!

[loitalove2009]

wowowow love it wowowowowo

[dld3151]

One of my all-time favorites. Nobody does this one like ol' Jimmy!

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@dld3151 RIGHT ON !!!

[shutthesucka]

cruisin down the blvd with the 8 track blastin, haha those were the days

[PawSoxMom]

This is one of the best posts I have ever heard. Thanks you! :)

[HendrixPrinceFlea89]

Yea I like this.