jimmy reed baby what you want me to do

[1968joseph1]

We get the best response when we cover this song no matter where we are or the age of the audience. And it's nowhere in the same ballpark as the original of course. We just stretch it out because it's too good to be that short in our opinion. Cole Raynes Acoustic Trio

[Lyrero]

Oh shit, when I listened to this I ran to the nearest tavern.

[fiddletownkid]

In 1960 I was 10 years old. I had 7 sisters and saintified parents who didn't allow the blues or boys around the house. As soon as they left for any place, the music and the dancing was on. Me and my 3 brothers really learn how to dance. There was so many dances in those day and none of them were close o the same. No music or artis sounded the same either. If they weren't differant, they didn't make it. Everyone was tought music in grammer school, so we new the differance. Kids can be fool now.

[fiddletownkid]

In 1960 I was 10 years old. I had 7 sisters and saintified parents who didn't allow the blues or boys around the house. As oon as they left for any place, the music and the dancing was on. Me and my 3 brothers really learn how to dance.

[phillaing]

such a moving comment I hope you have many more happy memories

[cyntar1]

born and raised on the blues brings tears to my eyes as i reflect on growing up. when i was 6 yrs. old he was my fav.

[supercrazyswan]

RIPJimmy Reed. thank you. A classic.

[kevincanwait]

lucky indeed...nice sharing story.

[phillaing]

keep dancin minno even if it's in your heart and mind x

[minnomouse1]

I remember dancing to this in college

[wmhp1959]

A masterpiece, without question.

[JamesKPower]

6 people actually gave this a thumbs down??!!!

Wow! Those must be some sad, soul-less, fucks.

[MsHillbillyrocker]

This is the version my daddy played on the stereo. Not Elvis. Love it!

[justinjustinjusin]

feels good

[oldestludwig]

saw jimmy & john lee in detroit inthe early 60's and still remember it w/ joy. thanks for posting

[phillaing]

@oldestludwig

you are a lucky man! I'm so glad this post gives you pleasure.

[ButterflyofOceans]

great song :D

[phillaing]

bullshit

[MyDreamside]

elvis made it gold!

[phillaing]

@MyDreamside

BULLSHIT

[JAARNO88]

@phillaing bullshit right back at you!

[MrBuffalo2]

Top Rank was a minor british label.! Jimmy was on Stateside distributed in UK..

[phillaing]

cheers for that. Yes his work was released on Stateside too in the UK. I have Shame, Shame, Shame and Bright Lights, Big City on that label. ;-)

[1Lamesha]

Jimmy Reed Is My Grandfather's Brother and I grew Up listening to this song all the time in my fathers juke joint as a little girl in Texas. This is my favorite Song of my Uncle and he sounds just like my Grandfather. I'm glad that you all are enjoying his legacy. Thanks for posting and listening to his music.

[loxab2]

yeah this is the way it goes!

[phillaing]

you were fortunate! glad you like the post :-)

[wesrace1]

Hey, thanks for the Jimmy Reed! I was fortunate enough to see him on Chicago's south side a couple times in the early 70's

[gmmakristin]

What a fabulous song - Jimmy sure could sing it! Nobody else comes close. Thanks for uploading this.

[BloodyInsane]

FUCK YEA.

[Chocolaht]

I have to dedicate this one to George Lewis Sr...( Pop)..I know he's partyin with the greats in Blues Heaven.

[phillaing]

@Chocolaht good for you I'm glad JR's music keeps on healing.......

[MrJLHooker]

This is the real deal.Elvis is just a copy.Jimmy Reed was a real blues man

[LJH70122]

Saw a video of Dwight Yoakam singing Big Boss Man . Got me jonesin' for the real deal. Lucky for me youtube has all Jimmy's classics. Love me some Jimmy Reed.

[musicftw783]

this is some nice stuff thanks for uploading :)

[19thcentury]

God, how I love this this song, by Jimmie. In emailing with my High School "mates", what a great time we had, what great music, and we really did not know it, "sock hops"! People, go back to the 50"s through 70's, and really live the future.

[Lightia]

Baby why you want to let go, Jimmy Reed One of kind natural talent, everyone else just copies.

[steveknows62]

As real and as classic as it gets. Or ever will get.

[ectorlove]

Yeah..Yeah..Yeah..!

[lisa3754]

Ahhhh, sweet memories made me look for this. I wish I had a video of my parents dirty dancing to this song. I remember "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby," too. They used to move the coffee table out of the way, roll up the rug, crank up the hi-fi, then practically smolder as they danced together. My brother, sister, & I would sit on the couch, watching in awe, grinning......feeling lucky to be born to parents who loved each other so much.

[txun45]

@lisa3754

What a wonderful tribute to your parents and sweet memory! All children should be so blessed...perhaps fewer divorces. Jimmy Reed, 2nd to none!

[oicsaywhat]

@lisa3754 nice memory you got there, aint it sweet how a song can take you back to that special place way back when

[IcePrincessx76]

@lisa3754 Those were good memories...it seems all was good when we saw our parents happy

[TheChristiekate]

@lisa3754 That' so lovely.What a fantastic memory.

[wootsilot]

@lisa3754 was it a super special sexy dance in the nude? just wondering...

[ftjax]

Used to be huge hit at old frat parties in the 60's..............

[CottonmouthPerry]

Anyone who gave this a poor rating should go#$% themselves!

[19thcentury]

Just think, 1955---Hank Williams recent great music, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elvis with his "southern music" And of course Jimmy Reed. Never to be duplicated.

Young people return to the best--Nothing wrong with singing this music, the way it was supposed to be sung, again. You simply would create a new world, for all to enjoy and advance.

[darjim68]

A true classic!!!!!

[Mr12bar]

This is one of the songs that changed my life. Like the Beatles, Jimmy brought it and everyone followed.

JR was not the first, but he was one of the best. John Lee Hooker was the other bookend of the real deal.

I was fortunate enough to know JLH for several years. A really good man.

[bigwillhenk]

oooo very nice

[phillaing]

@bigwillhenk  ooo yeah!

[19thcentury]

GOD, I love this song by Jimmy! Even sat through a session in the early 60's, just to listen to these songs by another singer, that loved Jimmy as well. No, he wasn't close.

[saucie17]

Luv's me some Jimmy Reed..... his sound is distinctive. Thanks so much for sharing this

[phillaing]

@saucie17

glad you like it!

[19thcentury]

You really have to compare the lolly pop music of the lated 50's to really appreciate this type of music. If you listened to the underground rythmm and blues radio station of Johnny Otis in LA, you heard this all the time, alone with others. it was really different, but it was still great music.

[phillaing]

I would love to have been around that time. Johnny Otis had his finger on the pulse he knew what was happening ok!

[loitalove2009]

WOWOWOOWO love MUSIC THEY ...CANT TOUCH THESE YEARS

[Mojoissimo]

Fantastic - Love this recording!

[19thcentury]

This is pure Mississippi Delta Blues! Great! I don't care who sings it!

[sawabojo]

well done for celebrating jimmy reed

[phillaing]

cheers :-)

[queenjaneapprox]

I'm pretty sure there wouldn't have been an Elvis(a white blues singer) without a Jimmy (among many others), so the argument is moot.

I love them all for the happiness they give me.

[phillaing]

ok guys if I wanted an online forum to discuss E****s I might have asked for contributions but I didn't. I uploaded the song to celebrate the genuis of Jimmy. Anymore references to E****s will be instantly deleted and blocked.

[MrsDiamondears]

I agree with you phillaing. Why are we even discussing Elvis Presley in relation to Jimmy Reed. Don't get me wrong., Although I am not an Elvis fan, his talent cannot be denied. I believe he should have taken his music in a different direction as he grew older, because he had an excellent voice suited for rock n roll & UP

[19thcentury]

Elvis was simply, THE KING. Jimmy Reed's songs will be playing as long as there are music lovers. I love this version the best, have it in a CD.

[pincfloide]

Elvis did not do justice to this song. It was meant to be slow and mellow, not fast and jerky while you're hopped up on pills like Mr. Presley. I like some elvis now and then, but he is not an original bluesman. I didn't write very much music to my knowledge, he played mostly. Like all the "artists" today

[pincfloide]

Elvis was talented but NOT original. He does not compare to the smooth sound of jimmy reed. Whe I first heard this song I listened to it over and over and over and over again. Amazing stuff. There is NO ONE like this around anymore.

[salvin1792]

Why we talkin bout a rip off like Elvis? Jimmy is the truth.

[BabybluesLand]

Just great, great!!! Jimmy and John Lee Hooker are my favourite Bluessingers. But Elvis was´nt a rip off. He did a lot to respect black music and he certainly could sing the Blues as well.

[loitalove2009]

LOVE THIS KIND OF MUSIC

[phillaing]

I'm not into Elvis sorry can't understand why he is so popular.......................­...let's just listen to Jimmy that's why I uploaded him

[MRSERENO1]

wow how are you going to say that elvis sang it better????.....dont forget where the song came from....this is jimmys song.....elvis couldnt come up with his own music!!!!!dont forget that!!!!!!!!!

[phillaing]

I agree entirely Elvis better than mr Reed? not a chance methinks sabrinatot has cloth ears

[starfireelvis]

Love the blues, respect Jimmy Reed, but to slam on Elvis is ignorant. You tellin' me Elvis wasn't "creative"? Name me another artist who could sing as many genres of music with conviction and yes, "soul"?

Why can't you just enjoy the music?. Hate this liberal crap where a "group" of people has sole proprietorship over a type of music.

To paraphrase Rufus Thomas, Elvis took blues songs and injected them with such a force that the songs took off "like a late freight (train).

[Nicolai188]

@MRSERENO1 No matter how you turn this around, more people like Elvis` version. Dont forget that...

So the masses of people have decided that Elvis` version is better. Much better.

[phillaing]

@Nicolai188

I'm not interested in the masses. Clearly there are more Elvis fans globally than Jimmy Reed. Can we be sure that they prefer his version and if they do so what? I don't want to hear anymore about Elvis..............and for the record in my view Elvis' version doesn't come any where near JR's. Now this was my post so go and find and Elvis channel if you don't like it!

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

@phillaing My mind is open enough that I dig the hell out of both versions of this tune ...

[phillaing]

@AllBobsAllTheTime

well I hope that makes you happy.....................not that I needed to know

[pennridgeboy]

Oh man, Jimmy Reed you were somethin else brother. Heard this at my cousins house when I didn't know anything about "the blues". Geez, I still get the same incredible feeling 50 years later listening to this cut. Brilliant stuff. Thanks.

[phillaing]

I'm really pleased this gave you so much pleasure

[sabrinatot]

I love this song but I do think that Elvis sang it better in the 68 comeback !

[elvisjimpa100]

This is great but i like the Elvis version better to.

[TheAlrightythen]

Loved to listen to Jimmy Reed back in the day. This brought back so many memories. Thanks

[phillaing]

I'm really pleased this post gave you so much pleasure

[2009framat]

After leaving the VeeJay label in 1965 Jimmy Reed rerecorded the song and published it under the title "peeping and hiding" but this version I like better.

If you are interested in my tribut to Jimmy Reed just click on my name to see an animated short film - just 74 seconds long- called "24 bars for Jimmy Reed". If you could then drop a comment that would be very kind.

bye

[vinylsingleman]

Thanks for posting. Great one. Though the words sound more like "baby what you want to let go".

[alamocitymexican]

I first heard this Jimmy Reed tune at the age of 14.....I have been hooked on the blues ever since......That soulful harmonica makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up......btw, I am 62 years old....

[blazehok]

Me too: 62 years old and hooked on Jimmy Reed back in 1962. You could only hear his music on the local black radio station.

I have a double album recorded in mono.

Jimmy Reed changed the way I listened to music.

[phillaing]

I'm really pleased this post brought you so much pleasure

[phillaing]

I'm really pleased this post brought you so much pleasure

[mdavid1000]

Great song. I think the best version for this song was the one made by Paul Simon in his tour. I could not find it in the net.

[g88mm]

I grew up on JR!!!!!!!!!!