Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man

Written by Luther Dixon and Al Smith in 1960; released by Jimmy Reed in 1961. Great blues performance, and a big influence on early The Rolling Stones.

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Music

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• classic
• rock
• and
• roll
• blues

[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

[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.

[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...