jimmy reed baby what you want me to do

jimmy reed at his finest, lazy,slow burning blues masterpiece. Great hamonica

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[7000ironman]

@thesbidge i thought i was the only one who noticed that! your absolutly right about the lyrics. this is a great song and jimmy reed has to go down as one of the greatest bluesmen ever!

[phillaing]

@7000ironman good comment !

[phillaing]

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

[phillaing]

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

[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.

[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.

[bigwillhenk]

oooo very nice

[7000ironman]

@philliang ty, man

[TheSnidge]

The interesting thing about this record is that Jimmy Reed never sings 'baby what you want me to do?'-he sings 'baby why you wanna let go?'.

The tune is actually called 'You Got Me Runnin''.

Thousands of people have performed or covered this song and they all (incorrectly) sing 'baby what you want me to do?' which ,when you think about it makes less sense than the lyric Jimmy actually sang.

[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.