Rockin' With Reed

by Jimmy Reed

Rockin' With Reed cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: September 1959
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:40
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembling incredibly successful late 1950s singles for Vee-Jay Records, this album features his signature slack-jawed vocal delivery and simplistic, hypnotic guitar boogies. The highly accessible, infectious grooves made him one of the most commercially dominant blues artists of his era.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Goin' To New York (2:18)
  2. A String To Your Heart (2:42)
  3. Ends And Odds - Instrumental (2:12)
  4. Caress Me Baby (2:48)
  5. Take Out Some Insurance (2:23)
  6. The Moon Is Rising (2:23)
  7. Down In Virginia (2:24)
  8. I Know It's A Sin (2:23)
  9. I Wanna Be Loved - 1964 Version (2:15)
  10. Baby, What's On Your Mind? (3:06)
  11. My Bitter Seed (2:13)
  12. Rockin' With Reed (2:29)

Credits

  • Loudon Wainwright III - primary artist, arranged by [band arrangements], written-by, acoustic guitar, 5-string banjo
  • Slow Train - arranged by [band arrangements]
  • John Crowder - bass, vocals
  • Ray Barber - calligraphy
  • Richard Crooks - drums, percussion
  • Ron Getman - electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals
  • Stephen Tubin - keyboards
  • Glen Mitchell - keyboards, vocals

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