Jimmy Reed

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Lifespan:
September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976, he died aged 50 and was American.
Birthname:
Mathis James Reed.
Snapshot:
An Artist with 71 releases, and credited twice on others' music. 7 collaborations.

Biography

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Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries. His lazy, slack-jawed singing, piercing harmonica and hypnotic guitar patterns were one of the blues' most easily identifiable sounds in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Genres

Blues, Traditional R&B. Vote on Genres

Discography

73 releases – 71 under his own name and 2 credits on others' music Edit
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