Soulin'

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Soulin'
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Studio album by
Jimmy Reed
Released1967
RecordedMay 1966, May 26, 1967 and April 18, 1967
StudioChicago, IL
Genre Blues
Length27:06
Label BluesWay
BL/BLS 6009
Producer Al Smith
Jimmy Reed chronology
The New Jimmy Reed Album
(1967)		Soulin'
(1967)		 Big Boss Man
(1968)

Soulin' is an album by blues musician Jimmy Reed released by the BluesWay label in 1967. [1] [2] [3]

Jimmy Reed American blues musician and songwriter

Mathis James Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with blues as well as non-blues audiences. Reed's songs such as "Honest I Do" (1957), "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (1960), "Big Boss Man" (1961), and "Bright Lights, Big City" (1961) appeared on both Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues and Hot 100 singles charts.

BluesWay Records was an American subsidiary label of ABC-Paramount Records, begun by Bob Thiele in 1966. Artists such as John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rushing, Otis Spann, and T-Bone Walker were among those who signed for the label. BluesWay released B. B. King's 1969 Live and Well and Completely Well albums, the latter containing his hit "The Thrill is Gone". The label also released the James Gang's first album, 1969's Yer' Album.

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AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated the album was: "bogged down by a production that tries to move Reed into the blues-rock era. Consequently, the album is primarily of interest to completists, since even hardcore Reed fans may find the production disconcerting". [4]

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Track listing

All compositions credited to Al Smith except where noted

  1. "Buy Me a Hound Dog" – 2:30
  2. "Feel Like I Want to Ramble" – 2:35
  3. "I Wake Up at Daybreak" – 2:16
  4. "Peepin' and Hidin'" – 2:36
  5. "Don't Press Your Luck Woman" – 2:28
  6. "I'm Not Going to Let You Down" – 2:35
  7. "I'm Knockin' on Your Door" – 2:40
  8. "Crazy About Oklahoma" – 2:40
  9. "Cousin Peaches" – 2:07
  10. "Ain't No Time for Fussin'" – 2:42
  11. "Dedication to Sonny" – 1:57

Personnel

Lefty Bates was an American Chicago blues guitarist. He led the Lefty Bates Combo and worked with the El Dorados, the Flamingos, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Etta James, the Aristo-Kats, the Hi-De-Ho Boys, the Moroccos, and the Impressions. A regular on the Chicago blues scene, his major work was as a session musician on numerous recordings in the 1950s and 1960s.

Eddie Taylor was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.

James H. Gresham, is a soul singer and writer. BMI list 14 songs to his credit. He wrote and produced records in Los Angeles in the 1960s. He also played in Rosey Grier's band, and wrote and produced records for Rosey's record label "Tac-Ful". He has appeared on shows with the late Wilson Pickett, Joe Tex, and many other "Soul Greats".

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