You can imagine how pleased I was to pick up something billed as "four Jimmy Reed albums on two CDs" as part of one of the regular '3 for £1' offers in our local Buddhist bookshop. But...
[Note to readers: please insert "da da da dum" or other blues riff as appropriate when reading the next bit, and make sure you have your harmonica ready so you can do a solo at the end].
When I woke up this morning/ and I opened up the case/ one CD was missing/ I had tears all down my face.
Now I only had two albums/ When I was expecting four/ Well I'm happy with what I got/ but I'm still left wanting more.
[Harmonica solo]
Well I took myself down to the river, as you do in these circumstances, and after staring into its murky depths for a while a dawning realisation crept over me that two Jimmy Reed albums for 33p is still a pretty good deal, especially when they contain such much-covered classics as "Big Boss Man" and "Baby What You Want Me To Do".
The albums in question are "Rockin' With Reed" (1959) and "Found Love" (1960), and here is a big boffo tune from both of them.
"Going By The River (Part 1)" - Jimmy Reed
"Wanna Be Loved" - Jimmy Reed
And now, two big boss men.
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ReplyDeleteAs the great philosopher nearly sang Two out of Four ain't Bad.
ReplyDeleteAre you claiming Meatloaf is a great philosopher?
DeleteOn the basis of that I would happily pay at least 33p for an 'Ernie Sings The Blues' album.
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea. Would you be available to provide blues concertina?
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