Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall

Infobox Album | Name = Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall
Type = Album
Artist = Jimmy Reed


Released = August 1961
Recorded = ?
Genre = Chicago blues
Length = 62:47
Label = Vee-Jay
Producer = Calvin Carter
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:eyf8zfiheh5k link]
Last album = "Now Appearing"
(1960)
This album = "Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall"
(1961)
Next album = "Just Jimmy Reed"
(1962) |

"Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall" is a double LP album by Jimmy Reed, released in 1961. Though the title suggests that the record was recorded live, it consists solely of a studio recreation of a Carnegie Hall performance.

Reed's recordings of "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Big Boss Man" were voted two of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Personnel

*Lefty Bates – guitar
*Lonnie Brooks – guitar
*Willie Dixon – bass
*Earl Phillips – drums
*Jimmy Reed – guitar, harmonica, vocals
*Mary Reed – backing vocals
*Eddie Taylor – guitar
*Phil Upchurch – guitar

Track listing

All songs by Jimmy Reed, except where noted.

Record 1, side 1:
#"Bright Lights, Big City" – 2:50
#"I'm Mr. Luck" – 3:34
#"Baby What's Wrong" – 3:24
#"Found Joy" – 3:41
#"Kind of Lonesome" – 2:52Record 1, side 2:
#"Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth" – 2:33
#"Tell Me You Love Me" (Jimmy Reed/Al Smith) – 2:54
#"Blue Carnegie" – 2:53
#"I'm a Love You" – 2:07
#"Hold Me Close" – 2:38
#"Blue Blue Water" – 2:45Record 2, side 1:
#"Baby, What You Want Me to Do" – 2:31
#"You Don't Have to Go" – 3:10
#"Hush Hush" – 2:43
#"Found Love" – 2:24
#"Honest I Do" (Jimmy Reed/Ewart Abner) – 2:50
#"You Got Me Dizzy" – 2:58Record 2, side 2:
#"Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon/Al Smith) – 2:54
#"Take Out Some Insurance" – 2:31
#"Boogie in the Dark" – 2:41
#"Going to New York" – 2:26
#"Ain't That Loving You Baby" – 2:25
#"The Sun is Shining" (Jimmy Reed/Ewart Abner) – 2:57