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Radio 2's Blues Playlist - Big Boss Man: The Music of Jimmy Reed

From old school to new cool - Radio 2 explores the best in R 'n' B sounds. This week the spotlight falls on Jimmy Reed, writer of some of the most enduring of blues classics.

From old school to new cool - Radio 2 explores the best in R 'n' B sounds. This week the spotlight falls on Jimmy Reed. writer of some of the most enduring blues classics of all time. These include Bright Lights Big City, The Sun Is Shining, Boogie In The Dark, You Got Me Dizzy, Honest I Do and Can't Stand To See You Go. These are performed by a diverse list of artists including Willie Nelson, Bobby Rush, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead and Jimmy Reed himself.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 6 Feb 2017 02:03

Music Played

  • Grateful Dead

    The Big Boss Man

    • Grateful Dead.
    • WEA.
  • Jimmy Reed

    The Sun Is Shining

    • Rockin’ With Reed.
    • Charly.
    • 14.
  • Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis

    Bright Lights Big City

    • Two Men With The Blues.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • Barbara Lynn

    You Don't Have To Go

    • You’ll Lose A Good Thing.
    • Not Now Music.
  • Jimmy Reed

    High & Lonesome

    • The Best Of Jimmy Reed.
    • GNP Crescendo.
  • Bobby Rush

    Boogie In The Dark

    • Down In Louisiana.
    • Deep Rush Records.
    • 6.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Honest I Do

    • Spirit In The Dark.
    • Atlantic.
    • 5.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Little Rain

    • Blue & Lonesome.
    • Polydor.
    • 10.
  • Steve Miller Band

    You Got Me Dizzy

    • Bingo.
    • Warner Music UK.
    • 9.
  • Eric Clapton

    Ain't That Lovin' You Baby

    • Give Me Strength: The ‘74/’75 Studio Recordings.
    • Polydor.
    • 11.
  • Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan

    Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth

    • On The Jimmy Reed Highway.
    • Ruf.
    • 6.
  • Jimmy Reed

    Can't Stand To See You Go

    • Ain’t That Loving You Baby.
    • Jasmine.
    • 14.
  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd

    Shame, Shame, Shame

    • Ledbetter Heights.
    • Giant.
    • 4.
  • Billie Holiday

    Do Your Duty

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Feb 2017 02:03