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 Jimmy Reed Highway's Profile |
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| Location: | AUSTIN, Texas |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 14, 2008 (584 days back) |
About Me |
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| The Jimmy Reed Highway is a well-traveled thoroughfare as storied and rich in legend throughout the southern United States as Robert Johnson's mythical Crossroads. It runs through the minds of men and women of a certain age, complexion, and place who grew up during the era of segregation and who defied their parents, the law, and all genteel propriety and custom by answering one bluesman's invitation to cross the color line and join him getting lowdown and dirty as he serenaded a generation from the bandstand, on jukeboxes, and through the radio. To them, the slurred, guttural sound of a wise man singing "Hush, Hush," putting down the "Big Boss Man" or advising the listener to "Take Out Some Insurance" before they behold the "Bright Lights, Big City" was a siren's call they had no choice but to answer. Even if they tried, they couldn't resist the steady, dirty rhythm punctuated by the twanging sting of an electric guitar note and the sweet wail of a harmonica. And when they leaned in close, they could even hear the barely perceptible sound of a woman's whispering forgotten lyrics into an ear. Ain't nobody can do Jimmy Reed like Jimmy Reed could. But this drive down Jimmy Reed Highway with fellow Mississippian Kent "Omar" Dykes at the wheel with Jimmie Vaughan riding shotgun and folks like, "Kim Wilson, Miss Lou Ann Barton, James Cotton, Delbert McClinton, and Gary Clark, Jr., joining the duo, comes mighty close. As Omar guns the engine and peels rubber on the two-lane blacktop lined with no-good women, empty whiskey bottles, too many cigarette butts and bad intentions, he leaves John law trailing behind eating his dust. Hop in for a ride and turn up the volume. The electric bluesman who shaped the minds and moves of a musical generation is alive and well. ----Joe Nick Patoski |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 10/5/2007Band Website: jimmyreedhighway.com Band Members: Omar Kent Dykes....Vocals, Guitar Jimmie Vaughan....Guitar, Vocals Derek O'Brien....Guitar Ronnie James....Bass Wes Starr....Drums & featuring Kim Wilson....Harmonica Delbert McClinton....Harmonica, Vocals James Cotton....Harmonica Lou Ann Barton....Vocals Gary Clark Jr.....Guitar, Vocals George Rains....Drums Gary Primich....Harmonica Barry Bihm....Bass Jay Moeller....Drums Jake Dykes....Drums Influences: Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor Record Label: Ruf Records - Germany Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Blues) |
My Blog |
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"On The Jimmy Reed Highway" Review by Bedford Times-Mail |
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| Editor's Picks: The Reed HighwayBy MIKE RICKETTS - miker@tmnews.comLast week in this column, I reported that Omar Kent Dykes (Omar and the Howlers) and Jimmie Vaughan (Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Stevi... Posted by Jimmy Reed Highway on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:06:00 PST |
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"On The Jimmy Reed Highway" Review by Get Ready To Rock |
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| OMAR KENT DYKES & JIMMY VAUGHAN On The Jimmy Reed Highway'On The Jimmy Reed Highway' is a curious project. Firstly there has already been a recent plethora of Jimmy Reed re-issues, born of the late bl... Posted by Jimmy Reed Highway on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:39:00 PST |
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A Stone Pleasure To Play Jimmy Reed - From NPR |
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| A 'STONE PLEASURE' TO PLAY JIMMY REEDNPR Audio Link: A 'Stone Pleasure' To Play Jimmy ReedOmar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan have a long history with blues music. Dykes (left) leads the swamp-rock ban... Posted by Jimmy Reed Highway on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:38:00 PST |
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Omar and The Howlers, Delbert McClinton, Lou Ann Barton, Los Lonely Boys, connie, connie, Beverly, cricket, Sonny Babe & Albert Ray Band, The Human Project, The Holy Trip, JAMIE C., Bion's Bluesbeat, Libby, Tim Allens Bluestime, CONNIE, Kenny Blue Ray, NOEL, Ulrich, Chicken Jim Bluesband, Ana Christensen, Joris Hendrik Band, Mr. Catfish Blues Band, Geezer Cabinets, kooder (good music), BRON BUICK - solo, Rockin’ Benson, Max Stratos & the Border Radio, G.E. SMITH, Tragic Sam & The Lowdown Rockers, Folkhemsorkestern, Sandie, Roots Connection, martin, double0blues, Steve Kozak’s WestCoast Blues Revue, S*a*n*d*y, Daddy Rocks, Jukebox Gypsy, Mongrelguitars, kevin
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