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Jimmy Reed: Talks Like He Sings

Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964

JIMMY REED is perhaps the most successful blues singer on the American scene today, for his music has found wide acceptance among both the white and coloured population of America, and with the backing of a large and continually developing record company such as Vee Jay, which has excellent distribution throughout the States, his records never fail to sell in large quantities.

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