Ray Reed

"...Ray ReedWhere the Trinity Runs Free (Dialtone)..."

April 11, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

A fleeting glimpse at the tragic life of the Greenwich Village singer

"...voice like Billie Holiday and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed.” She apparently didn’t appreciate the comparison to Holiday...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Big Henry's Grooves Antone's

Antone's new vinyl annex, Scoot Inn's new look, Jackie Venson's new late-night TV fan, and new (bad) ideas for ACL Fest signage

"...Irma Thomas, Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Clifton Chenier, and Jimmy Reed. "Many have historical significance as key records from..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jimmie Vaughan 2010

"...songs but didn't like them. Then I did the Jimmy Reed album with Omar [Kent Dykes], and that got..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature

Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat

Cyril Neville returns to the blues

"...a record about Katrina. The album jumps off with Jimmy Reed’s “I Found Joy,” where Neville mixes the sound..."

May 13, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

This Be an Empty World Without the Blues

Sometimes a sandwich – and its maker – is a hero

"...the music of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Luther Tucker, and 100..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

West Side Horns

Texas Platters

"...earthy voice, recalling in verse and timbre the great Jimmy Reed, one of the first black bluesmen to find..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Review by Joe Nick Patoski

Can't Be Satisfied / The Life & Times of Muddy Waters / The Voice of the Blues / Classic Interviews from Living Blues Magazine

Sheet Music

"...that built (and conversely was built by) Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Junior Wells, James Cotton, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Those Magic Moments

Clifford Antone reminisces from prison on 26 years in the blues business.

"...around '75. That's why we became so close with Jimmy [Reed], Clifton [Chenier], Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Walter Shakey..."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...Willie Dixon, and Buddy Guy and Southern favorites like Jimmy Reed, Albert Collins, Howlin' Wolf, and Albert King. Unfortunately,..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...Johnny Otis Orchestra in Los Angeles. I used to Jimmy Shaw but at that time there was a flood..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...Cotton, but Matt Murphy, Miss Lavelle White, Snooky Pryor, Jimmy Rogers, and – like new Austin guitar-slinger Jake Langley..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Personalizing the Mythic

How a former president's understated decency and the hectic birth of rock & roll electrified Toronto screens

"...superb and deeply moving new documentary about former President Jimmy Carter. The movie is so shockingly powerful because it..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Residents

Twelve essential weekly hangs

"...Little Elmore Reed..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Factory Girl

Sienna Miller nails Edie Sedgwick's gamine naivete in this biopic, but the film feels far too pat for its own good.

"...Starring: Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Shawn Hatosy, Mena Suvari, Jimmy Fallon, Illeana Douglas, Armin Amiri, Beth Grant, Edward Herrman..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Still a Good Thing

Lady sings the blues

"...a velvet slipper. But that was then. Like Francine Reed, Irma Thomas, or Lavelle White, she's a woman of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

AFF Announces Audience Awards

The viewers have spoken

"...all categories. Two films – the Comedy Vanguard feature Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero and the Student Short "Luke" –..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Got My Mojo Workin'

Paul Oscher used to blow harps for Muddy Waters

"..."Through Jimmy Mae," he says. "He knew the guys in Muddy's..."

June 27, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Confessions

Chris Gray gets laid.

"...network was still wavering between Ethan Hawke and SNL's Jimmy Fallon for the lead, but Rose McGowan was already..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...and styles, so I got to see Albert King, Jimmy Witherspoon, War. I had also heard blues through a..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

Denny Freeman, the Graceful Guitarist Who Made Everyone Sound Better, Has Died

Masterful player had a foundational presence on Austin music

"...witness to the greats: Elvis at the Cotton bowl, Jimmy Reed and Bo Diddly at the State Fair Music..."

April 25, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Blues Songbook, his idea of the genre encompassing both Jimmy Reed and Jimmie Rodgers. Upon corralling his local cast..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Matthew Robinson & the Jelly Kings

"...in Austin in 1948, Matthew Robinson remains a rare breed: genuine Texas bluesman. His first new music in more..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Nancy Fly Waves Bye-Bye

Pioneering Austin booker Nancy Fly retires, and ATX gets a hip-hop festival

"...last words to him were, "Hey man, play some Jimmy Reed" (see "Gary Clark Jr. on Antone's" at austinchronicle.com/music),..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Omar Dykes

"...and "I Ain't Superstitious." The LP conjures On the Jimmy Reed Highway, Dykes' 2007 tribute, complete with self-penned title..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Sad Stories and Steel Guitars

Tearjoint Troubador Ted Roddy's Country Soul

"...co-producer Jim Stringer, Dave Biller, Lisa Pankratz, John X Reed, Kevin Smith, Brad Fordham, Dave Wessolowski, Dave Sanger, Terry..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eddie Taylor's 100th birthday, Dry Cleaning, and Terry Allen highlight our recommended shows

"...Eddie Taylor, the man that made all the great Jimmy Reed records, all the John Lee Hooker records, and..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday SXSW Interview: Dion

"...of street corner a cappella, and Conan O'Brien bandleader Jimmy Vivino's SRV-meets-B.B. King licks, Dion should be playing Antone's...."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gary Clark Jr.

"...a sound rarely amplified since some Seattle guitarist named Jimmy James imbued the R&B he'd been playing as a..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...Shiva's Headband – only the last still swung, but freedom flourished nonetheless. Jimmie Vaughan felt it when he visited..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

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