{"id":5105,"date":"2014-03-19T12:15:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2021-08-20T19:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T19:12:20","slug":"jimmy-reed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=5105","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Reed + Slim Harpo + Lazy Lester"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a4 &nbsp;Jimmy Reed &nbsp;[1925-1976]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No other bluesman has ever experienced the success that came to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BhRZha7ULWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jimmy Reed<\/strong><\/a> from 1953 to 1966, 14 of his singles hit Billboard\u2019s R&amp;B Top 20. Even more impressive, 12 of these recordings \u201ccrossed over\u201d to the Billboard POP 100, demonstrating the breath of his appeal to both black and white audiences.&nbsp;Unfortunately, Jimmy couldn\u2019t handle fame and fortune and he spent his last 15 years drinking and destroying his career and his life.<\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca &nbsp;&#8216;Bright Lights, Big City&#8217; &nbsp;\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xbzeKx2S6cA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>Bright light, big city, gone to my baby&#8217;s head<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Whoa, bright light, an&#8217;big city, gone to my baby&#8217;s head<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I tried to tell the woman, but she don&#8217;t believe a word <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I said,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>It&#8217;s all right, pretty baby, (gonna) need my help someday<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Whoa, it&#8217;s all right, pretty baby, gonna need my help someday<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ya&#8217; gonna wish you had a-listened, to some a-those things I said<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Go ahead, pretty baby, a-honey, knock yourself out<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh go ahead, pretty baby, honey, knock yourself out<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I still love ya baby, &#8216;cause you don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s all about<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Bright light, a big city, they went to my baby&#8217;s head<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh, the bright light, the big city, they went to my baby&#8217;s head<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I hope you remember, a-some of those things I said<\/strong>\u2026<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca\u2192 &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vsyep66bTH0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8216;Baby What You Want Me To Do&#8217;<\/a> \u21d0<\/h6>\n<address><strong>Got me running, got me hiding,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Got me run, hide, hide, run anyway you want to let it roll<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>yeah, yeah, yeah<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You got me doin what you want me&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>So baby why you want to let go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Going up, going down<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Got me up, down, down, up, anyway you want to let it roll<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>yeah, yeah, yeah<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You got me doin what you want me&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>So baby why you want to let go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Got me beeping, got me hiding<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Got me beep, hide, beep, hide, anyway you want to let it roll<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>yeah, yeah, yeah<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You got me doin what you want me&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>So baby why you want to let go<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vQazAcbMSzc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Honest I Do<\/a>&#8216;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u21d3<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iBluIjvjIhQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t cha know that I love you?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Honest I do<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;d never placed, no one above you<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Please tell me you love me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Stop drivin&#8217; me mad<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You the sweetest little woman&nbsp;that I ever had<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I told ya I love you<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Stop drivin&#8217; me mad<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>When I woke up this mo&#8217;nin&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I never felt so bad<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d3&nbsp; &#8216;Big Boss Man&#8217;<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XklUL-3v9Dc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XEpB9WshuTc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5109\" title=\"S-Harpo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Slim-Harpo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Slim-Harpo.jpg 144w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Slim-Harpo-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a4&nbsp; Slim Harpo&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong> [1924 \u2013 1970]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born James Moore in Lobdell, Louisiana, the eldest in an orphaned family, Moore worked as a longshoreman and building worker during the late 1930s and early 1940s. One of the foremost proponents of post-war rural blues, he began performing in Baton Rouge bars under the name Harmonica Slim. He later accompanied Lightnin&#8217; Slim, his brother-in-law, both live and in the studio, before commencing his own recording career in 1957.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Named Slim Harpo by producer Jay Miller, the artist&#8217;s solo debut coupled&nbsp;<em>I&#8217;m a King Bee<\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>I Got Love If You Want It<\/em>. Influenced by&nbsp;<a title=\"Blues Search Engine: Jimmy Reed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluessearchengine.com\/bluesartists\/r\/jimmyreed.html\">Jimmy Reed<\/a>, he began recording for Excello Records, and enjoyed a string of popular R&amp;B singles which combined a drawling vocal with incisive harmonica passages. Among them were&nbsp;<em>Rainin&#8217; In My Heart<\/em>&nbsp;(1961),&nbsp;<em>I Love The Life I Live<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Buzzin&#8217;<\/em>&nbsp;(instrumental) and&nbsp;<em>Little Queen Bee<\/em>&nbsp;(1964). On these hits he was accompanied by understated electric backing from the regular stable of Excello musicians \u2014 including&nbsp;<a title=\"Blues Search Engine: Lazy Lester\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluessearchengine.com\/bluesartists\/l\/lazylester.html\">Lazy Lester<\/a>, whom Harpo influenced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Never a full-time musician, Harpo had his own trucking business during the 1960s, although he was a popular figure in the late 1960s blues revival, with appearances at several renowned venues including the Electric Circus and the Fillmore East. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack on 31 January 1970 at the age of 46, and was buried in Mulatto Bend Cemetery in Port Allen, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d3 &nbsp;&#8216;Baby, Scratch My Back&#8217;<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tM_VSouYnbE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Harmonica with words spoken through song)<br \/>\n<strong>Aww I&#8217;m itchy&nbsp;<strong>and I don&#8217;t know where to scratch<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Come here baby &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Scratch my back<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I know you can do it &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>So baby get to it<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Aww you&#8217;re workin with it now<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You got me feelin&#8217; so good<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Just lookin&#8217; up to the sun now baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Uuummmmm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>This little girl sho&#8217; knows how&#8217;d scratch<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Now you&#8217;re doin&#8217; the chicken scratch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Aww it&#8217;s lookin&#8217; good baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Just gettin&#8217; scratchy<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talkin&#8217; bout<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 &nbsp;&#8216;<strong>I&#8217;m Gonna Keep What I Got&#8217; &nbsp;\u2193<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPkNQhI8S08\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Hello girl &#8211; you looking good to me &nbsp;[ . . . ?]<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I don&#8217;t wanna get my &nbsp;[&#8230;?] back &#8211; I don&#8217;t wanna start something I can&#8217;t stop<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">So I believe I&#8217;m gonna keep what I got.<\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You&#8217;re lovely [&#8230;?] with a whole lot of soul &nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Everything&nbsp; [. . . ?]&nbsp; solid gold<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Well if you play in fire you&#8217;re gonna get burnt<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You don&#8217;t believe me trying out of your line. But it&#8217;s hot.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;d better keep what I got &nbsp;. . .<\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Just love me &#8211; I&#8217;m gonna keep what I got&#8230;<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2666&nbsp;\u2192 &nbsp;&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SGyAAWu3Gks#t=181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shake Your Hips<\/a>&#8216;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9n6vNOHjWaA\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I wanna tell ya &#8216;bout a dance, that&#8217;s goin&#8217; around<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Everybody doin&#8217; it, from the grownups down<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t have to move your head<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t have to move your hands<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t have to move your lips<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Just shake your hips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And do the hip shake baby<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>And do the hip shake baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Do the hip shake baby<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Shake your hips baby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Now if you don&#8217;t know, don&#8217;t be afraid<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Just listen to me, and do what I say<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t move your head<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t move your hands<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t move your lips<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Just shake your hips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And do the hip shake baby<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>And do the hip shake baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Do the hip shake baby<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Shake your hips baby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Now ain&#8217;t this e-e-e-e-e-e-easy<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Well I met a little girl, in a country town<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>She said, \u00abWhataya know&#8230;, there, Slim Harpo?\u00bb<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I didn&#8217;t move my head<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>I didn&#8217;t move my hands<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I didn&#8217;t move my lips<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Just shook our hips<\/strong><strong>S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>he did the hip shake baby<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Did the hip shake baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Did the hip shake baby<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Shake your hips baby<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Now ain&#8217;t this e-e-e-e-e-e-easy<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2207 &nbsp;&#8216;Boogie chillun&#8217; &nbsp; \u21d3&nbsp; &nbsp; [JL Hooker]<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aCxSVhz3zNk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Well my mama didn&#8217;t &#8216;low me just to stay out all night long, oh Lord<br \/>\nWell my mama didn&#8217;t &#8216;low me just to stay out all night long<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t care what mamma &#8216;low,<br \/>\nI would boogie anyhow<br \/>\nWhen I first came to town people, I went down on Hastings Street<br \/>\nI heard everybody talkin&#8217; about, &nbsp;Henry Swing Club<br \/>\nSo I drop in there one night<br \/>\nWhen I got there, I say, \u00abYeah, people\u00bb<br \/>\nYes you&#8217;re really havin&#8217; a ball!&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, I know<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">One night I was layin&#8217; down &#8211;&nbsp;I heard mama &#8216;n papa talkin&#8217;<br \/>\nI heard papa tell mama, \u00ablet that boy boogie-woogie,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s in him, and it&#8217;s got to come on out\u00bb<br \/>\nThey made me feel so good,<br \/>\nI went on boogie&#8217;n just the same, oh Lord . . .<\/div>\n<div>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u221e&nbsp; &nbsp;Slim Harpo&nbsp; \u2193 &nbsp;&#8216;My Home Is A Prison&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ryVGeMOeXhY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My home is a prison, I&#8217;m living in a world of tears<br \/>\nMy home is a prison, I&#8217;m living in a world of tears<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been in misery, since the judge give me 99 years<\/p>\n<p>I had a real pretty woman, said she didn&#8217;t love no one but me<br \/>\nI had a real pretty woman, said she didn&#8217;t love no one but me<br \/>\nBut I caught my baby cheatin&#8217;, my home ain&#8217;t where it used to be<\/p>\n<p>I got bread and milk for breakfast, milk and bread at supper time<br \/>\nI got bread and milk for breakfast, milk and bread at supper time<br \/>\nAnd the food I got for dinner, is a low down dirty crime<\/p>\n<p>Yes I shot my baby, I did it because she treat me wrong<br \/>\nI shot my baby, did it because she treat me wrong<br \/>\nNow the only thing I have, this lonesome jail that I call home<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a4 &nbsp;Lazy Lester&nbsp; &nbsp; [1933-2018]<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7GkbNJ7BfCU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LazyLester.jpg\" alt=\"LazyLester\" width=\"170\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LazyLester.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LazyLester-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leslie Johnson was born June 20, 1933 in the small town of Torras, Louisiana.&nbsp;In his late teens, he joined his first ever band, a group called the Rhythm Rockers and played primarily high school dances. It was in the mid-1950s, on a bus, that fate turned Lazy Lester\u2019s way, and the roots to what would become classic music began to grow. As Lazy Lester tells it, he was living in Rayne, Louisiana at the time and was on the bus riding home. <strong>Lightnin\u2019 Slim,<\/strong> who was already an established recording artist, was also on the bus and was headed to Crowley to cut a record at Jay Miller\u2019s Studio. Since Crowley was just seven miles further than Rayne and because Lazy Lester had a serious itch to be around big-time music making, Lester decided to stay on the bus and accompany Lightnin&#8217; Slim to the studio. When they got there, the scheduled harp player, Wild Bill Phillips, didn\u2019t show for the session. Lazy Lester told Lightnin&#8217; Slim that he had actually played with Lightnin&#8217; Slim\u2019s band and thought he could handle the harp parts for the session. Remarkably, Lightnin&#8217; Slim and Miller gave Lazy Lester that chance, and he did not disappoint. A classic pairing was born, and Lazy Lester became a mainstay on Lightnin&#8217; Slim\u2019s Excello recordings and his gigs. He\u2019d follow Lightnin&#8217; Slim\u2019s guitar licks with short, stabbing solos after Lightnin&#8217; Slim\u2019s trademark prodding of, <em>\u00abBlow your harmonica, son\u00bb.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Producer Jay Miller was impressed by Lazy Lester\u2019s work with Lightnin\u2019 Slim, and in 1957 Lazy Lester debuted as a lead artist on Excello, recording&nbsp;<em>I\u2019m Gonna Leave You Baby<\/em>&nbsp;backed with the instrumental&nbsp;<em>Lester\u2019s Stomp<\/em>&nbsp;with accompaniment from Guitar Gable\u2019s band. Before the record\u2019s release, Miller had decided that&nbsp;<em>Lazy Lester<\/em>&nbsp;had more of a ring to it than&nbsp;<em>Lester Johnson<\/em>. Miller is said to have come up the nickname based on Lazy Lester\u2019s slow, lazy style of talking. And as Lazy Lester\u2019s said, <em>\u00abI was never in a hurry to do nothing\u00bb.<\/em> In any case, the name\u2019s stuck for almost 50 years now. Lazy Lester\u2019s first legitimate hits came in 1958 with the release of&nbsp;<em>I\u2019m A Lover Not A Fighter<\/em>&nbsp;backed with&nbsp;<em>Sugar Coated Love<\/em>. For almost a decade, Lazy Lester remained as a regular Excello artist, made 15 records for the company and played on sessions for <strong>Lightnin\u2019 Slim, Slim Harpo, Katie Webster, Lonesome Sundown, Whispering Smith, Silas Hogan,&nbsp;Henry Gray, Tabby Thomas, Nathan Abshire, Johnny Jano<\/strong> and many, many others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1987, Lazy Lester recorded&nbsp;<em>Rides Again<\/em>&nbsp;for the Blue Horizon label in England. The record won a W.C. Handy Award for&nbsp;<em>Best Contemporary Blues Album<\/em>. In 1988, Alligator Records released&nbsp;<em>Harp &amp; Soul<\/em>, further alerting the world that Lazy Lester was done resting. Since, he\u2019s recorded two records for Antone\u2019s and one direct-to-disc for APO Records. In 1998, he was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame. In 2004, he played at Radio City Music Hall in New York as part of Martin Scorsese\u2019s Year of the Blues super concert that resulted in his Lightning In A Bottle documentary.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IhK0k7LoHtQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lover_not_fighter.png\" alt=\"lover_not_fighter\" width=\"281\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lover_not_fighter.png 600w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lover_not_fighter-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lover_not_fighter-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lover_not_fighter-400x153.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JhVrnLVWZec\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address>Well I met a pretty girl, as pretty as can be<br \/>\nI thought she was my baby till she introduced to me<br \/>\nA great big fella, about six feet four<br \/>\nI shivered and I shook, couldn&#8217;t do any more<\/address>\n<address>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Yes, I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;And I&#8217;m really built for speed&nbsp; &#8211; &nbsp;Built for speed<\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address>Well, there&#8217;s people say I&#8217;m lazy&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;But there&#8217;s a lot that they don&#8217;t know<br \/>\nWhen I&#8217;m in the mood&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;I can go, cat, go&#8217;<\/address>\n<address>Cause I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Yes, I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;And I&#8217;m really built for speed<br \/>\nBuilt for speed&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Built for speed<\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address>You think a jet is fast&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;You ought to see me run<br \/>\nI can travel faster&nbsp;than a bullet from a gun<\/address>\n<address>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Yes, I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;And I&#8217;m really built for speed<br \/>\nBuilt for speed&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Built for speed<\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address>I can roar like a lion, can even sting like a bee<br \/>\nBut sometimes I think, baby, I&#8217;ve got rabbit blood in me<\/address>\n<address>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Yes, I&#8217;m a lover not a fighter<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a lover not a fighter&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;And I&#8217;m really built for speed<br \/>\nBuilt for speed&nbsp;. . .&nbsp;<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca &nbsp;&#8216;<strong>Raining In My Heart&#8217; &nbsp;\u2193<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AMrOi1U7nU4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Rainin&#8217; in my heart<\/strong>&nbsp; <strong>since we been apart<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> I know I was wrong&nbsp; baby please come home<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>You got me cryin&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8216;bout to lose my mind<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t let me cry in vain<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Try my love just once again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spoken:<br \/>\n<strong>Honey, I need your love<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Darlin&#8217;, you know why<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>If you would come back home<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>There&#8217;ll be no need for me to cry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sings:<br \/>\n<strong>Rainin&#8217; in my heart<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Since we been apart<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I know I was wrong<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Baby please come home<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u25ca &nbsp;&#8216;Gonna Stick To You&#8217; &nbsp;\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oyP3_thjkHc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I&#8217;m gonna stick to you baby &#8230; I&#8217;m gonna stick to you baby &#8230; &#8216;cause nodody else will do&#8230;<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u25ca &nbsp;&#8216;France &#8211; 2006&nbsp; \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7GkbNJ7BfCU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 &nbsp;Jimmy Reed &nbsp;[1925-1976] <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No other bluesman has ever experienced the success that came to Jimmy Reed from 1953 to 1966, 14 of his singles hit Billboard\u2019s R&amp;B Top 20. 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