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Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall

Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall is a double album by Jimmy Reed, released in 1961. Though the title suggests that the record was recorded live, it consists of studio recreations of a Carnegie Hall performance along with additional studio recordings.[1]

Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall

1961 (1961)

1954–1961

62:47

"Bright Lights, Big City", which opens the album, was released as a single around the same time. It became one of Reed's most successful and last songs on the Billboard Hot R&B charts.[2] The album includes several other Reed songs that appeared on the charts between 1956 and 1961.[2]

Jimmy Reed - guitar, vocals, harmonica

- guitar

Eddie Taylor

- guitar

Phil Upchurch

- guitar

Lonnie Brooks

- second guitar

William "Lefty" Bates

- bass guitar

Willie Dixon

Earl Phillips - drums

Mary Lee Reed - backing vocals