Jimmy Reed

== Info ==
Blues musician who influenced Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr., ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead, and The Rolling Stones. Signed to Vee-Jay records through Albert King. Also influenced The Yardbirds and Them. His Bright Lights, Big City was cited by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the songs which shaped rock and roll. Reed was tributed by Jimmie Vaughan of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Actor Bill Cosby covered Reed. The Steve Miller Band also covered him. Neil Young opens his shows with covers of Reed's music. Reed had many R&B hits.
== Genres ==
Blues
Category:Blues
Category:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Category:Fifties