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Big Boss Man (song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Big Boss Man"
Single by Jimmy Reed
from the album Found Love
B-side"I'm a Love You"
ReleasedApril 1961 (1961-04)
RecordedChicago, March 29, 1960
GenreBlues
Length2:46
LabelVee-Jay
Songwriter(s)Luther Dixon, Al Smith
Jimmy Reed singles chronology
"Close Together"
(1961)
"Big Boss Man"
(1961)
"Bright Lights, Big City"
(1961)

"Big Boss Man" is a blues song first recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1960. It became one of his most popular songs, although the songwriting is credited to Luther Dixon and Al Smith. Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records released it as a single, which became one of Reed's last appearances on the record charts. The song has been recorded by artists in diverse styles, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, and Hope Sandoval, who also had chart successes with the song.

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Transcription

Original song

"Big Boss Man" is an uptempo twelve-bar blues shuffle that features "one of the most influential Reed grooves of all time".[1] It is credited to Jimmy Reed's manager, Al Smith, and Vee-Jay Records staff writer Luther Dixon.[1] The song is one of the few Reed hits that was written by someone other than Reed and his wife.[2]

Reed recorded the song in Chicago on March 29, 1960; backing Reed, who sang and played harmonica and guitar, are Mamma Reed on vocal, Lee Baker and Lefty Bates on guitars, Willie Dixon on bass, and Earl Phillips on drums.[1]

"Big Boss Man" was originally released on Jimmy Reed's 1960 album Found Love. In 1961, Vee-Jay Records released it as a single, which reached number 13 on Billboard's R&B Hot Sides chart and number 78 on its Hot 100 chart.[3]

Legacy

In 1990, the song was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame.[2] In its induction statement, blues historian Jim O'Neal noted that the song's appeal went beyond blues musicians and:

If there ever was a blues theme for the proletariat, it was Jimmy Reed’s 1961 smash, "Big Boss Man". "You got me workin', boss man, workin' 'round the clock, I want me a drink of water but you won’t let Jimmy stop," Reed sang, but the refrain asserted "You ain’t so big, you’re just tall, that’s all."[2]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included it in its 1995 list of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".[4]

As one of Reed's best-known songs, "Big Boss Man" has been recorded by numerous artists.[5] In 1967, a version by Elvis Presley that reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[6] He performed the song as part of a medley during the Elvis 1968 Comeback Special.[7] In their early days, "Big Boss Man" was part of the Grateful Dead's concert repertoire.[8] It was usually sung by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who also provided blues-style harmonica accompaniment.[9] According to group chronicler David Malvinni, McKernan's "powerful voice" was well-suited to deliver convincing renditions of older blues songs, compared to vocals by other blues revival bands.[9] A live recording first appeared on their 1971 self-titled album.

B.B. King recorded the song for his 1985 album Six Silver Strings. Released on a single by MCA Records, his rendition reached number 62 on Billboard's Hot Black singles chart.[3] Hope Sandoval recorded the song for Mercury Rev's 2019 album Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited.[10] An album review noted: "Hope Sandoval takes 'Big Boss Man' in just the way you'd want and expect Hope Sandoval to take 'Big Boss Man' – like it's an old Velvet Underground ballad she's just heard."[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Koda, Cub (2000). The Very Best of Jimmy Reed (CD notes). Jimmy Reed. Los Angeles: Rhino Records. p. 14. R2 79802.
  2. ^ a b c O'Neal, Jim (November 10, 2016). "1990 Hall of Fame Inductees: Big Boss Man — Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay, 1960)". The Blues Foundation. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1988). "Artist entries". Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. pp. 346, 240. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
  4. ^ "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1995. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "Jimmy Reed: 'Big Boss Man' – Also Performed By". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Elvis Presley: Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Bush, John. "Elvis Presley: The '68 Comeback Special – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. ^ Malvinni, David (2013). Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press. pp. 30, 63. ISBN 978-0-8108-8255-3.
  9. ^ a b Malvinni, David (2010). Tuedio, Jim; Spector, Stan (eds.). The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-7864-4357-4.
  10. ^ a b Hann, Michael (February 8, 2019). "Mercury Rev: Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited Review – Fun but Overdone". Theguardian.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

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