Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can add it. Read full biography of Jimmy Smith →
I played with Sam Lay, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton, Big Moose Walker, and all those guys.
I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell.
Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too.
My boys told me they'd rather play than practice.
My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion.
My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.
Yeah, you know everybody has somebody that they patterned themselves after.
All the colleges I played, most of the colleges, they were white.
I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was.
I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.
I just came from Aspen, Colorado and they had fifteen kids I played for and they all played horns.
Ninety-five percent of my audience was white.
People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio.
Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can