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==Influence== The [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] have cited Reed as a major influence on their sound, and their early set lists included Reed's songs "[[Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Jimmy Reed song)|Ain't That Lovin' You Baby]]", "The Sun Is Shining" (played by the Stones at the 1969 [[Altamont Free Concert|Altamont concert]]), "Bright Lights, Big City", and "Shame, Shame, Shame". "[[Little by Little (The Rolling Stones song)|Little by Little]]", the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of their February 1964 UK hit single "[[Not Fade Away (song)|Not Fade Away]]" was a pastiche of "Shame, Shame, Shame". "Honest I Do" was included on their first album, [[The Rolling Stones (album)|''The Rolling Stones'']] (subtitled ''England's Newest Hit Makers'' in America), in 1964 (the U.S. edition also included "Little by Little").<ref>{{cite web|first=Richie|last=Unterberger|author-link=Richie Unterberger |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-rolling-stones-englands-newest-hit-makers-mw0000195499 |title='''The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Makers)''{{snd}}Review|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> For their 2016 release, ''[[Blue & Lonesome (The Rolling Stones album)|Blue & Lonesome]]'', they recorded a version of Reed's "Little Rain".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Fricke|first1=David|title=Review: The Rolling Stones Reinvigorate the Blues on ''Blue and Lonesome''|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-the-rolling-stones-blue-and-lonesome-w453332|access-date=December 13, 2016|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 13, 2016}}</ref> The [[The Yardbirds|Yardbirds]] recorded "I Ain't Got You" for the B-side of their second single "[[Good Morning, School Girl#Don and Bob/Yardbirds version|Good Morning Little Schoolgirl]]" with guitarist [[Eric Clapton]].<ref>"I Ain't Got You" was written by [[Clarence Carter]] and first recorded by [[Billy Boy Arnold]]</ref> With [[Jeff Beck]], they recorded the Reed-inspired instrumental "Like Jimmy Reed Again", which was released on a reissue of their album ''[[Having a Rave Up]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bruce |last=Eder |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/having-a-rave-up-mw0000334448 |title=The Yardbirds: ''Having a Rave Up''{{snd}}Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> [[The Animals]] considered Reed one of their main sources of inspiration and recorded versions of "I Ain't Got You" and "Bright Lights, Big City".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-animals-mn0000751019/songs/all/3| title = The Animals: Songs| website = [[AllMusic]]| access-date = February 6, 2018| archive-date = February 7, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005346/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-animals-mn0000751019/songs/all/3| url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Van Morrison]]'s group [[Them (band)|Them]] covered "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Baby, What You Want Me to Do", both of which are on the album ''[[The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jack |last=Rabid |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-story-of-them-featuring-van-morrison-mw0000031190 |title=''The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison''{{snd}}Review|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> "Big Boss Man", sung by [[Ron "Pigpen" McKernan]], was regularly performed by the [[Grateful Dead]] in the 1960s and early 1970s and appears on their live album ''[[Grateful Dead (album)|Grateful Dead]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Planer|first=Lindsay|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/grateful-dead-skull-roses-mw0000190196 |title=''Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)''{{snd}}Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Elvis Presley]] recorded several of Reed's songs, having a hit with "Big Boss Man" in 1967 and recording several performances of "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" for his [[Elvis (1968 TV program)|1968 TV program]]. (Presley's 1964 hit "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" is a different song from that recorded by Reed.) "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" was also covered by [[Wishbone Ash]] on their 1973 album ''[[Live Dates]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last= Eder|first=Bruce|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-dates-mw0000320711 |title=Wishbone Ash: ''Live Dates''{{snd}}Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Johnny Winter|Johnny]] and [[Edgar Winter]] performed it live in 1975 and included it on their album ''Together''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael B. |last=Smith |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/together-live-mw0000312590 |title=Johnny & Edgar Winter: ''Together β Live''{{snd}}Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Omar Kent Dykes]] and [[Jimmie Vaughan]] released the album ''On the Jimmy Reed Highway'' as a tribute to Reed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gilstrap |first=Andrew |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/50066/omar-kent-dykes-and-jimmie-vaughan-on-the-jimmy-reed-highway/ |title=Album review |website=Popmatters.com |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> [[Bill Cosby]] covered four of Reed's songs, "Bright Lights, Big City", "Big Boss Man", "Hush Hush" and "Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth", for his 1967 album, ''[[Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ankeny |first= Jason |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/silver-throat-bill-cosby-sings-mw0000778034 |title=''Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings''{{snd}}Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> The [[Steve Miller Band]] covered five of Reed's songs: "You're So Fine" (originally recorded by Reed as "Honey, Where You Going?"), on the 1968 album ''[[Sailor (Steve Miller Band album)|Sailor]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Hanson |first=Amy |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sailor-mw0000689837 |title=Steve Miller Band: ''Sailor''{{snd}}Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> and "I Wanna Be Loved (But by Only You)", "Big Boss Man", "Caress Me Baby" and "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", on the 1986 album ''[[Living in the 20th Century]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/living-in-the-20th-century-mw0000190921 |title=Steve Miller Band: ''Living in the 20th Century'' {{snd}}Reviews |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Bob Dylan]] paid tribute to Reed with the song "[[Goodbye Jimmy Reed]]" on his 2020 album ''[[Rough and Rowdy Ways]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/goodbye-jimmy-reed/ |title=Goodbye Jimmy Reed |website=www.bobdylan.com|access-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref>
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