georgia marshall reynolds was born in dayton, oh. in 1921. he was influenced by blind lemon
jefferson, lightnin' hopkins and memphis slim. he learned how to play harmonica as well as slide guitar
in his youth. he moved to detroit, mi. in the 1950's finding work on the local club scene, rubbing elbows
with john lee hooker and bobo jenkins. reynolds didn't record very much. his debut recordings were
made in 1964. (this being one of them). a remake of st. louis jimmy's "going down slow" appeared
on a fortune records compilation lp shortly afterwards. in the late 60's he cut another 45 for the mah's
label. in 1987 he recorded a few songs on a cd entitled "two aces & a jack" a compilation that helped
rejump interest in the toledo, ohio blues scene. he was given the nickname "big jack" in his early club
days, since he was a man who weighed over 200 pounds. reynolds passed away in toledo, oh. on
december 29, 1993.
georgia "big jack" reynolds:vocals & harmonica
other musicians unknown
recorded in detroit, mi. 1964
originally issued on hi-q 5036 (45 rpm)
this recording taken from the 1992 cd "a fortune of blues volume one"
also available on "house rockin' 1950s rhythm & blues, vol. 2" (on itunes)
i was able to find the song title using an iphone app called "shazam".
it listens to about 5-10 seconds of a song, searches a database, and voil