Post by cofi on Sept 9, 2008 10:42:56 GMT
JIMMY LLOYD REA
and the Switchmasters
JIMMY LLOYD REA, "THE BOOGIEMAN" , & THE SWITCHMASTERS BAND'S MOTTO IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE : " OLD, FAT, AND CRIPPLINGLY LOUD BLUES !! "HARD DRIVIN' , REAL DEAL , ROCKIN' BLUES ! IT IS THE REAL DEAL. !
THE BAND IS JIMMY LLOYD REA AND THE SWITCHMASTERS. JIMMY LLOYD IS A MASTER OF THE 'REAL DEAL,FLY BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS, JUST PLAY THE LOWDOWN ROCKIN',GOOD OLD BLUES '. IF YOU WANT IT PRETTY AND FANCY AND OVER REHEARSED,CLICK TO A DIFFERENT PAGE RIGHT NOW.JLR KEEPS IT LOWDOWN, LOUD, ROWDY AND ROCKIN'.GOOD, BIG GROOVIN' BLUES THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE !!!!
JLR HAS FIVE CD RECORDINGS ' THE BLUES IS ON THE LINE', 'ROADHOUSE BLUES', 'AMERICAN BOOGIE', 'THE PIGBARN SESSIONS, VOL. ONE '.AND THE NEW AND HOT LIVE RECORDING "CRUZIN' FOR A BLOOZIN' " CHECK THE NET AND YOUR LOCAL STORES OR EMAIL TOUGH GUY PRODUCTIONS FOR AVAILABILITY
JIMMY LLOYD REA AND THE SWITCHMASTERS WERE INDUCTED INTO THE UNDERGROUND BLUES HALL OF FAME IN THE SPRING OF 2007[/b][/i]www.blueshat.com
JLR IS A MEMBER OF FIVE BLUES SOCIETY HALL'S OF FAME FOR BOTH ELECTRIC BASS AND VOCALS
JLR HAS PLAYED WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST. HOWLIN' WOLF, OTIS RUSH,WILLIE DIXON,ALBERT KING,ALBERT COLLINS,TOM FOGERTY ,BIG WALTER HORTON, PAPA LIGHTFOOT ,SNOOKY PRYOR,SONNY RHOADES,CAREY BELL HARRINGTON , NICK GRAVENITES , HARP DOG BROWN ,FIONA BOYSE , MAGIC SLIM, GUITAR SHORTY, MIKE BLOOMFIELD, ELVIN BISHOP ,BIG DADDY KINSEY, PAUL DELAY , BILL RHOADES ,CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE,PAUL BUTTERFIELD, BUSTER BENTON ,FREDDIE KING,BB KING, CANNED HEAT, TWISTIN' JIMMIE BOBO , BIG JOHN KOONCE , LEE BLAKE ,SAVOY BROWN,JJ MALONE,SMOKEY WILSON,MUDDY WATERS,SWEET SAMMY MEYERS, DOUG ROCKIN' ROWELL , CURTIS SALGADO,CHRIS MILLER , PATRICIA TAYLOR , CHET " GUITAR " WOODS , HOLLYWOOD FATS , BIG MAMMA THORTON . FRANK FROST ,WILD CHILD BUTLER , BILLY BRANCH , CLIFTON JAMES , HENRY COOPER. TERRY ROBB, VINC " THE THUMB " HOZIER, BOBBY PARSONS, WILD BILL MADER, CARLTON JACKSON , ROBERT MARTIN ,TONY COLEMAN , " MUDCAT " HINES , ROBBIE LAWS , TIM " TOO SLIM " LANGFORD , DOVER WIENBERG , BIG JOHN WALKER , WILLIAM CLARK , KIM FIELD , JIM MESI,LLOYD JONES,BUDDY GUY,PINETOP PERKINS,TROYCE KEY,BILLY BRANCH,FLOYD DIXON,ANSON FUNDERBURG,LOS LOBOS, TRINO " HOT SAUCE " ROJAS , JASON RICCI ,KENNY BLUE RAY, RICHARD NEWELL,BIG JACK ISAACS,ROCKIN RANDY LILYA , J.B. HUTTO,NICK GRAVENITES, TONY JOE WHITE ,PHILIP WALKER,HIGH TIDE WALTERS,BIG LEROY SMITH,LEGENDARY HARMONICA MASTER PETE "KING " KARNES,AND OF COURSE ALL HIS " BLUESBUDDIES " FROM TEXAS ",JUST TO NAME A FEW. JLR PLAYED WITH AND WAS FRIENDS WITH THE KING OF THE BOOGIE,THE LATE JOHN LEE HOOKER. JOHN LEE DUBBED JLR " THE BOOGIEMAN " IN 1976. JIMMY LLOYD REA IS THE ABSOLUTE REAL DEAL. NO HYPE, NO BRAGGING, JUST FACT
HIS BAND IS ALWAYS PEPPER HOT AND THUNDERINGLY POWERFUL. REVEREND DANNY G ( HE IS INDEED A REAL REVEREND !! ) and JERRY "TELECASTER"SMITH ON GUITARS AND CURTIS "ROCKET"
JOHNSON ON DRUMS ALL HAVE PLAYED BLUES FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE LIKES OF LESLIE WEST,W.C CLARK,JIMMY VAUGHN,MATT POWELL, ALAN HAYNES,BUGS HENDERSON,JOHNNY WINTER, GOOD ROCKIN' ROBINSON , ROOSEVELT TAYLOR , T-BONE JONES, MAGIC SLIM, BILLY BRANCH,CLARENCE GUITAR SIMS,FLOYD DIXON,WILLIAM CLARKE,SNOOKY PRYOR, AND TOO MANY MORE TO LIST HERE.
THE SWITCMASTERS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR OLD SCHOOL, GUITAR BASED, HARD DRIVING, IN YOUR FACE BLUES STYLE, HOWEVER JLR IS KNOWN TO USE THE TOP OF THE RUNG WEST COAST HARP PLAYERS FROM TIME TO TIME. LEGENDARY HARMONICA PLAYERS SUCH AS PAUL DELAY. KIM FIELD , JASON " NEW BLOOD " RICCI , MIKE MOOTHART, BILL RHOADES, AND ALVIS "LOVE BONE " BELL HAVE BEEN SEEN BLOWING THE BLUES WITH JLR AND THE BOYS.
HE AND HIS BAND ARE A DYING BREED. A REAL, OLD SCHOOL, BORN AND RAISED IN THE U.S.A. , ROCKIN' ROADHOUSE BLUES BAND . HAVE MERCY !!!!
Artist Information-Biography
Jimmy Lloyd Rea[/color] is a real modern day Bluesman and a true legend in the modern Blues scene...He has stood and played on the bandstand with many ot the true blues treasures. From Albert, BB, and Freddie King, to Lightinin Hopkins, Charlie Musselwhite, J.B. Hutto, John Lee Hooker, Troyce Key , J.J. Malone ,Canned Heat, Otis Rush, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Smokey Wilson , Paul Butterfield, Big Walter Horton, Sonny Rhoades, Pete "King" Karnes, Luther Tucker, Son Seals , Snooky Pryour, Robert "Jr" Lockwood, etc. Jimmy has played and recorded with who he refers to as the "newer monster cats " Jimmy Mesi, the late Paul deLay, Henry Cooper , Tim " Too Slim " Langford , Ken "B3" Harriss , Doug " Rockin' " Rowell , Lloyd Jones , Jason Ricci , Terry Robb , John Koonce , Curtis Salgado , Bill Rhoades , John Nemeth , Bobby Parsons , and Fiona Boyce. In his words... "It has been a amazing experience, so far. ,
As much as Jimmy honored and loved working with such amazing Blues talent , he had a sound lurking in his heart, mind and soul. Blues with a certain "groove" , raw edge , and fire. A much more free, untamed and straight from the soul type of sound. Then in a greasy little bar in his home town, Baker City, Oregon, during the early 1980's It happened. With players from 3 other bands( who were stuck in Baker City because of a huge snow storm) he had never played with before, he found the "Groove". They "clicked," the new unit was formed about a month later, and Jimmy named the band Jimmy Lloyd Rea and the Switchmasters ( after one his father's vintage Gibson guitars) and the rest is history. Over the years the band has never changed in style and format,still producing that powerful, gritty, hip shakin' blues groove that only they, as a collective, can achieve. Original but contemporary, gritty but smooth, down to the bone pure and honest.
JLR and The Switchmasters , with over 150 years total bandstand experience are a true guitar based BLUES EXPLOSION. Powerful, bone shaking , and unforgettable, original Rockin' Roadhouse Blues !!![/i]
Band Members
JIMMY LLOYD REA ------ BASS GUITAR & HOLLERIN'
THE REVEREND DANNY G ------ THE LEAD GUITAR !!!!!!!!!!!!
JERRY " TELECASTER" SMITH ---- LEAD GUITAR & VOCAL
BIG BAD BOB EVANS ------------ DRUMS
If you want to hear some of Jimmy Lloyd Rea and the Switchmasters fantastic music, they have four great songs posted on they're myspace page, "Baker City" BBQ" "Good Rocking Tonight" "The Walking Blooz" and "Hands OffA My Guitar" go on over and give yourself a treat by listening to some great "Blues"
Myspace URL
www.myspace.com/jimmylloydreaandtheswitchmasters
Band Website
webspawner.com/users/jimmylloydrea
Jimmy Lloyd Rea Switchmasters / Tough Enough / Muddy ZZ Top
A fantastic version of this classic song
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8LuZq-p89Ng
Jimmy Lloyd Rea Switchmasters / Takes a Man / Muddy ZZ Top
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IjWRWgom92E
This is a fantastic band, playing some fantastic "Blues", my kind of "Blues",
Thanks "Jimmy" respect to you and the guy's for giving us some great music,
Thanks to "Jimmy Lloyd Rea" for allowing me to
use the info and photos from his myspace page,
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