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Dominican University presents program on the life and legacy of blues legend Jimmy Reed
River Forest, IL – Dominican University’s Blues and the Spirit Initiative, in partnership with the Jimmy and Mary Reed Foundation, will present on Tuesday, February 15 “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby,” a symposium on the life and legacy of blues musician Jimmy Reed. The symposium, as well as the premiere screening of a documentary on Reed and a jam session with some of Reed’s former bandmates,
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This symposium included the premiere of a documentary on the life and legacy of Jimmy Reed by Steven Lattimore, adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia College.
The documentary “ The Jimmy Reed Experience “ Features interviews with B.B. King, ,Buddy Guy, Bobby “Blue ” Bland , Chuck Barksdale of “The Dells”, Jimmie Vaughan , Kent “ Omar ” Dykes, Eddie C. Campbell and Pervis Spann “ The Blues Man” WVON Radio Chicago .
This was followed by a panel discussion, titled “Legal Blues: Lessons of Jimmy Reed,” covering copyright issues, intellectual property and race. Panelists will include Jimmy Reed’s children, Jimmy, Jr., Rose and Loretta Reed; Marie Dixon, widow of blues legend Willie Dixon; Cookie Taylor Threatt, daughter of blues performer Koko Taylor; Fernando Jones, director of Columbia College’s Blues Ensemble; George Bailey, a professor at Columbia College; and renowned Chicago blues musicians Eddie Taylor, Jr., Lonnie Brooks and Chuck Barksdale, one of the original members of the R & B group, The Dells.
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