Goodbye Jimmy Reed

"Goodbye Jimmy Reed"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Rough and Rowdy Ways
ReleasedJune 19, 2020
RecordedJanuary–February 2020
StudioSound City (Los Angeles)
GenreBlues
Length4:13
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)None listed
Rough and Rowdy Ways track listing
10 tracks
  1. "I Contain Multitudes"
  2. "False Prophet"
  3. "My Own Version of You"
  4. "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You"
  5. "Black Rider"
  6. "Goodbye Jimmy Reed"
  7. "Mother of Muses"
  8. "Crossing the Rubicon"
  9. "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)"
  10. "Murder Most Foul"

"Goodbye Jimmy Reed" is an uptempo blues song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released as the sixth track on his 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. A tribute to blues giant Jimmy Reed, the song has been singled out for praise by critics for being the most raucous number on an album otherwise predominated by quieter, slow-to-mid-tempo songs,[1] and for playful lyrics that deliberately juxtapose "the sacred and the profane".[2]

It is the only song on the album on which Dylan plays harmonica and his first such studio performance since he recorded "The Christmas Blues" for his album Christmas in the Heart in 2009.[3]

  1. ^ Harvilla, Rob (June 22, 2020). "Bob Dylan Sounds Like He Could Go on Forever". The Ringer. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bob Dylan Contains Multitudes on Rough and Rowdy Ways". pastemagazine.com. June 16, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Christmas In The Heart (2009) | Bob Dylan ISIS Magazine". Retrieved February 9, 2021.