I Ain't from Chicago is an album by blues musician Jimmy Reed released by the BluesWay label in 1973.[1][2][3]

I Ain't from Chicago
Studio album by
Released1973
RecordedJune 17, 20 & 24, 1971
StudioRCA Studios, Chicago, IL
GenreBlues
Length31:43
LabelBluesWay
BLS 6054
ProducerAl Smith
Jimmy Reed chronology
Jimmy Reed Is Back
(1971)
I Ain't from Chicago
(1973)
Blues Is My Business
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Track listing edit

All compositions credited to Jimmy Reed except where noted

  1. "World's Got a Problem" (Al Smith) − 3:10
  2. "I Don't Know (Part 1)" (Al Smith, Jimmy Reed, Mary Lee Reed) − 2:30
  3. "I Don't Know (Part 2)" (Smith, Reed, Reed) − 1:55
  4. "Got to Be a Reason" − 2:55
  5. "Take Out Some Insurance" − 2:31
  6. "I Don't Believe in Nothing" (D. Sanders) − 3:00
  7. "If You Want It Done Right" (Johnnie Mae Dunson) − 2:57
  8. "Life Won't Last Me Long" (Dunson) − 2:30
  9. "Turn Me On" (Sanders) − 3:30
  10. "Got Me Worried" (Sanders) − 3:30
  11. "I Ain't from Chicago" (Reed, Smith) − 3:15

Personnel edit

  • Jimmy Reed – guitar, vocals, harmonica
  • Unidentified musicians – guitar, bass, drums

References edit