Francine Reed
(born July 11 1947, Pembroke Township, Illinois) is an American blues singer.
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Biography
Reed as a
youth sang at
church services, and her
music was inspired and influenced by her
gospel-singing father. She is the sister of
jazz singer
Margo Reed.
In
Phoenix,
Arizona, Francine Reed appeared with
Miles Davis,
Stanley Jordan,
Smokey Robinson,
Etta James, and
The Crusaders. In 1985, she began
recording and touring with
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. Reed has also appeared on recordings by
Delbert McClinton,
Willie Nelson and
Roy Orbison. After she relocated to
Georgia in the 1990s, she released her first
solo album,
I Want You to Love Me
. Reed has received the
W. C. Handy Artist of the Year and Song of the Year nominations. (The W. C. Handy awards were re-named the
Blues Music Awards in 2006). Reed was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1997.
Reed is perhaps best known for her performances of the classic blues song "Wild Women (Don't Get the Blues)," written in 1924 by
Ida Cox. A recording of this song appears on Reed's albums,
I Want You to Love Me
,
I Got a Right!...to Some of My Best
, and
Blues Collection
; as well as on
Ichiban Records Wild Women Do Get the Blues
and
Lyle Lovett's
Live in Texas
.
Reed's distinctive voice can be heard on a
television advertisement for Senekot laxative ("I Feel Good"), and in a scene from the
film,
The Firm
(1993).
Partial discography
With
Lyle Lovett -
- Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
(January 1989)
- *"Here I Am"
- *"Cryin' Shame"
- *"What Do You Do/The Glory of Love" - duet
- Live in Texas
(June 1999)
With
Delbert McClinton -
- Never Been Rocked Enough
(1992)
- *"I Used to Worry" - duet
With
Willie Nelson -
Solo -
- I Want You to Love Me
(1995)
- Can't Make It on My Own
(1996)
- Shades of Blue
(1999)
- Here Comes Frani Claus
(2000)
- I Got a Right!...To Some of My Best
(2001)
- American Roots: Blues
(2002)
- Wild Women Do Get The Blues
(2006)
- Blues Collection
(2006)
References