Francine Reed (born July 11, 1947) is an American blues singer, solo artist, and regular singing partner of Lyle Lovett since the 1980s and member of Lovett's Large Band. Reed has also recorded duets with Willie Nelson and Delbert McClinton and others.
Biography Reed sang at church services in her youth and her music was inspired and influenced by her gospel-singing father. She is the sister of jazz singer Margo Reed who died in April 2015 at the age of 73.
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 renamed 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 Senokot laxative ("I Feel Good"), and in a scene from the film The Firm (1993).
In the mid-1990s she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she frequently performed at Blind Willie's in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood. In 2016 she moved back to Phoenix and has given up touring.
Partial discography ArtistTitle (format)LabelCat#CountryRelease dateFrancine Reed"Take Some Time For Love" / "Tear Down These Walls" (7")Wild Sky Records60191990I Want You To Love Me (CD, Album)Ichiban InternationalD2-24851-21995Can't Make it On My Own (CD)Ichiban InternationalD2-24886-21996Wild Women Do Get the Blues (Cassette, CD)Ichiban Records11901996"Been There, Done That" (7", Single)Ichiban Records97-4371997Shades of Blue (CD, Comp)Platinum Entertainment15095-9595-21999Here Comes Frani Claus (CD, EP)CMO RecordsCMO110322000I Got a Right!...To Some of My Best (CD)CMO Productions/Tree Sound StudioCMO 10102001Francine Reed (CD, Album)Ichiban BluesICH-010112002American Roots: Blues (CD)Ichiban Records10112002Surrender (CD)Jez Graham/Stephen Kalinich2011Francine Reed Live at Eddie's Attic (CD)Francine Reed2012Wild Hearted Woman (CD, MP3))Fervor RecordsFVRCD062142015Francine Reed and Fever (28)"Wild Women Don't Get the Blues" / "When The Eagle Flies" (7", Single)The Old Bombay Bicycle Club44570UnknownFrancine Reed with Lyle LovettLyle Lovett ( LP, Album, Club)MCA RecordsMCA-5748US1986Lyle Lovett ( LP, Album)Curb RecordsCUR 7504-2Germany, Australia, Switzerland1986Lyle Lovett ( CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-5478US1986Lyle Lovett ( CD, Album)Curb Records471794Austria1986Lyle Lovett ( CD, Album, RE)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCABD-31307Canada1986Lyle Lovett ( Cass, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCFC-3361UK1986Lyle Lovett ( Cass, Album, Dol)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAC-5748US1986Lyle Lovett ( LP, Album)MCA RecordsMCF 3361UK1986Lyle Lovett (LP, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-5748Canada1986Lyle Lovett (LP, Album)Vogue540144France1986Lyle Lovett (CD, Album)Curb Records471794 2AustraliaunknownLyle Lovett (LP, CD, Album)Curb Records, MCA RecordsDMCF 3361, MCA 5748UK1998Lyle Lovett (CD, Album, RE)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-31307USunknownLyle Lovett (CD, Album, RE)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-31307, MCABD-31307CanadaunknownLyle Lovett CD, Album, RE)MCA RecordsMCLD 19134UKunknownPontiac (LP, Album, CD, Club)Curb RecordsMCA-42028US1987Pontiac (Vinyl, LP, Album)Curb Records, Ariola209 497Germany1988Pontiac (LP, Album)Curb RecordsRPM 1246South Africa1987Pontiac (CD, Album, Club)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAD-42028US1987Pontiac (Cass, Album, RE, Dol)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAMC 42028, MCAMC-42028CanadaunknownPontiac (CD, Album)Curb Records471795 2Australia1987Pontiac (CD, Album)Curb Records, RCAZD 71691Germany1987Pontiac (CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsDMCF 3389UK1987Pontiac (Cass, Album)MCA RecordsMCFC 3389UK1987Pontiac (Cass, Album)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAC-42028US1987Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album)MCA RecordsMCG 60371989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album, Club)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-42263US1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cassette, Album, Dol)MCA Records, Curb Records MCAC-42263Canada1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAWD-42263Canada1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cassette, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAC-42263US1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album, Club, Vinyl)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-42263US1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-42263Canada1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album)Curb RecordsZL-71998Germany1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band ( LP)Sonet, Curb RecordsSLP-3145, SLP-3145Europe1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band ( LP, Album)RCA Victor, Curb RecordsMCA 42263, VPL1 6808Australia1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cass, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCGC-6037UK1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)Sonet, Curb RecordsSLPCD-3145Europe1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album, Vinyl)Curb Records209 660Germany1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)Curb RecordsZD71998Germany1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)Curb Records471796 2Australia1989Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album)Curb RecordsD1-79004US2015Joshua Judges Ruth (Vinyl, LP, Album)Curb RecordsMCA-10475US1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Curb Records, Curb Records471531 2, 01-471531-10Australia1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Curb Records471531 2Australia1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Edel, Curb RecordsCUR 7508-2Germany, Australia, Switzerland1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAD-10475Canada1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Club)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-10475US1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-10475UK1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Multichannel))High Definition Surround, Curb Records, MCA Records71021-54430-2-7US1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Promo)Curb RecordsALCB-565Japan1992Joshua Judges Ruth (Cass, Album, Dol)Curb Records, Mushroom471531 4Australia1992Joshua Judges Ruth (Cass, Album, Club, Dol)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAC-10475US1992Joshua Judges Ruth ( LP, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-10475UK1992Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, RE)Curb RecordsD2-79001US, Canada2014Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Club)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-10475USunknownLive in Texas (CD, Album)Curb RecordsCURCD 0781999Live in Texas (CD, Album)Curb Records4 84640Germany1999Live in Texas (CD, Album)MCA RecordsMCAD-11964US1999Live in Texas (CD, Album)MCA RecordsMCAD-11964UK1999Smile - Songs from The Movies (CD, Compilation)Curb RecordsMCA 088113 184 2US, Canada2003It's Not Big It's Large (Deluxe Edition) (CD, Album, DVD-Video, Region)Hump Head RecordsHUMP 048US2007It's Not Big It's Large (CD, Album) Curb Records, Lost HighwayB0008966-02US2007Francine Reed with Delbert McClintonNever Been Rocked Enough (CD, Album)Curb RecordsD2-775211992Francine Reed with Roy OrbisonKing of Hearts (Cassette, Album)Virgin RecordsV4-865201992Francine Reed with Willie NelsonMilk Cow Blues (CD, Album)Island Records314 542 517-22000Songs (CD, Compilation)Lost Highway, Hip-O Records, UTV RecordsB0002300-022005
TV and film Artist name Song title Show title Episode Production Program Air date Francine Reed "You've Got to Change" Ghost Wars 107 SyFy TV 11-16-2017 Almost Friends -- Gravitas Ventures/Orion Pictures Film 11-17-2017 Graves 106 EPIX TV 11-20-2017 "Good Lovin' Woman" Chicago Fire 414 NBC TV 2-9-2016 "It Won't Be Me" The Disaster Artist -- New Line Cinema Film 3-12-2017
References
External links FrancineReed.net Arizona Blues Hall of Fame Website "Francine Reed", New Georgia Encyclopedia Website Blues Music Awards