Lil Jimmy Reed is the last of the original Louisiana bluesmen. Leon Atkins, better known as Lil’ Jimmy Reed, is the real deal. At six he had his own guitar, made from a cigar box, and by the time he was a teenager he was proficient on both guitar and harmonica, playing local clubs around Baton Rouge. On his journey throughout the years his career has grown tremendously.  He has shared the stage with B. B. King and Bobby “Blue” Bland and head-lined festivals in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland.