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Jimmy Smith

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.
Mom

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Jimmy Smith is saying that his mother would have approved if he had modeled his behavior or style more closely on Jimmy Reed, a person she admired. This suggests that his mom valued qualities or traits associated with Jimmy Reed that Smith may not have fully embraced.

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