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John Lee Hooker - Love Money Can't Buy
John Lee Hooker - Bumble Bee Blues
L.C. Green - The Sun Was Shining
Johnny Howard - Natural Man Blues
Johnny Howard - Dark Night Blues
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« Last post by Johnm on April 14, 2024, 10:22:53 AM »
Hi all, Hayes McMullan accompanied himself out of low-tuned Spanish tuning for "Dirt Road By Myself". The recording starts with him already mid-stream. On the one hand, I suppose you could look at the rendition as being compromised by this and other unintentional aspects, but that having been said, he sings and plays so beautifully and dynamically that I'm glad the take was not lost and that we can listen to it now. He really swallows his lyrics at a couple of points and I'd appreciate help with those places. Here is "Dirt Road By Myself":
Mm, dirt road by myself I'm going, carry me someone else
I said, mama, what you going to do? I said, mama, what you going to do? I said, looky-here, baby, tryin' to make a fool of me
INTERLUDE
I said, Lord, Lord, don't, got no mama now I said, mama, got no mama now (laughs) I say, Lord, Lord, got no mama now (Spoken: I done forgot half I ever knowed. I ain't jokin'.)
Said, hurry, sundown, let tomorrow come I said, hurry, sundown, let tomorrow come I said, mama, mama, I sure (vocal inaudible)
I says, a mean blacksnake keeps on suckin' my rider's tongue I says a mean blacksnake keeps on suckin' my rider's tongue Well, you keep on lovin' her, sure gonna let her down
SPOKEN: Now see, I can't slide down on these strings, you know? My fingers don't stand it now, where it's s'posed to.
SOLO
SPOKEN: That's the way it's supposed to be there.
I said, hey, baby, what are you going to do? I said, hey, hey, what are you going to do? Baby, . . .
I said, Lord, ---
Edited 4/14 to pick up correction from Blues Vintage
All best, Johnm
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« Last post by Johnm on April 12, 2024, 04:54:02 PM »
Hi all, Please don't make any offers at this time. I have a couple of complex offers pending and will post here when they're all sorted out. Thanks. All best, Johnm
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« Last post by Johnm on April 11, 2024, 11:18:18 AM »
Hi all, Robert Curtis Smith recorded "Lonely Widower" once again accompanying himself out of E position in standard tuning. The rendition is a cover of L. C. Greeen's "The Sun Was Shining" and very faithfully captures the rhythmically complex signature lick of that song and the way the time flips coming out of the signature lick into the vocal. I don't know of another song in the entire blues genre that has timing and phrasing like this one. Both Green and Smith sing "little" rather than "lonely". Here is "Lonely Widower":
INTRO
I'm gon' tell y'all something, better take my advice Don't go out and get drunk now, then go home and mistreat your wife, the sun is Shining, you throwed all of your money 'way, 'cause that'll Cause you to be, now, poor little widower today
'Cause I made a little money, when I were livin' in town I spent all of my money, that mean she put me down, the sun is Shining, and I throwed all of my money 'way, Yeah, that what Caused me to be, now, poor little widower today
And I, love my baby, better than I love myself Yes, I love that woman, she lovin' someone else, yay now And I throwed all of money 'way, yeah, and that Cause me to be, now, poor little widower today
I said now, bye-bye, baby, if you call that gone Yes, I may be worried, but I -- worry long, the sun is Shining, and I throwed all of my money 'way, yeah, and that Caused me to be, now, poor little widower today
CODA
All best, Johnm
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« Last post by tommuck on April 10, 2024, 10:33:04 AM »
I know this is a very old thread, but I was working on Big Road Blues and was a little curious about the notes and the tuning. I thought it was played in drop-D tuning, but he is also hitting some open strings on the downbeat, between the low octave strings. Most people I've seen play this leave out the chords completely. The open B string is fairly clear, but the other notes not so much. I tuned the G string up to A and it approximates the sound as close as I can get it, but that seems an odd tuning (DADABE). My version is on my Youtube channel @tommuck6226.
Thanks! Tom
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« Last post by Johnm on April 10, 2024, 07:37:58 AM »
Thanks for the help, Blues Vintage. I took the last two suggestions, but he does sing "said" in the first verse--you can hear the "d" at the end of it.
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I thought he sang "over town" instead of "overtime" on first listen but it's probably "overtime"
1.3 Well now, if you said -say- you'll be there, they'll roll-'em- up your credit card overtime
3.2 Yeah, -now- the girls in Texas,
4.2 -Baby and I-/-Maybe I- make me some money
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« Last post by eric on April 09, 2024, 02:56:50 PM »
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« Last post by Johnm on April 09, 2024, 11:51:22 AM »
Hi all, Robert Curtis Smith accompanied himself out of E position in standard tuning for "Going Back To Texas". There are a couple of places I'm not at all sure I heard the lyrics correctly, and I'd appreciate corroboration or correction. Here is "Going Back To Texas":
INTRO SOLO
Well now, I'm goin' back to Texas, get all of my womens in line Well, I'm goin' back to Texas, get all of my womens in line Well now, if you said you'll be there, they'll roll up your credit card overtime
When I first went to Texas, didn't have no shoes on my feet When I first went to Texas, I didn't have no shoes on my feet Yeah, little girl take me downtown, and I thought that was mighty sweet
SOLO
Girls in Texas, they really know their way around Yeah, now the girls in Texas, they really know their way around Well, if you say you'll be yours, she'll roll up your credit card overtime
Well now, if I make me some money, gonna make Texas be my home Baby and I make me some money, I'm gon' make Texas be my home I'm gon' make all these Mississippi women, make them leave me alone
CODA
Edited 4/10 to pick up corrections from Blues Vintage and Johnm
All best, Johnm
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