Topic: Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson

[bayrum78]

One of my longstanding favorite songs. I even named my dog after it.

[uncle bud]

Enjoyable as always, Nate. Nice and trancey. Sure wish there were more recordings of Jim Jackson doing old stuff like this, rather than 15 versions of Kansas City.

[bayrum78]

Thanks UB and hI couldn't agree with you more. "Kansas City" is an ok song but not nearly as cool as "Old Dog Blue". Along the same lines, I wish Bo Carter had focused a bit more on backwoodsy material  similar to "Turnip Greens" instead of the double-entendre hokum and quasi-pop blues material. I guess both wanted to be commercially successful and let the sales numbers determine the the kind of material they recorded.

[uncle bud]

Yeah, I like Kansas City fine, just don't need 20 versions of it.  Given the pre-blues component of Jackson's repertoire, it would be great to have more stuff like it.

[Pan]

Nice to hear someone cover Jim Jackson, especially when done so well!

Cheers

Pan

[bayrum78]

Thanks Pan!