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Sugar Babe was the first piece I learned, when I was a little boy about 13 years old. Reason I know this so good, I got a whippin' about it. Come out of the cotton-patch to get some water and I was up at the house playin' the git-tar and my mother come in; whopped me cause I didn't come back - I was playin' the git-tar. Yeah, I got a whippin' bout Sugar Babe - I never will forgit that one - Mance Lipscomb, from his biography
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Cross Road Blues Take 1
Robert Johnson – Guitar, Vocals
San Antonio, Texas
November 27, 1936
Spanish Tuning
INTRO
I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees
I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees
Asked the Lord above for mercy, now “Save poor Bob if you please"
I-ee, standin' at the crossroad, tried to flag a ride
Wi-ee-ee, I tried to flag a ride
Ain’t nobody seem to know me, babe, everybody pass me by
Standin' at the crossroad, baby, risin' sun goin' down
Standin' at the crossroad, baby, i-ee, risin' sun goin' down
I believe to my soul, now, poor Bob is sinkin' down
You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
That I got the crossroad blues this mornin', Lord, baby, I'm sinkin' down
And I went to the crossroad, mama, I looked east and west
I went to the crossroad, baby, I looked east and west
Lord, I didn't have no sweet woman, ooh well, babe, in my distress {despair?}
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« Last post by banjochris on April 25, 2024, 09:51:04 AM »
Who's to say we can't make one? Does anyone have any claim to these 100 year old tunes?
in many cases, yes, and certainly the folks who have spent a ton of time and money remastering them over the years have a claim to their work. Nothing stopping you from making one for your own self, of course!
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« Last post by usha_pl on April 25, 2024, 09:36:45 AM »
Who's to say we can't make one? Does anyone have any claim to these 100 year old tunes?
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« Last post by banjochris on April 24, 2024, 04:30:28 PM »
I think with Patton you can't really do better than the two most recent Yazoo releases, the Best of and the Primeval Rags etc. There aren't many titles left after that.
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« Last post by SDVB on April 24, 2024, 03:36:05 PM »
Many thanks. Very helpful.
It is a shame that no one has issued a definitive Tommy Johnson CD of the best takes. And indeed for that matter, a definitive Charley Patton CD of the best takes.
When the Centennial Collection of Robert Johnson recordings came out, I finally felt that at long last I had one CD containing the best takes of his recordings, whereas the best takes of Tommy Johnson and Charley Patton are spread over a considerable number of CDs.
Anyway, thanks once again.
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Sure is.
I must admit I don't like John Lee's one chord boogies. Too repetitive after a while for me.
He's got more compilation records than Bob Dylan probably, I do really like his live record with Muddy's Band "Live at Cafe Au Go Go".
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« Last post by Johnm on April 24, 2024, 11:03:03 AM »
Thanks very much for the help, Blues Vintage, I will make both of those corrections. That is a great, intense track, isn't it?
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The missing word in the last verse could be Lord
2.1 I bought him fine clothes
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« Last post by Johnm on April 24, 2024, 09:48:21 AM »
Hi all,
John Lee Hooker was joined by Eddie Kirkland on guitar, Bogie Woogie Red on piano and Tom Whitehead on drums for "Love Money Can't Buy", recorded on June 25, 1953 in Detroit. The song has a very intense vocal from John Lee Hooker, even by his standards. I'm missing a word in the last verse and would very much appreciate help getting that. Here is "Love Money Can't Buy":
INTRO
Love, love, love money can't buy
Love, oh love, love money can't buy
I tried it seven long years, she made a fool out of me
I take my friend in, I bought him fine clothes, next thing I know, you goin' 'round with my wife
Oh love, love money can't buy
I tried it seven long years, she made a fool out of me (Spoken: Yeah, boy!)
GUITAR SOLO
I learned my lesson, long, long time ago, I done found out, boys, that, Lord, it just won't do
Oh love, love money can't buy
I tried it seven long years, she made a fool out of me
GRIND TO A HALT
Edited 4/24 to pick up corrections from Blues Vintage
All best,
Johnm
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