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Offline banjochris

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2007, 06:51:58 AM »
Here's the "Red's Dream" words:

It was a dream, dream I had last night
I dreamed I went to the U.N., and set the whole nation right

I dreamed I called on old Castro, stood him on the floor,
looked him right in the eye and said, boy, you got to go.
I'm tired of your foolishness, and if you don't behave
I'm gonna grab you by your beard, give you a Georgia shave.
It was a dream...

Then I told old Khrushchev, sittin' there lookin' bad,
Get that junk outta Cuba, 'fore you make me mad,
Dig up them missile bases, take them planes and all
Or I'll grab me a bat, use your head for the ball.
It was a dream...

Then into Washington they called me, and I went
there to be the guest, of the president
he said Red I'm glad to see you, so glad you come down here,
to help me run the Russians, from the Western Hemisphere
I said, "You can run the country, I'm gon' run the Senate,
I'm gonna make a few changes, put a few soul brothers in it.
Ray Charles and Lightnin' Hopkins, and a guy like Jimmy Reed,
Bo Diddley and Big Maybelle, all I need."
It was a dream...

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #31 on: January 23, 2007, 08:10:22 AM »
Case 1A (the song is named for the artist but the artist doesn't use the name in the lyrics):

Scrapper Blackwell, "Mr. Scrapper's Blues."

Little Hat Jones, "Little Hat Blues."

Also Lonnie Johnson, "Mr. Johnson's Blues".

Offline GhostRider

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #32 on: January 23, 2007, 08:30:00 AM »
Hi, here's another case 2
Ed Bell (or Barefoot Bill or Sluefoot Joe - take your pick) telling Clifford Gibson : "play that thing Mister Clifford"

Hey, Daddy:

In which tune did he do this?

Alex

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #33 on: January 23, 2007, 08:34:17 AM »
Casey Bill (I think It's Big Bill singing listen to to the infection) mentions Casey Bill in Big Bills Blues
(That's enough of that. Ed)

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #34 on: January 23, 2007, 09:18:40 AM »
Case 1:  Peetie Wheatstraw, C And A Train Blues:  "Lord when you haven't seen your girl in a long time, treat you like Peetie Wheatstraw..."

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #35 on: January 23, 2007, 09:26:24 AM »
Casey Bill (I think It's Big Bill singing listen to to the infection) mentions Casey Bill in Big Bills Blues

Richard:

I don't understand what your saying here. Casey Bill mentions Casey Bill in a song where BB Broonzy sings "Big Bill's Blues". Help me out here.

Alex

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #36 on: January 23, 2007, 10:02:13 AM »
I think it was on WC I posted a contemporary review of the album, Lowdown Back Porch Blues, on which it appeared.
Sidetracking somewhat, they don't write 'em like they usta. Who said, "thank the Lord for that"? http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?amp;Itemid=114&topic=2184

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2007, 01:47:24 PM »
Wasn't very clear was it ..Sorry!!

Casey Bill Weldon recorded Big Bills Blues 1936

The actual line is "Good bye Casey Bill I'll see you in another town"

The credits say Casey Bill sings but it sounds to me like Broonzy who is not listed as being on the recording (the personel being unclear other than Black Bob piano) but, Broonzy was recroding with Weldon the previous month.

That make more sense?
 
(That's enough of that. Ed)

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #38 on: January 26, 2007, 11:44:29 AM »
Case 3:  Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland, "I Got To Go Blues" and "Lamp Post Blues":  As he goes into the instrumental break on both songs, Buck shouts "Come on, Peter" to the otherwise unknown violinist accompanying Buck's piano and vocals.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2007, 11:46:36 AM by dj »

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2007, 02:52:50 AM »
Case 1:  Kid Cole (aka Bob Cole, Bob Coleman),  "Sixth Street Moan": "And I swear you gon' miss your Kid Cole, baby baby, when I'm gone". 

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #40 on: January 29, 2007, 04:21:31 PM »
I dunno if this counts but Kokomo Arnold is given to yelling "play it Jackson!" before a break, The Twelves is a great example. He's referring to himself according to the Yazoo notes, "Jackson" was a then-fashionable Harlem slang term for someone considered "hip".

Must remember that next time I'm playing with someone whose name I've forgotten and want them to take a break, could get interesting if there's more than two people playing.

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2007, 07:18:40 PM »
What a great topic i just read 2 pages but didn't see furry lewis mentioned, cannot remember which furry song now, but im sure someone will, i think the line is, and my Friends say furry ,something,something,something ...cheers
K,D
is it furrys blues sounds familiar but my brains fuzzy on things like that :-\
« Last Edit: January 29, 2007, 07:23:41 PM by dowling »

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #42 on: January 29, 2007, 08:14:54 PM »
There's the line "I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?'" that occurs in Everybody?s Blues and Rock Island Blues.

There's also the great line, "Don't you wish your mama had named you Furry Lewis?" that occurs (more than once?) in his rediscovery recordings, at least in Don't You Wish Your Mama. I think he uses it elsewhere as well though can't recall at the moment.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2007, 09:00:56 AM by uncle bud »

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #43 on: January 29, 2007, 10:16:10 PM »
Leroy Carr - Depression Blues!

In the beginning - "Hello Leroy!", "Hello Scrapp!"

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Re: Name That...CB Artist
« Reply #44 on: January 30, 2007, 01:49:50 AM »
yes thats the furry tune i was thinkin of uncle bud nice one .i really like that tune it brings a smile to my face cheers.
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