Hi Simon,
Cheater's Spell is one of the last tunes Blind Lemon Jefferson recorded (as "The Cheater's Spell"). I don't think it's actually a 28 bar blues, although I can see how you might think it is, as it's a bitch to count, since Paul's so free with it (I can barely count it but felt it as a sort of 12 bar blues). This is one of Lemon's tunes in E that follow the form of Piney Woods Money Mama, Yo Yo Blues, Oil Well Blues and the like. What's making you think it's 28 bars is probably that you're doubling up the count, and the form itself is sort of a 13 1/2 to 14 bar form I think. I'm not great at counting some of these freer versions of blues, despite being a recovering drummer, so will attach the two versions here for the benefit of our viewers.
Paul plays it on a 12-string. He's done this with a number Lemon tunes, not something that immediately leaps to mind as an option, but really works here IMO. He's done it with some others as well, like Shuckin' Sugar, and Stocking Feet Blues I believe.
There's a great line in Paul's version of Cheater's Spell that I'm not exactly sure he gets right but works wonderfully as a threatening line of poetry: "The world ain't ever turned like I'm gonna turn on you someday." Yikes.
This is a great tune in both versions and thanks for reminding me of them as they get lost amongst the more 'obvious' stuff.
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