Hi Phil,
I just listened to Lee Green and this one is a candidate for "Vocal Phrasing: The Long and the Short of It". He goes into the tail end of the form like so, with "B'lieve to my" pick-up notes coming out of the eight bar. I'll show the last phrase with hash marks relative to the lyrics to show where the beats fall
| Soul, babe, she's got those Mem-phis| Fives, I mean, those Memphis| Fives |
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So it turns out that what Lee Green did is instead of playing four bars of four beats apiece, he plays three bars, holding the first of the bars, with the V chord, for six beats, than resolving to the I chord the first time he says "Fives" and playing two bars of four beats each. Note that in the six-beat measure the third beat falls between "babe" and "she's", and in the second bar the third beat falls between "mean" and "those". Note too, that the first time he sings "Memphis" he gives each syllable a beat, but the second time, he sings the whole word in one beat. The phrasing reminds me a little of Frankie Lee Sims on "Lucy Mae Blues".
I hope this helps. If you can get the tail end of the form to synch up and swing you'll have it made, because you have the front end of the form knocked.
All best,
Johnm
