Hi all,
Scrapper Blackwell accompanied himself out of D position in standard tuning for his "Springtime Blues". Even by his very high standards, this is spectacular guitar playing. He hits an E7 in the ninth bar of his form that gives things a nice color, and accords almost equal space to guitar solos and verses. He plays really hard from the right hand, as was his wont, but is still immaculately clean and has a non-buzzy tone, never bottoming out. How did he do that? The song is a chorus blues. Here is his performance, and unfortunately, the record it was copied from is kind of whupped:
INTRO
Come here, baby, sit down on my knee
I want to tell you how you jivin' me
REFRAIN: 'Cause I'm quitting you, babe, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
SOLO
When you get your money, you have your fun
You ain't got no money when I'll send some
REFRAIN: Because I'm quitting you, baby, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
SOLO
I'm getting tired of you parkin' on my white shoes
And doin' nothin' but runnin' up and down the good streets
REFRAIN: Because I'm quitting you, babe, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
SOLO
It's springtime now and summer's gonna come
I've stood your jive all winter, now I've got you, love's all gone
REFRAIN: And I'm quitting you, babe, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
All best,
Johnm
Scrapper Blackwell accompanied himself out of D position in standard tuning for his "Springtime Blues". Even by his very high standards, this is spectacular guitar playing. He hits an E7 in the ninth bar of his form that gives things a nice color, and accords almost equal space to guitar solos and verses. He plays really hard from the right hand, as was his wont, but is still immaculately clean and has a non-buzzy tone, never bottoming out. How did he do that? The song is a chorus blues. Here is his performance, and unfortunately, the record it was copied from is kind of whupped:
INTRO
Come here, baby, sit down on my knee
I want to tell you how you jivin' me
REFRAIN: 'Cause I'm quitting you, babe, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
SOLO
When you get your money, you have your fun
You ain't got no money when I'll send some
REFRAIN: Because I'm quitting you, baby, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
SOLO
I'm getting tired of you parkin' on my white shoes
And doin' nothin' but runnin' up and down the good streets
REFRAIN: Because I'm quitting you, babe, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
SOLO
It's springtime now and summer's gonna come
I've stood your jive all winter, now I've got you, love's all gone
REFRAIN: And I'm quitting you, babe, I'm quitting you now
I'm getting tired of your jive, you don't mean me no good nohow
All best,
Johnm