In 1968, Wells returned from a State Department-sponsored tour of Africa and told a Newsweek correspondent, "We got to one place and they had banners saying 'Welcome Home, Junior'. I told 'em, man I said, this ain't my home, I live one block north of the Loop. Then they asked me what I thought of black power. I said black power is me making it with Aretha Franklin." - from Larry Cohn's Nothing But The Blues
The C version of this tune is one of the first rags I learned and is a lot of fun to play. I was inspired to do this tune for SOTM after John Miller gave a class at PT that explained the progression in C and G. I associate it with Blind Boy Fuller because he had numerous versions, but there are lots of others.
Here's the progression:
I [III7] / VI7 / II7 V7 / I
I [III7] / VI7 / II7 / V7
I / I7 / IV / Idim
I [III7] / VI7 / II7 V7 / I [V7]
II7 V7 / I
and here's Blind Boy Fuller:
Memphis Minnie
Milton Brown
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Here's the original--or at least from my limited knowledge I consider it "the original" *in terms of lyrics.* There are many other songs with the same progression ... anyone know of a predecessor with the "Truckin'" theme in the lyrics?
And a version of Chesterfield that I really love from John Jackson:
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