Topic: It was not told to me, I only heard - Quote Drive 2015

[CF]

I just saw a quote in the Oracle from Muddy Waters' LOC interviews in 1941 & when asked how old he though Son House was the Oracle has him saying 'Son House is ancient . . . he's about 47.'
I don't think that's the word Muddy uses (can't seem to find the interv. right now to check) but I think he says 'aged' or ageable' or some other term like that. I'll check back

[nobocaster]

"If you talk in your sleep..  don't mention my name."

  John Dilleshaw - Sand Mountain Drag

[Johnm]

"Yes, my poor Mama died in nineteen and twenty-four
Sleepin' a long dream, to never speak no more"

Joel Hopkins--"I Ain't Gonna Roll for the Big Hat Man No More"

[dj]

"You can have a symphony orchestra.  If you got a jug player in that band, that's a jug band."

Henry Miles, Louisville jug player

[Gumbo]

"Here come the man with the headache stick"

Gus Cannon, Madison Street Rag

[Blues Vintage]

"Bet you don't hear that when they get divorced"

Skip James to Stephen Calt when they heard the honking of a wedding procession.

[StoogeKebab]

Here's one I posted that got over 400 upvotes on reddit when discussing diabetes and B B King.

"I went down to the doctor man, told him I couldn't see my penis, he said don't eat nothin' sweet, you've got the sugar diabetes"

- Big Joe Williams, Sugar Diabetes Blues, Going Back To Crawford, Arhoolie CD 9015

[Stuart]

I couldn't find the 2015 thread, so this one will have to do. After reading the recent blog bait, I'm reminded of the following:

"...what one says in abstractions about 'a tradition' finds its ultimate proof or disproof in the lives of men..."
                        Arthur F. Wright

And in the lives of women, one should add.

[uncle bud]

Yeah, we forgot to start a new one.

[Rivers]

If someone can think of a good tagline for a 2015 iteration we can split this one by posting date easily enough.

BTW Stuart, 'blog bait', excellent term, consider it stolen.

[Gumbo]

Would 30s Mills Brothers do it for you?

"It was not told to me I only Heard"

[Rivers]

Perfect.

[frankie]

"It's no man is gonna make a real good blues singer unless he been havin' lot, he been havin' lots of trouble.... Therefore, he'll go away and try to sing the blues and stuff until, uh, he feels that his worry is kinda passed over."

J.D. Short on the nature of the blues singer, introduction to "Starry Crown Blues," Legacy of the Blues (Vol. 8 )

[Johnm]

Hi all,

If I ever get from around this harvest, I don't even want to see a rose bush grow
If I ever get from around this harvest, I don't even want to see a rose bush grow
And if anybody ask me about the country, Lord have mercy on his soul

Mercy Dee Walton-"Have You Ever Been Out In The Country?"

All best,
Johnm

[StoogeKebab]

"I just love myself 'cause I'm who I am"
- Lightnin' Hopkins, Blues is My Business (Live 1971), intro to 'Rock Me Baby'