I was surprised I didn't see a thread on this already. If there is one and missed it, please merge. Anyway, I'm really enjoying the newly released album Way Back In The Country Blues.
Any help on 4.3 or other parts I missed would be appreciated.
I'm Goin' Away Baby
Well I'm goin baby just to worry you off my mind Well I'm goin baby just to worry you off my mind Well you a sweet little woman but you don't pay me no mind
Well now that's alright baby that's alright for you Well now that's al (guitar) that's alright for you Well now that's alright baby any old way you do
I woke up this morning same thing on my mind I woke up this (guitar) same thing on my mind Well you keep me worryin bothered all the time
I said goodbye baby if I don't see you no more I said goodbye (guitar) don't see you no more Well now way that you treat me [gon'] go back in your door
Thanks, Scott
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From '61 Essential Blues Masters. Lots of room for improvement. Not sure if it's Frank Road or Plank Road - I here both in different places. Also "royal" vs "roar" - I don't hear either clearly but I'm sure someone will hear it better or maybe remember the advertising slogan. Thanks for any help.
Hottest Brand Goin'
Well I was down working at the Conoco station On sixteen sixty-eight [Frank / Plank] Road I working for Mister Domain I say now Conoco oil station Happy motor super service You know it got the hottest brand goin
You want super service come to the Conoco station on Frank Road You want super service station come down on sixteen sixty-eight Frank Road I said come to Mister Ed Domain service station he got the best gas company all over
You want your car to be served Want it served just right Put some of that [royal / roar] gasoline in there Roll all night or day Sixteen sixty-eight Frank Road that's where Robert Brown work
You might need a tune up job Your brakes might be out of place I recon you might need tires Everything's alright
Come to sixteen sixty-eight sixteen sixty-eight Frank Road I say down by that Conoco station I know People you know what I'm talkin about I'm talkin about the hottest brand goin Get that royal feelin buy that royal gasoline
Come down on sixty-eight sixteen sixty-eight Sixteen sixty-eight Frank Road Say you want super service [bring it in to] Mister Ed Domain I'm talkin about my boss now that's my boss where I work at Sixteen sixty-eight Frank Road You want super service come right there
Buy that royal gasoline Get that royal feelin royal ridin And I'll tell you it's the hottest brand's goin' Just a minute [] Mister Robert Brown And he knows me and that's my boss
Come down on sixteen sixty-eight Frank Road Buy the hottest brand goin Now you want your car super serviced Get your super right there Talkin 'bout the Conoco station
Thanks, Scott
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Well I feel so lonesome won't you hear me when I moan Well I feel so lonesome won't you hear me when I moan Been drivin my Terraplane here for babe for you since I been gone
I flash your light mama babe your horn won't even blow I flash your light mama babe your horn won't even blow Well now you got a loose connection babe you found way down below
Mmm highwayman hollerin please don't block the road Mmm highwayman hollerin please don't block the road Well I made a cool one hundred you know I'm booked and I got to go
Deep down connection babe I'll tangle with your doggone wires Mmm deep down connection babe I'll tangle with your doggone wires Say I mash down on your spark plug and your car wouldn't even fly
Thanks, Scott
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Well I'm broke and I'm hungry ragged and I'm dirty too Well I'm broke and I'm hungry ragged and I'm dirty too Well if I clean up for you mama can I stay all night with you
Well now here I am standin in front of your door Well now here I am standin in front of your door Well I'll leave so early in the mornin 'til your real man never know
Well now I love you baby love you for myself Well now I love (guitar) love you for myself Well now I love you now little woman I want nobody (guitar)
If I can't come in let me sit down in front of your door If I can't come in let me sit down in front of your door Well I'll leave so early in the mornin 'til your real man never know
Thanks, Scott
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I might pick some cotton baby and I might pull some corn I might pick some cotton baby and I might pick some corn I say I'm way up there in old Mississippi I'm up there on Mister Walter's farm
But one thing about it now people's the work is so hard Look at here now people's somebody [had got in the barn???] I work hard everyday I get no play or rest Look here now people's I'm gettin tired of this old cotton pickin mess I say
I may pick some cotton I, I may pull some corn Look at here now people's I'm way up here on (guitar) Way up here on Mister Walter's farm
I say my mother she raised sweet potatoes Well she got a she got a garden planted all around her house Look at here now tellin you people's I just can't feel myself I can't be []
I ain't gonna go hungry I might not wear no clothes We have food and water She got a shelter to go
I may pick cotton I may pull some corn Well now you know now people that the field ways got to go on
Thanks, Scott
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Yes I talkin to my baby the other night Told her lets go out awhile Said here broke down go all for the drive
She said look at here daddy I ain't dressed just right I said look at here baby put on what you got we gon make everything alright
Going out get myself a drink have myself a time Going out get myself a drink have myself a time, that's you and I We gon have a good time we gonna feel awhile
I'm just talkin to my baby layin in my bed I tell on her here the thing you have said You my lovin no one else but you What you mean honey I don't need nobody nobody else but you
Play it on me play awhile then say Look out daddy must have got the blues No honey I ain't think of no one No one else nobody but you
Spent all my money buy you nice fine clothes Spent all of my money buy you nice fine clothes Say now don't want no other woman but you that I never know
That's alright daddy you don't want nobody but me Let's have a good time Settle down be ourself
Yea yes cool it daddy Long time
(laughter)
Thanks, Scott
« Last Edit: February 18, 2023, 12:08:17 PM by Johnm »
Hi all, Included on the recently released "Smoky Babe-Way Back in the Country Blues, the Lost Dr. Oster Recordings", on Arhoolie, Arhoolie CD 548, is "Goin Home Blues". Smoky accompanies himself in Spanish tuning, as was most often the case for him, with tremendous driving rhythm and a wealth of ideas. The lyrics seem to be in the semi-improvised style of "Hottest Brand Goin'", a mode he was really comfortable working in.
Well, I jump this blues, I jump it all over town Well, I jump this blues, well, I jump it all over town I say, now you know this old, old Robert Brown playin' blues on down
Hope this be my mother, and my sisters and brothers, too Hope this be my mother, and my sisters and brothers, too I get to thinkin' about my mother sometime, don't know what to do
She might hear me singin' somewhere over the air She might hear me singin' somewhere over the air Well, this is dedicated to Addie Brown, she in old Mississippi somewhere
She in Vere, Mississippi, last place I knowed She in Vere, Mississippi, last old place I knowed Well, if you should spy Robert Brown's mama, I'm gon' soon be walkin' in your door
Well, I'm a day too late, I should-a have been home Mama, a day too late, I should have done been home Well, you know how the world tore up now, man just hardly can't get along
I'm gon' see my sister, gonna see my brother, too I'm gon' see my sister, I'm gon' see my brothers, too I been sad and lonesome and I don't know what to do
OUTRO
All best, Johnm
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Hi all, One of the high points of the Arhoolie release "Smoky Babe-Way Back in the Country Blues, the Lost Dr. Oster Recordings", is "If I Had Listened to What My Mama Say", spoken of at some length in the review of that CD at: https://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=11705.msg103777#msg103777 (the track can be listened to at that location as well). The piece is essentially a version of "Catfish Blues" without any catfish verses, and Smoky Babe played it out of E position in EADF#BE tuning, but tuned about a minor third low, at C#F#BD#G#C#. The low tuning really adds to the spooky sound as well as assisting in doing finely nuanced bends. After the intro, Smoky Babe plays no solos, but his accompaniments to his singing in the different verses are so rich and varied that a solo would not have added anything more. The tuning and what he did with it are amazing--one would not have thought that simply altering the pitch of one string by a half-step would have opened up such a world of new possibilities in sound. Seek the recording out, for it is really special, one of my all-time favorites in the genre. In the singing of the song, in the last two lines of each verse, Smoky Babe concludes or answers many of the words with his guitar.
INTRO
Well, if I, had a-listened, Lord, to what my old Mama, she said I would've been at home, playin' a boy-child, Listen to what my Mama said, listen to what my Mama said, listen what my Mama said Sure 'nough, sure 'nough, sure 'nough
Well, my Mama, Lord, she told me, and my Father sot [sic] 'n' he cried "You got too many women, Be the man your size, be the man your size." Well, sure 'nough,
Well, I went, out one night, well, I have a great long time Now come somebody, somebody Come to worry my mind, come to worry my mind, sure 'nough worried my mind Well, sure 'nough he
Well, I hopes, hope now, peoples, this won't never happen no more That little woman come and got me Never knowed me before, never knowed me before, never knowed me before She, well, well-hell, sure 'nough, she did not know
Well, I wonder, peoples, I wonder, well, I wonder, Lord, to myself That little woman I'm crazy about, she's Lovin' somebody else, lovin' somebody, lovin' somebo--, lovin' somebo--
All best, Johnm
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Hi Lindy, I went back and listened a bunch of times, and I'm hearing two syllables there, with the first one ending in a "t". I think it's more "sot 'n' he cried" than "sot and", but I do think it's what he was singing. I also base this on other singers, whom I can't think of right now, singing the past tense of "sit" as "sot", without "sot" having any reference to being a drunkard. all best, Johnm
I agree. Sot is one of three optional past tenses of sit -- set, sat, and sot. I have heard both set and sot as past tenses in my lifetime, so they are not entirely obsolete.
Smoky Babe played it out of E position in EADF#BE tuning
The tuning and what he did with it are amazing--one would not have thought that simply altering the pitch of one string by a half-step would have opened up such a world of new possibilities in sound.
I've never heard of this. What is the main benefit of playing in this tuning? I tuned my 3rd string down a half step and goofed around for a couple minutes. I found myself hammering into an Em chord (played in a standard E shape) and also using the 3rd fret of that 3rd string as well. There were some similarities to playing in Am (standard). I also felt a little lost and didn't really give it a lot of time to get comfortable.
Hi Forgetful Jones, The main benefit of the tuning is the strikingly different sounds it makes available in E position in what is otherwise standard tuning. Hammering to the minor third at the third string first fret makes for a considerably darker sound than is available when playing in E in standard tuning. It also makes a bVII chord, D major, available on the open fifth, fourth and third strings which is unavailable in standard tuning in E position, as well as a minor V chord, B minor, easily playable on the fifth, fourth and third strings at 2-0-0. The sound of this tuning ends up being much darker in general than it seems like it would be, based on altering the pitch of only one string one half-step.
Hi John- It's definitely a dark sound. I really like this song a lot. Thanks for the specifics (string/fret) regarding the chords you mentioned. I'm not great at instantly interpreting chord names, so that helps a lot. I got sucked into repeating the intro over and over. I love the segment from from about :07-:11 where he's first hammering into the note and then plays it straight without the hammer-on. He builds tension there that carries through the whole song.
He plays some great chords in the break from about 2:40-2:52. Apologies for the non-musical descriptors. I just know what my ears like and then fuddle around trying to put my fingers in the right spot. I plan on playing with this one in the next couple days. Thanks again for the tips. Now if only I could sing like that! Take care