My group of people - Joe Turner, King Curtis, Mickey Baker - used to laugh at all the country blues singers who were backwards musically. John Lee Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins sang out of meter - we couldn't respect them - Doc Pomus, quoted in How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll by Elijah Wald
My original quote was taken from the writing of Sylvester Oliver, but quoted in the book, "Goin' Back To Sweet Memphis: Conversations With The Blues". Ernest "Boose" Taylor only says the first line that I quoted, the rest is from Oliver.
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Charlie is the Father, Son is the Son, Willie is the Holy Ghost