She said "look'a here daddy, don't you raise no sand. I don't ask you 'bout no woman, don't ask me 'bout my man" - Mance Lipscombe, Meet Me In The Bottom, Arhoolie Texas Songster #4, Live at The Cabale
No 'e' in Lipscomb. [in editor mode ]
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During those years [Chicago late 30s] there was also a blues singer by the name of Dr Clayton out of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was very popular and made a lot of records. Danny Boy was his favourite and he could really sing it, but he was more of a blues singer - Oh, Didn't He Ramble: The Life Story of Lee Collins as told to Mary Collins
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. She said "look'a here daddy, don't you raise no sand. I don't ask you 'bout no woman, don't ask me 'bout my man" - Mance Lipscombe, Meet Me In The Bottom, Arhoolie Texas Songster #4, Live at The Cabale No 'e' in Lipscomb. [in editor mode ] lindy
I've been fired from lots of jobs but I ain't never missed a meal. --("Big") Eddie Pennington Bricktown Bob
Ain't no heaven and there ain't no burning hell; where I'm going when I die can't nobody tell.
-- Son House, "My Black Mama," part 1 From the brands & products list:
Give me Oil of Ninety-Nine, Three-Six, anything! I have done caught my death of cold, Lord have mercy - Bumble Bee Slim, I Done Caught My Death Of Cold From Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe's "Preacher's Blues"
"Some people say that a preacher won't steal. But he will do more stealin' then I get regular meals" Alex Wow - but Bessie Smith spills fire and fury in Hateful Blues on Columbia Record 14023D. Talk about hymns of hate - Bessie sure is a him-hater on this record. The way she tells what she is going to do with her "butcher" will make trifling fellows catch express trains going at 60 miles an hour. The music is full of hate too. You can almost see hate drip from the piano keys. Every note is a half-note. No quarter for anyone - Chicago defender ad, July 1924
Ah, don't you just love the purple prose from the old ads. This one snipped from BH's post elsewhere:
The famous Mother of the Blues doesn't want you to ever forget her?that's how much she loves her friends! So we put her picture on her latest record, 'Dream Blues.' On the other side is 'Lost Wandering Blues' by 'Ma.' Accompaniments by Pruitt Twins on those guitars that made Kansas City famous.... This is the first time, to our knowledge, that any artist's picture has ever appeared on a record. Paramount is always first with the features - Chicago Defender ad, 7 June 1924 for Ma Rainey's souvenir record Cooljack
"..Im Thinkin' about the year of 19 and 29..." -
Happy New Year Blues - Lemon Jefferson I always feel a certain sense of dramatic irony whenever I listen to this song. Wasn't no use for anybody else to come up talkin' about playin' against him, 'cause they couldn't even do what he was doin' -- all they could do was look and wonder how in the hell he done it. -- Tom Shaw, speaking of Blind Lemon Jefferson.
I found a note on the floor, it almost sent me off in a trance. She said "It's nothin' that you've done, I'm just leavin' in advance" - Memphis Slim, Empty Room Blues
I know my doggie when I hear him bark. I can tell my rider if I feel her in the dark - Charley Patton, Banty Rooster Blues
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"I did more for you than you understand / You can tell by the bullet holes, mama, now here in my hand." - Peetie Wheatstraw, "Ice And Snow Blues"
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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. --attributed to (among others) Frank Zappa and Elvis Costello
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