Topic: Buddy Moss Lyrics

[JohnLeePimp]

snake like tappin the grass?

...the words "Snake" "Like" and "Grass" are definitely in there on the first take

[cru423]

Here's another idea, after knocking and getting no reply, Buddy does a Voodoo hot-foot ritual on her porch:

"Then I get down in my snake-leather stamped flap/ sift lye cross your floor"

lol, John, I'm just having trouble with the snake slithering under the door and into the house. Usually these lines end with resignation, "well, I ain't coming here no more".

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Buddy Moss's recording of "Pushing It" appears on his "Atlanta Blues Legend" album on the Biograph label.  He is joined by a harmonica player on the track, who I really wish wasn't there, because Buddy is really ripping it up, playing at a tremendous clip, and changing things up greatly as he goes.  Basically, the harp player can't keep up with him at his level.  Buddy is working out of A position in standard tuning, and although that was a position he particularly excelled in, he works in a lot of stuff I've not heard on his other recordings.  His singing is superb, too. 

Yes, and I wonder, do my baby think of me
I wonder, do my baby think of me
Well, I'll be back tomorrow but things ain't like they used to be

SOLO

Well now, you told me that you loved me, I found out that you were lying
Says, you told me that you loved me, babe, I found out you were lying
Said now, you were just lovin', babe, to pass away the time

SOLO X 2

Well, goodbye, I've got to leave you and I'll be gone a great long while
Be, goodbye, I've got to leave you, I'll be gone, gone a great long while
I'm gonna find me somebody, babe, to treat me nice and kind

SOLO X 3

All best,
Johnm
   

[Pan]

Thanks John, you got me putting my Altlanta Blues Legend CD on, and you aren't overstating one bit about the guitar work of Moss! It's really something!

Cheers

Pan

[Johnm]

He's smoking isn't he, Pan?  Whew!

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Another very strong number from Buddy Moss's "Atlanta Blues Legend" CD on Biograph is "Every Day Seems Like Sunday", which Buddy played out of A position in standard tuning.  The track, taken from a concert performance, clocks in at 5:05, and it is a special treat to hear Buddy stretch out and play at such length.  And what remarkable playing it is--as the Berea College footage shows, at this stage of his career, Buddy sometimes sounded like a cross between his youthful self and someone like T-Bone Walker, in terms of the single string lines he was playing.  Buddy's singing is great, too.  He had a wonderful vocal instrument and sounds a lot like the late Soul Pop singer Lou Rawls.  He sets up the opening line of his last verse with a spoken aside, and it does draw some laughs from the audience, when sung by the snow white-haired Buddy.  He responds in kind to their mirth.

INTRO SOLO

Every day seem like Sunday, when I have you in my arms
Every day, every day seem like Sunday, babe, when I have you in my arms
Well now, tell me that you love me, don't do me wrong

SOLO

Yes, you're just like a doll, wrapped all in cellophane
Yes, you're just like a doll, wrapped all in cellophane
Well, there's nothin' satisfy me more, just to hear you call my name

SOLO X 3

I've got a woman, think the world 'n' all of me
Yes, I've got a woman, think the world 'n' all of me
Well now, you high-priced chicks, you better go ahead and let me be

I don't need no woman, mistreat me all the time
Don't need no woman, gonna mistreat me all the time
Well now, I need you baby, help me ease my worried mind

SOLO (Spoken: This sounds strange.)

I don't need no woman, baby, when I'm old and grey
I don't need no woman, baby, when I'm old and grey (Spoken: I shoulda said that years ago, shouldn't I?)
Well now, I need you, baby, help me drive, drive my blues away

SOLO

All best,
Johnm
   

[Johnm]

Hi all,
If any of you feel like doing some heavy immersion listening to Buddy Moss, I have added links to this thread, all fourteen pages of it.  I was able to find links for all but three or four of his pre-'60s recordings and a decent number of his post-rediscovery recordings that have been transcribed in the thread, over sixty titles.  I also added links to the Frank Stokes Lyrics thread which is currently on page 2 off the Country blues Lyrics board.
All best,
Johnm