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Offline Thomas8

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #60 on: September 01, 2020, 12:36:34 PM »
Yes

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #61 on: September 01, 2020, 01:53:20 PM »
Thanks, Thomas.

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #62 on: December 15, 2020, 05:54:30 AM »
Love Her With A Feelin' (1950 Version)


Tampa Red – Vocals, Guitar , Kazoo
Johnny Jones - Piano
Ransom Knowling - Bass
Odie Payne - Drums

March 7, 1950
Chicago, Illinois

Piano in G





Men if you gonna love your woman love her with a thrill
Cause if you don't you know some other man will
You got to love her with a feelin’
Love her with a feelin’
Love her with a feelin’ or don't you love at all

Now the gal that I love she's nice and kind of fat
She got a way of lovin’ and it's good like that
Because she love me with a feelin’
She loved me with a feelin’
She loved me with a feelin’ or she won't love at all

She shakes all over when she walk
She made a blind man see and she made a dumb man talk
Because she loved him with a feelin’
She loved him with a feelin’
She loved him with a feelin’ or she won't love at all

A cop took her in but the woman didn't need no bail
She shook it for the judge and they put the cop in jail
Because she loved him with a feelin’
She loved him with a feelin’
She loved him with a feelin’ or she won't love at all

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #63 on: April 30, 2021, 08:08:09 AM »
Big Stars Falling Blues


Tampa Red – Vocals, Guitar
Johnny Jones - Vocals, Piano
Walter Horton - Harmonica
Willie Lacey - Guitar
Ransom Knowling - Bass
Odie Payne - Drums

December 1, 1953
Chicago, Ilinois


Piano in E





Well now, the big stars are falling, it can’t be very long before day
Well now, the big stars are falling, it can’t be very long before day
When day begin to break, it may drive your blues away

Now, the saddest hours, is just between daylight and dark
The saddest hours, is just between daylight and dark
When the one that you love, has said goodbye and gone

You goin’ to roll and tumble, your eyes are goin’ to fill with tears
You goin’ to roll and tumble, your eyes are goin’ to fill with tears
She may be gone just a few hours, it’ll seem like a thousand years

You goin’ to grieve and worry, your heart is goin’ to ache you so
You goin’ to grieve and worry, your heart is goin’ to ache you so
Because your love have said goodbye, you’ll never see her face no more
« Last Edit: April 30, 2021, 04:39:13 PM by Harry »

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #64 on: April 30, 2021, 03:26:02 PM »
Thanks for posting that, Harry, what a great track! Man, did that band have heavy time! I love the singing on the track, and my only wish is that Walter Horton had been hotter in the mix. Though come to think of it, having him in the background that way probably did end up helping the ensemble sound.
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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #65 on: April 30, 2021, 04:52:09 PM »
Sure is a great song,  Tampa Red's wife Frances died on November 21, 1953.

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #66 on: October 30, 2021, 04:11:14 PM »
Grievin' And Worryin' Blues


DG and R and Document Records have different piano players for the session.
I never heard of Henry "45" Scott.

Tampa Red – Vocals, Guitar
Probably Henry "45" Scott or possibly Black Bob or Frank Melrose – Piano
Probably Carl Martin – Guitar

June 14, 1934
Chicago, Illinois

Piano in G
Guitar in Vestapol





INTRO

I went down on the corner, with my gun in my hand, to kill my woman 'bout, lovin’ another man
'Cause I'm grievin’ and worryin’, yes, I'm grievin’ and worryin’
Yes, I'm grievin’ and worryin’, baby, 'bout the way you do

Now, if I should call you, mama, and you refuse to come, hot spring water sure won't help you none
'Cause I'm grievin’ and worryin’, yes, I'm grievin’ and worryin’
Yes, I'm grievin’ and worryin’, baby, 'bout the way you do

Now, you call me in the mornin’, and you call me late at night, you swear that you love me but you sure don't treat me right
Now, I'm grievin’ and worryin’, yes, I'm grievin’ and worryin’
Yes, I'm grievin’ and worryin’, baby, 'bout the way you do (Play that thing)

GUITAR SOLO (Everybody scuttle it)

Now, baby, I cried all night, and all the night before, but if you can stand to leave me, I can stand to see you go
'Cause I'm grievin’ and worryin’, yes, I'm grievin’ and worryin’
Yes, I'm grievin’ and I’m worryin’, baby, 'bout the way you do

Now, you say you're goin’ to leave me, all alone by myself, but if you ever come back, baby, maybe I'll be loving someone else
Then you'll be grievin’ and worryin’, you'll be grievin’ and worryin’
You'll be grievin’ and worryin’, baby, 'bout the way I do

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #67 on: March 20, 2022, 01:25:44 PM »
Hi all,
I recently purchased a CD version of Tampa Red's "Don't Jive Me" album on Prestige Bluesville, recorded in Chicago in 1960, and am so glad that I picked it up. I know that this album and it's companion album, "Don't Tampa With The Blues", are often spoken of slightingly by Tampa Red fans and compared unfavorably with his early recordings. I can see being a bit disappointed if you're a particular fan of his slide playing, of which there is none on these albums, but I'm still finding that I enjoy them thoroughly for a couple of reasons--first of all, his singing throughout these records is beautiful, so plaintive and soulful, and you have the feeling that at that time of his life he knew first-hand what there was to be blue about. Secondly, his guitar playing, while not flashy, is beautifully conceived and is full of original touches. And even his occasional kazoo playing, sometimes a sticking point for blues fans, does not have the manic, SHOWBIZ energy that that instrument can sometimes communicate, but instead seems more the kind of thing you might hear a veteran New Orleans trumpeter play, leaving a lot of space, and phrasing with taste and restraint.

Because the attached video has the entire album on it, I will transcribe two songs here. First is his epic version of "How Long" that opens the program and the second is the title track, which starts at 9:04 on the video. "How Long" is 5:30 long, and Tampa Red sounds like he could have kept coming up with new verses into the next century. Here it is:



INTRO

How long, babe, how long, has that evenin' train been gone?
How long, babe, how long, baby, how long?

Babe, sometime I think you love me, 'gain I think you don't, sometime I think you gon' leave me, and again I think you won't
But how long, babe, how long, baby, how long?

I love you, baby, and you know it's true, so how could you treat me, the way you do
So long, so long, mm-baby, so long?

Now it's 12 o'clock in the midnight, by the clock hangin' on the wall, you used to come home 'round midnight, but, now you don't come home at all
And how long, baby, how long, mm-baby, how long

You know I love you, baby, you know it's true, so how can you misuse me, and treat me the way you do
So long, so long, baby, so long?

Baby, you went and left me, you didn't even say a word, it wasn't nothin' I done, baby, only something that you heard
But how long, babe, how long, baby, how long?

Man, you done took my woman, but I'm not mad at you, just like you took her 'way from Tampa, somebody gonna take her 'way from you
So long, babe, so long, mm-baby, so long

Sometime I get to thinkin', thinkin' to myself, how could you misuse me, and leave me for someone else?
How long, babe, how long, baby, how long

If I could holler, just like, like a mountain jack, I would go up on the mountain, call my baby back
But how long, babe, how long, baby, how long

That is all, baby, I have to say to you, I know you've been unfaithful, your love wasn't never true
But how long, babe, how long, baby, how long

Baby, you should be mindful, of everything you do, 'cause what you doin' to me, baby, somebody gonna do to you
How long, babe, how long, baby, how long

Babe, I've been waiting, mailman bring no mail, why, I'm just drifting, like a ship without a sail
Mm-how long, babe, how long, baby, how long

Tampa Red accompanied "Don't Jive Me" out of E position in standard tuning, as he did the version of "How Long" and the greater portion of songs on the album. I like the reminder in the chorus, "'Cause jivin' is lyin'"

INTRO

Baby, I been waiting, a long time for you, now come on and tell me, what you going to do
REFRAIN: Don't jive me, baby, 'cause jivin' is lyin'
You be true to me, or I may be false to you

Baby, if jive is a game, you'd like to play, forget about me, babe, or either change your way, and
REFRAIN: Don't jive me, baby, jivin' is lyin'
You be true to me, or I may be false to you

I give you my money, let you have your fun, but when it come to lovin', you bet' not give 'way none, and
REFRAIN: Don't jive me, baby,  jivin' is a-lyin'
You be true to me, or I may be false to you

Nicke is a nickel, a dime is a dime, I don't want your jelly, mama, if you don't want mine
REFRAIN: Don't jive me, baby, you know, jivin' is lyin'
You be true to me, or I may be false to you

SOLO W/KAZOO

If you don't love me, baby, don't you hang around, just let me know, baby, and I'll leave this town
REFRAIN: But just don't you jive me, mama, because jivin' is a-lyin'
Be true to me, or I will be false to you

CODA

All best,
Johnm
 
 
« Last Edit: March 21, 2022, 06:03:20 AM by Johnm »

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #68 on: June 23, 2022, 10:34:50 AM »
Hi all,
Tampa Red recorded "Turpentine Blues" at a session in Chicago on May 7, 1932, accompanying himself in Vestapol tuning and utilizing a slide. It is one of the surprisingly few solo numbers he recorded in the pre-War period. As was customary for him, his playing is impeccable. Here is "Turpentine Blues":



INTRO

Turpentine's all right, providing that wages are good
Turpentine is all right, providing that wages are good
But I can make more money now, out somewhere choppin' cordwood

Turpentine business ain't like it used to be
Turpentine business ain't like it used to be
I can't make enough money now, to even get on a spree

I ain't gon' work no more, I tell you the reason why
I ain't gon' work no more, tell you the reason why
Because everybody wants to sell, and nobody want to buy

You can work in the field, you can work at the sawmill, too
You can work in the field, you can work at the sawmill, too
But you can't make no money, at nothin' you try to do

So Lordy, please tell me what we turpentine people are gonna do
Lordy, please tell me what we turpentine people gonna do
We may work one week, but but we got to lay off for a mont' or two

Turpentine is like dice, you shoot you are bound to lose
Turpentine is just like dice, you shoot you are bound to lose
That's the reason why, I got those turpentine blues

CODA

All best,
Johnm
 

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #69 on: June 29, 2022, 06:05:04 PM »
Hi all,
Tampa Red recorded "Western Bound Blues" at the same session at which he recorded "Turpentine Blues", accompanying himself out of Vestapol tuning with a slide, as per usual in that era. Here is "Western Bound Blues":



INTRO

If you lose your money, don't lose your mind
If you lose your money, don't lose your mind
And if you lose sweet woman, why, buddy, you better not mess with mine

If you ever been down, I know you know just how I feel
If you ever I been down, you know just how I feel
Why, I feel just like a darn soldier, out 'cross the battlefield

Baby, I'm going out West, and don't want to leave you behind
I'm going out West, and I don't want to leave you behind
Because I'm afraid that when I return, baby, I'm afraid that you won't be mine (Spoken: Aw shucks, you know what I"m talking about)

SOLO (Spoken: Then, how you think I'd feel to go away and come back . . . and find you in another guy's arms? I'd take a brickbat and break your neck. And I don't mean maybe, either.)

What's the use of walkin', boys, when there's a freight train goin' your way?
What's the use of walkin', and there's a freight train a-goin' your way? (Spoken: I heard the thing blow)
If my mind don't change, I'm western bound today

Put your arms around me, baby, just like a circle around the sun
Put your arms around me, baby, like a circle around the sun
That's the way, baby, Papa Red wants his lovin' done (Spoken: You hear me talkin' and I don't mean maybe, and that's all)

All best,
Johnm
 


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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #70 on: February 19, 2024, 08:04:08 AM »
It Hurts Me Too


Tampa Red - Vocals, Guitar, Kazoo
Blind John Davis - Piano
Bass - Unknown

Chicago, Illinois
May 10, 1940

Piano in Bb
Guitar in Vestapol





INTRO

I can’t be happy, mama, for being so blue, when you keep on worrying, the way you do
When things go wrong, so wrong with you
It hurts me too

The man you loving, he don’t want you ‘round, so take me, mama, let’s leave this town
When things go wrong, so wrong with you
It hurts me too

If he keep on dogging you, the way he do, I may lose my head, mama, and my temper too
When things go wrong, so wrong with you
It hurts me too

GUITAR SOLO

He wrecked your life, mama, right at the start, and if you ain’t careful, mama, he will break your heart
When things go wrong, so wrong with you
It hurts me too

I love you baby, you know it’s true, so why put up, mama, with the way he do
When things go wrong, so wrong with you
It hurts me too

(Kazoo “sings” the first lines)
When things go wrong, so wrong with you
It hurts me too

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #71 on: February 20, 2024, 10:44:28 AM »
Kingfish Blues


Tampa Red - Vocals, Guitar
Black Bob - Piano

Chicago, Illinois
March 22, 1934

Piano in F
Guitar in Vestapol





INTRO

Little minnows in the river, kingfish in the deep blue sea
Little minnows in the river, kingfish in the deep blue sea
Lord, I got a gang of women, crying to get a chance with me (Spoken: Yeah)

You may think it's all right, but baby doll can't you see
You may think it's all right, but baby doll can't you see
Now, you know doggone well, you are getting out a place with me (Spoken: Yeah man, play that thing boy, play it)

GUITAR SOLO (Spoken: Everybody scuttling, I know it’s good to you, bring me up another glass of beer there, and everybody gonna scuttle it ‘til broad day light ?)

I will play kingfish, baby, if you act just like the minnows do
I will play kingfish, babe, if you act just like the minnows do
In case old Tampa Red should flutter, don't you be ‘shamed to shoo

Now, I'm a kingfishin’ papa, and I know what kind of bait to choose (Spoken: Yeah)
I'm a kingfishin’ papa, I know what kind of bait to choose
That's why so many women, crying those kingfish blues

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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #72 on: March 12, 2024, 09:56:09 AM »
Hi, I just tried to read the lyrics of "Checkin' Up On You" by Tampa Red, but I'm French and I can't understand certain sentences.  Could anyone help me find the correct lyrics.Thanks . 
Here is what I understand, as well as the Youtube link.

Checkin' Up On You
Tampa Red And The Chicago Five



I can't get along with you
No matter what I say or do
So honey take ........?
I've been checkin' up on you

You got .........?
Cheatin' And tellin' lies
So honey let me put you...?
I've been checkin' up on you

You run around you tease and clown
Doggone you oh yeah
When you get high, you let the Devil
Fool you and rule you

I ain't no gonna say it no more..?
Remember every where you go
You better stop or take it slow (start to take it slow?)
Oh yeah, I've been checkin' up on you.



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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #73 on: March 12, 2024, 11:45:02 AM »
This is what I hear

I can't get along with you
No matter what I say or do
So honey take a tip for two
I've been checkin' up on you

You got a way I do despise
Cheatin' And tellin' lies
So honey let me put you wise
I've been checkin' up on you

You run around you tease and clown
Doggone you oh yeah
When you get high, you let the Devil
Fool you and rule you

I ain't no goin t' say it no more
Remember every where you go
You better stop or take it slow
Oh yeah, I've been checkin' up on you.

and the tag at the end:
You better listen
I've been checkin' up on you



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Re: Tampa Red Lyrics
« Reply #74 on: March 12, 2024, 12:18:41 PM »
Thank you very much David, that’s very kind of you.  People are really very nice on this forum, long live WeenieCampbell.com!
Big up from Brittany France !👍

 


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