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Offline Bricktown Bob

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What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« on: January 05, 2008, 08:41:02 AM »
I had to sell my soul to the devil in order to learn to play like [Tommy Johnson].  Only the fellow who called himself the devil offered to teach me guitar in ten easy lessons, fifty dollars down and ten dollars per lesson.  And he wasn't a man, exactly, but a transvestite who called himself "Peetie Wheatstraw's mother-in-law."

      -- Steve Calt, attributed to Shirley Griffith
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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2008, 08:53:55 AM »
Honey, honey, do you think I'm a fool
Think I'm gonna quit you while the weather is cool

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2008, 09:16:40 AM »
Hi Bob,
I'd say that first quote was Steve Calt putting words in Shirley's mouth, to satirical ends, of course.  The chain being yanked there is that of credulous blues fans who buy the "selling the soul to the devil" stories.  The "interview" in that album's notes is a work of fiction.  It is a funny quote, though, it's just that Steven should get the credit for it.
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Johnm

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2008, 09:23:09 AM »
Ah.  Thanks, John.  Will change.

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2008, 11:30:53 AM »
"What's slidin' mean?" "Well, it means 'bout the train is so slow, until it almost slides, like a turtle."

J.D. Short explains the Slidin' Delta

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2008, 05:57:21 PM »
Hi all,
Here's a nice one off of the new JSP "A Richer Tradition" set.
 
   Sometimes these dreams, just like being awake (2)
   I saw another man eating up my chocolate cake
      Emery Glen, "Back Door Blues"

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Johnm
   

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2008, 02:08:19 PM »
"i could tell that her mind was changing, by the way that she wore her hair."
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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 06:17:37 PM »
* * *   U p d a t e d   * * *

Thanks all, quotes database is now up to date. Please keep them coming.
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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2008, 07:23:11 PM »
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Dale Carnegie
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2008, 07:24:34 PM »
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2008, 09:17:48 AM »
From lindy's post elsewhere:
Define swing? I'd rather tackle Einstein's theory - Cootie Williams, trumpet, Ellington Orchestra

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2008, 03:07:04 PM »
"I know my crown gonna fit me well, 'cause tried it on at the gates of hell" - Reverend Gary Davis
If I don't meet you no more in this world, I'll meet you in the next one so don't be late...

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2008, 10:10:13 AM »
"Well they kidnapped my baby, and she was all I had (2)
And they held her for a ten thousand dollar ransom, ooh well well, you know that made me feel so bad."
- Peetie Wheatstraw, "Kidnapper's Blues"

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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2008, 01:30:12 AM »
This is a cracker from cheapfeet in another thread:

"When I was 15 I thought Heavy Metal & Punk music were 'hardcore'. And then I heard Muddy Waters."
"I ain't good looking, teeth don't shine like pearls,
So glad good looks don't take you through this world."
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Re: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2008, 04:55:08 AM »
I hesitate to bring this up, as it's such a minor, nitpicky thing, but it's just driving me crazy.  The Magic Quote Machine keeps throwing things up in this form:

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I never saw him drunk, just feelin' good all the time, the better he felt the better he played - Blind Arthur Blake, remembered by Bill Williams

implying that Blake said it, when it's really about Blake.  Seems to me the more nitpickily proper way to ascribe this would be "Bill Williams, remembering Blind Arthur Blake."

Again, sorry; I love the quotes, and I suppose a bit of cognitive dissonance every now and then won't do me much harm.  Now where's my shotgun?

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