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"A lot of people think the blues is depressing" she told The Los Angeles Times in 1992, "but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I'm singing life. People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies" - Etta James
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The Law Gonna Step On You
4.1 muck around with a bottle of corn
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Nobody Knows My Baby
2.1 do "sweet" and "baby's" got to be reversed?
Last verse - It sounds like "monkey motion'. monkeys (monkey man and monkey women) turn up in blues lyrics.
It could be 'locomotion". Not too sure here.
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« Last post by Johnm on Today at 09:18:28 AM »
Hi all,
"The Law Gonna Step On You", recorded in New York City on June 5, 1931, was originally unissued by Okeh, for whom it was recorded, and was first released on the Yazoo album, "Twist It, Babe". Bo played the song out of DGDGBE tuning and it has a very pretty twist right at the beginning of its chord progression, where Bo goes from a I chord, G, to a III7 chord, B7, resolving that upward into a IV7 chord, C7. I can't imagine why Okeh didn't release the song in the first place, for it's a strong take. Here is "The Law Gonna Step On You":
INTRO SOLO
I done told you, told you, I told you too, to quit handlin' liquor and gamblin', too
REFRAIN: A-look-a-here, baby, you're going too fast, the law's gon' step on your (guitar run) yas-yas-yas
(Guitar finishes verse)
Now you can twist, you can twist, you can step on his tail, you gon' need somebody to go your bail
REFRAIN: A-look-a-here, baby, you're going too fast, the law's gon' step on your (guitar run) yas-yas-yas
(Guitar finishes verse)
SOLO
Now you may think that they doin' you wrong, but they'll send you to the county farm
REFRAIN: Look-a-here, baby, you're going too fast, the law's gon' step on your (guitar run) yas-yas-yas
(Guitar finishes verse)
Now if you want to leave from home, monkey around with a bottle of corn
REFRAIN: Look-a-here, baby, you travelin' too fast, the law's gon' step on your (guitar run) yas-yas-yas
(Guitar finishes verse)
I done told you, I told you, like a friend, you better draw your business in
REFRAIN: Look-a-here, baby, you're going too fast, the law's gon' step on your (guitar run) yas-yas-yas
(Guitar finishes song)
All best,
Johnm
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« Last post by Johnm on Today at 08:20:52 AM »
Hi all,
Bo Carter was backed by his brother, Lonnie, on fiddle, for "Nobody Knows My Baby", recorded in San Antonio on March 20, 1934. Bo sounds like he's flat-picking here, out of Bb in standard tuning, a favorite key for Lonnie's fiddling. The song is a re-working of one that Tampa Red sang briefly on "Jim Jackson's Jamboree": "Don't nobody know Atlanta like I do, the reason I know it I've rambled it through and through." Other blues singers inserted different place names in the verse; Bo chose to insert his baby. You get the feeling that in performance, Bo would have been able to string improvised verses to this song well into the next decade. Instrumentally, Lonnie really shines here. Here is "Nobody Knows My Baby":
INTRO
Don't nobody know my sweet baby like I do
Says don't nobody know my sweet baby like I do
REFRAIN: Says the reason that I know 'er, I, searched her through and through
Say nobody knows my sweet baby's lovin' like I do
Says don't nobody know my baby's sweet lovin' like I do
REFRAIN: Says the reason I know it, I've, searched it, through and through
Says nobody know my baby's sugar like I do
Says don't nobody know my baby's sugar like I do
REFRAIN: Says the reason that I know it I've searched it, through and through (Spoken: Oh, step on it)
FIDDLE SOLO
Nobody know my baby's fruit basket like I do
Said nobody know my baby's, fruit basket like I do
REFRAIN: Says the reason I know it, I've searched that basket, through and through
Don't nobody know my baby's pin cushion like I do
Says don't nobody know my baby's, pin cushion like I do
REFRAIN: Says the reason that I know It, I've, searched that cushion through and through
Nobody know my baby's locomotion like I do
Say nobody knows my baby's, locomotion like I do
REFRAIN: Says the reason that I know it, I've, searched that motion through and through
CODA
All best,
Johnm
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« Last post by Sixstring on Yesterday at 10:13:21 AM »
One of my favorites.
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« Last post by Blues Vintage on September 12, 2024, 02:05:36 PM »
Nobody’s Dirty Business
Mississippi John Hurt – Vocals, Guitar
Memphis, Tennessee
February 14, 1928
C position, standard tuning
INTRO
Ain't nobody's dirty business, how my baby treatin' me
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own
Some of these mornin’s, gonna wake up crazy
Gonna grab my gun, kill my baby
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby treatin’ me
Nobody's business but my own
Some of these mornin’s, gonna wake up boozy
Gonna grab my gun, gonna kill old Suzie
Ain’t nobody's business but mine
Goin’ back to Pensicola
Gonna buy my babe a, money moulder
Nobody's business but my own
Say, babe, did you get that letter
Oh, you’d take me back, I'll treat you better
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby treatin’ me
Nobody's business but my own
Ain't nobody's dirty business, how my baby treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own
One of these mornings, gonna wake up crazy
Gonna grab my gun, gonna kill my baby
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own
Ain't nobody's dirty business, how my baby treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own
OUTRO
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« Last post by Blues Vintage on September 12, 2024, 09:45:56 AM »
Mississippi John Hurt - Slidin' Delta
Mississippi John Hurt - Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Mississippi John Hurt - Stagger Lee
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« Last post by banjochris on September 12, 2024, 09:33:36 AM »
Thanks for the help, Chris. I re-listened, and they're all right on the money, so I've made the changes. I particularly like this song, and it has some nifty touches on the guitar.
Me too – I always feel like there's a lot more to that story that Bo could have told!
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« Last post by Johnm on September 12, 2024, 08:45:01 AM »
Hi all,
Bo Carter recorded "Ants In My Pants" at a session in New York City on June 5, 1931, accompanying himself in Vestapol tuning. The song is an 8-bar blues that has the same melody as "You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow". Homesick Mac, a blues musician originally from Croatia but a long-time resident of Sweden, does a nice version of this. Here is "Ants In My Pants":
INTRO
It makes no difference, baby, where you go, I got something, want you to know
REFRAIN: I got ants in my pants, baby, for you
Every time I come, and feel your arm, it makes my feeling just get all wrong
REFRAIN: 'Cause I got ants in my pants, baby, for you
It is tomorrow, it's early or late, I want you, baby, give me a date
REFRAIN: 'Cause I got ants in my pants, baby, for you
You the red-hot mama, meat shakes on the bones, thinks about your lovin', baby, when you're gone
REFRAIN: 'Cause I got ants, oh in my pants, baby, for you
SOLO
Every time, meet you on the street, a funny feelin', my head to my feet
REFRAIN: 'Cause I got ants in my pants, baby, for you
Put your arms around me, baby, like you should, I'm tellin' you, baby, your lovin' is good
REFRAIN: 'Cause I got ants in my pants, baby, for you
I'm gonna hug you, baby, good and tight, now love me, baby, like you done last night
REFRAIN: 'Cause I got ants in my pants, baby, for you
CODA
All best,
Johnm
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« Last post by Johnm on September 11, 2024, 08:08:27 PM »
Thanks for the help, Chris. I re-listened, and they're all right on the money, so I've made the changes. I particularly like this song, and it has some nifty touches on the guitar.
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