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Title: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: Suzy T on May 30, 2015, 08:53:47 PM

The song "I Ain't Gonna Marry" which Maria Muldaur has been singing for at least 50 years -- what is the source for that tune?  Maria and Jim Kweskin say it was learned from a 78 of a female singer.  So, not the Alabama Sheiks, and not Brantley & Williams' "Cat's Got the Measles, Dog's Got the Whooping Cough" (their version is killer!!).  It's not Ida Cox's Lawdy Blues.  Anyone know??

Title: Re: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: Suzy T on May 30, 2015, 08:55:38 PM

And, NOT the Viola mcCoy recording.

Title: Re: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: Stefan Wirz on May 30, 2015, 10:20:24 PM

... me I would have thought the Viola McCoy version (Brunswick 2591-A) to have been the first

Title: Re: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: frankie on May 30, 2015, 11:08:24 PM

It might be the first, but the similarity to the song that Maria Muldaur sings is in the title only:

http://youtu.be/Nv-gZB1vQH8 (http://youtu.be/Nv-gZB1vQH8)

here's Muldaur's:

http://youtu.be/7w6SewvJE1w (http://youtu.be/7w6SewvJE1w)

which is melodically much closer the the Alabama Sheiks Lawdy Lawdy Blues:

http://youtu.be/zKBwYAewQzw (http://youtu.be/zKBwYAewQzw)

Title: Re: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: Suzy T on May 30, 2015, 11:52:03 PM

It's definitely not the Viola McCoy.  I thought Alabama Sheiks, but Jim Kweskin insists that he heard (this would be about 50 years ago or more) a recording of a female classic blues singer doing the song. 

Title: Re: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: frankie on May 31, 2015, 06:46:53 AM

An definitely not the Ida Cox song, either, as you pointed out:

http://youtu.be/9ZCuYzuPVJ8 (http://youtu.be/9ZCuYzuPVJ8)

Maybe that melody was sung with a different set of lyrics under a totally unrelated title.

Title: Re: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: frankie on May 31, 2015, 06:55:36 AM

Hmmm....  a total longshot:

http://youtu.be/zZOst-jzPYg (http://youtu.be/zZOst-jzPYg)

Title: Re: "I Ain't Gonna Marry" - source?
Post by: Suzy T on June 11, 2015, 12:53:15 PM

I found it.  Blind Man Blues by Sara Martin.  Title must be a complete mistake as there's nothing at all about Blind Men in the song.  Sidney Bechet!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0apH1StVOW4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0apH1StVOW4)