Katie Webster (Two-Fisted Mama); Shemekia Copeland (If He Moves His Lips); Memphis Minnie (Black Cat Blues (unissued take)); Jo Ann Kelly (Me And My Chauffeur Blues); Sippie Wallace (The Mail Train Blues); Bessie Smith (Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out); Roxy Perry (Back In Bluesville); Lisa Mills (Damn Your Eyes); Rory Block (Hellhound On My Trail); Erja Lyytinen (Rollin' And Tumblin'); Leola Wilson (Down The Country); Edith North Johnson (Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues No. 2); Nina Simone (Rags And Old Iron); Joanna Connor (Money Blues); Fiona Boyes (Two Legged Dog); Ella Fitzgerald (Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues).
Nothing But The Blues
Nothing But The Blues #77
I'ma two-fisted mama, you better watch out for me I'm gonna rock your boogie with it, I'm gonna shake your teeth 'Cause I'm a two-fisted mama, don't you wait and see Don't try to cut me, and don't you give me no mess Don't you try to cut me, 'cause I messed up the bed 'Cause I'm a two-fisted mama, I ain't like all the rest And you better believe that! [music] [music] [music] I learned how the boogie will get, and I was just a child I planned that Texas shuffle, oh used to drop my mother away She said playing mostly Anna was a bright boy for a girl But these two fisted mind, took me all around the world I thought this o-p-amma, how to shake, rhyme and roll I put the boobs from used to Texas and gave the world my soul 'Cause I'm a two-fisted mama, you just grab a hold [music] Oh, grab your seat belt, sonny! [music] [music] Welcome to nothing but the blues and me, Cliff, and something slightly different this week March the 8th is International Women's Day And so in recognition of that, this week's show is all women in blues Terrific stuff coming up, that was Casey Webster getting us off with two fisted mama Ah, the title track of her 1990 album, let's see who we've got next Hi, this is Shamika Copeland and you're listening to nothing but the blues [music] Hey Shamika, I hear you got yourself a new man, here Ruth I do Well, you don't sound too happy, I think he's been lying to me If he's a man, you can be sure he's lying, but come on, tell Ruth the truth [music] My mama said, don't trust men, don't believe what they say My mama cried, but I found out, but myself found out the hard way A man was taking a thing to get close to you Then you find out later, every word's untrue If you want an honest man, here's a little tell You can tell your man is lying, if he moves his lips Oh yeah, if he moves his lips [music] Honey, they put your hand on the bottom And they can see you right in the eye, that's what it is, they say Oh, you can trust me, babe, you know, I never lie Sweat that love up and down, even pop that off Girl, don't believe him, if you're not any smart Next thing you know, if you be giving you the slip Yeah, you can tell your man is lying, if you see him move his lips If he moves his lips [music] The lies say they love you If he do, the lies say they care I know, but when you try to find them You know the number goes [music] [music] Now when it comes to women Every man's a poet Oh yes, honey, you give your his best life But he's gone, before you know it You wouldn't believe the lies that I've been fed That's why I started keeping a lot of tact about my man You think by now, they give them all to zip You can tell your man is lying Every move his lips Oh yeah, every move his lips You know, I trust his dead man Yeah, that's what we all said But he's who I was the only one Well, you know better than that How much that lie did take to call you? It cost me a pretty penny, I'm telling you Well, it's gonna cost you more than that, cause it's gonna cost you to believe He ain't lying I thought he was different, he had such a handsome face and everything Well, don't look at the face, baby, look at the lips and see what he's doing I just knew he was the one And I used you, you were wrong Did you watch his mouth? Whatever he did Honey, believe me, he lied Terrific stuff, she made you cope with If he moves his lips It's from her 2000 album Wicked And Ruth Brown was egging her on the I think we're all gonna have to learn ventriloquism guys Okay, let's go back a few years now And have some of this mini I got a big black cat that's in my back door You can't leave it red, it runs across my phone Now everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul If it's one, but then I can't I wouldn't know what I would do That's cutting up all of my clothes This is you, now everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul I've been hiding this old cat now for three, four years If nobody want him 'til I brought him here Now everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul Look out, rap, look out ♪♪ If I got this cat red hand holds all in my wall Now says I brought a home you can't find no holds at all Now everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul You have seen a lost cat and you wanna see a lost soul Because I got one that carried me where I go Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' Everybody wants to buy my kiddin' I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul Boy, it's a good monster Catches, rats, let's go ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Well, I don't want him ♪ ♪ Well, I don't want him ♪ ♪ They're ridin' his girl ♪ ♪ They're ridin' his girl around ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm gonna steal me a pistol ♪ ♪ Shoot my shot boy down ♪ ♪♪ Shoot him down! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Two Memphis mini songs that you heard Joanne Kelly doing "Me and My Shofa Blues" from the 1976 album "Do It." It's a Memphis mini track written by one of her three husbands, Ernest Lawless, and before that, mini herself, with black cat blues, recorded in Chicago in May 1936, and not issued at that time, but now available on the Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2, and I'm not sure how many volumes come after Vol. 2, but I suspect quite a few. Many was quite prolific. Well, I'm gonna stay with the earlier stuff, and this is Sippy Wallace with the male train blues. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Silence ]