Nothing But The Blues
Nothing But The Blues #65
Kirk Fletcher (Don't Go No Further); Taj Mahal (Leaving Trunk); Dupree 'n' McPhee (The Snow Is On The Ground); Blind Willie McTell (Cold Winter Day); Ratcliff Bailey (A Rough Couple Of Days); Hamilton Loomis (Best Worst Day); Sonny Boy Williamson II (Your Funeral My Trial); Howlin' Wolf (How Many More Years); J.B. Hutto (That's The Truth); J.B. Lenoir (Mojo Boogie); Albert Ammons (Shout For Joy); Pete Johnson (Pete's Blues No. 2); Jim Thompkins (Bedside Blues); Sister Rosetta Tharpe (I Want Jesus To Walk Around My Bedside); Junior Wells (Got My Mojo Working); Tab Benoit (One Foot In The Bayou).
(upbeat guitar music) ♪ You need me ♪ ♪ Go to the market ♪ ♪ You need to rent ♪ ♪ Try to pay for me ♪ ♪ You need no ♪ ♪ Go no further ♪ ♪ Come on down to me ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody ♪ ♪ Love somebody ♪ ♪ Well I'm gonna love somebody ♪ ♪ Somebody gonna love me ♪ (upbeat guitar music) (upbeat guitar music) ♪ You need me ♪ ♪ Go to the market ♪ ♪ You need a red, dry bakery ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ Come on down, see me ♪ ♪ I got the love done by the ♪ ♪ Does somebody ♪ ♪ Does somebody ♪ ♪ Don't wanna don't love me ♪ ♪ You need grit, go to the grocery ♪ ♪ You need fish ♪ ♪ We're trying to see you ♪ ♪ You need love, look for me, baby ♪ ♪ Come on down to me ♪ ♪ I got the love done by the ♪ ♪ Love done by the ♪ ♪ Love done by the ♪ ♪ Somebody's gonna love me, yeah, whoa ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ ♪ You need a don't know, baby ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ You need your money ♪ ♪ Go to do the thing, girl ♪ ♪ You need that honey ♪ ♪ Gotta be ♪ ♪ You need love, don't know, baby ♪ ♪ Get on down to me ♪ ♪ I got the love done by the ♪ ♪ Well I'm on love done by the ♪ ♪ Love done by the ♪ ♪ Somebody gonna love me, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh ♪ (upbeat music) - Welcome to "Nothing But the Blue Is With Me," Cliff. And that was Kirk Fletcher getting us off with "Gone Oh Further." Through his 2004 album, "Shades of Blue" and you might have recognized a Geneva Magnus, guesting on vocals, though. As well as his own band, I think Kirk is currently with the fabulous Thunderbirds, but they seem to come and go these days. Well, one night a guy called Henry Sinclair Fredericks had a dream and in that dream, a name came to him. That name was Taj Mahal, but he believed. This is him in August 1967. Jesse had Davis on lead, Ry Kuder on rhythm, doing the old sleepy John Aister's number, "Leaving Trunk." (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ I wanna dance the Pac-Man ♪ ♪ Leaving Trunk ♪ ♪ I ain't seen no blues whiskey man man ♪ ♪ Chocolate Trunk ♪ ♪ I ain't never seen no whiskey ♪ ♪ I think blue name is Lamin' Trunk ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ I'm blown like a muffled man ♪ ♪ Why how much better love ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Look at Mama, you know you ask me to be your kid ♪ ♪ She's like a kid man, if you want it ♪ ♪ I keep it in, but please don't let my love up ♪ ♪ And my main man catch it here ♪ ♪ I'm back ♪ ♪ Please don't let my main man ♪ ♪ My love, I'll catch it here ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ The blues ♪ ♪ I'm off down with the three different ways ♪ ♪ I want to say go home baby ♪ ♪ And the other, my two sad state ♪ ♪ I'm a girl ♪ ♪ I'm a girl, yeah ♪ ♪ I'm with the blues of three different ways ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ And you're no one to say go baby ♪ ♪ I'm a other, my two sad state ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ I'm a girl ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ I'm a girl ♪ ♪ I'm a girl ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Why you got mama? (upbeat music) ♪ I got something to tell you ♪ ♪ You know I'm a man ♪ ♪ A whole 'nother say the blues ♪ ♪ Now you got your way ♪ ♪ Go baby ♪ ♪ Oh honey I got something ♪ ♪ I got something to tell you ♪ ♪ Why you know I'm a man ♪ ♪ I'm a man ♪ ♪ Oh yes and I love the sayin' the blues ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ I went upstairs to back my eye ♪ ♪ Leaving drunk you know ♪ ♪ I ain't seen no blues or whiskey baby ♪ ♪ I've been drunk I ain't never seen no whiskey ♪ ♪ I've been blues I made me stop drunk ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Even I let out on a ball ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Well now I've got to go ♪ ♪ Now I've got to go ♪ ♪ But I'm leaving baby ♪ ♪ And I want for you ♪ ♪ Almost ♪ ♪ This the last time for me ♪ ♪ And the last time for you ♪ ♪ I'ma tell you baby no matter what you do ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ I did everything baby ♪ ♪ But I could do ♪ ♪ Well on my knees my heart ♪ ♪ Get along with you ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ I give you my money baby ♪ ♪ My last time ♪ ♪ As soon as you got up mama ♪ ♪ You changed your mind ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ I give you my money mama ♪ ♪ My own shooting clothes ♪ ♪ Soon you got big change ♪ ♪ You put me at those ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ I'll play it if I were we were ♪ ♪ What a good woman ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ I took you mama ♪ ♪ Your shield was thin ♪ ♪ No man wanted you ♪ ♪ No one took you in ♪ ♪ Now you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ What I took you mama ♪ ♪ Feed it on the ground ♪ ♪ Ain't no man baby ♪ ♪ Wanted you around ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ But ♪ ♪ Took your breakfast ♪ ♪ Took your bed ♪ ♪ Took my cold baby ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ Make no deal with mama ♪ ♪ And you're like a kid ♪ ♪ Too many women wanna ♪ ♪ Man like me ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ It won't be long ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Time all cold ♪ ♪ What a day ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ Took your head ♪ ♪ 'Til you need me ♪ ♪ Blindly Mack Tal with Curly Weaver on second guitar ♪ ♪ Recorded in Chicago in April 1935 ♪ ♪ That was Cold Winter Day ♪ ♪ And before that Dupree and Mack Fee ♪ ♪ Winter Snow is on the ground ♪ ♪ As I said, it was a blue horizon session ♪ ♪ She recorded in 1967 ♪ ♪ But sat in the vaults until Ace released it in 2005 ♪ ♪ And if you don't know the other one, it's worth looking out ♪ ♪ Champ in Jack Dupree, not playing piano, just singing ♪ ♪ And Tony Mack Fee on guitar ♪ Lovely stuff. Well, the next track's by a band called Ratliff Bailey. And there are a couple of guys, Tim Ratliff and Ken Bailey, who are working out of a 24-track recording studio in Arrington, Ohio. This is Ratliff Bailey on a rough couple of days. ♪ ♪ Well, the clock ran down, made me late for work again ♪ ♪ But the car didn't start, so it's born in the wind ♪ ♪ And it's up and the stakes have been raised ♪ ♪ And it sure has been a rough couple of days ♪ ♪ Trying to figure it out ♪ ♪ Just makes my head soar ♪ ♪ 'Cause the old way I work out ♪ ♪ Don't work anymore ♪ ♪ And the jazz is gone ♪ ♪ But the blues they stay ♪ ♪ And it sure has been a rough couple of days ♪ ♪ ♪ Well, the TV is down 'cause the cable is off ♪ ♪ But the water keeps dripping straight from the spout ♪ ♪ And they don't turn off the juice, so it should be amazed ♪ ♪ And it sure has been a rough couple of days ♪ ♪ Trying to figure it out ♪ ♪ Just makes my head soar ♪ ♪ 'Cause the old way I work out ♪ ♪ Don't work anymore ♪ ♪ And the jazz is gone ♪ ♪ But the blues they stay ♪ ♪ And it sure has been a rough couple of days ♪ ♪ Well, you took all this mess ♪ ♪ You left only enough ♪ ♪ And you took everything ♪ ♪ Everything you could turn ♪ ♪ After all that this stuff ♪ ♪ It don't even fade ♪ ♪ And it sure has been a rough couple of days ♪ (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) It's Kit Beatty on the bass, yo. Here we go. ♪ Lord, what have I got myself into ♪ ♪ Somebody tell me what the spool's the do ♪ ♪ She made me crazy, she hurts my mind ♪ ♪ But it feels so good I come back every time ♪ ♪ She been taking everything I've got ♪ ♪ I can't stand it but I can't stop ♪ ♪ I surrender and I don't know why ♪ ♪ This has got to be the best worst day of my life ♪ ♪ Why do I let her do the things she'd do ♪ ♪ Any man would say that I'm a fool ♪ ♪ And put me through the ring of hunger out to dry ♪ ♪ But she got me hooked and she throwing you a try ♪ ♪ She been taking everything I've got ♪ ♪ I can't stand it but I can't stop, yo ♪ ♪ But I surrender and I don't know why ♪ ♪ This has got to be the best worst day of my life ♪ (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat rock music) (upbeat music) ♪ This is the top of the ♪ (upbeat music) - Hey, Hamilton Loomis, Best Worst Day. - Yeah, I know what I'm talking about out there. - Yeah, we know. - Thank you so much. - Sorry, I should have faded that out. It's a live album. Hamilton Loomis, Best Worst Day, from his brand new album Live in England, recorded in Oxford and Liverpool. It's great to have some fun there. And the name checks the bass player at the beginning because the track before was a minute and a half bass solo. So, and being a live album, we just all run together. Nice stuff, Live in England. And before that Radcliffe Bayley with a rough couple of days. Well, some time ago, I issued from Philadelphia, asked for this next track, and I played a different one, as I do. Well, I issued, I finally got round to it. This is from 1958. It's only by Williamson with your funeral and my trial. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Please come on to your daddy ♪ ♪ And explain yourself to me ♪ ♪ Because I knew a man and wife ♪ ♪ Trying to start a family ♪ ♪ I'm bigger than you baby ♪ ♪ Put out that off the wall giant ♪ ♪ Wild, wild, wild ♪ ♪ If you can't treat me no better ♪ ♪ You've got to be old, you'll look at my tribe ♪ ♪ Wild, wild ♪ ♪ When our new place got together ♪ ♪ It was on one Friday night ♪ ♪ We were spread to lovely hours together ♪ ♪ And the world was all right ♪ ♪ I'm just big and you big ♪ ♪ Please cut out that off the wall giant ♪ ♪ You know you got to treat me better ♪ ♪ If you don't have got to be old, you'll look at my tribe ♪ ♪ All right ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ To go along with the world and never ♪ ♪ Find most in it that we might be beloved ♪ ♪ It's a solid syndrome ♪ ♪ She can love the healers sick ♪ ♪ And she can love the reach of dead ♪ ♪ You might think I'm joking but you better believe what I say ♪ ♪ I'm big and you baby ♪ ♪ Cut out that off the wall giant ♪ ♪ And the world ♪ ♪ If you got to treat me better ♪ ♪ I'll be young to my tribe ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ How many oh yeah ♪ ♪ I've got to let you dog me around ♪ ♪ How many oh yeah ♪ ♪ I've got to let you dog me around ♪ ♪ I'd as soon rather be dead ♪ ♪ Sleeping sick sweet in the ground ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ I'm gonna fall on my knees ♪ ♪ I'm gonna raise up my right hand ♪ ♪ I'm gonna fall on my knees ♪ ♪ I'm gonna raise up my right hand ♪ ♪ Said I feel much better darling ♪ ♪ If you just only understand ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ I'm going upstairs ♪ ♪ I'm gonna bring back out my clothes ♪ ♪ I'm going upstairs ♪ ♪ I'm gonna bring back out my clothes ♪ ♪ Get 'em off ♪ ♪ If anybody else about me ♪ ♪ Just tell them how to walk out no ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ I'll be less howling both with how many more years ♪ ♪ Written by him and recorded in 1951 ♪ ♪ And before that, Sonny Boy Williamson II ♪ ♪ We're your funeral, my trial ♪ ♪ I've finally got round to it ♪ ♪ Well, let's have some JB hotel now ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Way to make the baby, let me try to explain ♪ ♪ You just need to be ashamed ♪ ♪ Cross my heart, I hold up my hand ♪ ♪ Somebody's playing a game and that's the truth ♪ ♪ Girl, I'll pretend on life ♪ ♪ That's what your next door neighbor gonna show ♪ ♪ Bring down your children's life ♪ ♪ Hold that girl, you running at home ♪ ♪ Let me be that long ♪ ♪ Said it's okay, get it, don't be afraid ♪ ♪ Know I'm worth it to the wrong and that's the truth ♪ ♪ Girl, I'll pretend on life ♪ ♪ And that's what your next door neighbor gonna show ♪ ♪ Bring down your children's life ♪ ♪ Close the door, girl, I'll leave that guy ♪ ♪ Thought you had gone away ♪ ♪ I heard your voice in the bedroom saying ♪ ♪ JB, where is this brain ♪ ♪ That that's the truth ♪ ♪ Girl, I'll pretend on life ♪ ♪ That's what your next door neighbor gonna show ♪ ♪ Bring down your children's life ♪ ♪ Let's set a roof on it ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music)