Nothing But The Blues
Nothing But The Blues #48
Luther Allison (Don't Start Me Talking); Marcia Ball (I'm Coming Down With The Blues); Cannon's Jug Stompers (Bring It With You When You Come); Cow Cow Davenport (Cow Cow Blues); Snooks Eaglin (Brown Skinned Woman); Blind Boy Fuller (Step It Up And Go); Cecil Gant (Little Baby You're Running Wild); Travis 'Moonchild' Haddix (You Kind Of Fool); The Insomniacs (20/20); Blind Willie Johnson (John The Revelator); Freddie King (Gambling Woman Blues); Meade 'Lux' Lewis (Deep Fives); Lonnie Mack (Stop).
(upbeat music) ♪ Going down the road ♪ ♪ Stopping for any maze ♪ ♪ Going down for any maze water ♪ ♪ Poor friends say no to ♪ ♪ Start me talking ♪ ♪ I'll tell everything I know ♪ ♪ If I will ♪ ♪ If you don't stop just sitting to find ♪ ♪ Somebody got to go ♪ ♪ When I say dig it ♪ ♪ Friend again, talk to $2 ♪ ♪ To get some market ♪ ♪ He got on the corner ♪ ♪ And joy's stopping ♪ ♪ He got down ♪ ♪ And plug in her eye ♪ ♪ When she got home ♪ ♪ She told her helping her life ♪ ♪ Don't you just start me talking ♪ ♪ I'll tell everything I know ♪ ♪ Yes I will ♪ ♪ You know I'm gonna stop just sitting to find the moment ♪ ♪ Somebody got to go ♪ ♪ They got to go ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ There's time in the talking ♪ ♪ Tell everything I know ♪ ♪ Yes I will ♪ ♪ Just start me ♪ ♪ Just start it ♪ ♪ I got to tell when I know ♪ ♪ Everything I know ♪ ♪ You better stop just sitting to find ♪ ♪ Somebody got to go ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ ♪ Gonna stop the fan of me ♪ ♪ Gotta tell fan of me what a boyfriend say ♪ ♪ Don't you start me talking ♪ ♪ Lord I tell everything I know ♪ ♪ That's the way I am ♪ ♪ If you can't stop just sitting to find ♪ ♪ Somebody got to go ♪ ♪ Somebody got to go yeah ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ ♪ Just start it ♪ ♪ Just start it ♪ ♪ Won't be nothing ♪ ♪ Just start it ♪ ♪ Just start it, nothing ♪ ♪ It won't be ♪ ♪ It won't be no trouble ♪ ♪ It won't be ♪ ♪ It won't be no wasn't ♪ ♪ It won't be no work ♪ ♪ It won't be me ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna lie ♪ ♪ It's time to stand alive ♪ ♪ I can't lie ♪ ♪ It's time to die ♪ ♪ Just start it ♪ ♪ Won't start it, baby ♪ ♪ Just start it ♪ ♪ Just start it ♪ - Welcome to "Nothing But The Blues" at May Cliff. And if all has gone according to plan, by the time you hear this, I should be halfway up and mounting in Switzerland on holiday for two weeks. And I don't have portable equipment, so what I've done is made two themed shows. Basically, I'm gonna be working through the alphabet using artist's surname. So this week I'll be doing A2M, and next week, Enter Z. So Luther Allison, starting us off with the track from his "On the Ground" album, released in 2007, but recorded much earlier. And some strange stereo mix on that, if you're listening on stereo headphones, you'll hear some strange effects. But it's a great track anyway. Luther Allison. Okay, so for May we move to B and Marsha Ball. ♪ Oh, help me somebody ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I've just gotten you ♪ ♪ My baby just left me ♪ ♪ My heart is barely bruised ♪ ♪ Oh, help me somebody ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I'm sitting on here wondering ♪ ♪ Which way do I go ♪ ♪ My blue tears are falling ♪ ♪ They're holding cross and floor ♪ ♪ Help me somebody ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I need your love in ♪ ♪ Yeah, I need your kissing ♪ ♪ Well, I need your love in ♪ ♪ Yeah, that's a love I've been missing ♪ ♪ Well, help help me somebody ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ ♪ Help me somebody ♪ ♪ I'm holding distress ♪ ♪ I got to find my baby ♪ ♪ You know I need a chance ♪ ♪ Oh, help help me somebody ♪ ♪ I'm coming down to the blue ♪ ♪ I need your love in ♪ ♪ Yeah, I need your kissing ♪ ♪ Well, I need your love in ♪ ♪ Now it's a love I've been missing ♪ ♪ Well, help help me somebody ♪ ♪ I'm coming down with the blue ♪ ♪ Terrific, Marsha Ball with "I'm Coming Down with the Blues." From her 2001 album, "Presumed Innocent," great stuff. Can't believe it's been out that long. It seems like on the yesterday that I got it. Right, so that's A and B under our belt onto C. And I thought for this, what I've been trying to do is keep the program roughly the same sort of format, so from the oldest to the newest. And so I'm going back a bit now for the letter C. This is Gus Cannon with Cannon's "Jug Stompers" and "Bring It With You When You Come." ♪ Nightly round, look down, mokin' those nights we've gone. I was waiting for her, and now she gets on if she's gone. Just had a free dream come rollin' by. My weight was on and beat, back on, back on. Good day for a man, gettin' down next to your dreams. Knockin' wanna be a little brown in mind. Ringin' with you when you come. Laidin' round, a little town, you hit a joke full or wrong. I can't look down, down, more, a little sad now. He's headin' on another man, loud nights want to be. Girl of mine, ringin' with you when you come to play. ♪ ♪ Nightly wanna be a little brown in mind. Ringin' with you when you come. Laidin' round, a little town, you hit a joke full or wrong. I can't take it down, down, buddy, let me say I'm not. She's headin' on another man, loud nights want to be. Laidin' round, a little town, you hit a joke full or wrong. ♪ Laidin' wanna be a little brown in mind. Ringin' with you when you come. Laidin' round, a little town, you hit a joke full or wrong. I can't take it over town, put a little sad now. Put your headin' on another man, loud nights want to be. Laidin' round, a little brown in mind. Ringin' with you when you come to play it out now. ♪ Cannons jug stompers, we'll bring it with you when you come. Record it in Memphis in November 1930. And I almost gave away lots next, well in fact I did there. For the day, there were various people I could have chosen. Debbie Davis, people like that. But I'm going with Cow Cow Davenport and Cow Cow Blues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Cow Cow Davenport with Cow Cow Blues. Take "B" recorded in Chicago in July 1928. And I'm playing it from a document CD. It's a compilation called "Picking the Blues". And it was actually compiled by John Mayall, no less. And some great stuff on there. Okay, on to Eve then. And I could have had all sorts of people. Ronnie Earl, only boy Edward, sleepy John Asters. But instead I went for this guy. This is Snook's "Eegland". ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I love my baby, but she don't love me. ♪ But I love my baby, but she don't love me. ♪ Tell me what's the matter? ♪ Where can my baby be? ♪ ♪ Brown skin woman ♪ ♪ Who can your good man be? ♪ ♪ ♪ Brown skin woman ♪ ♪ Who can your good man be? ♪ ♪ ♪ Well you told me that you loved me. ♪ ♪ Tell me where can you be? ♪ ♪ ♪ Well you said that you loved me. ♪ ♪ I know it was a lie. ♪ ♪ You said that you loved me baby. ♪ ♪ And what's the reason why? ♪ ♪ Yeah, I love you. ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, I love you. ♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, I love you baby, but I don't care what you do. ♪ ♪ ♪ Brown skin woman ♪ ♪ Who can your good man be? ♪ ♪ ♪ Brown skin woman ♪ ♪ I wanna say who can your good man be? ♪ ♪ ♪ Well you know that I love you. ♪ ♪ But you so untrue to me. ♪ ♪ ♪ Snook's eagle in with brown skin woman. ♪ ♪ Recorded in your lens in 1959. ♪ ♪ It's a city it was always associated with. ♪ ♪ But sadly passed away recently. ♪ ♪ Right on to the F then, so to speak. ♪ ♪ Could be Robin Ford, could be Sue Foley, ♪ ♪ Lowell Foulson, none of those. ♪ ♪ One of my all-time favorites, Blind Boy Fuller. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Had a little girl she's little and low. ♪ ♪ Used to love me but she don't know. ♪ ♪ Boy got to step it up and go. ♪ ♪ Yeah and go. ♪ ♪ Great can't stand parallel. ♪ ♪ 'Cause you got to step it up and go. ♪ ♪ ♪ Got a little girl she stays with step. ♪ ♪ Try to make living my person known as. ♪ ♪ You got to step it up and go. ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah. ♪ ♪ Great can't stand parallel. ♪ ♪ 'Cause you got to step it up and go. ♪ ♪ Great for me now. ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ Aw, shut. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Front door shut. ♪ ♪ Back in two. ♪ ♪ Blind pull down. ♪ ♪ What you gonna do. ♪ ♪ Wanna step it up and go. ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah and go. ♪ ♪ Great can't stand parallel. ♪ ♪ 'Cause you got to step it up and go. ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Now I got a little gal named the ball. ♪ ♪ Gave a little bit and she took it. ♪ ♪ Oh they got to step it up and go. ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah. ♪ ♪ Great can't stand parallel. ♪ ♪ 'Cause you got to step it up and go. ♪ ♪ ♪ Me and my baby walking down the street. ♪ The street telling everybody but the cheap police got to step it up and go. Yeah. Where can't stand better last night 'cause the step it up and go. Play it again now. Yeah. See my woman 'til I hurry home. The handle never since she been gone got to step it up and go. Yeah. Where can't stand better last night 'cause the step it up and go. One thing, this, one thing, one thing to move. Here's my girl called me and I got to go. You got to step it up and go. Yeah. Where can't stand better last night 'cause the step it up and go. Yeah. (upbeat music) Blindboy Fuller would step it up and go. Recorded in New York in March 1940 with a red on Moshboard. And there's only five years between that one and this next one, which is from 1945, but the difference in style is amazing. Representing the G for us is a guy called Cecil Gant. (upbeat music) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Little baby ♪ Little baby you're running wild ♪ Little baby ♪ Little baby you're running wild ♪ Why do you treat me like a little baby child? ♪ Yes, I love you But my heart has turned its own ♪ Yes, I love you And my heart has turned its own ♪ If I knew you didn't want me Why didn't you leave for me alone? 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For his album, Daylight at Midnight, as I say, came out last year. Good stuff on that. And I was struggling a bit with the letter of hi. I was thinking, well, I've got some stuff by a lady called Bertha Idaho. And there's some tracks by the immediate all-stars, which were kind of Jimmy Page and people like that. And then I remembered a great album that came in earlier this year. This is the Insomniax in 2020. (upbeat music) The other night I was thinking, resigned to my fate. And I've come to this conclusion that it might be a little late. Seein' high side, baby. I'm 20, 20. I can see just fine. It's only now that I know. Baby, I should've been satisfied. (upbeat music) Well, she used to cook me breakfast and dinner all the time. And she gave me all her money when I didn't have a dime. Seein' high side, baby. I'm 20, 20. I can see just fine. It's only now that I know. Baby, I should've been satisfied. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) I wake up in the morning and the skin loving her eyes. Even though I came at home, well past midnight. Seein' high side, baby. I'm 20, 20. I can see just fine. It's only now that I know. Baby, I should've been satisfied. All right, baby. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) Yeah, ain't that the truth with all the 20, 20 high side. That was the Insomniacs from their great album. At least I'm not with you, which came out earlier this year. Great stuff. Well, on to Jay, and the obvious one would've been Robert Johnson, I suppose, thought about Louis Jordan, Elmore James, but in the end decided for this guy. This is Blindly Johnson. (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) Fantastic. Blindly Johnson and John the Revelator recorded in Atlanta, Georgia in April 1930. Tremendous stuff. Well, from J2K, and it's obviously not to be a king, hasn't it, but the question is, is it BV, is it Albus, or is it Freddy? Well, I'm gonna go with Freddy, Gambling Woman Blues. And it's from the album, Freddy King 1934 to '76, released in 1977. And because I'm only doing half the health about this week, there's only 13 tracks, and lots of them are quite short. So I'm gonna stretch out on this Freddy King one, Gambling Woman Blues. 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