Nothing But The Blues
Nothing But The Blues #19
B.B. King (How Many More Years); Albert King (Wrapped Up In Love Again); Willie Reed (Some Low Down Grounghog Blues); Richard Ray Farrell (Ella Speed); Glen Terry (If I Die); Joe Hill Louis (She's Taking All My Money); Louis Jordan (I Know What You're Putting Down); Phillip Walker (Port Arthur Blues); Charlie Spand (Moanin' The Blues); Little Brother Montgomery (No Special Rider Blues); Chris Thomas King (Baptized In Dirty Water); Mary Johnson (Muddy Creek Blues); Jazz Gillum (Muddy Pond Blues); Delbert McClinton (Two More Bottles Of Wine); Jeff Healey Band (I'm Torn Down).
(upbeat music) ♪ How many more years ♪ ♪ Have I got to let you dog me around ♪ ♪ How many more years, baby ♪ ♪ How many more years I got to let you dog me around ♪ ♪ I'd rather be dead ♪ ♪ Sleeping 60 in the ground ♪ ♪ Gonna fall on my knees ♪ ♪ Gonna raise up my right hand ♪ ♪ Fall on my knees, baby ♪ ♪ Raise up my right hand ♪ ♪ I feel so much better ♪ ♪ If I can learn to get you to understand ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Oh am I going upstairs ♪ ♪ Gonna bring down all of my clothes ♪ ♪ Going upstairs ♪ ♪ Gonna bring down all of my clothes ♪ ♪ Anybody ask about me ♪ ♪ Just tap on me ♪ ♪ Just tap on me ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I'm wrapped up in love again ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I'm wrapped up in love again ♪ ♪ You said you don't want to marry me ♪ ♪ You just want to be my friend ♪ ♪ You said you cook my breakfast ♪ ♪ You bring it to the bed ♪ ♪ If I feel kind of bad ♪ ♪ You'll be better right back in here ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I'm wrapped up in love again ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ You say you don't want to marry me ♪ ♪ Look on you just want to be my friend ♪ ♪ That won't do ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Won't be no use to calling me ♪ ♪ Won't ever set a phone ♪ ♪ I'll help someone to tell you to go ♪ ♪ No, no, not at home, but yeah ♪ ♪ I'm wrapped up in love again ♪ ♪ Yeah, you say you don't want to marry me ♪ ♪ You just want to be my friend ♪ ♪ Come on baby ♪ ♪ I want you to love me ♪ ♪ I want you, come on baby ♪ ♪ Please love me baby ♪ - Classic Albert King wrapped up in love again from his 1969 album Years Gone By on the Stacks label. Wonderful stuff. Well, I think I'll go back in time now and play somebody called Willie Reed. This is some low down groundhog blues. (upbeat music) ♪ That little low down groundhog been rooting in my bad yaw ♪ ♪ That little low down groundhog been rooting in my bad yaw ♪ ♪ Even rooting bad so long, it almost hurt me, boy ♪ ♪ I know that I would root it, I thought it was really straight down ♪ ♪ I know that I would root it, but I thought it was really straight down ♪ ♪ When I learned about it, he was trying to drive and ride ♪ ♪ That little low down groundhog been rooting in my bad yaw ♪ ♪ That little low down groundhog been rooting in my bad yaw ♪ ♪ Even rooting bad so long, that I can't go home no more ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ If I can't let it all root in, I'm gonna tell you just what I'll do ♪ ♪ If I can't let it all root in, I'm gonna tell you just what I'll do ♪ ♪ I'm gonna take my knife for the root of the right hand been too ♪ ♪ I get my cream from a polo, my milk from a gessica ♪ ♪ I get my cream from a polo, my milk from a gessica ♪ ♪ I get my lot of pickle and wiggles, and my bacon from a nerve good size ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ All got the news, the LSB were dead ♪ ♪ All goes home, dresses up in red ♪ ♪ Two horses, side and side ♪ ♪ Don't take L for the last farewell ride ♪ ♪ L for she died, that's what she said ♪ ♪ Tell my sisters, be don't you like me ♪ ♪ That's falling in love with everyone ♪ ♪ Everyone that you see ♪ ♪ One of these moments when you're having fun ♪ ♪ Someone gonna do like Ella Dunn ♪ ♪ Ella she went on to have a little fun ♪ ♪ She got shot down with that cold 41 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ A shot Ella once ♪ ♪ Gives you to no more ♪ ♪ She's tagged across the maroon floor ♪ ♪ Yeah it's sad ♪ ♪ But it's true you can love someone that don't love you ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's from Richard Ray Farrell with Ella's Speed. It's a lead belly song and that's from Richard's acoustic roots album. And before that, Willy Reed with some low down groundhog blues recorded in Dallas in September 1935. And it's from a four CD box at Texas Blues put out by JSP in 2004. And this one's mostly devoted to rambling Thomas. So the notes are all about rambling Thomas. And there's nothing about Willy Reed. So I couldn't find out anything about him either. So if you know anything about Willy Reed who was recording in Texas in 1935, let me know. Well a new name to the show now is a guy called Glen Terry who was born in India but has now adopted Australia as his home. He's got a new album now called Soul Searching and this is If I Die. ♪ ♪ ♪ If I die ♪ ♪ Don't go talking around my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I heard enough when I was living ♪ ♪ I'd be so damned if I take it a line and over ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Some folks they think they live forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Until the clock starts ticking out ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ They start to realize ♪ ♪ What lives all around ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's filled with good things filled with bad ♪ ♪ Sometimes happy, sometimes sad ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You may think I'm selfish ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You can call me a fool ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You may say I'm nasty ♪ ♪ Or maybe just a little room ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ So tell me when I'm still around ♪ ♪ Don't talk when I'm out of time ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You can talk about me in heaven ♪ ♪ Or talk when we don't have a hook ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I know the life I've been living ♪ ♪ Over with this magic spoon ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ So let me leave noiselessly ♪ ♪ Only the church bells ring for me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Or if I die ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Don't go talkin' 'round my back ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Now if I die ♪ ♪ Don't go talkin' 'round my back ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I heard enough when I was livin' ♪ ♪ I'll be damned if I take a line on my back ♪ You know what I'm talking about. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Well, if I feel tomorrow ♪ ♪ Like I'm feeling now ♪ ♪ I'm gonna get my suitcase and make my getaway ♪ ♪ I'm gonna get my suitcase and make my getaway ♪ ♪ I'm gonna get my suitcase and make my getaway ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a whole lot of talk around town ♪ ♪ Might do where you can yourself ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You driving everybody in town ♪ ♪ But baby, I know what you're putting down ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Everybody's trying to dig you baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Everybody but me ♪ ♪♪ Everybody's trying to dig you. Everybody but me. You foolin' everybody in town, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You went out last night to a dinner, a show, and a dance. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. You must've been a perfect clown, but baby, I know what you're puttin' down. Unmistakable sound of Louis Jordan. I love his stuff. I know what you're puttin' down, and I got a three CD box set of Louis Jordan for Christmas. Sixty great tracks, but sadly no sleeve notes, so the exact recording details of that, I don't know. And before that a guy called Joe Hill Lewis, Joe Hill Lewis, she's taking all my money. He called himself Joe Hill Lewis to the bebop boy and his one man band, but he sounded as though he had somebody on piano on that track as well. He was born in 1921, but died of tetanus at the age of 35 as the result of a gardening injury. I'll say it eventually sustained, apparently, allegedly in the garden of one of his mistresses. That's what it says on the sleeve notes. Well, somebody who's been underrated or who hasn't achieved the attention, hasn't... I don't know what I'm saying tonight, it's garbled. Somebody I don't think has received the attention he deserves is a guy called Philip Walker. So this is him with Port Arthur Blues. [music] Well, my mother's in Port Arthur. [music] My daddy's done gone on. [music] Well, my mother's in Port Arthur. [music] And my daddy's done gone on. [music] You know it's kind of tough on my mama. [music] Oh, the kids are grown. [music] I left run out of Texas. [music] Wasn't hardly but a kid. [music] Yeah, I left out of Texas. [music] Wasn't nothing but a kid. [music] Looking back on it. [music] Not so sure about what I did. [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] Thought there was nothing to it. [music] Keep those women come in. [music] [music] I'm going back to Texas. Oh, my God, I feel more. [music] Yeah, I'm gonna get back to Texas. [music] Oh, I feel more. [music] If I could see my mama. [music] You know she shouldn't have to be out. [music] Philip Walker with Paut Arthur Blues. And if you've not come across him, I think there's a couple of tracks on YouTube that are worth looking at. But that's from his 1984 album, Stuff as I Want to Be, on the Round of Label. Great stuff, I think. Well, I think I'll play some piano now. And I've played Charlie Spand before, but only backing Blind Blake. But he recorded quite a bit under his own name. So, how's a track that he recorded in Richmond, Indiana in August 1929? This is Charlie Spand and Mone in the Blues. [music] I've had pretty women, and there's a hangin' round. [music] I've had pretty women, always a hangin' round. [music] I bet you the only one that ever turned me down. [music] I love you baby, no matter what you do. [music] I love you baby, no matter what you do. [music] Now I'm out of Theresa, so I thank you. [music] I cried for mercy, but you don't know what mercy could be. [music] I cried for mercy, but you don't know what mercy could be. [music] You should let me cry, I've got something that you never see. [music] [music] [music] I'm gonna put 'em out in, and watch the setting sun. [music] I'm gonna put 'em out in, and watch the setting sun. [music] And I was, no, no, now you want your love, make sun. [music] [music] I'm right up, right up, right up. Mama, where you been so long. I'm right up, right up, right up. Lord, where you been so long. [music] I ain't no lovin', Mama said she'd be gone. [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] Now Mama, I ain't got no plumb good right around. [music] Now I ain't got no plumb good right around. [music] Now it seemed like my ride was trying to clean me up. [music] Now the big bell, the bell is rankin', and the little bell, the little tone. [music] Mama, I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, long. [music] Can't I get up, get up in the morning. Mama, I ain't gone. [music] I ain't gone damn well. I ain't in my breakfast, and feet don't have fun. [music] [music] [music] Now what I know you, can't I miss me when I'm gone. [music] Now what I know you, can't I miss me when I'm gone. [music] Well, two great piano tracks there. I hope you'd agree. That was "Little Brother Montgomery" with no special rider blues. It's the first recording you ever made, recorded in Grafton, Wisconsin in September 1930. And before that, Charlie Spander moaning the blues, recorded in Indiana in August 1929. And I said he'd back blind Blake a lot. It's not known who the guitarist was on that track, but I don't think it's blind Blake. It doesn't quite sound like him. Well, Hurricane Katrina actually inspired quite a lot of music, despite all the devastation it caused. And this next track is one of those. It's Chris Thomas King with baptized in dirty water. 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