Nothing But The Blues
Nothing But The Blues #10
Michael Hill's Blues Mob (Promises You Can't Keep); Elvin Bishop feat. B.B. King (Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket); Root Doctor (Last Two Dollars); Big Joe Duskin (Dollar Bill Boogie); Richard Ray Farrell and Marco Pandolfi (Dollar For Dollar, Pound For Pound); Doug MacLeod ($50 Wig); Sonny Boy Holmes (The $64 Question); Ian Siegal (Cckmp); Luke Jordan (Cocaine Blues); Watermelon Slim and The Workers (Ash Tray); Jimmy Johnson (Ashes In My Ashtray); Sam Chatmon (Ashtray Taxi); Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes (Mr Taxi Driver); Janiva Magness (A Man Size Job).
For all the guys messing up a good thing [MUSIC] [MUSIC] Can we talk? [MUSIC] And watering minds wanna know [MUSIC] Why a man can't just simmer down. [MUSIC] And watering minds wanna know now people. [MUSIC] Why a man can't just simmer down. [MUSIC] The angels send him to love. But he's still running the night sniffing around. [MUSIC] Nothing but the dog, y'all. But wait a minute, wait a minute. Wonder what the boy was thinking. [MUSIC] When he jumped up and took a while. [MUSIC] Serious, I said. Wonder what the boy was making children. When he jumped up, Leaked up, stood up and took a while. [MUSIC] But you have to wonder. [MUSIC] Now, as a she believes, one man, one woman. While he believes a variety is the spice of life. [MUSIC] Contradiction, but here's the deal. Don't think those promises you can't keep. You're just burning your own bridges down. Watch those promises you can't keep. Broken promises come back around. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] Uh-oh, uh-oh. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] All you Romeo's take the warning now. If you're out there making promises you can't keep. Remember, they'll come back to haunt you one day. [MUSIC] Welcome to nothing but the blues with me Cliff. That was Michael Hill's blues mob getting us off with promises you can't keep. From his 1994 album, Blues Lines. And I saw them live in BB King's on Bill Street in Memphis in 2000. Great act. We did the whole Memphis thing, Grace London or not. And if we'd have got there the day earlier, we'd have seen BB King himself. We missed BB by a day. I've since seen that BB live as well, so not too bad. But let's have some BB now. This is him guesting on all of them Bishop's new album with Keeper Dollar in your pocket. Okay, so I'm recording you guys and everybody in there can hear what you say. So be careful what you say now, right? Ladies and all, okay, we better watch it. What I wanted to ask you about, before you became King of the Blues worldwide, you were a disc jockey in Memphis. Did you ever play any of Roy Milton's records? Yes, I did. Roy Milton, I knew Roy pretty well. So, I worked on shows with him. If I can remember correctly, he had Chenisax, Alto Saxon, or Trumpet. Yeah. And a beautiful lady playing piano, and he played drums. The solid senders. The solid senders, and they were solid. I've got a Roy Milton tune I'd like to do right now. Would you and Lucille be nice enough to help me out with it? Of course I will. ♪ Hey, here's something you ought to know. You ain't nowhere unless you've got some dough. Keep a dollar in your pocket. Keep a dollar in your pocket. You will find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. Now, when you ask somebody to let you have a little dough, they'll say, "Well, I'm sorry." But that just means no. Keep a dollar in your pocket. Keep a dollar in your pocket. You will find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. 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You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your very best friend. You'll find in the end a dollar is your best friend. I want to straighten you all on one thing more. Ellen, you and I have known each other a very long time. Have you ever heard me say that I was the king of the blues? Nobody else says it. Well, people talk. Yeah, of course he's the king of the blues. We all know that, don't we? That was BB King guesting with Alvin Bishop. On Alvin's new album the blues rolls on. We keep a dollar in your pocket. Well, Root Doctor, we've got a new album out. But perversely I'm going to start. I'm going to take something from the very first one. This is the last $2. [MUSIC] A lady at the casino. She lost all her money. She said, don't you feel sorry for me now? You don't feel sorry honey. But if you want to do a lady a favor, here's what you can do. She said, loan me $2. Until the next time I see you. But the last $2. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. The last $2. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. The last $2. I'm not going to lose. The last $2. I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to lose. The last $2. I'm not going to lose. The last $2. 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They've got a new album out, as I said, but that's from the debut album from 2006. It's been a long time coming. Really nice, I like that. And there's a bit of a story behind the next one. Playing the track by Big Joe Duskin. Joe's father was a minister who was not very happy with him playing what he called the Devil's Music. And he asked Joe not to do so while he was alive. Well, he was in his 80s at the time, and Joe agreed. His father then went on to live till he was on 104, and Joe spent 20 years working for the Postal Service. Fortunately, Joe was encouraged back into the playing, and the track I'm playing is from a 1979 album, Cincinnati Stomp. The track is Big Joe Duskin and Dollar Bill Boogie. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ You might drive a big Cadillac. ♪♪ Might have fun bags on your bag. ♪♪ Might have won a fortune at the track. ♪♪ Got that money ain't nothing, Jack. ♪♪ Without that green, you ain't nothing, Jack. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Might be hustle at 4-11. ♪♪ Always taking never giving. ♪♪ Today you might need a helping hand. ♪♪ In that wealthy line that you gon' stay in. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ See time and money but money ain't time. ♪♪ Money ain't worth committing no crime. ♪♪ Not at all worth you, you gotta bang. ♪♪ You get by just take your time. ♪♪ You get by just take your time. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ I played some Richard Ray Farrall and Steve Geiger recently. And that was actually Richard Ray Farrall and Marco Pandolfi. He's an Italian harmonica player, dollar for dollar for pound for pound. And it's a Richard Ray Farrall composition. It's from their album Stuck on the Blues, which was released last year. And I'm gonna carry on with the dollar theme just for a couple more records, I think. Somebody who's not only a great player but an amazing rack on tour is a guy called Doug McLeod. If you ever get a chance to see him live, jump at the chance. This is Doug McLeod with $50 a week. ♪♪ ♪♪ Tell me, baby. ♪♪ You got where you're still at, man. ♪♪ Tell me, baby. ♪♪ Baby, where you're still at, man. ♪♪ I'll see you forgot to lower teeth. ♪♪ And you ain't don't fit your hands. ♪♪ She said, you know I've been out bowling. ♪♪ Like I do every Thursday with my latest friend. ♪♪ She said, I've been out bowling. ♪♪ Like I do every Thursday with my latest friend. ♪♪ I told her, you know that I've been close three months. ♪♪ You wanna try your store and warm again. ♪♪ You tell me so many stories. ♪♪ You can't remember the line you said. ♪♪ You tell me so many stories. ♪♪ You can't remember the line you said. ♪♪ Come on, you gotta pick the dollar way. ♪♪ Sittin' on a five dollar hay. ♪♪ I want some things. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ So you can pack it up, woman. ♪♪ Don't let the door hit your way. The door should have bitched. ♪♪ You can pack it up. ♪♪ Don't let the door hit your way. The door should have bitched. ♪♪ And while you at it... ♪♪ I want you to take that $50 wig and that bowling ball with you. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Sunny Boy Homes, with a very sudden ending, the $64 question. It's from a four CD box set Duke Joint Blues released on JSP last year. That track was recorded in Los Angeles in 1952. And before that, the fabulous Doug McLeod with $50 wig. Some great lyrics in there, including $50 wig, sitting on a $5 head. Fantastic stuff. It's kind of an old album now. 2004 came out called Dub on Black and Tan. Well, I think that's enough dollar tunes now. Somebody else with a brand new solo album out is Ian Segal. And this is a track called CCKMP. If you listen to the lyric, you'll notice that it probably stands for cocaine. It cannot kill my pain. And it's credited to the world, so I would guess it's a Steve Earl track. I interviewed Ian last year, and if you look back on my old radio shows, you'll find an Ian Segal special. This is Ian with CCKMP. ♪ cocaine cannot kill my pain. cocaine cannot kill my pain. cocaine cannot kill my pain. like a freight train through my veins. cocaine cannot kill my pain. ♪ well whiskey got no hold on me. ♪ whiskey got no hold on me. ♪ whiskey got no hold on me. left them chains in Tennessee. whiskey got no hold on me. ♪ I said don't come knocking on my dog. ♪ don't come knocking on my dog. Don't come knocking on my dog. Even that don't work no more. Don't come knocking on my dog. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ well heroin's the only thing. ♪ heroin's the only thing. heroin's the only thing. heroin's the only thing. heroin's the only thing. heroin's the only thing. heroin's the only thing. ♪ well I guess you best leave me alone. ♪ I guess you best leave me alone. ♪ I guess you best leave me alone. At least until these blues are gone. I guess you best leave me alone. ♪ cocaine can I kill my pain. cocaine can I kill my pain. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Jimmy Johnson with ashes in my ashtray. He sang gospel and soul for many years before moving into the blues, which he did quite successfully I think, quite like that. It was recorded in Chicago in February 1979. And before that, Watermelon Slim and the Workers with ashtray from the eponymous album from 2006. Well, somebody who's been around for many years, but this next recording is quite modern by comparison. It's a guy called Sam Chapman. If you've ever seen a picture of him, he's got this amazingly big white beard, fabulous stuff. This is Sam Chapman, recorded in 1973 with ashtray taxi. (Music) Well, I was sitting on the corner, in my taxi car. Brown shit, ladies said Mr. Joe, car far high. I said that gives a cigarette smoke in warm out. Just throw your butt so that's him. (Music) 'Cause I'm all that street taxi, baby. Boy, just drop your shoulder over here. (Music) Well, you fucked a cigarette woman. And I drive alone. On top of all your ashes, who I'll get you back home, have you a cigarette smoke in warm out? (Music) Yeah, throw your butt so I'm in here. (Music) 'Cause I'm all that street taxi, baby. Boy, just throw your shoulder over here. (Music) Well, I'm gonna drive out in the country. I'm gonna pop on a road. I want to drop all my ashes. I've got a brandy load of you, the cigarette smoke in warm out. (Music) Oh, throw your butt so I'm over here. (Music) 'Cause I'm all that street taxi, baby. Boy, just throw your shoulder over here. (Music) Well, now, let me out, woman. Why did you stay last night? You come on this morning, your cigarette's showing just right. (Music) Yeah, throw your butt so I'm in here. (Music) 'Cause I'm all that street taxi, baby. Boy, just throw your shoulder over here. (Music) Well, you sat on the bank, put your feet up on the front seat. My cigarette, I think you hold 'em. So don't go nice. And if you don't see the cigarette smoke in warm out. Oh, throw your butt to me. (Music) 'Cause I'm all that street taxi, baby. Boy, just throw your shoulder over here. (Music) Well, your cigarette hole is so long. It's made nice and round. It's a good fit, but it's a cigarette woman that I don't throw around. If you don't see the cigarette smoke in warm out. Yeah, throw your butt so I'm in here. (Music) 'Cause I'm all that street taxi, baby. Boy, just throw your shoulder over here. (Music) (Applause) (Music) (Music) (Music) (Music) (Music) (Music) I can't find my baby. Tell me that's what she can be found here. (Music) They got a blue, started calling. (Music) When my baby walked away. (Music) Yeah, they blew, started calling. (Music) When my baby walked away. (Music) You know the blue, been my companion. (Music) Every night, every day. (Music) I got blue in the morning. (Music) Can my baby say goodbye? (Music) I can't miss a taxi driver. (Music) My baby said goodbye. You know the little girl left me. Can't even tell me to breathe a lot. (Music) Jimmy Duck Holmes with Mr Taxi Driver from his 2006 album Back to Bentonia. And before that, Sam Chapman with ashtray taxi recorded in April 1973. This has been nothing but the blues in the Eclif and the website is www.nothingbuttheblues.co.uk And there you'll find playlists, links to artists that have played, links to previous shows, lots of stuff. And you can email me at cliffnothingbuttheblues.co.uk. Well I notice it's been an exclusively male program this week. So I'm going to end with a lady and that lady is Jennifer Magnus from her 2006 album Do I Move You? The track is a man sized job. This has been Nothing But The Blues. I've been Cliff. I'll catch you next week. (Music) You've been going around talking things young enough to be my son. But if you can't blame him, you left your job half done. Now you're chilling everybody. I robbed a cradle. Ooh, what a cradle I robbed. So just get out the way and let them on. Do a man sized job. (Music) When you heard what he got to do know what to do and walk your head. (Music) But the way with the law, I know you feel real bad. (Music) You've proved all moves. I'm not the type that said around it. (Music) You've got to get out the way and let them on. Do a man sized job. (Music) Well, he's gonna know not to be old fashioned. My man old enough not to be naive. (Music) You're gonna know I've got a whole lot of action. (Music) You're gonna know just how to please me. (Music) (Music) (Music) We're going round telling everybody how you made me feel. (Music) See time that's moving on down. You're the one standing still. Are you telling everybody I've robbed a cradle. (Music) What a cradle I've robbed. So, get off the way and let them on. Do a man sized job. (Music) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get out the way and let them on. Do a man sized job. (Music) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get out the way and let them on. Do a man sized job. (Music) Oh, yeah. (Music)