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"St. James Infirmary" on tenor sax "St. James Infirmary" is an American blues and jazz standard that emerged, like many others, from folk traditions. Louis Armstrong brought the song to lasting fame through his 1928 recording, on which Don Redman is named as composer; later releases credit "Joe Primrose", a pseudonym used by musician manager, music promoter and publisher Irving Mills. [1]
The lyrics appear to be primarily descended from an Irish folk song of the late 18th century called "The Unfortunate Rake", [6] which also evolved (with a time signature change and completely different melody) into the New Orleans standard "St. James Infirmary Blues". The Irish ballad shares a melody with the British sea-song "Spanish Ladies".
McTell in 1940 "Blind Willie McTell" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.Named for the blues singer of the same name, the song was recorded in the spring of 1983, during the sessions for Dylan's album Infidels; however, it was ultimately left off the album and did not receive an official release until 1991, when it appeared on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 ...
Like in "St. James Infirmary Blues", Williams wants "six crapshooters to be my pallbearers". Lyrical similarities signify that the song shares "The Unfortunate Rake" with "St. James Infirmary Blues" as a common ancestor. A later song that draws on elements from the ballad is the Eric Bogle song "No Man's Land".
"St. James Infirmary Blues" recorded by numerous musicians "Saint Of New Orleans" by PJ Parks "St. Patricks Day In New Orleans" by Alias Ron Kavana "St. Phillips St. Breakdown" by George Lewis "The Saints are Coming" by U2 and Green Day, 2006 (#2 on UK Singles Chart) "Saturday Night Fish Fry" by Louis Jordan "Save my Soul" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Released: January 1961. Two Steps from the Blues is the debut album by American blues singer Bobby Bland, in 1961. It compiles five songs recorded between 1956 and 1960 and seven songs recorded in two sessions from August 3 to November 12, 1960. The sessions took place at Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago, where Bland and his backing ...
Released: December 2003. What's Wrong with This Picture? is the thirtieth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released on 21 October 2003 by Blue Note Records . The album received a Grammy Awards nomination for Morrison in the "Best Contemporary Blues Album" category.
St. James Infirmary is a partially live album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1983. It was re-released on CD in 1996 as Statesboro Blues by EPM Musique. The first seven tracks were recorded live at Théâtre Du Forum Des Halles, Paris and recorded on April 5, 1983.