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Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.
The song is included on several compilations of Mabon's recordings as well as various artists' collections from the period. [5] The 1959 Chess compilation album Oldies in Hi Fi includes "I Don't Know", plus the follow up hits "I'm Mad", and "Poison Ivy." The song was covered by The Blues Brothers in 1978 for their live album Briefcase Full of ...
"Too Many Drivers" is a blues song recorded by Big Bill Broonzy in 1939. It is performed in an acoustic ensemble-style of early Chicago blues and the lyrics use double entendre often found in hokum-style blues songs. The song has been identified as one of Broonzy's more popular tunes and has been recorded over the years by a variety of artists ...
The book notes that "An eighteen-year-old black girl, in prison for murder, sang the song and the first stanza of these blues." The Lomaxes then added a number of verses from other sources and named it "Woman Blue". [2] The music and melody are similar to Lucille Bogan's "B.D. Woman Blues" (c. 1935), although the lyrics are completely different.
The song is a twelve-bar blues that features Pinetop's piano and falsetto vocal. The opening verse includes the line "Every day, every day I have the blues". After a reworking of the song by Memphis Slim in 1949, it became a blues standard with renditions recorded by numerous artists. [5]
"Mean Old World" is a blues song recorded by American blues electric guitar musician T-Bone Walker in 1942. [1] It has been described (along with the single's B-side) as "the first important blues recordings on the electric guitar". [2] Over the years it has been interpreted and recorded by numerous blues, jazz and rock and roll artists.
Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted: In the case of very old blues songs, there is the constant recourse to oral tradition that conveyed the tune and even the song itself while at the same time evolving for several decades.
Johnson's 2015 release, Grind, spent a number of weeks on the Billboard Blues Albums Chart, with a peak position of No. 8. [9] The album was produced by Devon Allman, [3] and featured Yonrico Scott as guest drummer. [10] Johnson's 2016 release, Blues Heart Attack, spent five weeks in the top 15 and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Blues Chart ...