Here's a classic blues tune from the '20's that has since been covered by everybuddy and his brutha, from Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie and Sonny, Sam Cooke, and Lightnin Hopkins to Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin, and Eric Clapton. Whoever does it, the tune just flat-out ROCKS. They even made a movie with this title. So many great versions to choose from, but Imma go with Da Killa, eh?
Hey, Mo...When I look at my posts, I see a whole crapload of warnings and infractions displayed. I don't see that in your or Blood's posts. Is that because only I can see my own, and only you can see yours?
Hey, Mo...When I look at my posts, I see a whole crapload of warnings and infractions displayed. I don't see that in your or Blood's posts. Is that because only I can see my own, and only you can see yours?
Hopper, are there any white guys playin' their **** in this thread? Freakin' racist.
Don't even give me SRV either.
oh, and Cyndi Lauper too
Hopper, are there any white guys playin' their **** in this thread? Freakin' racist.
Don't even give me SRV either.
not to mention Elvis and Janis Joplin
You mean other than Woody, Bruce, the Stones, Cash, Nirvana, White Stripes, and Dylan?
Well, here's the problem, see? White boys, they can sho nuff plays the blues on guitar, and stuff, but they just caint hardly never saing them worth a crap. It all goes back to Africa, where the cultures had a 5-note (pentatonic) musical scale.
When the slaves got caught in the jungle and shipped over here, the 7-note European musical scale just wasn't right for them. If they were tryin to sing an american toon, like camptown races or swanee river, they would cut that scale down to 5 notes by flattnin the 3rd and 7th notes (E and B, in the key of C), and plumb skippin over the second and 6th notes (D and A, in C). So they done all the tunes different, ya know? That's one thang that makes it the blues. Listen to Chippie Hill on trouble in mind I just posted, and mebbe ya can seez what I talkin bout. Most white boys just don't git it. I mean, they understands, but it just don't come natural to them.