a fella in the local shop was playing a tune and then told me the original artist and title, then of course I forgot, it's all first position, was one of
the "blind" 20's and 30's players (blind lemon jefferson, blind blake, blind willie johnson, etc), and in the lyrics something about
"pork" (not pork sandwich but pork being on the plenty or something), not sure of the key it was in but there were BM7, E and I think AM7 chords in
there, it may not have been played in E though, I am no authority on recognizing a key signature, not a terribly tough tune it looked like, alternating bass,
not monotonic, with some runs to 4th fret for embellishment, I am dying to remember the artist and title, title was three words and kind of a catchy title, a
unique "play" on words, thanks for any interest in helping me out
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Posts: 195 (04/15/08 06:54:05) |
Was it Bo Carter? he has a song called "give me pig meat" that's what i crave and so on. Then Bessie Smith had a song about pig's foot. It
seems that pig meat or pork are recurring themes. Sorry can't be anymore help than that.
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Posts: 543 (04/15/08 08:04:38) |
Blind Boy Fuller has, I think, a 'pork' song, though I can't remember any more than that. Knowing Blind Boy Fuller, the song may not have been
literally about pork... When I get home I'll try and find it, although if 'pork' is in the lyrics and not in the title, you may have a bit of a
wait.
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Posts: 558 (04/15/08 08:08:15) |
> one of the "blind" 20's and 30's players (blind lemon jefferson, blind blake, blind willie johnson, etc), and in the lyrics something
about "pork"
I'm guessing Blind Boy Fuller's "I Crave My Pigmeat", which is on the terrific Yazoo collection Truckin' My Blues Away |
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Posts: 544 (04/15/08 08:13:33) |
Ah, that's the one I was thinking of.
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Posts: 3 (04/15/08 08:47:31) |
thanks for response but I found the lyrics and that is not the tune, the subject of the song was not pork or the like, but there was a line in about pork,
don't know if verse or chorus, the theme of the song was more about being poor, I think "change" was in the title, or another word starting with
c, I will move on and call it missing for now, won't beat this thread to death
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Posts: 86 (04/15/08 12:07:17) |
Just possibly Blind Blake's "That'll Never Happen No More" - "been used to eatin' pork chops, and meat and salt" ????
Probably not but ................... Cheers and keep on pluckin'. Steve www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/tab.htm |
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Posts: 560 (04/16/08 06:18:22) |
possibly "One Dime Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson?
(played in E position, pitched at F) I'm broke and I ain't got a dime (x3) Everybody gets in hard luck sometime I was standing on East Cairo Street one day (x3) One dime was all I had (solo) Mama don't treat your daughter mean (x3) That's the meanest woman a man most ever seen You want your friend to be bad like Jesse James (x3) Get two six shooters, highway some passenger train (solo) One dime was all I had (x3) Try'n to be a sportin' lad I bought that morning news (x3) Then I bought a cee-gar too |
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