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Summertime Blues -- Eddie Cochran
I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About a-workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date
My boss say "No dice, son, you gotta' work late"
Some times I wonder what I'm a-gonna' do
Cause there ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Sir Elton
marked50
(1,366 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)He performed with his son guitarist Merle Watson, for over 15 years until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.
He got the nickname "Doc" during a live radio broadcast when the announcer remarked that his given name Arthel was odd and that he needed an easy nickname.
A fan in the crowd shouted "Call him Doc' presumably in reference to the literary character Sherlock Holmes's sidekick, Doctor Watson.
The name stuck!
He lived to the ripe old age of 89.
marked50
(1,366 posts)Nice/brief bio on him-thanks
unblock
(52,253 posts)unblock
(52,253 posts)unblock
(52,253 posts)catbyte
(34,403 posts)Exotica
(1,461 posts)Album: Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down (2000)
R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 -- September 1, 2005), born Robert Lee Burnside, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. In the latter half of the 1990s, Burnside repeatedly recorded with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fanbase within the underground garage rock scene.
catbyte
(34,403 posts)Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Carson & Frank Sinatra
Chipper Chat
(9,681 posts)I knew Carson could speak Russian but didn't know he could sing.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doing it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
A man in the coonskin cap, in the pig pen
Wants eleven dollar bills, you only got ten
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)Traditional; I prefer the Hot Tuna version.
chuckstevens
(1,201 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)He wrote a lot of songs that other people "covered"
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)contains the lyrics:
"I like to sleep late in the morning
I don't like to wear no shoes
I make love to the women
While I'm with 'em
Get drunk on a bottle of booze"
Chipper Chat
(9,681 posts)George Thorogood.
Can't find video but one of his best.
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Ella Fitzgerald with her perfect voice:
livetohike
(22,147 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)BluesRunTheGame
(1,616 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)SaveOurDemocracy
(4,400 posts)ornotna
(10,803 posts)BoomBox
Eugene
(61,900 posts)- various artists
RainCaster
(10,884 posts)lkinwi
(1,477 posts)ornotna
(10,803 posts)Three Amigos
mikeargo
(675 posts)With the Memphis Blues Again
Bayard
(22,100 posts)Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys.
Also covered by Elvis, and a number of others.
revmclaren
(2,524 posts)Be ready for STRANGE!
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red dog 1
(27,820 posts)I've heard it a few times on a local radio station & I write down the title every time I hear it, so I won't forget it.
(It's on my Wish List)
It's on a Dr. Demento album too ("Dr Demento's 20th Anniversary Album" I think)
The amenities of life have been chasing my soul,
And my mind is transcendental, and I'm losing all control
And I'm sinking in the quagmire of illusions and Thoreau,
I cry out "My name is T-Bone," as a hound dog digs a hole
sakabatou
(42,158 posts)sakabatou
(42,158 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Elton John
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)... in my best friend's room...
Mazzy Star
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)George Gershwin
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)David Bowie
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Elvis
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Linda Ronstadt
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)If you haven't already seen the Denzel Washington movie "Man on Fire"..you should.
Not only a great movie, but Linda's "Blue Bayou" is played throughout the film.
mpcamb
(2,871 posts)It was base on a version a generation earlier:
Al Bowlly - Blue Moon 1935 Ray Noble
mpcamb
(2,871 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,526 posts)IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Blue Cheer: Summertime Blues
Concert Version
Studio Version
bunt homer
(88 posts)ollie10
(2,091 posts)DFW
(54,410 posts)Rick Abao did a credible version, too, but although he was from New Orleans, too, no one outside of Germany ever heard of him. He passed way too soon.
Dulcinea
(6,643 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,166 posts)Can't post a video, sorry.
Dulcinea
(6,643 posts)I love this song. It makes me think of my first love.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)Rest In Peace, John Perry Barlow
hack89
(39,171 posts)cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Norman Blake's original version is great too, but Tony Rice just takes it to another level.
Henry Thomas - Fishin' Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
mpcamb
(2,871 posts)DFW
(54,410 posts)(And the only time you'll ever hear my voice or me playing C&W guitar on a video!)