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~ Early Morning Blues, Terraplane Blues
Views: 458 |  |  |  |  | The night before this video was shot, I was playing around with a different tuning with my Resonator. I got to thinking about the tuning; it's the same tuning that John Campbell used for his rendention of Terraplane Blues. The more I thought about it, the ...More more I wanted to perform it. So here is the video I shot early in the morning. Delta Blues Guitar Slide Boogie John Campbell Mississippi Rory Block Son House Bukka White Texas Hound Dog Taylor Robert Johnson Elmore James Johnny Slim Campbell Louisiana Crawfish Boil Bottleneck Slide Guitar John Hurt Lightnin' Hopkins Leadbelly Charley PattonBlind Blake Blind Lemon Jefferson Lonie Johnson Mance Lipscomb Tommy Johnson Reverend Gary Davis Blind Willie Johnson Big Bill Broonzy Sonny Boy Williamson Blind Willie McTell Kokomo Arnold Skip James Mississippi Fred McDowell Tampa Red Roosevelt Sykes Blind Boy Fuller T-Bone Walker Howlin' Wolf Sonny Terry Sister Rosetta Tharpe Robert Lockwood Jr. Muddy Waters Hound Dog Taylor Johnny Shines John Lee Hooker Elmore James Slim Harpo Etta James Taj Mahal Keb Mo Kevin Moore Eric Clapton Bonnie Raitt Eric Bibb Derek J. Holak |
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~ ROBERT JOHNSON Terraplane Blues (1936)
Views: 73 |  |  |  |  | "Terraplane Blues" is a blues song recorded in 1936 in San Antonio, Texas by bluesman Robert Johnson. The car model Terraplane becomes a metaphor for sex. "Terraplane Blues" is among only a handful of songs that were released during Johnson's lifetime, an ...More d it became a moderate regional hit, selling 5000 copies. The guitar licks and riffs in Terraplane Blues are very similar to those used in Cross Road Blues. And I feel so lonesome, you hear me when I moan When I feel so lonesome, you hear me when I moan Who been drivin' my Terraplane1, for you since I been gone. I'd said I flash your lights, mama, you horn won't even blow (spoken: Somebody's been runnin' my batteries down on this machine) I even flash my lights, mama, this horn won't even blow Got a short in this connection, hoo well, babe, it's way down below I'm gion' heist your hood, mama, I'm bound to check your oil I'm goin' heist your hood, mama, mmm, I'm bound to check your oil I got a woman that I'm lovin', way down in Arkansas Now, you know the coils ain't even buzzin', little generator won't get the spark Motor's in a bad condition, you gotta have these batteries charged But I'm cryin', pleease, pleease don't do me wrong. Who been drivin' my Terraplane1 now for, you since I been gone. Mr. highway man, please don't block the road Puh hee hee, please don't block the road 'Cause she's reachin' a cold one hundred and I'm booked and I got to go Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Yoo ooo ooo ooo, you hear me weep and moan Who been ... |
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