The Blues Thread

[jimdgoulding]

Lying round home alone
On a rainy night like this
Starving for your love
Hungry for just one kiss
Every rain drop I hear
Against my window pane
Beats so loud and clear words that spell your name

I got nowhere to turn
Tired of being alone
I feel like breaking up somebody's home
[x2]

I know it's useless
Hanging on to you when you belong to someone else
Can't change my feelin’ child
Cause after all I didn't make it myself

Last night I cried so hard I believe I caught a chill
Can't control the vibration
My heart just won't stand still

Got nowhere to turn
I'm tired of feelin' alone
I feel like breaking up somebody's home

That blue enough for you? Well, I wish you could hear the Jimmy Johnson Blues Band's rendition of it.

R&B was the youth music round the time I was reaching puberty in North Dallas, Texas, Freddie King's homebase. I can't remember a single white artist from the day that could hold a match to black performers. The biggest joke amongst my friends was Pat Boone doin Little Richard covers. And, Elvis Presley. Well, at least they exposed the likes of Little Richard and Willie Mae Thorton to larger audiences. My collection of 45rpm's were from labels like Duke, Federal, King, Vee Jay, Atlantic, and Chess.

Some modern bands and players that came out of this tradition in Texas were SRV, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Angela Strehli (see if you can download the title track and Too Late from her Deja Blue album and the opening story telling track from Blond and Blue), The Jazz Crusaders, Boz Scaggs (Come on Home), Lou Ann Barton and countless others.

Man, I loves the BLUES, always!