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Drago

Legendary Member
Journey Into Space - Operation Luna.
 

raleighnut

Legendary Member
Just been on Youtube, searched & had a listen, ..........She's bl**dy good! thanks for the heads up

First heard her on an CD my mate leant me, Pilgrimage with Aynsley Lister, Ian Parker and her recorded as part of the 'Blues Caravan' tour.
We were going to see her in 2023 but I picked up a stomach bug so Maz went on her own and came back with a live CD 'Diamonds On The Road'
 

DRM

Legendary Member
Location
West Yorks
First heard her on an CD my mate leant me, Pilgrimage with Aynsley Lister, Ian Parker and her recorded as part of the 'Blues Caravan' tour.
We were going to see her in 2023 but I picked up a stomach bug so Maz went on her own and came back with a live CD 'Diamonds On The Road'

I've done an artist search on Apple Music, so I'll be giving her a good listening to in the van tomorrow
 

ktmbiker58

Senior Member
Been spinning (literally) some 78s - started with Bill Hayley and Rock around the Clock recorded in 1954 and which was originally intended to be a B side.

With only 30 minutes of studio time left they did the first take direct to a mono tape recorder but Hayley's vocals were too quiet so they did a second take but this time the band was too quiet.

Since the takes were mono they couldn't separate the vocals so a highly skilled engineer physically cut the tapes and spliced them so that the vocal sections were from take 2 and the instrumental middle section was from take 1.

Then played Little Johnny Jones and the Chicago Hound Dogs from 1953, Johnny Jones was an accomplished blues pianist who often played with Muddy Waters and Elmore James, the Chicago Hound Dogs was a studio pseudonym for the players backing Jones who were in fact Elmore James and his backing group.

The A side is a song called Sweet Little Woman with pretty edgy lyrics for 1953!

INTRO SOLO

Got something to tell you, babe, I know you can’t do, you can’t love me and love my buddies, too
When you love ’em, baby, you got to love ’em right, love ’em ever day, babe, and love ’em every night
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
Sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie

When a man get hairy, you know he needs a shave, when a woman get musty, you know she needs a bathe
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
She’s a sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie

Squeeze me, squeeze me, babe, and don’t let me fall, put my mule, a-kicking in your stall
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
Sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie (Spoken: Play your brains out! All, all right!)

SAXOPHONE SOLO

I like your mama, but she won’t do this, I hit her ‘cross the head, with my great big fist
Clock on the shelf, singing tick-tick-tick, your mama in the corner, doin’ I don’t know which
Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, I like your mama, she got too many mens
Ashes to ashes, you know, and sand to sand, every time I see her, she got a brand new man
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
Sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie
 
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DRM

Legendary Member
Location
West Yorks
Been spinning (literally) some 78s - started with Bill Hayley and Rock around the Clock recorded in 1954 and which was originally intended to be a B side.

With only 30 minutes of studio time left they did the first take direct to a mono tape recorder but Hayley's vocals were too quiet so they did a second take but this time the band was too quiet.

Since the takes were mono they couldn't separate the vocals so a highly skilled engineer physically cut the tapes and spliced them so that the vocal sections were from take 2 and the instrumental middle section was from take 1.

Then played Little Johnny Jones and the Chicago Hound Dogs from 1953, Johnny Jones was an accomplished blues pianist who often played with Muddy Waters and Elmore James, the Chicago Hound Dogs was a studio pseudonym for the players backing Jones who were in fact Elmore James and his backing group.

The A side is a song called Sweet Little Woman with pretty edgy lyrics for 1953!

INTRO SOLO

Got something to tell you, babe, I know you can’t do, you can’t love me and love my buddies, too
When you love ’em, baby, you got to love ’em right, love ’em ever day, babe, and love ’em every night
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
Sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie

When a man get hairy, you know he needs a shave, when a woman get musty, you know she needs a bathe
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
She’s a sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie

Squeeze me, squeeze me, babe, and don’t let me fall, put my mule, a-kicking in your stall
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
Sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie (Spoken: Play your brains out! All, all right!)

SAXOPHONE SOLO

I like your mama, but she won’t do this, I hit her ‘cross the head, with my great big fist
Clock on the shelf, singing tick-tick-tick, your mama in the corner, doin’ I don’t know which
Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, I like your mama, she got too many mens
Ashes to ashes, you know, and sand to sand, every time I see her, she got a brand new man
REFRAIN: But she’s a sweet little woman, don’t you know, sweet little woman, don’t you know
Sweet little woman, I ain’t gon’ tell you no lie


Enjoy - before I get a copyright strike!! Recorded on my phone which doesn't do it justice.



When you listen carefully to them, most old Blues songs are pure unadulterated filth, just proves there's nothing new under the sun, on a different tack, artists like Elmore James were the pioneers of Rock N Roll, Dust My Broom is an absolute banger, even recorded in an alternate tuning, quite advanced for 1954.
 
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