Blues Fell This Morning by Paul Oliver

[Teasing the Korean]

12 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

Yes, how a bluesman sings, and how someone else does.

Seriously that was garbage.

I do think that Jack Bruce overall has a good enough pop/rock voice, but he sounds out of his element there.

[JSngry]

And that "how" is a part of the overall language. You can't really express that just by writing about, you have to hear it. And the better you are acclimated to the vocal culture that is being used (including speech), the more you are to feel the meaning.

It's like that with all music's, not just blues. 

[John L]

The original version by the composer had the right inflections.  I love what Steve Cropper does with the bassline on this one and on the Albert King version.

 

 

Edited August 22, 2023 by John L

[AllenLowe]

Paul  Oliver was a smart guy and a decent writer, but just lacked - a certain creative spark in his blues work.

And I will say something self-serving; my blues collection Really the Blues? with accompanying book is a far better examination and explanation of the blues than anything else out there; the field is rife with fans who really cannot write.

I plan, if I live that long, to put the CD set that goes with it on Bandcamp, and then just sell the book. But I think the book hangs pretty well by itself.

[mikeweil]

12 hours ago, AllenLowe said:

I plan, if I live that long, to put the CD set that goes with it on Bandcamp, and then just sell the book. But I think the book hangs pretty well by itself.

Fantastic idea!