Catfish Blues

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Catfish Blues is a blues song whose origins go back to the early days of the blues. There are numerous recordings of the piece, also with different names and varying texts. Many well-known blues musicians have already played the Catfish Blues at concerts or even recorded it.

history

The earliest recording of the catfish blues comes from Robert Petway in 1941. The first mention of the catfish ( catfish ) in a blues recording is much older: In 1928 Jim Jackson recorded part 3 of his hit Kansas City Blues ( Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues Part 3 ), which said:

I wished I was a catfish,
swimming down in the sea;
I'd have some good woman,
fishing after me.

It can be assumed that Jim Jackson had the Kansas City Blues in his repertoire for some time, possibly as early as 1920. There were quite a few variations of the song by other blues musicians.

Then in 1941 Robert Petway took up the Catfish Blues . He, too, had probably performed the song for a while, as did his buddy Tommy McClennan .

In 1950 Muddy Waters recorded his version of the Catfish Blues and named it Rollin 'Stone . Without a band, he accompanied himself on the electric guitar. After this recording, both the Rolling Stones and Rolling Stone magazine named themselves .

Jimi Hendrix often played the Catfish Blues at his gigs. In 1968 Voodoo Chile emerged from this in a jam session and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) the following day .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Max Haymes: Catfish Blues (Origins of a Blues) on earlyblues.com, 2004 (English)
  2. ↑ a b c John Kessler: Obscure Origins of a Blues Classic: 'Catfish Blues' on knkx.org, 2013 (English)
  3. ^ A b Matt Marshall: A Brief Musical History of "Catfish Blues" on americanbluesscene.com, 2011 (English)