Sportin 'Life Blues
| Sportin 'Life Blues | |
|---|---|
| Brownie McGhee | |
| publication | 1948 |
| length | 2:55 |
| Genre (s) | blues |
| Author (s) | Brownie McGhee |
| Publisher (s) | Cireco Music (BMI) |
| Label | Alert Records |
| album | Sportin 'Life Blues |
Sportin 'Life Blues is a Blue song , which the American blues musician Walter "Brownie" McGhee wrote. He released the title as the B-side to his shellac record Mean Ole Frisco in 1948 on Alert Records .
The blues is about the narrator wanting to give up his old unsteady life with the nightly drifting around and finally want to get married and settle down at home. McGhee's vocals are accompanied by guitar , bass and harmonica . The title is attributed to the country blues . In 1987 McGhee released another version of the title in collaboration with Sonny Terry on the album of the same name.
Cover versions
In 1962, American blues musician champion Jack Dupree recorded his interpretation of the title for Storyville Records (A45088). Skip James had the song in their repertoire but incorrectly attributed it to Bessie Smith . The American rock band The Lovin 'Spoonful played a version titled Sportin' Life for their debut album Do You Believe In Magic from 1965. The New York guitarist and singer Dave Van Ronk , who got to know and loved the title at the age of 15, met Brownie McGee through him in 1960; in the set age he sang the title in 2004 for his album ... And the Tin Pan Bended and the Story Ended ... . The title was also covered u. a. by British jazz musician Ken Colyer and the Chris Blount New Orleans Jazz Band. British rock musician Eric Clapton covered the song with JJ Cale for their collaboration album The Road to Escondido .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eric Clapton : Forever Man . Reprise Records . 2015 .
- ↑ Sportin 'Life Blues (McGhee) on Allmusic (English)
- ↑ a b Sportin 'Life Blues (McGhee) at Discogs
- ↑ Sportin 'Life Blues (album) at Discogs
- ↑ Sportin 'Life Blues (Dupree) at Discogs
- ↑ Stephen Calt I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues 2008, p. 344
- ↑ Sportin 'Life (The Lovin' Spoonful) on Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Do You Believe In Magic (The Lovin 'Spoonful) at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Dave van Ronk with Elijah Wald The King of Greenwich Village: The Autobiography Heyne Verlag 2013
- ↑ His version appeared in two other albums: On Air from 2007 and Live in Monterey from 2014. Sportin 'Life Blues (Van Ronk) on Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 15, 2015)
- ↑ Sportin 'Life Blues (Cale & Clapton) on Allmusic (English)