Walkin 'blues
| Walkin 'blues | |
|---|---|
| Son House | |
| publication | May 28, 1930 |
| Genre (s) | blues |
| Author (s) | Son House |
| Label | Vocalion Records |
Walkin 'Blues, also Walking Blues, is a Blue song , that of Son House was written by him and in Grafton was recorded. The Vocalion label released his track on May 28, 1930 as a 78rpm single .
The song is about a person who has to move around. The title gained first notoriety through the cover version by Robert Johnson , which was recorded in 1936. Both in the text and in the melody there are references to the title My Black Mama by Son House; Johnson also interpreted the title faster than Son House. John Hammond was enthusiastic about Johnson's recording of the Walkin 'Blues (as well as that of the Preachin' Blues ) and wanted to introduce the piece to the audience in his 1938 concert From Spirituals to Swing .
Other cover versions are by Cee Lo Green , Muddy Waters , Paul Butterfield , Johnny Cash , Hot Tuna , The Grateful Dead , Rory Gallagher , John Kay , RL Burnside , Jon Lord , Todd Rundgren , Hindu Love Gods , Quicksilver Messenger Service , Joe Bonamassa , Peter Green , Roy Rogers , Colin James, Ash Grunwald, Bonnie Raitt and the Toy Dolls . Eric Clapton published his interpretation of the piece in 1992 on his album Unplugged .
In 1923 Ma Rainey also wrote a Walking Blues with Lovie Austin . The Johnson version inspired Muddy Waters for his country blues and I Feel Like Going Home .
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- ↑ Legend of Country Blues (AFS 4780-B-2).
- ↑ Stephen Calt: Barrelhouse Words, A Blues Dialect Dictionary . University of Illinois 2009, ISBN 978-0-252-07660-2 , pp. 24 .
- ^ Edward Komara The Road to Robert Johnson . Hal Leonard 2007, p. 25 and Elijah Wald Escaping the delta, Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues . Amistad 2004, p. 159.
- ↑ See Wald Escaping the Delta , pp. 228f.
- ↑ Walkin 'Blues on Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Paramount 12082
- ↑ AAFS 18.
- ↑ Aristocrat 1305, and Chess 1514.