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You play a 'lowdown dirty shame slow and lonesome, my mama dead, my papa across the sea I ain't dead but I'm just supposed to be'... →
I used to play too with a boy who played a saxophone. We didn't play no blues, we'd play a lot of love songs - 'Stardust', 'Blue... →
The delta blues is a low-down, dirty shame blues. It's a sad, big wide sound, something to make you think about people who are dead or the women... →
I don't care how famous a guitarist is, he ain't learned everything. There's always somewhere to go, something to mash up, but he... →
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues... →
I was 22 years old when I met Robert Johnson. I was there the night he was poisoned.
The turnaround is when you have a solo in betwixt the verses. You stoppin' to have a solo.
I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it.
The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are doing... what they all went through.... →
You don't have to play a whole lot of guitar to be a good blues player. Some people plays too much guitar. Stack it on top of each other the way... →
I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.
I'd probably sit around the house and get lonesome if I didn't have something to do.
Blues ain't never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain't going nowhere.