Burnside recorded a version in 1967, not sure when this one is from. This was the first place I heard it, by Cream, on Fresh Cream (1966). Howlin’ Wolf called it “Down in the Bottom” when he recorded it in 1961.
Here’s THE version from Muddy Waters (1950).Įlmore James on my absolute favorite, one of my all-time favorite recordings-it’s so intense (1960) Elmore James (vocal and gittar, possibly the sax), Johnny Acey (piano), Jimmy Spruill (gittar) and Homesick James (bass on gittar), Sam Myers (drums) …and used the melody and some of the lyrics in his “Traveling Riverside Blues” (1937) this song is also the source of the lyrics in Led Zeppelin’s “The Lemon Song.” Robert Johnson pointed at it in “If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day” (1936)… Garfield Akers, “Dough Roller Blues” (1929 or 1930) “Banty Rooster Blues” by Charley Patton (1929) It’s been covered and recovered and re-recovered. If you want to find out more about it, Wikipedia is a good place to start. It seems the date Wikipedia has is correct. This is a link to the discography’s home page. The first recorded version was called “Roll and Tumble Blues” by Hambone Willie Newbern, recorded and released in 1929.Īnother progenitor was “Minglewood Blues,” first recorded in 1928 by Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers.īecause there was a discrepancy between Wikipedia’s date and the one given by the YouTube poster (who is usually reliable), I checked Stefan Wirz’s excellent blues discography.
It’s one of my favorites and one I like to play on the gittar, usually in A.
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