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Location: Florida | Do something stupid in order to get dumped by your significant other, then lament over it down by the railroad tracks with bottle of cheep booz.
This makes me think - if you're settin' out to write some blues, you gotta live it.
Some tips:
Go to bed. Lots of blues songs start with "I woke up dis'mornin...". To really live that, you needa get to bed, preferably at nite, so you can wake up in "the mornin".
Shoot a guy in Memphis. Thats in a lot of blues numbers too. Dont use a gun, thats illegal. Use a camera. I know its bending the rules, but ya know... the songs never really say much about how the guy was shot. So when you write, "I shot that man in Memphis, for foolin wit my wowman", we'll just assume you took his picture, ok?
Get some religion. Quite a few blues tunes, and nearly all by Elmo'James start with "I beleeeeeeeve". In order to really believe, you need some churchin'-up. Go down to the Triple Rock and catch Reverend Cleophas. He'll set ya straight, and you'll eventually see the light. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | You know what happens when you play a blooz song backwards? You stop drinking, you get your house back, you stop beating your wife, you stop kicking the dog and you're in your own bed at night... :cool: :D |
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Location: Spring Hill, TN | To play really convincing blues, you've got to get yourself a blues name. I stumbled across this formula a few years ago, and it seems to work quite well...
First you come up with the infirmity of your choice... Blind, Lame, Diabetic, Asthmatic, or whatever.
Next pick your favorite fruit... Lemon, Lime... You get the drift.
The only thing left is the last name of a President, living or dead, and you're all set to sing the blues.
I personally go by Arthritic Kiwi Madison...
Anything else is open. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Soo... Bent Banana Clinton would be good? |
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Location: NJ | According to "Monica" it was. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | How 'bout Sof' Tuber Johnson?! Great with da slide and 'shine , not so much wit de wimmen. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | How's about "sweet daddy klansman and his sheet lovin' belles". That seems like a group that would sing a "song of the south". Not exactly blues, but certainly the cause of many blues.
I visited some southern blues joints in the south in the 50's and they were awesome, but some of my army buddies were more attuned to "sweet daddy".
Bailey |
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How to write a blooz song
