joe
42 posts
Aug 14, 2013
4:26 PM
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this is the song, from the Digital Tradition Folk Song Database, available from mudcat.org, transposed to G
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Probably the oldest known Blues. W.C. Handy called it the "grand-daddy of the blues"
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i am interested in reading what current blues performers think of this song. i don't want to flag my own questions before you have had a chance to play it
regards
joe
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Last Edited by joe on Aug 14, 2013 4:58 PM
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fred_gomez
147 posts
Aug 14, 2013
6:53 PM
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i learned it at age 11. 6th grade music teacher brought in a washtub bass and a snaredrum and taught us to sing it. when i picked up harp at 16 i learned to play it by ear in 1st, because i had no books. i learned everything by ear then. lets see it went.
They tell me Joe Turner's come an'gone
They tell me Joe Turner's come and-------gone
He left me here, to sing-----this-------song
He came here with 40 links o' chain
He came here with 40 links o' chain
cant remember the rest
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joe
46 posts
Aug 14, 2013
9:42 PM
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good fred_gomez
try playing it using the tab
j.
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Last Edited by joe on Aug 14, 2013 9:44 PM
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