2:35
single, 1941
Attributed to Charlie Segar and Big Bill Broonzy
The authorship of this song is disputed, but Broonzy's arrangement has become standard. It's a languid eight-bar blues about an itinerant bluesman who leaves his lover to get on the road. Now, here is the problem, and it's reminiscent of my issue with "Last Night" by Little Walter. Spotify has two versions of this song by Big Bill. One is 3:03, has a lot of vinyl crackle, and features a deeper vocal, washboard and harmonica. This seems like it might be the 1941 session. The other one, the shorter version that I'm featuring on this post, is accompanied mostly by guitar, the singer draws out the "yeeesss" at the start of several lines, and has different lyrics. Is this song even Broonzy? It sounds too clean to be from 1941. If it is him, it's got to be a later recording. Am I listening to a lie?? Oh well, I prefer it.
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