2:23
single, 1960
Written by Elmore James
This a Chicago-style shuffle with bottleneck slide guitar, a tinkling piano, and a buzzy sax. "All you cats talking about your Madison shoes / We do the thing we call the Madison blues." Uh, who exactly is talking about Madison shoes? And even better, what are Madison shoes? It's unclear, but James' raw, gritty vocals give him a gravitas that makes me eagerly accept his non-sequiturs.