PINK ANDERSON - IN THE EVENING

IN THE EVENING

PINK ANDERSON

SONGWRITER: PINK ANDERSON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CAROLINE BLUES MAN. VOL. 1

LABEL: ORIGINAL BLUES CLASSICS

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1999

Pinkney "Pink" Anderson (February 12, 1900–October 12, 1974) was an American blues singer and guitarist.

Anderson was born in Laurens, South Carolina, and raised in nearby Greenville and Spartanburg. He joined Dr. William R. Kerr of the Indian Remedy Company in 1914 to entertain the crowds, while Kerr tried to sell a concoction purported to have medicinal qualities. He also toured with Leo "Chief Thundercloud" Kahdot and his medicine show, often with the harmonica player Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson, who was based in Jonesville, South Carolina.

Cemetery marker for Anderson in Lincoln Memorial Garden, with a Gibson J-50 guitar and a harmonica

Anderson was recorded by the folklorist Paul Clayton at the Virginia State Fair in May 1950. He recorded an album in the early 1960s and performed at some live venues. He appeared in the 1963 film The Bluesmen. He reduced his activities in the late 1960s after a stroke. Attempts by the folklorist Peter B. Lowry to record Anderson in 1970 were not successful, although apparently, he could occasionally summon up some of his past abilities. A final tour took place in the early 1970s with the aid of Roy Book Binder, one of his students, taking him to Boston and New York City.

He died in October 1974 of a heart attack, at the age of 74. He is interred at Lincoln Memorial Gardens, in Spartanburg.

Anderson's son, known as Little Pink Anderson (born July 13, 1954), is a bluesman living in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Syd Barrett, of English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, created the band's name by juxtaposing the first names of Anderson and North Carolina bluesman Floyd Council.

In the evening

In the evening

Mama when the sun go down

In the evening

Mama when the sun go down

Ain' it sad, Ain't it sad, Ain't it sad baby

When the one you love ain't around

When the sun go down

While the sun rises

Up in the east

And it sets down in the west

While the sun rise in the east baby

And it sets down in the west

Ain't it hard to tell, Its hard to tell baby

Which one will treat you the best

When the sun go down

Last night as I lie down a sleepin

I was thinkin to myself

Last night as I lay down sleepin baby

I was thinkin to myself

Ain't it hard to tell, its hard to tell

Which one will treat you the best

When the sun go down

Hey please hear my plea

Heeeeyy mama pleeeasse hear my plea

Heeeeyy baby pleeeasse hear poor me.