STONE CRAZY

BUDDY GUY
SONGWRITER: BUDDY GUY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I WAS WALKIN’ THROUGH THE WOOD
LABEL: ALLIGATOR
GENRE: BLUE
YEAR: 1979
 
          George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with the harmonica player Junior Wells.
         Guy was ranked 23rd in Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues, with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012.
          The Blues Giant (also known as Stone Crazy!) is the fourth studio album by Buddy Guy. It was an attempt to capture Buddy's ferocious live performance style in a studio setting. It contains some of his most aggressive and unpredictable guitar solos.
            The 1970s was a very hard time for traditional Blues musicians. Only one Buddy Guy studio album had been released in that decade (Hold That Plane! - recorded in 1969, released in 1972), until he and his band entered Concoret Studios in Toulouse, France for these sessions. Buddy was pleased to record with French producer Didier Tricard. To release this album, Tricard founded a new label, named "Isabel" by Buddy Guy after his mother.
Woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said baby you must be stone crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so dirty baby
You must think my little heart is made of iron
 
Lord as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling down from my eyes
Yes I sit I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little baby looked at me and said daddy
Ohh, God knows you're the hurted child
 
Oh yeah
Somebody come and get me
 
Yes I think I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I said I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I'm playing around in this big city so long man
Ohh, 'till I'm almost just done froze
 
Darling you must be stone crazy
Or either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so low down and dirty
You must be think my little heart is made of iron
 
Wow as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down my eyes
Yes I sit I sit right here right here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little girl looked at me and said
Ohh, my daddy is a hurted child
 
Ohh, Look-a-here now
Somebody come here
 
Lord I believe I'm going back down south
Where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I believe I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I've played around in these big cities so long man
Ohh, 'till I'm almost done froze.

A MILLION SIGNS

VIVIDRY
SONGWRITERS: BENJ PASEC & JUSTIN PAUL
COUNTRY:
ALBUM: YOUR GOOD LIES
LABEL: EPIDEMIC SOUND
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 2019
 
            I CANNOT FIND A REGISTRATION ABOUT THIS GROUP, OR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

I think I might be over my troubles
Since you came, came around
Ooh
Something struck me
Oh baby
But it could have been my mind
Hmm
 
Oh it's not hard to see (yeah)
Why I was feeling dead
You saw right through it all
Oh I could not fake it
No matter how I tried
Ooh
 
You cured my aching heart
When you came, came around
I saw a million signs
I must be over it by now
There's a reason why, ooh
 
I think I might be over my troubles, yeah
They've been there for so long now
Hmm
 'Cause suddenly I think of tomorrow, yeah
Since you came, came around
Ooh
 
I feel like the only one
Who found out the reason why
Oh I was just lonely (lonely ooh)
But since you came around (came around)
All I see is tomorrow
 
When you hear me calling
Ooh
It's you and me
Ooh yeah
 'Cause I cannot fake it
No matter how I feel
Yeah
 
'Cause you heal my aching heart
When you come, come around
I saw a million signs
I must be over it by now
There's a reason why, ooh
I think I might be over my troubles
They've been there for so long now
It's, it's alright
'Cause suddenly I think of tomorrow (think of
tomorrow)
Since you came, came around
Ooh
 
I feel like the only one
Who found out the reason why
Oh I was just lonely
But since you came around (came around,
I could see)
All I see is tomorrow .

THE TRILL IS GONE

B. B. KING
SONGWRITERS: RICK DARNELL & ROY HAWKINS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: COMPLETELY WELL
LABEL: BLUESWAY RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1969
 
        Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players. AllMusic recognized King as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century".
          King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King, none of whom are blood related). King performed tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing on average at more than 200 concerts per year into his 70s. In 1956 alone, he appeared at 342 shows.
         King was born on a cotton plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and later worked at a cotton gin in Indianola, Mississippi. He was attracted to music and the guitar in church, and began his career in juke joints and local radio. He later lived in Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago, and as his fame grew, toured the world extensively. King died at the age of 89 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 14, 2015.
        "The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins' recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" became a major hit for B.B. King. His rendition helped make the song a blues standard.

The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone, baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong, baby
And you'll be sorry someday
 
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone, baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
 
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
The thrill is gone, baby
It's gone away for good
Someday, I know I'll be open armed baby
Just like I know a good man should
 
You know I'm free, free now, baby
I'm free from your spell
Oh, I'm free, free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over
All I can do is wish you well. 

WALKING BLUES

Robert Johnson
SONGWRITER: SON HOUSE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
LABEL: PARAMOUNT RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1930
 
          Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. He is now recognized as a master of the blues, particularly the Delta blues style.
            As a traveling performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances, Johnson had little commercial success or public recognition in his lifetime. He participated in only two recording sessions, one in San Antonio in 1936, and one in Dallas in 1937, that produced 29 distinct songs (with 13 surviving alternate takes) recorded by famed Country Music Hall of Fame producer Don Law. These songs, recorded at low fidelity in improvised studios, were the totality of his recorded output. Most were released as 10-inch, 78 rpm singles from 1937–1938, with a few released after his death. Other than these recordings, very little was known of him during his life outside of the small musical circuit in the Mississippi Delta where he spent most of his life; much of his story has been reconstructed after his death by researchers. Johnson's poorly documented life and death have given rise to much legend. The one most closely associated with his life is that he sold his soul to the devil at a local crossroads to achieve musical success.
         His music had a small, but influential, following during his life and in the two decades after his death. In late 1938 John Hammond sought him out for a concert at Carnegie Hall, From Spirituals to Swing, only to discover that Johnson had died. Brunswick Records, which owned the original recordings, was bought by Columbia Records, where Hammond was employed. Musicologist Alan Lomax went to Mississippi in 1941 to record Johnson, also not knowing of his death. Law, who by then worked for Columbia Records, assembled a collection of Johnson's recordings titled King of the Delta Blues Singers that was released by Columbia in 1961. It is widely credited with finally bringing Johnson's work to a wider audience. The album would become influential, especially on the nascent British blues movement; Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the most important blues singer that ever lived." Musicians such as Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, and Robert Plant have cited both Johnson's lyrics and musicianship as key influences on their own work. Many of Johnson's songs have been covered over the years, becoming hits for other artists, and his guitar licks and lyrics have been borrowed by many later musicians.
            Renewed interest in Johnson's work and life led to a burst of scholarship starting in the 1960s. Much of what is known about him was reconstructed by researchers such as Gayle Dean Wardlow and Bruce Conforth, especially in their 2019 award-winning biography of Johnson: Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson (Chicago Review Press). Two films, the 1991 documentary The Search for Robert Johnson by John Hammond Jr., and a 1997 documentary, Can't You Hear the Wind Howl, the Life and Music of Robert Johnson, which included reconstructed scenes with Keb' Mo' as Johnson, were attempts to document his life, and demonstrated the difficulties arising from the scant historical record and conflicting oral accounts. Over the years, the significance of Johnson and his music has been recognized by numerous organizations and publications, including the Rock and Roll, Grammy, and Blues Halls of Fame; and the National Recording Preservation Board.
      "Walkin' Blues" or "Walking Blues" is a blues standard written and recorded by American Delta blues musician Son House in 1930. Although unissued at the time, it was part of House's repertoire and other musicians, including Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, adapted the song and recorded their own versions.
           Besides "Walking Blues", Johnson's 1936 rendition incorporates melodic and rhythmic elements from House's "My Black Mama" (which House also used for his "Death Letter") and slide guitar techniques Johnson learned from House. In 1941, Waters recorded the song with some different lyrics as "Country Blues" in his first field recording session for Alan Lomax. It served as the basis for his first charting song, "(I Feel Like) Going Home", for Chess Records in 1948. He later recorded "Walkin' Blues" with lyrics closer to House's and Johnson's for his first single, released by Chess in 1950. Various musicians have recorded the song over the years, usually as an electric ensemble piece.
         

Woke up this mornin
Feelin round for my shoes
Know bout at i got these
Old walkin blues
Woke up this mornin
Feelin round oh for my shoes
But you know bout at i got these
Old walkin blues
Lord i feel like blowin my
Woh-old lonesome home
Got up this mornin, my little
Bernice was gone , lord
I feel like blowoon my
Lonesome home
Well, i got up this mornin
Woh-all i had was gone
Well-ah leave this mornin if i have to
Woh ride the blind ah
I've feel mistreated and i
Don't mind dyin
Levin this mornin ah
I have to ride a blind
Babe, i been mistreated
Baby, i don't mind dyin
Well, some people tell em that the worried
Blues ain't bad
Worst old feelin i most
Ever had
Some people tell me that these
Old worried, old blues ain't bad
Its the worst old feelin,
I most ever had
She got a
Elgin movement from her head down
To her toes
Break in on a dollar most any-
Where she goes, ooo oooooooooo
To her head down to her toes
Spoken: oh honey
Lord, she break in on a dollar
Most anywhere she goes.