[Dixielandjazz] The Blues
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This is a hoot! Enjoy, enjoy!!
Dave Stoddard
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HOW TO SING THE BLUES
by Lame Mango Washington
attributed to Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky, =
revisions by Little Blind Patti D. and Dr. Stevie Franklin)
1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning."
2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick =
something nasty in the next line, like "I got a good woman, with the =
meanest face in town."
3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. =
Then find something that rhymes ... sort of: "Got a good woman - with =
the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher - and she =
weigh 500 pound."
4. The Blues are not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a =
ditch; ain't no way out.
5. Blues cars: Chevys and Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't =
travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues =
transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft =
an' state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays =
a major part in the Blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults =
sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the =
electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place =
in Canada. Hard times in St. Paul or Tucson is just depression. =
Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still the best places to have =
the Blues. You cannot have the Blues in any place that don't get rain.
8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the Blues. A woman with male
pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg cuz you skiing is not the Blues.
Breaking your leg cuz an alligator be chomping on it is.
9. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting =
is
wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
10. Good places for the Blues:
a. highway
b. jailhouse
c. empty bed
d. bottom of a whiskey glass
Bad places:
a. Neimann Marcus
b. gallery openings
c. Ivy League institutions
d. golf courses
11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you =
happen
to be an old ethnic person, and you slept in it.
12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues?
Yes, if:
a. you're older than dirt
b. you're blind
c. you shot a man in Memphis
d. you can't be satisfied
No, if:
a. you have all your teeth
b. you were once blind but now can see
c. the man in Memphis lived.
d. you have a retirement plan or trust fund.
13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger =
Woods
cannot sing the Blues. Gary Coleman could. Ugly white people also got =
a leg
up on the Blues.
14. If you ask for water and Baby give you gasoline, it's the Blues. =
Other
acceptable Blues beverages are:
a. wine
b. whiskey or bourbon
c. muddy water
d. black coffee
The following are NOT Blues beverages:
a. mixed drinks
b. kosher wine
c. Snapple
d. sparkling water
15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues =
death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to =
die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse, and dying lonely on a =
broken down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a =
tennis match or getting liposuction.
16. Some Blues names for women:
a. Sadie
b. Big Mama
c. Bessie
d. Fat River Dumpling
17. Some Blues names for men:
a. Joe
b. Willie
c. Little Willie
d. Big Willie
18. Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, Auburn, and Rainbow can't =
sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
19. Make your own Blues name (starter kit):
a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.)
b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, =
Kiwi,etc.)
c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)
For example, Blind Lime Jefferson, or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. =
(Well, maybe not "Kiwi.")
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<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>Dave Stoddard</FONT></DIV>
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BLUES<BR><BR>by Lame Mango Washington<BR><BR>attributed to Memphis =
Earlene Gray=20
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Stevie=20
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morning."<BR><BR>2. "I=20
got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick =
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nasty in the next line, like "I got a good woman, with the meanest face =
in=20
town."<BR><BR>3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line =
right, repeat=20
it. Then find something that rhymes ... sort of: "Got a good =
woman -=20
with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher - =
and she=20
weigh 500 pound."<BR><BR>4. The Blues are not about choice. You stuck in =
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ditch, you stuck in a ditch; ain't no way out.<BR><BR>5. Blues cars: =
Chevys and=20
Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or =
Sport=20
Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a =
southbound=20
train. Jet aircraft an' state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the =
running.=20
Walkin' plays a major part in the Blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to=20
die.<BR><BR>6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die=20
yet. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means =
being old=20
enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in =
Memphis.<BR><BR>7. Blues=20
can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in =
Canada. Hard=20
times in St. Paul or Tucson is just depression. Chicago, St. =
Louis, and=20
Kansas City are still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have =
the=20
Blues in any place that don't get rain.<BR><BR>8. A man with male =
pattern=20
baldness ain't the Blues. A woman with male<BR>pattern baldness =
is. =20
Breaking your leg cuz you skiing is not the Blues.<BR>Breaking your leg =
cuz an=20
alligator be chomping on it is.<BR><BR>9. You can't have no Blues in an =
office=20
or a shopping mall. The lighting is<BR>wrong. Go outside to the parking =
lot or=20
sit by the dumpster.<BR><BR>10. Good places for the=20
Blues:<BR> a. =
highway<BR> b.=20
jailhouse<BR> c. empty =
bed<BR> =20
d. bottom of a whiskey glass<BR><BR> Bad=20
places:<BR> a. Neimann=20
Marcus<BR> b. gallery=20
openings<BR> c. Ivy League=20
institutions<BR> d. golf courses<BR><BR>11. No =
one will=20
believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen<BR>to be an =
old=20
ethnic person, and you slept in it.<BR><BR>12. Do you have the right to =
sing the=20
Blues?<BR> Yes, if:<BR> a. =
you're=20
older than dirt<BR> b. you're=20
blind<BR> c. you shot a man in=20
Memphis<BR> d. you can't be=20
satisfied<BR><BR> No, if:<BR> =
a. you=20
have all your teeth<BR> b. you were once blind =
but now=20
can see<BR> c. the man in Memphis=20
lived.<BR> d. you have a retirement plan or =
trust=20
fund.<BR><BR>13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad =
luck.=20
Tiger Woods<BR>cannot sing the Blues. Gary Coleman could. =
Ugly white=20
people also got a leg<BR>up on the Blues.<BR><BR>14. If you ask for =
water and=20
Baby give you gasoline, it's the Blues. Other<BR>acceptable Blues =
beverages=20
are:<BR> a. wine<BR> b. =
whiskey=20
or bourbon<BR> c. muddy=20
water<BR> d. black =
coffee<BR><BR> The=20
following are NOT Blues beverages:<BR><BR> a. =
mixed=20
drinks<BR> b. kosher =
wine<BR> c.=20
Snapple<BR> d. sparkling water<BR><BR>15. If it =
occurs=20
in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed =
in the=20
back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric =
chair,=20
substance abuse, and dying lonely on a broken down cot. You can't =
have a=20
Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting =
liposuction.<BR><BR>16.=20
Some Blues names for women:<BR> a.=20
Sadie<BR> b. Big =
Mama<BR> c.=20
Bessie<BR> d. Fat River Dumpling<BR><BR>17. Some =
Blues=20
names for men:<BR> a. =
Joe<BR> b.=20
Willie<BR> c. Little =
Willie<BR> =20
d. Big Willie<BR><BR>18. Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, =
Auburn, and=20
Rainbow can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in=20
Memphis.<BR><BR>19. Make your own Blues name (starter=20
kit):<BR> a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, =
Cripple,=20
Lame, etc.)<BR> b. first name (see above) plus =
name of=20
fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi,etc.)<BR> c. last name =
of=20
President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)<BR> For =
example, Blind Lime Jefferson, or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. (Well, =
maybe not=20
"Kiwi.")</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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