[Dixielandjazz] Yellow Dog Blues

[Don Ingle]

It was the crossing of two rail lines,  a place where the tracks converged
fomr right angle directions.
Easty rider was s slang way of say ing a good lay.
Clear enough, now Jimmy m'lad.
Don (you have questions I have answers -- sometimes theright ones) Ingle

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Beebe" <jbeebe at centurytel.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Yellow Dog Blues


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
>
>
> > Several days ago, I had the privilege to give a 2-hour class to a group
of
> > college students on the subject of "The Evolution and Rise of Jazz". The
> > class covered the factors leading up to the creation of jazz around the
> late
> > 1890's to just prior to the rise of Be-Bop.
> >
> > One of the precursors to jazz was, of course, the blues. I played Bessie
> > Smith's version of W. C. Handy's "Yellow Dog Blues" and explained some
of
> > the slang terms in the song.
> >
> > I knew, for instance, what an "easy rider" was and the significance of
> > "where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog". Beyond that, not much more.
> I've
> > seen an analysis of the song somewhere but couldn't find it.
>
> I'm curious...what is the significance of "where the Sourthern cross the
> Yellow Dog"
> and what a "easy rider" was?
>
> Jim Beebe
>
>
>
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