Great blues by (I believe) Skip James. Check it out on youtube and also the version by iplaybanjonow.Done here on the Olds hubcap git - tuned up to AEa and with straight (A) harp.Crow JaneCrow [I] , Jane, Crow [V] Jane, Crow Jane Don't you [IV] hold your head too [I] high.Someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die You got to [V] lay down and die.[I] I want to buy me a [V] pistol and [IV] forty rounds of [I] ball.Shoot Crow Jane [V] just to see her [I] fall. She got to [V] fall, she got to [I] fall.And I wanta dig her [V] grave [IV] with a silver [I] spade.I ain't gonna let no [V] body take her [I] place. No you [V] can't take her placeYou know I [I] never missed my [V] water [IV] til my well went [I] dry.I didn't miss Crow Jane [V] until she [I] ….. ‘Til the [V] day she died.That’s [I] why I begged Crow [V] Jane , not to [IV] hold her head too [I] high.Cause’ someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die. You got to [V] lay down and die, ya got to [V] die.And I [I] dug that woman’s [V] grave.. [IV] eight feet in the[I] ground.I didn’t feel sorry un- [V] til they laid her [I] down.That’s [I] why I begged Crow [V] Jane , not to [IV] hold her head too [I] high.Cause’ someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die. You got to [V] lay down and die, ya got to [V] die
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Thanks Rich. I love this old song. Thought I sang it good in places and not so good in others. Really liking the hubcap git with a covered bass mag pup (from Gitty). Had the amp down low.
John, every time I listen to your voice, I think how timeless and unique it is. When I close my eyes, it is like I am listening to a 33 rpm record...You know the RCA victor label with the big megaphone record player and dog? Hope you know I'm a complimenting lol. Thank you for sharing.
all dressed for church, and you do look sharp , or at least i think you do cant really tell in that light, and you decide to stay home and play a song, great stuff , song sounds great !!!
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Thanks Rich. I love this old song. Thought I sang it good in places and not so good in others. Really liking the hubcap git with a covered bass mag pup (from Gitty). Had the amp down low.
Missed this un ,, really good !!!! Best singing as yet ,,
Thanks Anders and RTZ.
RTZ, yes 'hilly' is good to describe her voice. She sure can play and sing.
Hey John, That girl at Iplaybanjonow on youtube looks miserable when she play but she is good nice hilly voice.
Thanks Letha. I will take it as a compliment. I like the old 33rpm blues. And I'm glad if I have some of that sound.
Hey, check out this song on youtube by Skip James and a great modern day female blues player iplaybanjonow.
John, every time I listen to your voice, I think how timeless and unique it is. When I close my eyes, it is like I am listening to a 33 rpm record...You know the RCA victor label with the big megaphone record player and dog? Hope you know I'm a complimenting lol. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks James and Maddog!
Nicely done John, sorry to hear of the situation with Linda's friend.
all dressed for church, and you do look sharp , or at least i think you do cant really tell in that light, and you decide to stay home and play a song, great stuff , song sounds great !!!
Thanks RTZ. (RTZ is referring to Linda's best home town friend who is in hospice and dying of cancer a not quite 58 years of age).
Thanks Jason and Wes.
Thanks Owl. I guess I like murder songs too. This one, Frankie and Albert, The Long Black Veil, Knoxville Girl and....................