Woke Up This Morning......
"I ask T-Model if I can hear him play. 'Let's go,' he says and we get into his big blue 1979 Lincoln Continental and drive across the railroad tracks to a corner house in a part of Water Valley I have never seen before. An old man with one eye and no teeth is in a wheelchair on a rotting front porch, trying to attach a prosthetic leg to his stump. 'Hey Pete!' yells T-Model. 'Y'all got any elec-quickery up in there? We fixin' to play a little music.''Hey bluesman, you come on. We got electric,' says Pete and then his leg falls off with a clatter. 'I ain't never gonna get used to this damn fool leg.' "
I read this last Sunday in t'Observer Music Monthly. It's like something from a "what you need to play the blues" primer isn't it ? "elec-quickery", "one-eye", "no teeth", "rotting front porches".
Bear in mind that this isn't the 1920s or 30s. No we're talking about the 21st century in the richest country in the world. Read the full article - no wonder they got the blues.
Right, off to the Supermarket to get my share of BOGOFs and other offers.
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