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[aid] => mick
[title] => Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
[time] => 2005-02-23 20:41:56
[hometext] => Apologies for the repost of this ... but the_Ghost_Moth and I wanted editing capabilities
[bodytext] => ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We gonna tell y'all a story
s'gather round and lend an ear
it's about a man of record
you just never mind the year
Born into a boxcar
of a colored southern belle
so began the legend
of a man called Slide Cotrelle
He weren't so much an angry man
as a attitude gone bad
and a guitar playin blues man
who done gave it all he had
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slide Cotrelle's
Crossroad Blues
_____________________________
My Daddy done tol' me
"Don'tcha do like I done
You learn to play tha hard way
Don' chu take no short cuts son"
Then he took me to a crossroads
Where he said it all went down
Some VooDoo woman told him
He'd play the Hottest Soul around
He'd just have to choose ...
But beware a those blues
(She said)
A man would meet him out there
And he'd know just what to do
Be sure you read tha fine print
Or you'll be singin the blues
The Crossroad blues
Get the Crossroad blues
So I stood at that crossroad
Beside my old man
And I watched as he pleaded
His hat in his hands
He said "I was jus' a young boy
I didn't have no sense"
( The Devil said )
"You coulda bought it back, child
Before all your money was spent
But now its no use
Got the Crossroad blues"
When your debts are made up of blood and bone
And the Devil calls his due
There ain't no gettin around it son
Your soul is gonna lose
And you get the blues
The Crossroad blues
Well the Devil took my daddy
When I was just a kid
They left me alone and I never went home
I been on the run ever since
I learned the blues
The Crossroad blues
I got the
Just can't take it
Lord can't shake it
Let me break it down ~
For you
Blues
The Crossroad blues
_____________________________
( the rest of the album to soon follow )
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Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
Contributed by
Nazmythian
on
Wednesday, 23rd February 2005 @ 08:41:56 PM in AEST
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We gonna tell y'all a story
s'gather round and lend an ear
it's about a man of record
you just never mind the year
Born into a boxcar
of a colored southern belle
so began the legend
of a man called Slide Cotrelle
He weren't so much an angry man
as a attitude gone bad
and a guitar playin blues man
who done gave it all he had
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slide Cotrelle's
Crossroad Blues
_____________________________
My Daddy done tol' me
"Don'tcha do like I done
You learn to play tha hard way
Don' chu take no short cuts son"
Then he took me to a crossroads
Where he said it all went down
Some VooDoo woman told him
He'd play the Hottest Soul around
He'd just have to choose ...
But beware a those blues
(She said)
A man would meet him out there
And he'd know just what to do
Be sure you read tha fine print
Or you'll be singin the blues
The Crossroad blues
Get the Crossroad blues
So I stood at that crossroad
Beside my old man
And I watched as he pleaded
His hat in his hands
He said "I was jus' a young boy
I didn't have no sense"
( The Devil said )
"You coulda bought it back, child
Before all your money was spent
But now its no use
Got the Crossroad blues"
When your debts are made up of blood and bone
And the Devil calls his due
There ain't no gettin around it son
Your soul is gonna lose
And you get the blues
The Crossroad blues
Well the Devil took my daddy
When I was just a kid
They left me alone and I never went home
I been on the run ever since
I learned the blues
The Crossroad blues
I got the
Just can't take it
Lord can't shake it
Let me break it down ~
For you
Blues
The Crossroad blues
_____________________________
( the rest of the album to soon follow )
Copyright ©
Nazmythian
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2005-02-23 20:41:56]
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by Stitch on
Thursday, 24th February 2005 @ 01:48:52 PM AEST
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LOL! Well, ders a tune det'll leave ya wid a smile on yer face.
Stitch |
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by Vampirequeen on
Thursday, 24th February 2005 @ 02:02:25 PM AEST
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| lol awsome.you are so creative nazzy. |
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by FleurdeSang on
Thursday, 24th February 2005 @ 04:04:36 PM AEST
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Ah, the joining of two brilliant masterminds in a country etude!! LOVE IT! Great job the_Ghost_Moth and Nazzy! Very creative, beautiful flow, and I love the dialect!! Perfect, as always, hunny. Thank you for sharing this masterpiece! Too cool! lol. Can't wait for the rest of the album! I dun told you before, but I'll tell ya agin'... Always lovin' that brilliant mind of yours!! lol. Thought I should try my tongue on that country slang, lol. Excellent piece. All my love, hun. Forever,
Your friend,
Stephy! |
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 25th February 2005 @ 04:54:25 PM AEST
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| What a story, wish I was able to hear some of the thoughts that went behind this, but what a combo you two make!! |
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by blowfish_jane on
Saturday, 26th February 2005 @ 09:08:53 AM AEST
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Brilliant, just brilliant.
This was outstanding you two, very nicely written.
You two work so well together. Kudos on a good write.
Jane ^_^ |
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by Willofree on
Saturday, 26th February 2005 @ 09:47:16 AM AEST
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Awesome Naz, I hope you can take your music and song to what ever level you desire....it is certainly good enough! You make a great team.
Keep 'em coming......
Willofree, Terry |
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by Rylo on
Monday, 7th March 2005 @ 04:07:14 PM AEST
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| Oh man this was really awesome, I am a huge fan of the blues. This piece of writing sent chille right through me from top to bottom. Awesome writing job done here. Two thumbs up. |
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by Silent-No-More on
Saturday, 12th March 2005 @ 08:28:03 PM AEST
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(after a moment in stunned silence) *applauds wildly*
I met a man called Bread once... he was headed home, I was headed... to a place I wasn't quite sure I should even be going. He - was extraordinary - more alive at 67 than most of us ever get to be. We got to talking (I think we were supposed to) ...learned the details of each other's lives... and... saw each other underneath the details. And then... high above the world... right there in Row 29... in the middle of a crowded airplane... he sang to me.
Reading this... was very much like THAT.
He... will forever be the essence of The Blues to me. And this - is closer than I've come to being able to describe him.
Fabulous, fabulous piece! I absolute adore this!
~Snemmy~
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Re: Outlaw Blues - Track 1: Crossroad Blues
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by Rxqueen on
Tuesday, 22nd March 2005 @ 10:46:40 PM AEST
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| How'd I miss this? I love the vibe, the feel you get reading this, it definately took me to another place. I am excited to read the rest. Nice job guys. |
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