RE: [Harp-L] Blues names

["steve" <mudharp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 I think my favorite quote of all time is what Honeyboy Edwards sang and it almost sounds over qualified. LOL "I got holes in my shoes,BIg patches on my pants,and there ain't no good corn whiskey around."--- On Fri 04/14, gowland < mox1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:From: gowland [mailto: mox1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:26:58 +0200Subject: [Harp-L] Blues namesTime to bring out this old chestnut:HOW TO SING THE BLUES( attrib. To Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky )Most blues begin « Woke up this morning » .« I got a good women » is a badway to begin the blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line.I got a good women , with the meanest dog in town.Blues are simple. After you have the first line right, repeat it. Then findsomething that rimes - sort of.I got a good women , with the meanest dog in town.I got a good women , with the meanest dog in town.He got teeth like Margaret Thatcherand he weighs 500 pounds.The blues 
are not about limitless choice.Blues cars are Chevies and Cadillacs.Other acceptable blues transportation is Greyhound bus or a southboundtrain.Walking plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixing to die.Teenagers can't sing the blues. Adults sing the blues.Blues adulthood means, old enough to get the electric chair if you shot aman in Memphis.You can have the blues in New York City, but not in Brooklyn or Queens.Hard times in Vermont or North Dakota are just a depression.Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still the best places to have theblues.You can't have the blues in an office or a shopping mall, the lighting iswrong.Good places for the blues :a. the highwayb. the jailhousec. the empty bedBad places :a. ashramsb. gallery openingsc. weekends in the HamptonsThe following colours do not belong in the blues :a. violetb. beigec. mauveNo one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, unless you happen tobe an old black man.Do you have the right to sing 
the blues ?Yes if : your first name is a southern state-like Georgia, your blind, youshot a man in Memphis.No if : you were once blind but now you can see, you're deaf, you have atrust fund.Neither Julio Iglesias nor Barbara Streisland can sing the blues.If you ask for water and baby gives you gasoline, it's the blues.Other blues beverages are :a.wineb. Irish whiskeyc. muddy water.Blues beverages are not :a. any mixed drink.b. any wine kosher for Passoverc. Yoo Hoo ( all flavors )Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is a blues way to die.If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a blues death.So is the electric chair, substance abuse or being denied treatment in anemergency room.It is not a blues death if you die during a liposuction treatment.Some blues names for women :a. Sadieb. Big Mammac. BessieSome blues names for men :a. Joeb. Little Willec. LightningPersons with names like sierra or sequoia will not be permitted to sing theblues no matter how many men 
they shoot in Memphis.Other blues names (starters kit) name of a physical infirmity (blind,cripple, asthmatic) first name (see above) or name of a fruit (lemon, lime,kiwi) last name of president (Jefferson, Johnson, Filmore, etc..)Thats all for now folks !Moxhttp://tinyurl.com/qqpcbN'imprimez pas ce message si ce n'est pas indispensable_______________________________________________Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.orgHarp-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l

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