RE: [Harp-L] "Fattening Frogs For Snakes"...whats that all about?!?!?

["Robert Gaustad" <robertgaustad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I think this comes closest to the meaning.  It's not just one thing,
although it could indeed be the music business "snakes" as well as other
"snakes", including ex-girlfriends, etc.  Here's a snippet of a review I
read recently on Amazon.com for "Rollin' and Tumblin' : The Postwar Blues
Guitarists".  It seems to sum up Joel's post below about being a chump.  And
one of my favorite lines in life is from, I believe, PT Barnum:  "Never give
a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump."  I can never seem to live by
that line, but I like it nonetheless.  I'd probably be richer if I did. :-)

"Ask about Sonny Boy's "Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes" and Southern whites will
start talking about frogs and snakes; blacks recognize that this is about
working and not getting paid or buying a dress for a woman who goes off with
another man." 

Robert Gaustad

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Of Joel Fritz
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] "Fattening Frogs For Snakes"...whats that all
about?!?!?

The most generic meaning is being a chump.  More specifically, doing the
work so someone else can get the credit/profit.

I don't think SBWII had a specific incident in mind, but who knows.  The
phrase is a good hook.



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