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Music Appreciation

The Polack MSgt

(13,725 posts) Wed May 27, 2020, 01:10 PM May 2020

Blues from artists I've neglected lately

Skip James Hard Time Killing Floor

Lucky Peterson, covering Howling Wolf's Who's Been Talkin'

Floyd Lee, Mean Blues

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Blues from artists I've neglected lately (Original Post) The Polack MSgt May 2020 OP

The Killing Floor... cayugafalls May 2020 #1

Love Skip James Walleye May 2020 #2

cayugafalls

(5,955 posts)

1. The Killing Floor...

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2020, 01:27 PM

May 2020

was a theme of many blues songs and storied history. Going to the Killing Floor meant that one was in big trouble.

Skip James, Howlin Wolf, two legends who wrote songs about the Killing Floor.

Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor

Of course, Jimi covered Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor...

Walleye

(43,831 posts)

2. Love Skip James

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2020, 01:32 PM

May 2020

“I’d rather be the Devil than be that woman’s man”

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