Next on our Jeff Healey inspired #FridayPlaylist is a cover of a The Beatles track, Yer Blues. Appearing on The Jeff Healey Bands 1995 album Cover To Cover. Lennon said that, while trying to reach God and feeling suicidal in India, he wanted to write a blues song, but was unsure if he could imitate the likes of Sleepy John Estes and other original blues artists he had listened to in school. In Yer Blues, he alludes to this insecurity with a reference to the character Mr. Jones from Bob Dylans Ballad of a Thin Man, and with the third verse, which draws on Robert Johnsons Hellhound on My Trail. Instead, Lennon wrote and composed Yer Blues as a parody of British imitators of the blues, featuring tongue-in-cheek guitar solos and rock and roll-inspired swing blues passages. Watch Jeff perform the track live below. https://youtube/watch?v=B4jwSd1t_YE #FridayPlaylist #JeffHealey #YerBlues
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:00:01 +0000
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