well, since i was 5 i played harp. jigs spirituals, then in 64 came the blues. it came out of africa. slowly and steady with the bass back beat. it was slow and mellow like a warm summers evening. then it came north to chicago and mixed up with jazz . thats where it got really goin . guys were makin coin and girls were lovin it. then at the same time it was going all around the world and over to europe. english guys started doin things with it that i never heard before. eric here blew my mind when i seen him on the ed sullivan show doing this song. he just stood there like a warrior for love and let it go..soo..now is now. almost 50 years later. its still my song. i still wish my mother never let my brothers and sisters do what i did. especially susan in heaven, i do this for you sue. especially the line where he sings Oh mother, tell your children, not to do what i have done. to spend your life in sin and misery, in the House Of The Rising Sun. ok. . this song came from somewhere down in the southern states i think. dylan sang it, van ronk did it, and i think it went back way further. i still feel it in my heart every time. my father wasnt a gambler but my mother did sew my new blue jeans. its like a feeling i got when it was all gone. i was lost somewhere back there and i woke up in an abandoned barn out on the prairies and hitched hiked a ride goin east. back to the big smoke and i knew what was waitin here for me. i played guitar violin piano banjo drums ..but cuz i travelled constantly only the little harmonicas stuck around. so that morning.ing down from a big ride on the horse, well..there was nothin left but the rising sun in the windshield so, this song came on and that farm boy let me play it and you know..now i think that me and bobby mcgee happens to everybody sooner or later. so now i found her but she is hard to get to. i cant wait 18 months. i waited my whole life already for her. i need somebody to help me. i need more money. she has a big family for me to support. maybe somebody can help..ppllleeeaaassse. whatever, big deal. its all gods plan..so-they-say. play the blues and hope love finds a way.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 12:55:59 +0000