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Showing posts with label Albert Collins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albert Collins. Show all posts

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Traveling Blues, show no. 65, October 3, 2012

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Traveling Blues, show no. 65, October 3, 2012 



On Tonight's Traveling Blues, we celebrated the birthdays of Albert Collins,
Deborah Coleman, Keb 'Mo, Roy Bookbinder, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Nick Gravenites.


Here's the playlist:
01. Hill Country Revue - Georgia Woman
02. Albert Collins - Mr. Collins! Mr. Collins!
03. Deborah Coleman - I'm A Woman
04. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Love Struck Baby
05. Roy Bookbinder - Let's Get Drunk Again
06. Nick Gravenites - You Can't Hurt Me
07. The Blues Project - Jelly Jelly Blues
08. Keb 'Mo - The Reflection
09. Bo Carter - Please Warm My Weiner
10. Catfish Keith - Reefer Head
11. Geoff Muldaur - Got To FInd Blind Lemon - Part 2




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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Albert Collins' "My Mind is Trying to Leave Me"

I was recently re-acquainting myself with a live Albert Collins recording
from 1983 - "Don't Lose Your Cool" (Alligator Records ALCD4730)
and I really got into the humorous song -
"My Mind Is Trying To Leave Me"

so here are the lyrics for those of you that are not
familiar with the song,
search it out and give it a good listen (the guitar solos are pretty hot too!):


I went to breakfast this mornin',
Down to the corner bar
I thought I heard my baby call my name,
And it came from so far
I started runnin' and answerin',
Like a crazy fool would do
Aha, ya' see, my woman gone away and left me
And now my mind is tryin' to leave me too

Now my friend stepped out the bar
And stopped me and offered me a drink
I went in and had a double
And I began to think about my baby
Aha, like a crazy fool would do
You see, my woman gone away and left me
And now my mind is tryin' to leave me too

Oh!

Ha-ah, I went into the barber shop and ordered ham 'n' eggs
And each barber gave me fifty cent
They thought I was tryin' to beg
And I started cryin' like a baby (like a baby, ha!)
Like any fool would do
You see my woman gone away and left me
And now my mind is tryin' to leave me too


Another very nice Collins tune is "A Good Fool is Hard To Find"
which can be heard on the brand new Tommy Castro CD
"Painkiller" (Blind Pig Records),
where Tommy sings and plays some sizzling guitar in tribute to Albert Collins.

Collins recorded the tune for his 1986 Alligator release
"Cold Snap" (Alligator ALCD 4752).