Peace on your journey Riley B. King, well wishes and prayers…
Tag: American blues guitarists
“Well now baby, when you walk / You know you, shake like a willow tree / Now, baby, when you walk / Well, you shake just like a willow tree / Well, a girl like you could love to make a fool of me..” – Buddy Guy (Let Me Love You Baby: Composed by Willie Dixon)
George “Buddy” Guy
“I’m gonna write a letter / I better send a telegram / I’m gonna write a letter / And I better send her a telegram / She left me soon this morning / And she’s got me in an awful jam…” – Elmore James (Dust My Blues: composed by Robert Johnson)
Elmore James, born Elmore Brooks in Mississippi on January 27, 1918.
“I love to see you strut / Up and down the floor / When you talkin’ to me / That baby talk / I like it like that / Haw haw haw haw…” – Boom Boom: written by John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
“If the call comes from Lou’siana / Please, let it ride / If the call comes from Lou’siana / Please, let it ride / This phone booth is on fire / It’s getting hot inside…” – James Cotton Blues Band: Long Distance Operator (written by Bob Dylan)
Happy 71st Birthday Michael Bloomfield! July 28, 1943
“I’m gonna call my baby / Just to hear her telephone ring / Yes, and if she’s home, she’ll think about me, yeah / And if she’s gone, well, it won’t mean a thing.” – Michael Bloomfield/ featuring Nick Gravenites (Blues On A Westside written by Nick Gravenites)
Michael Bloomfield. July 28, 1943, Chicago, IL
“In the wee, wee hours / Baby, that’s when I think of you / In the wee, wee hours / Baby, that’s when I think of you / I think of how you used to love me / Baby, every little thing we used to do…” – Michael Bloomfield: Wee Wee Hours (written by Chuck Berry)
Michael Bernard “Mike” Bloomfield
Freakoutville 
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