재즈와 같은 뿌리를 두고 있지만 분명 독자적인 역사와 형식을 갖는 블루스는 1950년대 들어와서야 재즈와 분리되어 본연의 평가를 받게 되었다. 블루스는 흑인의 민족성이 기원이 되어 억압과 차별에 대한 분노, 자아의 표출 등을 나타내었다. 블루스의 초창기라 할 수 있는 1920년대를 시작으로 점차 리듬 앤 블루스, 록 블루스 등의 여러 다른 양상의 스타일이 생겨났다. Prestige Raw Blues 시리즈에는 블루스 초창기부터 1970년대에 이르기까지의 블루스 거장들이 모두 모여있다.
유명한 블루스 피아니스트이자 작곡가 Memphis Slim 컨트리 블루스의 최고 뮤지션 Mississippi John Hurt 정통 블루스의 최후 보컬이라 일컬어지는 Jimmy Witherspoon 1950년대의 뛰어난 기타리스트 Jimmy Reed 본능적이며 천재적인 기타리스트 Lightning Slim 많은 블루스 밴드에 영향을 준 Lightnin’ Hopkins 록과 블루스를 오가면 블루스의 진수를 보여준 Canned Heat 미국 최고의 백인 블루스 기타리스트 Mike Bloomfield 뒤늦게 블루스계에서 중요한 아티스트로 부각된 Pinetop Perkins .... ....
We could fill a spoon full of coffee We could fill a spoon full of tea Well, just a little spoon of your precious love Is good enough for me.
Men lied about that Some of 'em cried about that Some of ' em died about it. Everything's a-fightin' about the spoonful That spoon, that spoon, that spoon.
We could fill a spoon full of diamonds We could fill a spoon full of gold Well, just a little spoon of your precious love Will satisfy my soul.
Men lied about that Some of 'em cried about that Some of ' em died about it. Well, everything's a-fightin' about the spoonful That spoon, that spoon, that spoon.
We could fill a spoon full of water Oh, save them from the desert sands Well, just a little spoon of your precious love Saved you from another man.
Men lied about that Some of 'em cried about that Some of ' em died about it. Well, everybody's fightin' about the spoonful That spoon, that spoon, that spoon.
Cryin', ain't goin' down this Big road by myself A-don't ya hear me talkin', pretty mama? Lord, ain't goin' down this Big road by myself If I don't carry you Gon car' somebody else
Cryin, sun gon' shine in My backdoor, someday A-don't ya hear me talkin', pretty mama? Lord, sun gon' shine in My backdoor, someday A wind gon' change all Blow my blues away
Baby, what made you do Things you do-do-do Like you do-do-do? Don't you hear me, now? What made you do me Like you do-do-do? Now, you think 'gon do me like you Done to po' old Cherry Red
Take the poor boy's money, now Sho' nuff, you won't take mine A-don't ya hear me talkin', pretty mama? Taken this poor boy's money Sho' nuff, won't take mine Taken the po' boy's money, now Sure t' God, you won't take mine
Cryin', ain't goin' down this Big road by myself A-don't you hear me talkin', pretty mama? Lord, ain't goin' down this Big road by myself If I don't car' you Gon' carry somebody else
Cryin', sun gon' shine on My back door someday A-don't you hear me talkin', pretty mama? Know sun gon' shine in My back door someday And a wind gon' change and Blow my blues away.
I roll and I tumble, cried the whole night long Yes I roll and I tumble, I cried the whole night long I got up this morning, feeling that something going on wrong
Well now want you to love me baby, or please let me be Yes love me baby, or please let me be If you don't like my peaches please don't shake my tree
Well I want you to love me baby, and come on and say you'll be mine I want you to love me baby, come and say you'll be mine If you don't like my potatoes, please don't dig up my vine
I got my mojo working but it just don't work on you I got my mojo working but it just don't work on you I'm gonna love you so bad that I don't know what to do.
I'm going down Louisiana, get me a mojo hand I'm going down Louisiana, get me a mojo hand I'm gonna fix that woman so she can't have no other man.
I got my mojo working, I got my mojo working I got my mojo working, I got my mojo working I got my mojo working but it just don't work on you.
I got a gypsy woman, she's giving me advice I got a gypsy woman, she's giving me advice I got a whole lot of tricks, baby, keepin' her at night.
I got my mojo working, I got my mojo working I got my mojo working, I got my mojo working I got my mojo working but it just don't work on you.
Louise, you're the sweetest gal I know Louise, you're the sweetest gal I know Come on ………………………………. down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Louise, somebody been fishin' in your pond Louise, somebody been fishin' in your pond Well, I ain't had a good love, my little Louise, since you've been gone
I got my eyes on you I got my eyes on you I got my eyes on you See everything you do I got my eyes on you.
I love the way you walk I'm just crazy 'bout your walk I like the way you walk You made me ……… stuff I got my eyes on you
I had a dream last night that I held you tight A dream to held you close Well, it's only a dream but as strange as it seems I thought that you belonged to me.
I got my eyes on you I got my eyes on you I got my eyes on you See everything you do I got my eyes on you.
I had a dream last night that I held you tight A dream to held you close Well, it's only a dream but as strange as it seems I thought that you belonged to me.
I got my eyes on you I got my eyes on you I got my eyes on you See everything you do I got my eyes on you.