Charley Patton - Spoonful Blues (Delta Blues 1929)

Charley Patton - Spoonful Blues A song about cocaine Charlie Patton born Mississippi, April 1891 was an experienced performer of songs before he was twenty years old and was first recorded (Thankfully) in 1929. His influence is everywhere and was arguably the first of the greats. An influence on Son House, Tommy Johnson, Bukka White and without doubt Howlin’ Wolf. We have to thank archivists, the likes of Harry Smith, that we can hear these inimitable songs today. Spoonful Blues (spoken: I’m about to go to jail about this spoonful) In all a spoon’, ’bout that spoon’ The women goin’ crazy, every day in their life ’bout a... It’s all I want, in this creation is a... I go home (spoken: wanna fight!) ’bout a... Doctor’s dyin’ (way in Hot Springs !) just ’bout a... These women goin’ crazy every day in their life ’bout a... Would you kill a man dead? (spoken: yes, I will!) just ’bout a..