Awakenings: Wine Whiskey and Women

Drawing on the Past:
What is it about blues music that tears at the soul? Perhaps it?stems from?the sounds of the laborers in the cotton fields of the South?bringing home the rhythm to the drudgery of their plight and servitude. Such work songs brought to life by "field hollers" served as the foundation for all blues music to come.

Of course, at the heart of 'blues' is the human voice. After all, that is where it got its start. It's unique slow sound embedded the emotion and personal expression of life's hard times. As it evolved, the guitar became the 'second voice' closely followed by the?harmonica.?

There are several recurring themes?enveloping blues music. These encircle the life and times of love, loss, death, tragedy, and oppression. The music is of low tone, which digs at the heart with compassion as it bleeds of sadness.

So why the emphasis on wine, whiskey and women? While?blues music?may have started in the fields, it extended beyond the plantation into smokey backroom juke joints. Crap games and card games took over the back room,?brawls were common and the?whiskey flowed.?Women frequented the joints looking for a good time and excitement outside the home. Infidelity was not uncommon as witnessed in the lyrics of blues songs where the man stayed home with the kids while the wife was out clubbin'!

While the era may?have faded away, blues music?is undoubtedly here to stay!??

Papa Lightfoot: Wine Whiskey and Women

?Papa George Lightfoot

(March 2, 1924 ? November 28, 1971)

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Lonnie Johnson - No More Troubles Now (1930)
Gimme my good whiskey, women, wine, and song
I'm goin' to have my fun until I'm dead an' gone
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Wine women and whisky
Goin' be the death of me

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A dictionary of blues terms, words, phrases, etc.

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...a rich, powerful history of people who helped build America and created one of the most influential genres of popular music.

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Are you into the 'blues'? Who is your favorite blues artist of all time?

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