Band: Robert Johnson Song: 32 – 20 Blues Album : The Complete Recordings Country: USA Genre: Mississipi Delta Blues If I send for my baby, and she dont come If I send for my baby, man, and she dont come All the doctors in Hot Springs sure cant help her none And if she gets unruly, thinks she dont wan do And if she gets unruly and thinks she dont wan do Take my 32-20, now, and cut her half in two She got a .38 special but I believe its most too light She got a .38 special but I believe its most too light I got a 32-20, got to make the caps alright If I send for my baby, man, and she dont come If I send for my baby, man, and she dont come All the doctors in Hot Springs sure cant help her none Im gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my gatling gun Im gonna shoot my pistol, gotta shoot my gatling gun You made me love you, now your man have come Ahoh, baby, where you stayed last night Ahah, baby, where you stayed last night You got your hair all tangled and you aint talking right Her .38 special, boys, it do very well Her .38 special, boys, it do very well I got a 32-20 now, and its a burning If I send for my baby, man, and she dont come If I send for my baby, man, and she dont come All the doctors in Wisconsin sure cant help her none Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night You didnt come home until the sun was shining bright Ahoh boy, I just cant take my rest Ahoh boy, I just cant take my rest With this 32-20 <b>…<b>
32 – 20 Blues by Robert Johnson
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Yeahhh! 🙂 watched it in music :,)
"Crossroads." Good film!
He played his guitar like a piano. He did things that other blues men from that era weren’t doing. At very least enough to carry the blues just that much further. It makes no difference if he was "better," but he did make a significant contribution, and is rightfully recognized for it.
Kokomo arnold, up there with rj
In a week. Perhaps in a month, perhaps in half a year, you’ll come back to one of Robert’s songs, and you won’t know why, but you will want to hear it again.
Right….. I bet you see the Virgin in the applesauce too…Jesus in the tree bark…that kind of nonsense.
He sure is one of the first great, although sometimes in this song he seems to be about to lose the rhythm, which is a terrible thing.
Blues on anyway!
The Devil is damned ugly then if that’s him.
Look at the right Johnson’s side, it’s the devils face.
Couldn’t agree more. I love Robert Johnson, but I feel that other Blues guitarists get overlooked. I think it’s because Clapton rated Johnson so highly, and anything that Clapton does will get noticed. And selling your soul to the devil is a good myth 😛
Found it!!!! Skip James
I can’t remember whose song was Johnson covering here ..
grande maestro
This track puts such a huge smile on my face <3
@Milestones01 Its his lyrics there so advance for the day, imagine saying "squeeze my lemon until the juice runs down my leg" in that era? people couldn’t get away lyrics like that till the 60’s, he just pushed the envelope in everything he did and took the blues to a new level.
For a change of pace and great slide guitar listen to Blind Willie Johnson.His lyrics are religious so if that bothers you so be it, but he’s a great singer, narrator, and slide player. He does a great version of John the Revelator.
I think he’s a better singer and guitarist than most of them. Especially the singing part. And he made a lot of recordings. But part of his fame is probably having written Crossroads, which Cream made famous. Variations in tempo and so are not exactly outlawed – this is delta blues y’all!
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Robert Johnson is fantastic, don’t get me wrong, but all this mythology about how great he is and so forth is a buncha bologna. He was a great bluesman. But Son House, Charlie Patton, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, et al were just as good or better. Don’t believe the hype. Kudos for your enlightenment.
I swear his tempo always changes..and this song is one of the better songs I have heard …tempo wise..I like other bluesman of his era the same or better ..I am missing what makes him better than other guys from 1890 to 1940 .people say Phrasing or writing and singing ..I don’t know I guess I’ve always wanted to hear a profound difference.
maybe I am just not familiar enough with his work…he actually goes against the grain for me..
any one seen the film about robert johnson and blind dog fulton were that kid out of karate kid takes willy brown (blind dog fulton) to the cross roads in Mississippi to brake his contracts with the devil its epic 😀
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