Broke Music

by Aaron Carthen Reed recording of ca. 1981/'82, recorded live at The Paradise Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma from Junk Food (Delmark 3970) I got the blues, you know I'm so broke I wanna cry Lord, I got 'em, you know I'm so broke I wanna cry Because my baby she's gone and I just don't know the reason why She got me walkin', I'm talkin' all to my lonely self She got me walkin', I'm talkin' all to my lonely self Whoa, Lord I gotta find my baby, 'cause I don't want nobody else Well now I love that woman so much She got me on the run She got the keys to my car She got my great big mansion She got me walkin', I'm talkin' all to my lonely self I gotta find my baby, 'cause just don't want nobody else

 

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Playing "Help-Me" In the Style of Sonny Boy Williamson II: A step by step, note for note analysis of some of Sonny Boy's Signature Riffs