So today, I was looking at the list of music that I am supposed to listen to for my Roots music class and I was just amazed at the creativity of the blues names. I mean, how could someone seriously name their song "Jump the Boogie" and have people take them seriously. It's amazing. But I guess it's not any different than songs names from my era like Shoulda or No Scrubs(not that these are really my kind of music, but they do have horrible names). Just for laughs and for those interested in blues, here's the list that I am going to listen to:
"Got my mojo working" by Muddy Waters
"Death letter blues" by Son House
"Lord, I just can't keep from crying" by Blind Willie Johnson
"Wreck of the Old 97" by Pink Anderson
"Death cell blues" by Blind Willie McTell
"Sitting on top of the world" by Mississippi Shieks
"My Oklahoma blowed away" by Pete Seeger
"Stand by me" by Sister Matthews
"Jesus is a mighty good leader" by Skip James
"Feather bed" by Memphis Jug Band
"Worried man blues" by The Original Carter Family
"Midnight special" by Leadbelly
"Parchman Farm blues" by Bukka White
"Jump the boogie" by Boozoo Chavis
"Wabash cannonball" by Roy Acuff
"A spoonful blues" by Charlie Patton
"This land is your land" by Woody Guthrie
"Oh happy day" by The Edwin Hawkins Singers
"Move on up a little higher" by Mahalia Jackson
"Cross road blues" by Robert Johnson
"Cold, cold heart" by Hank Williams
"Uncle Pen" by Bill Monroe
"Wildwood flower" by The Carter Family
"Waiting for a train" by Jimmie Rodgers