My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

snowdragon

Genre: Blues (traditional)

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My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Traditional New Orleans street blues tune. arr: snowdragon

Chorus:
My bucket's got a hole in it,
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
My bucket's got a hole in it,
And it just won't hold no beer.

Well I'm standin' on a corner — with a bucket in my hand
I'm waitin' for a woman — that ain't got no man.

Well, I went up the mountain — looked down in the sea
Seen the crabs and the fishes — doin' the be-bop- bee.

Well, there ain't no use — me workin' so hard
Cuz I got a woman — in the boss man's yard.

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Hits: 3002
Comments: 23
Fans: 2
Plays: 822
Downloads: 128
Votes: 9
Uploaded: Sep 09, 2005 - 11:18:41 AM
Last Updated: Sep 09, 2005 - 08:20:15 AM Last Played: Nov 23, 2009 - 09:48:57 PM

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Jim Bouchard

Jim Bouchard said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)

One of my favorite songs
I'm most familiar with Hank Williams' version, though there's a Sun Records tribute called "Good Rockin' Tonight" that came out a couple years ago that has a rockabilly version by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page that's pretty great. I quoted this song in background vocals of my my song posted here on MacJams called "Bucket"
I liked the double time bit at the end. Liked the way the drums picked it up, and made it into a fun sort of jam...great slide playing!

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snowdragon

snowdragon said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)

One of my favorite songs
I'm so glad you commented Jim. I saw Plant and Page on a PBS show a while
back talking about this song and it reminded me of the Hank version (and
Ricky Nelson's) which led to me taking a crack at it. I didn't catch the name of
the album they did it on and the kids at the local HMV were completely
baffled when I tried to explain to them what I was looking for. Now that I've
got an album name, chances are much better they'll be able to order it for
me.

Thanks for that and the kind words. (Gotta go check out your tune now.)

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	said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)
	A bucket full.... of a classic blues song with the dragon's own personal fire-breathing mark. D

	said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)
	A bucket full.... finally home and... downloaded this tune. D --- Making melody with your heart...

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)
	Bluesy Bucket cool cool blues snowdragon, its a bluesy cool track here D/L Slimmie Check out my latest song called Not Enough

snowdragon	snowdragon said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Bluesy Bucket Thanks Slimmie. --- When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)
	Bluesy Bucket cool cool blues snowdragon, its a bluesy cool track here D/L Slimmie Check out my latest song called Not Enough

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)
	Bluesy Bucket uuurgh, crap, it posted twice sorry about that --- Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away Check out my latest song called Not Enough

snowdragon	snowdragon said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Bluesy Bucket Thanks again, Slimmie --- When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)
	Nice leads Excellent swinging blues, dragon. I especially like that guitar playing--the tone is cool and the leads are tasty. The rhythm changes at the end are sweet. Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

snowdragon	snowdragon said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Nice leads Thanks PV. Strat through a Marshall. Can't beat it as far as I'm concerned. --- When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

stevel	stevel said 1537 days ago (September 9th, 2005)
	Slippin' and slidin' Fab blues track Snowdragon...great slide guitar playing, a really cool tone. Feel like i am back in a New Orleans bar listening to this...hopefully one day I will be! Steve Check out my latest song called Electricity

snowdragon	snowdragon said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Slippin' and slidin' I'm with yah Steve. And if we ever get the chance to sit in that NO bar, first round's on me. --- When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

	said 1537 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Like the Sting That guitar tone stings. Excellent performances and recording here.

snowdragon	snowdragon said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Like the Sting Oooo, stingin' tone. Love that. Thanks Mungy. --- When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

	said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Need a new bucket? Craig: You are really striking that axe good and wailing the blues with passion here."My bucket's got a hole in it, and it just won't bale no water." Folks will be adding that line to the song in years to come. Terrible tragedy. Our prayers are for all the displaced residents of a legendary American city.

snowdragon

snowdragon said 1535 days ago (September 11th, 2005)

Need a new bucket?
Thanks RS. I'd been messing about with this tune for quite awhile but after
all those images and stories from Katrina's aftermath, well, you get the idea.
Maybe it's a function of age but these things seem to get to me more now.
Guess I should go make another donation to the Salvation Army.

---
When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins

Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

thetiler	thetiler said 1536 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	Like that slide Nice vocals. Really like that slide. I didn't know you could play the slide. Good going! Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

snowdragon	snowdragon said 1535 days ago (September 11th, 2005)
	Like that slide Thanks T. But I'll let you in on a little secret. One of the best things about GarageBand is that you get lots of "do-overs." --- When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

Mcboy	Mcboy said 1533 days ago (September 13th, 2005)
	hmmm...hmmmm....hmmmmm tasty..tasty...tasty...... Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

Mcboy	Mcboy said 1533 days ago (September 13th, 2005)
	hmmm...hmmmm....hmmmmm and fun too.....! really enjoyed your playing......the fun and joy shines through..... --- I live for music....... Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

rover101	rover101 said 1447 days ago (December 9th, 2005)
	Great Nothing else to say Check out my latest song called Call My Baby Rover

hacked_to_pieces	hacked_to_pieces said 1422 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	Cheers mate cool slide I seemed to have missed this one and all of your song so I have a lot of catching up to do. Check out my latest song called blues shuffle

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