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I was playing solo one night a while ago and started what I thought was going to be Stateboro Blues. When I started singing however, Answers just sorta came out.
Didn't even realise I knew all the words but I guess if you listen to something often enough, it becomes embedded on the brain. As I was playing it, I thought: "Man, I wish Tiler was sittin' in right now."
So here ya be.
A note about the drums: A long time ago, I saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee in concert. My first "real" blues concert actually. Of course I was hooked immediately. They had this guy with them who stood in the back with a snare, beat-up old cymbal and cowbell. Most often he used the brushes and really didn't do anything fancy but somehow, it just all seemed to fit. He was quite the guy. After every tune, he'd reach into his coat pocket, take out a mickey and have a swig. Then he'd put it back in his coat and never miss a beat. Also, he very seldom hit the cymbal, except at the very beginning and at the very end.
Answers sorta took me back to that time and place when I first discovered the blues and that's primarily why the drum track is there and why it's like it is.
Didn't even realise I knew all the words but I guess if you listen to something often enough, it becomes embedded on the brain. As I was playing it, I thought: "Man, I wish Tiler was sittin' in right now."
So here ya be.
A note about the drums: A long time ago, I saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee in concert. My first "real" blues concert actually. Of course I was hooked immediately. They had this guy with them who stood in the back with a snare, beat-up old cymbal and cowbell. Most often he used the brushes and really didn't do anything fancy but somehow, it just all seemed to fit. He was quite the guy. After every tune, he'd reach into his coat pocket, take out a mickey and have a swig. Then he'd put it back in his coat and never miss a beat. Also, he very seldom hit the cymbal, except at the very beginning and at the very end.
Answers sorta took me back to that time and place when I first discovered the blues and that's primarily why the drum track is there and why it's like it is.
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Answers
Words & Music by Fran Dagostino (Ziti) © 2005?
Used with permission
If I had any answers, I would share them with you
If I had any answers, I would share them with you
About why we was put here and what it is we're supposed to do
Well, if I had any answers, you know I'd let you know
Yeah, if I had any answers people, I would surely let you know
About where love disappears to and all the things that make it go
If I had the answers, I would share them with you
If I had the answers, I would share them with you
After everything we've been through baby, that'd be the least that I could do
If I had any answers, you know I'd clue you in
If I had any of the answers, I would surely clue you in
About how you slay your demons, before they do you in
Words & Music by Fran Dagostino (Ziti) © 2005?
Used with permission
If I had any answers, I would share them with you
If I had any answers, I would share them with you
About why we was put here and what it is we're supposed to do
Well, if I had any answers, you know I'd let you know
Yeah, if I had any answers people, I would surely let you know
About where love disappears to and all the things that make it go
If I had the answers, I would share them with you
If I had the answers, I would share them with you
After everything we've been through baby, that'd be the least that I could do
If I had any answers, you know I'd clue you in
If I had any of the answers, I would surely clue you in
About how you slay your demons, before they do you in
ziti
THANKS FOR THIS!!!!! I am honored....plus it's some great old timey
blues...so true to the tradition!...I guess I can't vote...but i think ya
done real good!!!
deep bow!!
z