Born of The Great Depression, the 1936 song “Pennies From Heaven” offers the promise of riches if you know where to look, perhaps a distant cousin of “On The Sunny Side Of The Street” from 1930 or even a descendent of 1926’s “Blue Skies.”
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From the Kermit Ruffins album, #imsoneworleans
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From the Kermit Ruffins album, Swing This!
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The devil's song is a slow blues, a heavy shuffle fueled by an eternal fire. Often we forget that the blues represents the feeling of being human, the tension and restlessness of a constant state of limbo, rather than to abide to some heavenly form. The moans, groans, and woes of this life and death are what we try to emulate when we sing the blues.
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From the album, Dumaine Street Blues
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