FReeper Canteen ~ Canteen Music Dedication: Tribute To The Blues ~ 23 APR 2005

~ The Canteen Music Dedication ~
(Saturday Night Jukebox)

Welcome to all of our Troops, Veterans, and their families!! The Canteen Music Dedication has always been and will continue to be for you!! Thank you for joining us each week!!

~ Music Dedication ~
Tribute To The Blues
*We couldn't list everyone! So? Don't complain!

The Canteen Deejays wish to dedicate this to Ms.Behavin, Mr.Behavin, mylife,
acad1228, and all Blues Music Fans out there!!

The Beginning Of The Blues - The Early Artists! (1920s and earlier artists)
"Dirty Blues"
*Some of the recordings are very old. We tried to find the best recordings from
all the artists. Also, you'll find the women singers were just as fabulous if not
more so than their male counterpart.

Artist	Song	Artist	Song
Minnie Wallace	The Old Folk Started	Memphis Minnie	Me & My Chauffer
Henry Thomas	Run Mollie Run	Willie Walker	Dupree Blues
Mississippi John Hurt	Stack O'Lee Blues	Hattie Hudson	Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Charley Patton	Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues	Blind Willie Johnson	It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
Rev. Gary Davis	Candy Man	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Match Box Blues
Blind Boy Fuller	Rag Mama Rag	Victoria Spivey	Hollywood Stomp
Bessie Smith	Beale Street Mama	Blind Blake	Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
Ida Cox	Wild Women Don't Have The Blues	Furry Lewis	Kassie Jones
Edith Wilson	Popa-Mama Blues	Sippie Wallace	Suitcase Blues

The Blues

Born out of slavery and necessity, "The Blues" has transformed the musical landscape into one of the cornerstones of all popular American music enjoyed today. With it's roots deeply sowed on the plantations in the South, the rise of African Americans after the Civil War gave way to a musical genre that has captivated folks from around the world.

In the beginning, it was merely a "holler" to field slaves to let them know that the slave master was coming. It was a way to protect and warn other slaves. From there, it became "store porch" entertainment for blacks in the South.

It's heritage was born of African slaves brought to America. It's roots are deeply Southern at it's core. However, it spans from the Delta (Mississippi), Texas, St. Louis, Memphis, and Chicago.

To educate people about the true origins and beginning of the Blues, we've decided to take you on a musical journey from the beginning and progress from there.

Delta Blues

Artist	Song	Artist	Song
Robert Johnson	Preaching Blues	R.L. Burnside	Jumper On The Line
Mississippi Fred McDowell	Done Left Here	Son House	Walkin' Blues
Asie Payton	Goin' Back To The Bridge	Geechie Wiley	Last Kind Words Blues
Tommy Johnson	Cool Drink Of Water Blues	Willie Brown	Future Blues 1930
Louise Johnson	On The Wall	Bukka White	Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Big Bill Broonzy	The Bank's Blues	Big Joe Williams	Baby Please Don't Go
Skip James	I'm So Glad	Robert Belfour	Black Mattie

Blues Tidbits

Bukka White & BB King are cousins.

Robert Lockwood was Robert Johnson's stepson at one point.

Many of the artists that we are playing could fit into more than one category of The Blues. In fact, many of the Blues artist actually migrated elsewhere and recorded their albums in various parts of the country.

Many of the Blues artist tend to have the same "nicknames". For example, "Red", "Magic", "Blind", "Slim", etc....

Many northerners were unaware of Blues music before it hit the radio. During WWI & WWII, they were introduced to Blues music from their Southern counterparts. Ironic they would have to travel to Europe in order to find out about music in their own country.

Blind Blake and a few other Blues artists were never to be heard from again after they had "commercial" success in the black communities. The rumors still point to lynchings.

Sonny Boy Williamson ( Chicago Blues) found out about Sonny Williamson II through "King Biscuit Time". "King Biscuit" was the black radio show that played all the current blues hits at that the time. Sonny Boy Williamson II's name is actually Rice Miller.

Texas Blues

Artist	Song	Artist	Song
Ramblin Thomas	Groundhog Blues	Texas Bill Day	Elm Street Blues
Black Ace	You Gonna Need My Help Someday	T-Bone Walker	Gotta Break Baby
Dallas String Band	Dallas Rag	Texas Alexander	Double Crossing Blues
Little Hat Jones	Hurry Blues	Bernice Eddwards	Ninth Street Stomp
Bobbie Cadillac	Easin' In	Jack Ranger	Thieving Blues

Harmonica Blues

Artist	Song	Artist	Song
The Memphis Jug Band	Sun Brimmer's Blues	De Ford Bailey	Up Country Blues
Jazz Gillum	Harmonica Stomp	Sonny Boy Williamson	You Can Lead Me
Sonny Terry	Blowing The Blues	Elder Roma Wilson	Better Get Ready
Snooky Pryor	Boogy Fool	Papa Lightfoot	After-While Blues
Junior Wells	Hoodo Man Blues	Good Rockin' Charles	Don't Start Me Talking
Charles Musselwhite	Key To The Highway	Whispering Smith	Texas Flood
Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' At Midnight	Little Walter	Juke

"Play Some Blues, Chick"
*In other words, this thread is already long!
We're wrapping it up! Sorry we couldn't fit everyone!
You'll probably recognize more artists here!

Artist	Song	Artist	Song
Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	BB King	Buzz Me
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Dig Myself A Hole	Barbecue Bob	Ease It To Me Blues
Big Mama Thornton	You Don't Move Me No More	Champion Jack Dupree	Skit Skat
Elmore James	Please Baby Set A Date	Buddy Guy	The Train I Ride
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Salt Pork, West Virginia	Big Joe Turner	Cafe Society Rag
Billie Holiday	Lady Sings The Blues	Etta James	If I Can't Have You
Jessie Mae Hemphill	Honey Bee	Fenton Robinson	Baby Please Don't Go
Blind Willie McTell	Southern Can Mama	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble In My Mind
Alberta Hunter	I Got Myself A Workin Man	Floyd McDaniel	Christopher Columbus
Leadbelly	Pick A Bale Of Cotton	Pinetop Perkins/ Hubert Sumlin	She Walks Right In

You Know You have been in Iraq too long when. ...

When mortars land near your compound and you roll over in bed and think "still way off, I got another 5 minutes"

* When you start humming with the Arabic song playing on the radio on the shuttle bus
* Every woman that reports to your unit starts looking attractive
* Every guy that reports to your unit starts looking attractive
* You walk an extra 6 blocks to eat at the KBR (contractor run) dining facility to have the exact same food they are serving in your dining facility because you think it tastes better
* You actually volunteer for convoy security duty because you still haven't seen the country yet
* You start picturing your wife in traditional Arab dress
* The contractors have more fire power than the military combat units. (This is true)
* You take the time to add your lines to this list
* You've spent $200 dollars at Haji mart on DVDs buying Basic Instinct, 9 and ½ weeks, and Body of Evidence just for the sex scenes
* You drink the water from the tap because you want to drop 20 pounds in two weeks
* Driving around in SUVs with weapons pointed out the windows and forcing cars off the road seems very normal to you
* You can put your body armor and helmet on in the dark in under 5 seconds
* When the organization you work for has changed its name more than 3 times
* When you can actually talk to people in the United States on a cell phone, yet you can't get people on their cell phone a block away
* When you actually spend more time writing e-mail about the dog in the compound versus how to conduct the fight in Najaf
* Your idea of a fun Thursday night is to go to the Palace pool to watch the State Department folks get drunk, naked and try to pick each other up
* When you actually get excited to get a package that contains 3 pair of socks, 12 bars of soap and a Victoria Secret Catalog
* When you start to enjoy the rocking of the trailer every time the MEDEVAC choppers fly over
* You memorized every episode from the 4th Season of Sex in the City
* You enjoy the audience commentary while watching a movie bought at Haji mart
* You see celebratory fire going over the compound at night and think, "wow the colors are so pretty" and want to fire back
* Your thinking of buying real estate in the green zone
* Your idea of sex is 20 minutes of Instant Messaging with your wife on the computer, OK, 10 minutes, who are you kidding?
* You wake up and think Baghdad, I am still in friggin Baghdad
* You make the new guy show you his count down timer just to make you feel better about your time you have left in country
* You're in the Army and you start saying Ooorah
* You're in the Marines and you start saying Hooah
* You're in the Navy and you realize you are in the middle of the desert, the exact opposite of being in the middle of the ocean, where one might normally find the Navy.
* You're in the Air Force, and you're on the plane home because an Air Force tour is too short to have been a long Iraq tour. Ignore this list, zoomie, you won't get it.
* You only notice the stench of Haji funk when its not there
* You plan on removing all trees and grass in your yard when you get home so it will look more natural
* You forget there are other colors than brown that can be found in places other than power point slides
* The temp drops down to 102 degrees and you shiver while reaching for your Gortex jacket
* You have noticed a change of season, from long, hot and dry to short, cold and wet.
* When you call home and your kids ask "Who is this?"
* You call home and your wife says hello Bill (your name is Sam)
* When you go on R&R, you duct tape your child to the roof of your car, hand him a pellet rifle, and assign him a sector of fire for the ride to "The Olive Garden."
* When you can comfortably shave and brush your teeth using bottled water, but don't mind showering in the "non-potable" local water.
* While on R&R, you look out the window and find Nature, which leads you to wonder who stole your sandbags.
* When some of the contractors wear their DCUs (Desert pattern camouflage uniform) more properly than some of your soldiers.
* When 12 hours is a short work day
* You go Battle Captains!
* When, During the BUA, "DIV asked MNSTC-I for the FRAGO that MNC-I was supposed to publish, but couldn't because MNF-I hadn't weighed in, since they were too inundated with MOD and MOI war-gaming the JCCs
within the ISF to square us away!" is a valid comment and generates no questions.
* When you start using words like G'day mate, Cheers, and Bloody hell as part of your normal vocabulary
* When you have your opinions printed in the STARS and STRIPES more than 3 times
* When the palace catches fire and instead of helping to put it out you grab a bag of marshmallows and start roasting
* When you step into any office and there are 6 colonels, 12 lieutenant colonels, 15 majors, and 8 captains supervising the work of 1 sergeant
* When you end every phone conversation with "Out"
* When you're ordered to get an air mission together on short notice because it's a "Hot priority" only to have the Major call back once he is in the air to ask "Does anyone know where I am going?"
* When the weapon buyback program has become so successful that you have issued the same AK-47 to the Iraqi army 3 times
* When you can actually tell the difference between the sound of an exploding car and an exploding mortar
* When on R & R you tell your wife that your weapon status is Red and your looking for the clearing barrel
* When on R&R you go to Church and wonder why no one is wearing body armor or carrying an automatic weapon to the service
* You see an indirect fire attack take out a generator and get angry at the enemy for not hitting the one that powers your computer
* You see an indirect fire attack take out an air conditioner and your vigor to fight is renewed
* You yell at the FNG for shouting incoming when the rounds don't impact close enough to hit your tent with dirt
* You know that you need to run inside immediately after any win of an Iraqi sports team to keep from being hit by celebratory fire
* You decide for that for shits and grins - lets take a run around Lost Lake at Camp Victory to see if we can get shot at by the sniper
* You never worry about oversleeping because if the morning call to prayers doesn't wake you, the daily 0430 mortar attack will (most mornings)
* The highlight of your shopping experience at the PX is to see that they got in a new shipment of Schick Tracer razor blades
* When you send out your laundry and your whites become grayer, your blacks become grayer and your DCU's become grayer - makes it easier to sort loads...
* You get offended by people wearing clean, pressed DCU's
* You decide that it is a better course of action to pull your blankets over your head than put on your body armor during a mortar attack - the woobee will save you and at least you are comfortable
* You make a contest out of seeing who can wear their uniform for more days before becoming entirely disgusted with themselves
* You wonder if the fish served at dinner really was carp caught out of the Tigris or Camp Victory's lake
* You find it completely acceptable to pick your nose while talking to a complete stranger or member of the opposite sex
* A rocket or a mortar really isn't a big deal until the crater it leaves is big enough to trip over in the dark on the way to the latrine
* You go to a social gathering and intermittent gun fire or explosions don't even cause a pause in the conversation