How to sing the Blues - humour. Enjoy

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i grew up in new orleans and kansas city so i guess i can lie about the rest. :wink:

How bout--Blind Lemon Pledge

Ah but these days it'd have to be "Visually-Challenged Lemon Pledge".....

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Vic

Ah but these days it'd have to be "Visually-Challenged Lemon Pledge".....

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Vic

I dont know Vic. Pledge makes it sound like too much committment. What if you want to change your mind tomorrow. Maybe "Visually Challenged Lemon Give-it-your-almost-best-shot"?

Geoo

I came across this the other day, when I was looking for open tuned blues lessons. I thought the Maggie Thatcher one was good...mean, but funny!

Edit: The Maggie Thatcher one isn't there. Sorry. This must be a selection of the ones that I saw.

Can we have British Prime Ministers? Cos then I could be Bald Bramley Callaghan 8) It has a certain ring to it, and a Bramley is a good old English cooking apple ...

That works on two leves PVTele....your initials would be BBC, and the BBC gives me the blues every January when I have to fork out my License fee....

Oh and welcome to GN....yay, another Brit!!!

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Vic

Good to meet you, Vic!

Which Newton-le-Willows do you come from, N Yorks or Merseyside? I'm in Wool, Dorset - very cold & damp just now, I'm afraid ... but lovely from spring to autumn ...

Cheers

Mike

nice list.

-limp kiwi lincoln

King makes an excellent blues name (B.B., Albert, Freddie, Earl). If you can't be a King, other titles work (like Duke Robillard) - but be careful there... you might end up becoming Prince or something. You can also get an academic title to work for ya (Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Doctor Clayton)

If you're not into royalty or academia, size works. Some folks think bigger is better (Big Bill Broonzy, Big Walter Horton, Hollywood Fats, Big Joe Turner, Big Boy Cudrup, Big Joe Williams), while others figure the crowd always roots for the little guy (Little Milton, Little Walter, Pee Wee Crayton, Guitar Shorty, Stick McGee)

Some folks go with colors, but stick to the primary ones (like Tampa Red, Bobby Blue Bland). Mauve and Chartreuse are definately out.

A few take position in the family (Uncle Red Turner, Sonny Freeman, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Walker, Junior Parker).

Food works too (Jelly Roll Morton) or animals (Howlin Wolf, Duck Dunn).

If all else fails, get someone to give you a cool nickname (Shuggie Otis, Scrapper Blackwell, Magic Sam, Sippie Wallace, Skip James, Furry Lewis, Nappy Brown, Chippie Hill, Fuzz Jones).

My nicknames when I was at School were Batman, quickly followed by Tasty Al (shortened to "Taste") - don't ask, I never understood it either.

So - Tasty Al Green is sort of almost halfway there, but I think I'd have trouble calling myself Batman Green. Ah well.

Best,

A :-)

How about "Tasty Batman Al" 8)

So - Tasty Al Green is sort of almost halfway there, but I think I'd have trouble calling myself Batman Green. Ah well.

Just rework the order: "Tasty Green" Alan

You'll have to do something with it, though - there's already an Al Green in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame :)

haha funny list :D

"A man with male pattern baldness ain't the Blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. " that line cracked me up for some reason