Day 4 - Kinky Black Boots

Today’s suggestion was to write lyrics in traditional 12 bar blues format.  If you ask any of the great guitarists of today who inspired them to play the way they do, they will all come back to the songs of the great Delta blues men such as Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters. This sound was build on and remade over and over again by the likes of Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmi Hendrix, and Gary Moore, to name a few, and more recently by the late great Steve Ray Vaughn.  B. B. King is notably “The King of the Blues” and his career has spanned generations.  Two of BBs signature tunes are The Thrill is Gone and You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now:

Thrill is gone, thrill is gone away,

Thrill is gone babe, the thrill is gone away,

You done me wrong baby, gonna be sorry some day

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Oh …, baby you done lost your good thing now,

Oh …, baby you done lost your good thing now,

The way I used to love you baby, that’s the way I hate you now

Songs of Love, Loss and the Lies Inbetween (how appropriate). How do you compete with the greats?  You don’t.  You play your own tune … so here is a little something … a little up tempo from 12 bar blues, but in the same vein … best not to ask any questions on this one:

Kinky Black Boots

(Jaquith, 2012)

She’s a nightmare in kinky black boots,

She will reel you in and tighten the noose,

All you are and a little more,

You’re in over your head boy, she’s not keeping score,

It’s too late my son, nowhere left to run,

Strapped down and screaming, ‘till the rising sun,

Whips and chains, all part of the game,

The demon’s upon you, you’ll never be the same,

She’s a nightmare, in kinky black boots,

She’s a nightmare, in kinky black boots,

Better run boy, she’ll tighten the noose.