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Worried Man>Walkin Blues

from A Live Farm by John Henry's Farm

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We had run Worried Man blues Carter style a number of times but never had I heard coming, nor the band ever heard before where it ended up into Robert Johnsons Walkin Blues which I hadn't played since 1998 with the late Dov Bear Ashford. Whom I learned to sing with when him, his brother Clay age 11 on guitar, sister Eva age 8 on fiddle and me on guitar recording knockin on heavens door to a cassette in their shop in WInthrop WA. I asked who was singing it and they all said "You". I gotta find that tape. It'il turn up sooner or later.

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from A Live Farm, released November 26, 2012
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"Worried Man Blues" is a folk song in the roots music repertoire. Like many folks songs passed by oral tradition, the lyrics vary from version to version, but generally all contain the chorus "It takes a worried man to sing a worried song/It takes a worried man to sing a worried song/I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long." The verses tell the story of a man imprisoned for unknown reasons "I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep/When I woke up, had shackles on my feet", who pines for his lost love, who is "on the train and gone."

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John Henrys Farm Palo Alto, California

John Henry Bradshaw was born at home in Palo Alto. Middle of 7 boys he began playing music before he can remember and continues writing performing teaching and playing music for all types of events. Please help me share this music with others. Now through virtual platforms only until we're all through this pandemic. Keep supporting your musicians. ... more

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