Sam Myers - I Got The Blues

Album Coming From The Old School Don's Tunes Spotify Playlist a https 3A 2F 2Fshorturl at 2FdftD2 a Lyrics I've got to leave here I've got to find someplace to go I've got to leave here I've got to find someplace to go because the way things are happening here now I don't feel welcome here no more Going to get up in the morning pack up my clothes and shoes You might think I'm joking when I tell you I'm going to Newport News I got the Blues ohh let me tell you I have the Blues I'm a guy you can't excuse ohh let me tell you I have the Blues Begin tasty guitar solo followed by awesome Hammond Organ solo I tell all you working men go home a little before time Then you catch your woman getting down wrong Like I caught mine That's what gave me the Blues Ohh let me tell you I have the Blues I'm a guy you can't excuse ohh let me tell you I got the BLUE OH OH OHHH BLUES Myers was born in Laurel Mississippi He acquired juvenile cataracts at age seven and was left legally blind for the rest of his life despite corrective surgery He could make out shapes and shadows but could not read print at all he was taught Braille He acquired an interest in music while a schoolboy in Jackson Mississippi and became skilled enough at playing the trumpet and drums that he received a nondegree scholarship from the American Conservatory of Music formerly the American Conservatory School of Music in Chicago Myers attended school by day and at night frequented the nightclubs of the South Side There he met and was sitting in with Jimmy Rogers Muddy Waters Howling Wolf Little Walter Hound Dog Taylor Robert Lockwood Jr and Elmore James Myers played drums with Elmore James on a fairly steady basis from 1952 until James's death in 1963 and is credited on many of James's historic recordings for Chess Records In 1956 Myers wrote and recorded what was to be his most famous single Sleeping in the Ground a song that has been covered by Blind Faith Eric Clapton Robert Cray and many other blues artists it was also featured on Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour show on Sleep Don s Tunes is about the music It s about the sound It s about the real thing My mission for over 10 years is to create music videos collaborate with promote lesser known blues jazz artists and bring you a selection of tunes with an audiophile sound and real emotion On my website you can read more about the artists featured on the channel a https 3A 2F 2Fwww donstunes com 2F a If you're an artist or label and want to me featured on the channel Spotify and my website visit a https 3A 2F 2Fwww donstunes com 2F a getfeatured write me on don donstunes com If you enjoy my work and want to support me - you can do that here a https 3A 2F 2Fwww patreon com 2Fdonstunes a Whiskey Blues Playlist on Spotify a https 3A 2F 2Fshorturl at 2FinGMS a Don's Tunes Official Spotify Playlist a https 3A 2F 2Fshorturl at 2FdftD2 a Don's Tunes on Facebook a https 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2Fdondraperstunes 2F a Blues SlowBlues Jazz Group a https 3A 2F 2Fgoo gl 2F72sLfA a Don's Tunes on Instagram a https 3A 2F 2Fwww instagram com 2Fmr don draper 2F a Don's Tunes on Twitter a https 3A 2F 2Ftwitter com 2FDonsTunes a

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