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I have always loved the part tongue in cheek, part honest comments from the famous B.B. King who is said to have uttered in response to the key of a song, "I don't know, I don't know no chords."

Well, it is an epitaph but here goes:

On a blues man's tombstone. "I didn't wake up this morning!"

Ok, it's a joke, but I needed to help get the ball rolling.....

I always enjoyed the comedian Robert Klein's blues sketches. In one, he says "I'd like to play a short blues number.." and he whips out his harmonica, blows a great intro riff, sings "I woke up this morning," then says "Thank you very much." I've stolen that one many times, works like a charm.

the classic Jimmy Reed story ...

He was playing a big outdoor festival at a later point in his career and at the time he was drinking heavily . His son was playing bass with him at the time and early in the set Jimmy just keeled over , passed out . The band was pretty ****** with Jimmy and no one made any move to see if he was ok . His son lit up a smoke and was standing there beside his amp . After a moment or two Jimmy opened one eye and looked around to discover that there he was .... on stage in front of thousands .He looked back to see his son standing there with a cigarrette crooked a finger and said


" no schmoking on da bandstand "

Here's two.

Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is so sad.' I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, 'You didn't play one sad song.'
Buddy Guy

Music isn't just learning notes and playing them, You learn notes to play to the music of your soul.
-Katie Greenwood

Just kicking it down the road.

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive characteristics.
-James Weldon Johnson

"If you don't like the blues, you got a hole in your soul" - Albert King

Hey! Where my money?

My favorite is by Sonny Boy Williamson II aka Rice Miller during the intro for "Little Village" where he and Leonard Chess are going back and forth with each other over the studio talkback system.....unfortunately, I can't print what was said!

"You've got to live the blues before you can play 'em"

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I do know David Bromberg has a tune called Suffer to Sing the Blues, "You gotta suffer if you wanna sing the blues."

It's pretty funny but I can't find the lyrics online. He also does one call Someone Else's Blues where he woke up with someone else's blues!!!

Anyone ever heard "Conversation with Bobby Robinson" from the Elmore James sessions on Robinson's Fire/Enjoy label? If you haven't you really need to; it's a laugh riot! Elmore tells Bobby about hunting snakes while riding a Ford tractor. Hilarious!

"Ahh which way to the bar man...show me the way to the bar" (guess this one)
No one get outta here without singing the blues (Albert Collins)

"If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all".

Gotta be an optimist

I WANT MY DADDY'S RECORDS BACK ! Sanford and Son cira 1969.