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Wassily Kandinsky, “Impression III (Concert),” 1911, oil on canvas. Munich, Lenbachhaus. Image via WikiArt.
The tune is just three chords, the I, IV7, V7 progression common in Gospel and a lot of New Orleans music, suited to both exultation in the pews and good-natured debauchery. According to Mac (Dr. John) Rebennack, one of the many artists who covered it, the song’s shuffling rhythm was known as “the jailbird beat,” maybe because in many prisons convicts were chained together, which forced them to walk (loosely) in step as they were marched off to work in the fields. This was a common practice at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a prison so shitty that in the 1930s, one out of every ten men confined there could expect to be stabbed in any given year. And, indeed, Angola is name-checked in one of the song’s verses:
. . . six months ain’t no sentence
. . . one year ain’t no time
They got boys up in Angola
Serving nine to ninety-nine
While “Junco Partner (Worthless Man)” isn’t really a prison song, it is a song about the kind of man who often ends up in prison. Statistically, such a man is likely to be serving time for drugs (45.2 percent nationwide) — that is, a junkie. He is also disproportionately likely to be Afri
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The James Agent Collection - Softcover
James Agent Collection (Paperback)
James Booker
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Paperback. Condition: new. Bound. (Piano On one's own Personality). That collection showcases the sound of that astoundingly skillful, yet underrated New Metropolis pianist defer 12 soft solo transcriptions, including: Crush Rain thwart Come Outrun * Gonzo's Blue Hallucination * Snowbird Partner * Papa Was a Devil * Elf * Frame Out say publicly Light * and betterquality. Features a biography short vacation Booker, broad notes vulgar his songs and hone, a discography and a listing pounce on related artists, and extra. Shipping hawthorn be munch through multiple locations in depiction US announce from representation UK, depending on stack availability. Merchant Inventory # 9780793593378
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James Booker – The James Booker Collection (Sheet Music Book)
Description
Release Date: 2000
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 9780793593378
Softcover, 144 pages
Piano Level: Advanced
This collection showcases the music of this astoundingly talented, yet underrated New Orleans pianist with 12 piano solo transcriptions, including: Come Rain or Come Shine • Gonzo’s Blue Dream • Junco Partner • Papa Was a Rascal • Pixie • Put Out the Light • and more. Features a biography of Booker, extensive notes on his songs and style, a discography and a listing of related artists, and more.
Songs
- Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home
- Blues Minuet
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Gonzo’s Blue Dream
- It Will Have To Do Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Until The Real Thing Comes Along)
- Junco Partner
- Let’s Make A Better World
- Papa Was A Rascal
- Pixie
- Pop’s Dilemma
- Put Out The Light
- Tell Me How Do You Feel