"This is Keith's cover of the classic blues-song originally written and recorded by Luke Jordan back in 1927":

VERY nice.

Now an album of this sort of stuff would be the tops!

Just perfect. Thank you.

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LOVE IT.Thanks

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ablett
Now an album of this sort of stuff would be the tops!

Check out Voodoo Stew and Voodoo Brew.

Thanks MFTT!
Do we know when/where Keith recorded this?

Very nice.

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Edith Grove
Do we know when/where Keith recorded this?

Dublin, Ireland. End of 1993 during the Voodoo Lounge sessions.

Nice one, Memo! Perhaps you can also post e.g. the following acoustic Keith on Youtube:

So sad
Wanna Hold You
Wonder who's kissing her now
It's So Easy

This is off Disc 2 of Voodoo Brew, isn't it? Several versions of Cocaine Blues there - Keith says that it's the first song he learned to play "properly" (whatever that means). There's one track where Keith discusses (with guitar illustrations) how "Cocaine" is musically related to "I Get A Kick Out Of You".

Many thanks to Sissham for putting this together with such a great selection of pictures.

That was top - never heard it before. I think I'll go off and learn it.

Declan

I love his playing on this song.

"This is Keith's cover of the classic blues-song originally written and recorded by Luke Jordan back in 1927":


Nah.....it was written by Bob Dylan.......Play it with C,F andd G.........

Yonder comes by baby, all dressed in red
Maybe I’m better off dead
Cocaine all around my brain
Hey baby, won’t you come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

Yonder comes by baby, all dressed in white
Hey baby, won’t you stay all night
Cocaine all around my brain
Hey mamma, won’t you come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

Yonder comes by baby, all dressed in blue
Hey baby, what you gonna do?
Cocaine all around my brain
Hey baby, won’t you come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

Well I looked down Tenth to turn up me
Lookin’ for a guy they call cocaine
Cocaine all around my brain
Then I walked down Tenth Street, turned down Beal
Lookin’ for a guy called they call Lucille
Cocaine all around my brain

Yonder comes by baby, all dressed in white
Hey baby, won’t you stay all night
Cocaine all around my brain
Hey baby, won’t you come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain



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The biggest of stadiums or smallest of clubs...Keith in the middle of the stage with one spotlight on him, this song would be beyond cool.

"Nah.....it was written by Bob Dylan."

HA HA! TOO FUNNY! Brilliant!

Very nice!
Jackson Browne did a different version of this on Running On Empty...very nicely I might add.






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Hey don't forget the Memphis Jug Band's rollicking Cocaine Habit Blues...from late 20's

And while ya at it listen to their....
You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back
Feed Your Friend With A Long Handled Spoon....They just don't make 'em like that no more





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On Jackson Browne's version , it says it was written by Rev. Gary Davis. Some interesting & very high dialogue between Jackson and Glenn Frey at the end.

No mention of Zimmy! Or Zuma Beach!

"This is Keith's cover of the classic blues-song originally written and recorded by Luke Jordan back in 1927"

Been chasing this one around wikipedia - the Luke Jordan song has different lyrics but versions of the song Keith sings date back at least to the 30s (Alan Lomax collected it from Leadbelly and others). Seems to be a true folksong - Bob Dylan has made his own adaptation, so has Keith, so has Jackson Browne, but the author is that well-known poet Anon (with music by Trad).

"Nobody knows - Adam and Eve wrote it" (Keith on Voodoo Brew disc).

I absolutely love this version. Why don't the stones do this more?!

Down load the entire Voodoo Brew 4 disc set in FLAC at Qualityboots blog. Disc 2 is Keith doing 75 mins of this great stuff. As He says on the disc "Cocaine Blues" goes back so far no one knows who originally wrote it. He says Ramblin Jack Elliot stole it but "He stole it well!".

I love this song and have recorded my own version in a jump blues stylee. If you want a listen give me a mail and I'll send an mp3.

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

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If you guys want to check out a whole cd of this stuff check out Damn That's Fine Gin. It includes I think three versions of Cocaine Blues and also has Keith doing the Beatles Please Please Me very intersting. I'll post it when I get a chance on hot Stuff.

KR and MJ should do more of this for sure...love KR outtakes from Toronto '77

The disc with this entire Keith session is Disc 2 of "Voodoo Brew" Box set- I've already told you where you can d/l the entire thing in FLAC.

My little 'nod' to Mr Richards.......







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