This song has been my obsession for the past week, so I figured it was time to share it and move on to another one. Louisiana Blue isn't exactly about the Mississippi River, but the river gets a shout out near the end. I love the way the fiddle is used in this song, and
David Allan Coe is a free spirit who has followed an unconventional career path. Nothing wrong with that. He's also a pretty darned good songwriter. While Johnny Paycheck made the song famous, Coe was the one who wrote Take This Job and Shove It, giving voice to a feeling that all of us have experienced
For today's Song of the Day, we turn to Dr. John for a portrait of life in the Crescent City. Basin Street Blues was written by Spencer Williams in the 1920s;.Louis Armstrong recorded a version in 1928, but, unlike this one by Dr. John, it does not mention the Mississippi River. Those lyrics were, according
This week's song about the Mississippi River is a Jimmy Driftwood classic.
