Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham and the Sweet Baby Blues Band perform blues and jazz that is firmly rooted in the Kansas City tradition; "All I want to do is play the blues like Jay McShann" they sing on one of their albums. Jeannie (piano and vocals) and Jimmy (trombone) have recorded many "standard" as well as original blues on their albums (they are on the Concord label). One regular feature of their albums is the final number, a blues or boogie where everybody joins in in the final chorus; and that really means everybody - all the players, the producer, family members, anyone who happens to walk by... They call it the Glee Club. Examples of these are "Don't Cha Boogie With Your Black Drawers Off", its sibling "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On", and "Sometimes It Be That Way".
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From the CD "Sweet Baby Blues" (1985), this is the Cheathams's version of this classic that was recorded by Bessie Smith; another version here is by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women.
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AINT NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO (Porter Grainger - Everett Robbins) Lord, Lord, Lord Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord Ain't nobody's business what I do If I should take a notion Well I go right down and jump in the ocean And it ain't nobody's business what I do Nobody's business what I do One day we got ham and bacon The next day people ain't nothin' shakin' Ain't nobody's business, whoo, what I do Nobody's business what I do Me and my man fuss and fight The next day people we all right Ain't nobody's business what I do Nobody's business what I do One day I'm goin' crazy Get me a shotgun and shoot my baby Ain't nobody's business, I said it ain't nobody's business Lord it ain't nobody's business, hey!, what I do It ain't nobody's business what I do Nobody's!
A classic blues, here credited to McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters). From the CD "Luv in the afternoon" (1991).
Baby Please Don't Go (McKinley Morganfield) Baby please don't go Baby please don't go Baby please don't go back to New Orleans Because I love you so Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low, my heart is beating so So baby please don't go Made me weep and moan You made me weep and moan You made me weep and moan, don't leave me all alone Baby please don't go [solos] You got me way down here You got me way down here You got me way down here, you didn't shed a tear Oh baby please don't go Baby please don't go Baby please don't go Baby please don't go
(Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham). From the CD "Sweet Baby Blues"
I tried on a brand new blues this morning,
Cause my old blues don't fit no more
I tried on a brand new blues,
Cause my old blues don't fit no more
I changed my way of living,
Ain't nothing like it was before
I got a new disposition
Got me a new routine
Got a new disposition
Got me a new routine
I got me a brand new washer
To keep my laundry clean, keep my laundry clean
- solos -
I bought me a brand new hatchet,
Cut down my weeping willow tree
I bought me a brand new hatchet,
Cut down my weeping willow tree
No more bending over backwards,
No more bitter tear for me
I ain't gonna be no playgirl,
Don't need no diamond ring
Ain't gonna be no playgirl,
Don't need no diamond ring
Just give me plenty room people
To try my brand new everything
Just give me plenty room
To try my brand new everything
(Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham)- from the CD Basket Full Of Blues (1991)
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Went to see my baby,
Said he had an awful cough
Went to see my baby,
He said he had an awful cough
He almost caught pneumonia,
Cause he boogied with his black drawers off
In the park, in the dark
The mockingbird he sings so soft
In the park, in the dark
The mockingbird he sings so soft
It make it oh so easy
To boogie with your black drawers off
- solos -
Turn on the lights, pour a corn,
Keep the music smooth and soft
Turn on the lights, pour a corn,
Keep the music smooth and soft
You don't need the fire department
If you boogie with your black drawers off
(everybody joins in this chorus, led by Snooky Young:)
Don't cha boogie, don't cha boogie, don't cha boogie with your black drawers off
Don't cha boogie, don't cha boogie, don't cha boogie with your black drawers off
(Jimmy Oden). From the CD "Homeward Bound". See also Howlin' Wolf's version.
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Well I done had my fun, if I don't get well no more Yes I done had my fun, had my fun, if I don't get well no more Well I been livin', lovin' and lyin', and now I'm goin' down slow Please write my mother, tell her the shape I'm in Please write my mother, tell her the shape I'm in Tell her not to worry, just forgive me for my sin (forgive me, forgive me, forgive me) On the next train South, look for my clothes on On the next train South people, look for my clothes on And if you do not see my body, please don't weep and moan Don't cry mother, oh this is my prayer Don't cry mother, mother, oh this is my prayer Just say your daughter is in another world somewhere
(Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham). From the CD "Sweet Baby Blues"
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Woke up this morning, babe
Reach for the telephone
Woke up this morning,
Reach for the telephone
I got your message baby,
To meet me with your black drawers on
You know I love you baby
You know how to keep me hangin' on
You know I love you baby
You know how to keep me hangin' on
All you have to do is say
"Meet you with my black drawers on"
- solos -
You don't have to worry baby,
I'll never leave you all alone
You don't have to worry,
I'll never leave you all alone
Just call me and tell me baby,
To meet you with my black drawers on
(everybody joins in the chorus:)
Baby, meet me with your black drawers on
Baby, meet me with your black drawers on
...
(until at the end Snooky Young exclaims:)
Baby, meet me with no drawers at all!
(Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham). From the CD "Homeward Bound".
I can hear young yuppies yellin', "The blues just ain't for me" But if you're drivin' a taxi, And you got a PhD You got the blues, young yuppy Sometimes you have 'em every day There ain't no doubt about it, Sometimes it be that way Your Visa's at the limit, Your Mastercard is too, Your second mortgage payment On your condo's overdue You got the blues, young yuppy Sometimes you have 'em every day There ain't no doubt about it, Sometimes it be that way (solos) You're thirto-two and holding Things are going from bad to worse You better hug it while you can There ain't no luggage on the hearse You got the blues, young yuppy Sometimes you have 'em every day There ain't no doubt about it, Sometimes it be that way Sometimes it be that way Sometimes it be that way Sometimes it be that way Sometimes it be that way (all together:) Sometimes it be that way (etc. till fade)
(Richard M. Jones) From the CD "Homeward Bound". There is another version of this song here by Muddy Waters.
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Trouble in mind, I'm blue But I won't be blue always Cause the sun gonna shine Lord in my back door someday Well my man he done left me Lord I almost lost my mind Sometimes I feel like laughing Sometimes I feel like crying I'm goin' down by the river Gonna take my rocking chair If that man don't do right Lord I'm gonna rock away from here I'm goin' down by the railroad Lord that lonesome railroad line And if that man don't do right Ease my worried mind
(James Matcher Reed aka Jimmy Reed) From the CD "Homeward Bound". See also Muddy Waters' version...
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Babe, you don't have to go Babe, babe, baby, you don't have to go I'm gonna pack my suitcase, down the road I go Baby, try me one more time Baby, try me one more time You know I just can't make it without that sweet man of mine Well I ain't never loved three men in my life I ain't never loved three men in my life That's my father, my brother, and the man who ruined my life- man who ruined my life So babe, you don't have to go Babe, babe, baby, you don't have to go Oh, I wanna pack my suitcase, down the road I go Oh babe...
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