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Another Robert Johnson number done in the key of Joe. Circa 2001.
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Experimental recordings from over the years featuring various song-writing/music collaborations.
I have been writing and attempting to create original music since I was 17 years old. Since that time, I have collaborated with many different artists on various projects. Thankfully, my friends are just as crazy as I and share a similar penchant for writing and recording homemade music. Most of the jams from back in the day were recorded on cassette tape. Some were done using computers or digitized previously, so they are of higher fidelity. On this page, I have chosen to publish and preserve for posteriority some of the choicer selections from our scatalogue. Many of these recordings were made before the computer age was full blown. Much of the overdubbing on the early recordings was done by tape-to-tape transfer which (if you have ever done it) you know causes an extreme loss of fidelity. Also, the fidelity of the tapes has degraded severely over the years. I did not get around to begin transferring until March 2009. Some of the recordings date as far back as 1991, so as you'll hear, some of the tapes were on the verge of demagnetizing. The recordings vary in quality, and you should be careful to adjust volume as necessary. I tried to give warning of the tracks with hot levels. Take these recordings with a grain of salt. Some were done on very low quality hand-held recorders, others on cassette 4-track, and some were fiddled with using Acid software during periods where computer editing was available. These recordings are being posted mainly for the artists involved. With all those disclaimers in mind, wecolme to The Vault and please indulge yourself in Selections from Our Scatalogue.
Song Info
Genre
Blues Cover Songs
Peak in subgenre #40
Author
Levis
Rights
2001
Uploaded
April 18, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.4 MB 128 kbps 2:34
Story behind the song
NOTE: Gulfport Island or Gulf & Ship Island railroad linked the docks at Ship Island, Mississippi, just off the main land at the city of Gulfport on the Gulf of Mexico with the main railroad line at Jackson.
Lyrics
It's the last fair deal goin' down It's the last fair deal goin' down It's the last fair deal goin' down, good lord, On this Gulf Port Island road Idabell don't you cry this time Idabell don't you cry this time If you cry about a nickel You'd die about a dime If you won't cry Then money don't mind Well I like the way you do Yes, I love the way you do Well I love the way you do, good lord, On this Gulf Port Island road Well my captain so mean on me Yeah my captain so mean on me Well my captain so mean on me, good lord, On this Gulf Port Island road Well take cap tain he can see Well take cap tain he can see That scale ain't me that seen, good lord, On this Gulf Port Island road And I'm working my way back home Yes I'm working my way back home Well I'm working my way back home, good lord, On this Gulf Port Island road That thing don't keep ringing so soon Well that thing don't keep ringing so soon Yeah that thing don't keep ringing so soon, good lord, On this Gulf Port Island road Last fair deal going down Its the last fair deal going down Its the last fair deal going down, good lord, On this Gulf Port Island road On this Gulf Port Island road On this Gulf Port Island road
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