Written by Washboard Sam (Robert Brown), and recorded by the Midnight Ramblers in 1936 with Bill Broonzy on guitar. Our version is taken from the Washboard Sam 78 recorded a month later with Broonzy on guitar. Broonzy was a prolific blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who began playing country blues in the 1920s to mostly black audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s his style successfully transitioned to a blues sound popular with white audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk- roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star.
