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Blues Standards III

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Introduction:
"Herein are recognized some blues artists who were not covered in my first two Blues Standards quizzes. Good luck."


1. What Big Joe Turner song contains these lyrics?
"Come in this house, stop all that yackety yack.
Come in this house, stop all that yackety yack.
Come fix my supper, don't want no talkin' back."
    Yackety Yak
    Shake, Rattle and Roll
    Honey Hush
    You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)


2. Big Mama Thornton had a big hit with this song that was also a hit for Elvis Presley. What song had these lyrics in Thornton's version?
"You told me you was high class,
but I can see through that.
Yes, you told me you was high class,
but I can see through that.
And daddy I know
you ain't no real cool cat."
    Just Like a Dog, Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree
    Ball 'n Chain
    Hound Dog
    Heartbreak Hotel


3. What Louisiana by way of Texas bluesman had a hit with "Okie Dokie Stomp?"
    Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
    "Cripple" Clarence Lofton
    Clarence "Frogman" Henry
    Clarence "Gulf Coast" Williams


4. What Big Bill Broonzy classic goes in the blank in these lyrics?
"I got the _______, and I'm billed out and bound to go.
I'm gonna leave here runnin', cause walkin' is most too slow."

    White Line Fever
    Key to the Highway
    Brown Skin Shuffle
    Bull Cow Blues


5. What Lowell Fulson song begins with these lines?
"So long, oh how I hate to see you go.
So long, oh how I hate to see you go.
And the way that I will miss you,
I guess you will never know."
    Trouble, Trouble
    Reconsider Baby
    Check Yourself
    When the Cows Come Home in the Evenin'


6. Whose big hit was "Mojo Hand?"
    Lightnin' Hopkins
    Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams
    Shuggie Otis
    Drink Small


7. Which of the following is NOT a Howlin' Wolf song?
    Spoonful
    Little Red Rooster
    Moanin' at Midnight
    Two Hundred Pounds of Joy


8. Which Albert King song has these lyrics?
"I been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.
Hard luck and trouble is my only friend.
I been on my own ever since I was ten."
    Born Under a Bad Sign
    C.O.D.
    I'll Play the Blues for You
    Talking Hard Luck Blues


9. "If you ever go to Houston,
you better walk right,
you better not stagger,
you better not fight.
Sheriff Benson will arrest you,
he'll carry you down.
And if the jury finds you guilty,
you're penitentiary bound" are from what Leadbelly song?
    Midnight Special
    Folsom Prison
    Rock Island Line
    Linin' Track


10. What goes in the blanks, which is also the title of a Robert Lockwood Jr. song, in these lyrics?
"Come on, baby,
______________,
to the same old place,
where we long to be."
    Ride With Old Leelee
    You Got the Key
    Take a Walk With Me
    Go Away With Me


11. Who is the white harmonica player with some Native American ancestry who recorded the song "Help Me" with his Southside Blues Band?
    "Blue" Lou Marini
    Charlie Musselwhite
    Robert K. Weiss
    Mac Rebennack


12. "Well I'm sitting in la la,
waiting for my __
___, uh huh.
I'm sitting in la la,
waiting for my __
__, uh huh.
It may sound funny
but I don't believe she's coming, uh huh."
Who or what was Sonny Terry waiting for?
    Bernice
    Ma Ma
    Ya Ya
    Na Na


13. Which Chicago blues guitarist had a hit with "Easy Baby" in the late 1950s?
    Magic Sam
    Gitfiddle Jim
    Louisiana Red
    Homesick James


14. What Jimmy Reed song are these lyrics from?
"Going up,
going down,
got me up, down, down, up,
anyway you want to let it roll."
    You've Got Me Dizzy
    Baby What You Want Me to Do
    Elevator Blues
    Ain't That Loving You Baby


15. Whose real name was Lizzie Douglas; she had a hit with "Bumble Bee" in 1929?
    Koko Taylor
    Memphis Minnie
    "Ma" Rainey
    Marcia Ball


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