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Blind Lemon Jefferson

by Peter Allan

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Blind Lemon Jefferson is one of the most original voices in early blues and in many ways the Buddha of the Blues. Here's one of those dream songs with a big swamp of sound.

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Last night I dreamed I played like Lemon Jefferson. A crowd would gather round and music was their medicine. A lonely man playing blues by moonlight. While all around in those fields of cotton, they're picken' em fast for the rich to floss. They're beaten with a Bible til they sing like sweet Jesus on the cross.
Don't look for me on Sunday, I've got to take my girl to Sunday school. I don't need no lead boy, I can make my own rules. A lonely man singing blues by moonlight, but high above in those halls of injustice, they're bringin' em in guilty for the flight to be free. They hang them on the porch 'cause they've cut down all of the trees. Last night I dreamed I played like Blind Lemon Jefferson.
I could have been a sweet soul man, big and black and hung like a traffic light, last night I dreamed I played like Blind Lemon Jefferson.
I see my sugar there she's shining like the morning star. You make me feel like leapin' through the keyhole in your door. A lonely man singing blues by moonlight, but not so far away in some all-white diner. They're leavin' with burger bags over their heads, you're safer in the street 'cause they'll fry you if they catch you in bed.
Last night I dreamed I played like Blind Lemon Jefferson.

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released May 13, 2020

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Peter Allan Ballarat, Australia

Parents horrified, "you want to be a musician? When are you going to get a real job?" I love the search for meaning in the world, the surge of inspiration after a time of silence. Style ? That's for the listener if they need a handle. I love the old blues, the romantics, soulful singers and music of fellow adventurers. ... more

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