Honkin' On Bobo
Here's some quick notes by Steven on each of the songs
that make up the "Honkin' On Bobo" album
"Road Runner" (Bo Diddley)
"The first time I heard it was on an album by a [British] band called the Pretty Things. It was phenomenal -- and so was the whole album, by the way."
"Shame Shame Shame" (Rueben Fisher/ Kenyon Hopkins)
"Smiley Lewis used to do it. Joe [Perry] brought that one in. It has a guitar line that the Stones and Keith Richards and everybody took, most notably Chuck Berry. He's famous for that guitar line. It's really uptempo."
"Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
"Somebody else took his name, and so there were two Sonny Boy Williamsons. The first one ended up with a screwdriver in the back of his head. Rumor has it that the new Sonny Boy Williamson was the guy that did it. There's great mystique around all of this. But when I heard the lyrics to 'Eyesight to the Blind,' I thought, 'Oh my God, this is the song that I want to sing to my wife.' [He starts singing:] 'You're talking 'bout your woman, I wish to God, man, that you could see mine. . . . Every time my little girl starts lovin', she brings eyesight to the blind.' And there's harmonica all over it. I thought, 'This is the perfect song.' "
"Baby Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams)
"We first did this in Joe's basement, then we started playing it on our last tour. Afterward, we came back and we recut 'Baby Please Don't Go.' . . . We re-did it so Joe could really kick [butt]. It is what it is. Listen to it. It's insane."
"Never Loved a Girl" (Ronnie Shannon)
"Aretha Franklin did that under a different title. It was just something that I pulled out. I was fooling around with it and thought I could do it. I just turned [the gender] around."
"Back Back Train" (traditional)
"It was first performed by the Hunter's Chapel Singers, from Como, Miss. And Fred McDowell did it in 1966. That's the most popular version. And we have Tracy Bonham on it. She played with us when we first opened Mama Kin [the former club on Lansdowne Street]. She was on the bill that night."
"You Gotta Move" (Gary Davis/ Fred McDowell)
"Mississippi Fred McDowell did it in 1964. We changed it around to a Bo Diddley beat. It just was a refreshing thing to do."
"The Grind" (Tyler/ Perry/Marti Frederiksen)
"It was something we wrote in Hawaii during the 'Girls of Summer' writing sessions. It's just a little thing that came out. Joe started playing this typically authentic 1950s [riff] . . . then I wrote more lyrics and we changed the guitar line into something like early Aerosmith or AC/DC."
"I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon)
"It was performed by Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters. It started with some guys rehearsing, and one of them came in early and was in the bathroom shaving. Another guy asked him, `Are you ready?' And the answer was, `I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me!' Willie [Dixon] wrote it down as a song and that was that."
"Temperature" (Little Walter)
"I sang it into a bullet mike -- it's a harmonica mike and it goes through a little amp -- and I just sang the [hell] out of it. It's kind of like how I would sing if I was still doing clubs and wasn't fortunate enough to have a schedule of day on, day off. If I was doing the beer circuit, I'd probably still be doing drugs and smoking and drinking. I kind of pretend in my own little world that that's how my voice would sound like."
"Stop Messin' Around" (Clifford Adams, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac)
"It was just an excuse to get Joe to sing on the record. I argued with him and he didn't want to do it. I said, 'Well, you've done the song for so many years that it has to go on the record.' He wanted to use a live version from several tours ago, but I said, 'No, man.' So we re-did it."
"Jesus Is on the Mainline" (traditional, with lyrics by Fred McDowell)
"It was recorded in my barn called the Bryer Patch with Tracy [Bonham] singing and with Joe playing lap steel . . . and [Aerosmith bassist] Tom [Hamilton] and [drummer] Joey [Kramer] singing and my daughter Chelsea singing, too."
Road Runner
( Ellas McDaniel )
Lady's & Gentlemen...
Step right up...
Let's go see the elephant...
Well I'm a road runner honey... yeaaaoooo yea
I'm a road runner honey
And you can't keep up with me
Well I'm a road runner lover
And you can't keep up with me
You got a green light baby
Maybe baby you will see
Well... move over honey
Baby... let me by
Yeah move over honey
C'mon... let me by
I wanna show you baby... cheers...
Here's mud in yo eye
Wellll... eat my dust
Let's have a road runner wedding
And we gotta get it right
They'll be a road runner wedding
Yeah but it can't be white
Wedding bells tomorrow mornin'
And burn some rubber tonight... huh huh ha ha...
Joe's solo...
Well I'm a road runner honey... beep beep
Well I'm a road runner honey... beep beep
Yeah I'm a road runner honey... beep beep
Well I'm a road runner honey... beep beep
Well I'm a road... run... ner
Well I'm a road... run... ner
Well I'm a road runner
A road runner
A road runner
A road runner... honey
Yeeeeaaahhhhh...
Shame Shame Shame
( R. Fisher / K. Hopkins )
Shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy
Shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy
Shame shame... shame on what'choo done
Well.. you made me sweat and talk
'Til I was skin & bones
You cause your lovers grief
Oh.. look at me now
Shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy... thats right
Shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy
Shame shame... a shame on what'choo done
You know what ya done
You wanna bump
You wanna what
You wannna... ay ay ay
Yeeeaaahhh... well I was offered dice
I gav'em a touchin' hymn
But then the game broke a loose
Oh... you were the reason
Shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy
Yeah... shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy
Shame shame... a shame on what'choo done... ay ay ay ay
And now you're talkin' back
Well I can tell your plan
You oughta eat my words down on your knees... aar
Shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy
Yeah yeah yeah yeah... shame shame shame on you Miss Roxy
Shame shame... a shame on what'choo done... wellll...
Shame shame a shame on you Miss Roxy
Shame shame shame shame
Shame shame shame shame ... yooh shame on you...
Shame on what'choo done... yeah
Shame shame... shame on what'choo done... who yeah who yeah... yeah...
Eyesight To The Blind
( Sonny Boy Williamson )
A haaa...
Well well well well...
You were talkin' bout'chor woman
I wish to God that'choo could see mine
You were talkin' bout'chor woman
I wish to God man... that'choo could see mine
Every time my little girl start to loving... she bring eyesight to the blind
Lord... her daddy musta been a millionaire... 'cause I can tell by the way she walk
Her daddy musta been a millionaire... 'cause I can tell by the way she walk
Every time she start loving... the deaf and dumb begin to talk
Yeah... you know what they say
I remember one Friday morning
We was lying down across your bed
Man in the back room was dying... eyes were sad... and I stroked his head
And I said... Lordy... ain't she pertty... and the whole state knows shes fine... yeah
And every every every time she start to loving... she bring eyesight to the blind
What a woman I got here
Lean on me baby... lean on me
Oh...
Yes... I declare she pretty and the whole state knows she's fine
Man... I declare she pretty... Lordy Lordy I declare she's fine
Every every every every time she starts to loving... she bring eyesight to the blind
Baby Please Don't Go
( Big Joe Williams )
Yeeeaaahhh...
A baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go down to New Orleans
You know I loved you so
Baby please don't go
Well your man down gone
Well your man down gone
Yeah... ya man down gone down to County Farm
He got the shackles on
Baby please don't go... yeah
Stop bein' the dog
Stop bein' the dog... yeah
Stop bein' the dog... get'chor way down here
Make you walk along
Baby please don't go... yeah
Well alright...
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go down to New Orleans
Ya know I love ya so
Baby please don't go
And I feel it right now...
My baby's leavin'
On that midnight train
And I'm dyin'... dyin'... dyin'... dyin'... dyin'... die... die... die...
Yeeeeaaaahhhh...
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go down to New Orleans
Ya know I love ya so
A baby please don't go
Yeah...
Yeah...
Well alright... alright... alright... alright...
Never Loved A Girl
( R. Shannon )
Ohh... cayeah...
What'cha say baby...
Umm huh...
Thats what I thought...
You're a no good... heartbreaker
You're a liar... you're a cheat
And I don't know why I let you do them things to me
My friends keep telling me... yeah... that'choo ain't no good
Woo... runnin' around... I'd leave you if I could
I guess I'm on tight
And I'm stuck like glue
'Cause I ain't never
I ain't never
I ain't never... no... no...
Loved a girl the way that I
I love you
Sometimes I know I thought...
You would run outta fools
But I was so wrong
Ya got the one you'll never lose
The way you treat me is a shame
How could you hurt me so bad
Woh... ooo... oohh... baby you know that I'm... the best thing that you ever had
Kiss me once again
Dont'choo never never say we're through
'Cause I ain't never
Never
Never... no... no...
Loved a girl the way that I
I love you... yeah
I can't sleep at night... and I can't eat a bite
I guess I'll never be free
Since you got... your hooks... in me
Oh oh I.... yeah
I... yeah
I ain't never loved a woman like I love ya
I ain't never loved a girl
I ain't never loved a woman like I put my arm aroun' ya
Yeah never loved a girl
I never loved a woman like I love ya
Aah yeah...
I ain't never loved a girl
I never loved that girl
Back Back Train
( Mississippi Fred MacDowell )
Well I look way down that lonesome road
Well I look way down that lonesome road
Way way down
Way way down
Way way down that lonesome road
I know that back back train will get'cha home
Back back train will get'cha home
Back back train
Back back train
Back back train will get'cha home... yeah
Well I thought I heard that church bell toll
I thought I heard that church bell toll
Told'chor lie
Told your lie
Told your lie somebody told me so... yeah
Huh hu hu...
Ho oh oh oh...
Well I'm goin' home on mornin' train... yeah
I'm goin' home on mornin' train
I'm goin' home... that's right
Goin' home... woooo
I'm goin' home on mornin' train... woooo
Huh hu hu...
Ho oh oh oh...
Well that back back train will take ya home
Back back train will take ya home
Take me home
Take me home
(Take me home... take me home)
Take me... take... awww... take me take me...
Huh hu hu... Ho oh oh oh...
Take me home
Arrr... take me home...
Take me
You Gotta Move
( Rev. G. Davis / Mississippi Fred McDowell )
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move
Oh... when my God gets ready
You gotta move
You gotta move
You may be high
You may be low
You may be rich... yeah
You may be poor
But when the Lord get ready
You gotta move
You gotta move
Huh Huh... ooww...
Yes...
You may be old
You may be young
You may be weak
Maybe high-strung
But when the good Lord get ready
You gotta move
You gotta move
You see dat woman
Who walks the street
You see dat cop
Who walks his beat
But when the Lord gets ready
You gotta move
You gotta move
You got to... ooww
Eeeaaaa...
Yeah I was hangin' with the Devil when we made a pact
I'm drinkin' welfare whiskey smokin' food stamp crack
It was one part sour... two parts sweet
Three parts strong... and four parts weak
I would rather sit on a pumpkin
And have it all to myself
Then to be crowded on a velvet cushion
You may be blind
You can not see
You may be deaf
It's all meant to be
But when the Lord get ready
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move
You got to know...
When the god get ready
You gotta move
Huh huh... you gotta
You gotta move...
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move
Yea... you gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta...
You gotta
You... you... move
The Grind
( Tyler / Perry / Frederickson )
I never thought a first time love would ever last
How could a kiss like that knock me flat on my ass
Heh hea...
The burning bed
The roses dead
And now I'm dancing with myself
Yeah... I'm missing you
Just like you want me to
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can't get'choo off of my mind
Yeah... your sweet talking hip shaking wobble gonna blow a man away
Kiss butt... and guess what
Even double crossin' dogs have their day... ha
So forget about... regret about... you're right I ain't afraid to say
Yeah... I'm missing you
Just like you want me to
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can't get'choo off...
And the more I try
Leads to the same old why
You made me slip into the grind
Now I can't get'choo off of the cloud we was on
And now it's half gone
Tell me why... why... why... why...
Why ain't I getting thorugh
Ain't no lie there out of love... love... love
Tell me was it good... for you
Tell me what'choo want
Yeah... cause I'm missing you
Just like you knew I'd do
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can't get'choo off...
And the more I try
Leads to the same old why
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can't... can't... can't get you...
Get you...
Get you...
Get you...
Get you...
Get'choo...
Get'choo...
Get'choo...
Off of my mind... oh nooo... uh uh uh uh no... ooo oo oooo...
I'm Ready
( Willie Dixon )
Aaaaaaaaaaaa...
Well I'm ready... ready as anybody can be
I am ready... a ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you
I hope you ready for me
Got an out of town pistol with the graveyard frame
It shoots tombstone bullets... wit da ball and chain
I'm drinkin' TNT... and smokin' dynamite
I hope some schoolboy pick a fight
'Cause I'm ready... ready as anybody can be
Well I'm ready for you... I hope you ready for me
Now listen...
All you pretty little chicks with'chor curly hair
Know you feel like I ain't nowhere
But stop what'chor doin' honey... come over here
I'll prove it to ya baby that I ain't no square
'Cause I'm ready... ready as anybody can be
Now I'm ready for you... I hope you ready for me
Look out...
Look out...
Hea hea hea haaa...
Well I been drinkin' gin like never before
I'm feelin' so good... honey that's for sure
One more drink... honey I wish you would
Take a whole lotta lovin' to make me feel good
'Cause I'm ready... ready as anybody can be... yeah
Well I'm ready for you... I hope you ready for...
A ready for...
A ready for...
Well I'm ready for you baby...
Yeeaaooo... oh baby...
You know I'm ready for you
Temperature
( J.M. Cohen / Little Walter Jacobs )
My baby gimme high temperature
My baby gimme high temperature
Look here... 101 when we... kiss and dance
102 with a late night romance
103... 4 and 5... it get too hot to stay alive
My baby gimme high temperature
My baby gimme high temperature
When I see her comin'... down the street
I be the fever giver... high to the beat
103... 4 and 5... it get too hot to stay alive
My baby gimme high temperature
My baby gimme high temperature
97... 98 is just a... false alarm
My temperature 105 when I hold her... in my arms
103... 4 and 5... it get too hot to stay alive
Stop Messin' Around
( C. Adams / P.A. Green )
Weee hoo...
Baby please stop messin' 'round
You're messin' around all the time
Baby please stop messin' 'round
You're messin' around all the time
If you don't stop messin' around
You'll be somebody's baby instead a mine... now...
You rocked me little baby
'Til my face turns cherry red
You rocked me so hard babe
I fall right outta bed
I said...
Stop messin' 'round
You're messin' 'round all the time... woo
You don't stop messin' 'round
You'll be somebody's baby instead a mine... aaarrr
C'mon Brad let's go...
Yeah...
C'mon Steven one more time... thats it baby...
Yeah...
Well you're rockin' me baby
'Til my face turns cherry red
Ya rock me so hard babe
I'll fall right outta bed
I said... stop messin' 'round
You're messin' 'round all the time
You don't stop messin' 'round
You'll be somebody's baby instead a mine... woo
One more... c'mon
Jesus Is On The Main Line
( Mississippi Fred McDowell )
Jesus is on the main line... tell him what'choo want
Jesus is on the main line... tell him what'choo want
Jesus is on the main line... tell him what'choo want
Wooo... call him up and tell him what you want
Yeah... he will come in a hurry... just tell him what'choo want
I said... he will come in a hurry... just tell him what'choo want
Oh he will come in a hurry... just tell him what'choo want
Oh... call him up and tell him what'choo want
Jesus is on the main line... tell him what'choo want
Jesus is on the main line... tell him what'choo want
Jesus is on the main line... just tell him what'choo want
Oh... call him up and tell him what'choo want
If you're sick and you can't get well... just tell him what'choo want
Wooo... if you're sick and you can't get well... just tell him what'choo want
Yeah... if you're sick and you can't get well... tell him what you want
Wooo... call him up and tell him what'choo want
Jesus is on the main line... tell him what'choo want
Yeah... Jesus is on the main line... just tell him what'choo want
Jesus is on the main line... just tell him what you want
Ooh... call him up and tell him what you want
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