Hesitation Standard Blues - Solo Guitar Instrumental Bluesman (Century of Progress) by JTSunrise published on 2022-06-14T01:03:23Z Hesitation Blues may have been the first twelve-bar blues to be known across the US South, circulating in oral tradition for years – perhaps decades – before it was written down, mostly in versions that were far too dirty to be printed or recorded. Robert Winslow Gordon and Hubert Canfield both collected multiple versions in the 1920s, and Jelly Roll Morton recalled one for Alan Lomax that he’d apparently heard in New Orleans around the turn of the century. The Hesitation Blues has since been cleaned up and done by various artists in every genera. However it originated in burlesque and other more phonographic musical forms of the underworld preformed for patrons in juke joints, brothels and speak-easy clubs by early bluesmen. Most versions seem to have included verses in the same basic pattern: (((((((WARNING: PROFANE LANGUAGE BELOW AS PRESENTED FROM AN ACADEMIC EXPERT PLEASE DO NOT FLAG THIS TRACK. AGAIN. HEED WARNINGS AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS GET OUT NOW WHILE YOU CAN ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE THE MANAGEMENT))))))) , , | _,,._ | 0' ,' `.__,--. 0' / .--. | ,,, | [=========|==|==|=|==|=|==___] \ "--" __ | ''' `._ _,' `--' ""' , ,0 , hjm |) |) ,'| ____ 0' ' | 0' | | 0' 0' 0' I ain’t no butcher, no butcher’s son, But I can cut your meat until the butcher comes. I ain’t no milkman, no milkman’s son, But I can pull your titties till the milkman comes. I ain’t no sergeant, no sergeant’s son, But I can handle your privates till the sergeant comes… …and so on, as well as such straightforwardly descriptive verses as, from Canfield’s collection: A fist full of teats, and a mouth full of tongue, Takes a long peckered daddy to make his baby come. Only the BEST for you all! Saturday Satan Sunday Saint JT Genre Learning Comment by Camille Bordelon I love that song Red Hot Blues by Robert Johnson...one of my favorites of his 2024-02-23T01:29:55Z Comment by Camille Bordelon nicest guy in Seattle and on Soundcloud LUV YA BROSEPH 😆 2024-02-21T19:50:09Z Comment by philippe blanc - composer belle virtuosité 2023-10-13T15:22:55Z Comment by Henri Carriere This blues is fantastic ! 2023-07-30T06:16:03Z Comment by Camille Bordelon love the heck outta dis 2023-07-30T02:30:49Z Comment by Walker brilliant guitar !! 2023-02-05T04:21:35Z Comment by Steve Matthews Good to get the history, and then hit the time machine button to hear it! I like the way you recorded it too. 2022-11-22T20:50:07Z Comment by Béjar Music very nice, friend 🙂 congratulations!!! 2022-11-16T08:18:43Z Comment by Mountain Man reposts Well, this was worth a visit for the description alone but it's nonetheless a joy to hear. Excellent work, JT! 2022-09-19T12:23:01Z Comment by Kenna-Rae YESSS!!! I LOVE IT ❤️ 2022-09-19T06:50:02Z Comment by Pa' Shot The Canary great playing man, always nice to read your song descriptions too. 2022-09-13T21:04:50Z Comment by echosonica great blues! 2022-09-13T19:30:13Z Comment by Lammbone Cool version JT. I do like this song. Thanks for the history too. 2022-09-03T18:23:21Z Comment by Modes About Me i love your finger picking 2022-08-29T18:58:48Z Comment by STONERJAZZ Beautiful guitarin bro. 2022-08-29T17:08:05Z Comment by The Strums Wow! great playin' 2022-08-29T09:40:27Z