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If the Blues Was Whiskey... Inspiriert Durch Den Pfingstbergblues-Whisky Eine Kleine Abhandlung Über Die Rolle Dieses Geistreichen Getränks Im Blues

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If the Blues Was Whiskey... Inspiriert Durch Den Pfingstbergblues-Whisky Eine Kleine Abhandlung Über Die Rolle Dieses Geistreichen Getränks Im Blues If the blues was whiskey... Inspiriert durch den Pfingstbergblues-Whisky eine kleine Abhandlung über die Rolle dieses geistreichen Getränks im Blues Copyright: Klaus "Mojo" Kilian, Musiker, Publizist, Übersetzer; Mitbegründer der "Matchbox Blues Band", des Duos "Downhome Percolators", Netzer/Kilian Portrait [WeckenKlaus Sie Mojo das Interesse Kilian Ihrer Leser mit einem passenden Zitat aus dem Dokument, oder verwenden Sie diesen Platz, um eine Kernaussage zu betonen. Um das Textfeld an einer beliebigen Stelle auf der Seite zu platzieren, ziehen Sie es einfach.] Gesang, Mundharmonika, Gitarre Klaus Mojo Kilian schreibt Hat im Herbst 1982 die Band mit If the blues was whiskey ... dem Schlagzeuger Horst Kehrer gegründet. Inspiriert durch ... I’d stay drunk all the time. Wäre der Wie viele Blueser sind am Realität sein Blues Whiskey, würde ich immer Schallplatten von Muddy Waters konnte – oder für einige Auserwählte besoffen bleiben. Eine schöne das Sprungbrett in eine besseres Leben. und Sonny Boy Williamson, nahm Metapher, die auf den Autor dieser Mojo Kilian vor über 30 Jahren Zeilen in gewisser Weise zutrifft, da Schaut bzw. hört man sich das an, was zum ersten Mal eine meine intensive Beschäftigung mit die Bluessängerinnen und -sänger Mundharmonika in die Hand. diesem Genre – sowohl theoretisch als (wobei die weiblichen Interpretinnen auch praktisch – inzwischen über 40 Über die Jahre wuchs die das Thema deutlich weniger häufig Jahre währt. aufgegriffen haben als die Bluesmänner) Plattensammlung parallel zu den in ihren Texten über Whiskey sangen, so Fähigkeiten auf der Bluesharp, so Inspiriert durch den Pfingstbergblues- hört man dass er heute einer der führenden Whisky, nun also eine kleine Abhandlung über die Rolle dieses geistreichen 1. das Verlangen nach diesem Getränk Experten für den Blues und einer Getränks im Blues, das gleichzeitig Segen (am besten in der hochwertigen, aber der besten Interpreten auf seinem und Fluch, Muse und Zerstörer, Erlösung aus Kosten- und rechtlichen Gründen Instrument ist. Außerdem hat und Niedergang war, ist und wohl immer [Prohibition] oftmals in der Mojo – der Spitzname leitet sich bleiben wird. (Kleine Begriffsklärung: selbstgebrannten Variante), aus einem Glücksbringer ab, der Auch wenn der Pfingstbergblues-Whisky schottischen Ursprungs ist, geht es hier in vielen Bluessongs vorkommt – 2. den Whiskey-Konsum selbst und das logischerweise um amerikanischen Genießen des entsprechenden immer auch gesungen: von Whiskey.) Anfang an kraftvoll, in den letzten Rauschzustandes und Blues und Whiskey – die gehören doch Jahren jedoch auch mit zusammen wie Blues und Weiber, Blues 3. die negativen Auswirkungen des überzeugender Routine und und Sex – oder wie Blues und exzessiven Konsums und damit Melodieführung. Mojo hat die Liebeskummer? Ja, aber ... Blues steht verbunden der Wunsch oder das Matchbox Bluesband durch für so viele Dinge, dass eine Versprechen, von der Whiskey- verschiedene Besetzungen Verallgemeinerung letztendlich im Abhängigkeit loszukommen. Klischee endet. Tatsache ist, dass der geführt, von denen die Whiskey häufig in Bluestexten Es folgen eine Reihe von Beispielen, die augenblickliche auch die bei vorkommt, dass die meisten natürlich eine subjektive Auswahl der weitem langlebigste ist. Blueskünstler wohl gerne mal einen Favoriten des Autors sind und keinerlei Schluck davon genommen haben und Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit erheben. E-Mail an Mojo schreiben dass das Getränk für viele von ihnen mojokilian[at]yahoo.com zum Problem geworden ist. Eine der schönsten Whiskey- (Jener Dr. Clayton ist übrigens trotz Metaphern im Blues stammt aus dem seiner überschaubaren Menge an mit weiteren legendären, immer Aufnahmen einer der textlich und wieder verwendeten Blues-Strophen gesanglich interessantesten und gespickten „Diving Duck Blues“ einflussreichsten Bluesinterpreten, der (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= z. B. von B.B. King sträflich bestohlen mJK0MRF3Ghk), in dem Sleepy John wurde.) Estes 1929 sang: „Now if the river was Sonny Boy Williamson Nr. 1 dagegen whiskey and I was a divin’ duck, I would sang 1941 in einer der zahlreichen dive on the bottom, never would come Versionen des „Sloppy Drunk Blues“ up.“ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g Merke: Blueser singen nicht über das eTA3ux0j_c): “I love my moonshine Baden in Champagner. whiskey, I tell the world I do. I drinks my whiskey, just to get along with you.” Ein Jahr später behauptete Estes im „Milk Cow Blues“ dagegen, er brauche Andererseits warnte Sonny Boy drei gar keinen Schnaps, um besoffen zu Jahre zuvor werden: „Now I went upstairs to pack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2 my leaving trunk, I never saw no CqqyuY1W5I): “Moonshine has harmed Whiskey, the blues done made me a-many men, that’s the reason why I sloppy drunk.“ believe I’ll make a change.” Er muss sich ändern, denn der Moonshine- „(Bring me) water when I’m thirsty, Whiskey kann dazu führen, dass man bring me whiskey when I’m dry”, sang dem Glücksspiel verfällt, den Polizisten der Pianist Walter Davis 1935 vielleicht mit einem Lieferanten verwechselt, nicht als Erster, aber in einer sein Frau nicht mehr versteht und so unglaublich dynamischen Art und ziemlich jeden anpflaumt, der einem Weise (unterstützt von Big Joe Williams begegnet. und Henry Townsend an zwei Gitarren: Dann schon lieber das gute Zeug, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K obwohl Washboard Sam wusste, dass dfLMxyFt1Q). auch “Good Whiskey” zum Niedergang Es handelt sich bei ihm um Moonshine- führen kann Whiskey, wie er in einer anderen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a Strophe des Songs verrät, also jenem, cwI5taEhOA): “I drinks good whiskey, der bei Mondschein, sprich schwarz good whiskey is all I crave, it looks like gebrannt wird. Einerseits weil er billiger good whiskey gonna carry me to my walter davis project 2 ist als der Whiskey aus dem Liquor grave. I don’t want no liquor that sells 4 courtesy Store, andererseits weil von 1920 bis – 5 cents a shot, just give me bottle in BobCorritore.com 1933 in den USA eine generelle bond, ’cause it really hits the Prohibition in Kraft war – noch heute spot.” Whiskey mit Qualitätssiegel darf in vielen Landkreisen der Staaten schmeckt halt einfach besser. Arkansas, Mississippi und Kentucky Peetie Wheatstraw war 1935 jedenfalls kein Alkohol verkauft werden. froh, dass die Prohibition – zumindest Man muss also zum „Moonshine Man“ als landesweites Gesetz – vorbei war gehen, den Peter Cleighton alias Doctor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3 Clayton 1941 besang, allerdings nicht rda6KXgF50): “I’m so glad that good ohne die negativen Auswirkungen des whiskey have come back again ... I’m so Getränks zu erwähnen: „If you love glad I don’t have to drink this hootch no your liquor, please look what a wreck more, because it killed my partner and I’m in, I drink anything from moonshine had me on the killin’ floor. ... I’m so to Gordon’s gin.“ glad I don’t have to drink no more moonshine. Now I can drink my good whiskey and I ain’t afraid of dyin’.” Jetzt braucht er keine Angst mehr zu Später sang Milburn auch über „Good, haben, dass der Fusel (hootch) ihn Good Whiskey“ und „Vicious, Vicious umbringt. Eine ganz reale Sorge, wenn Vodka, ohne allerdings an seine man aus Mangel an Geld oder früheren Erfolge anknüpfen zu können. Gelegenheit noch nicht mal zum In „Let Me Go Home Whiskey“ Moonshine greifen kann, sondern sich (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ Alkohol aus anderen Quellen sucht. HzcWqj55d8) schließlich will Milburn Weit verbreitet bei den Ärmsten der vom Hochprozentigen in Ruhe gelassen Armen war zur Zeit der Prohibition das werden, hat ihm doch sein Baby Extrahieren des Alkohols aus befohlen, nicht mehr betrunken nach Brennpaste, die unter dem Hause zu kommen. Sein R&B-Kollege Markennamen Sterno in Dosen als Wynonie Harris hatte schon 1945 einen „Canned Heat“ verkauft wurde und von Nr.-1-Hit mit „Who Threw The Whiskey Tommy Johnson 1928 besungen wurde In The Well“, allerdings war er da noch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l Angestellter im Orchester von Lucky GuoOyeUj-w): „Cryin‘ canned heat, Millinder. canned heat mama, sure lord, killin‘ me; (it) take alcorub to take these 1953 folgte dann sein „Quiet Whiskey“ canned heat blues.“ Man könnte das (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F Thema mit Shoe Polish oder Jake _lJMRb12Is), in dem er eine wilde (einem hochprozentigen Extrakt aus alkoholgetränkte Fete beschrieb, mit jamaikanischem Ingwer) weiterführen dem Prolog und Refrain: „Whiskey, … whiskey on the shelf, you looked so quiet there by yourself. Things were Eigentlich erstaunlich, aber je mehr fine ’til they took you down, opened Bluessongs zum Thema Whiskey ich mir you up and passed you around.” Und anhöre, desto klarer wird, dass die auch Muddy Waters wusste: “Whiskey, Mehrzahl der Songs auch die negativen you ain’t no good, I declare I’m through Auswirkungen erwähnt. Selbst ein so with you. You haven taken all my beschwingt daherkommender Song wie money, you have taken my baby, too.” Memphis Slims „Whiskey And Gin (“Sittin’ Here Drinkin’”, Blues“ 1948,https://www.youtube.com/watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z ?v=xXipUlC-4us) bkd2WHIIQg) warnt: „Whiskey make me stagger and stumble, fall down and Wenn Papa Lightfoot mit brachialem Muddy Waters scar my chin, I know you ain’t no good Drive, verzerrter Stimme und virtuoser courtesy Mr. Whiskey, but I got to try you Dampfhammer-Bluesharp sein “Wine, BobCorritore.com again.” Aber dennoch: “Good whiskey, Women, Whiskey” good whiskey is all in the world I crave, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2 I'm gonna drink good whiskey the rest vc8PMs_s9M) schmettert, dann kann of my doggone days.” Selbst im man es ihm kaum glauben, so voller fortgeschrittenen Alter war eine Enthusiasmus singt er: „Wine, whiskey Voraussetzung für Slims Auftritte, dass and women, gonna be the death of me. eine bestimmte Whiskeysorte I’m rippin’ and I’m runnin’, but still in verfügbar war. Wenn nicht, dann hieß misery.” Letztendlich ist es wohl eine es von ihm: „No whiskey, no show!“ Frage der Menge – in Maßen genossen, schadet ein Schlückchen sicher nicht.
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