I’m goin' down in Louisiana
Be, be, behind the sun
I’m goin' down in Louisiana
Honey, behind the sun
Well, you know I just found out
My troubles just begun
I’m goin' down in New Orleans, hmm
Get me a
mojo hand
I’m goin' down in New Orleans
Get me a mojo hand
(spoken: oh take me with you, man, when you goin')
I’m 'on show all you good lookin' women
Yes, how to treat your love
(spoken: let’s go back to New Orleans)
rollin stone made me learn guitar when i was 14. I remember listening to this one too. those early muddy songs (rollin and tumblin, cant be satisfied, etc) really blew me away. so real.
Such a "perfect" song. Just telepathy between the musicians on this one.
And Muddy sounds SOOO cool the way he swoops his vocal lines, echoe'd by the harmonica and Muddy's guitar playing. Big Crawford's slap bass playing just propels the song beautifully. This song would NEVER have sounded right with a walking bassline. It would never have sounded right with Willie Dixon on bass either.
And then they brought in Jimmy Rodgers for later tracks - deep !
“The first guitarist I was aware of was Muddy Waters. I heard one of his records when I was a little boy and it scared me to death because I heard all of these sounds. Wow! What is that all about? It was great.” - Jimi Hendrix
I know that this is Muddy on Vocals and guitar and Little Walter on harp. I spoke to Muddy in 1968 in San Francisco about this song and he said that Chess released it as by Little Walter originally to showcase him and his harp and that he(muddy) was just a member of the band. It was eventually released on greatest hits albums as by both Muddy and Walter.