1990 Birdlegg - Good Time Blues Single A Side

The 1990 single, "Good Time Blues" with the flip side "Blues Jumped On A Rabbit," was Birdlegg's first recording and release. The single was released on Birdlegg's own Tight Fit Records Label. "Good Time Blues" was written by Gene Pittman (aka Birdlegg) and "Blues Jumped On A Rabbit" by N. Bolden. Birdlegg's iconoclastic, Good Time Blues was his answer to the expectation of the era - blues should be about the depressed and the downtrodden. In 2021 he said, "The song, Good Time Blues was written by me, in response to an interview on a radio that my last mentor, Mr Sonny Rhodes was giving on a then local radio station. Sonny Rhodes was saying that the Blues had to be sad, and lowdown, and as I considered myself to be an irreverent so-and-so, I did enjoy the shock value of trashing the rumors and prejudices towards the Blues!! So, the result was Good Time Blues!! I wrote it, in less than 15 minutes!!" Band Birdlegg - Vocal, Harmonica Country Pete - Bass Christian Rannenberg - Piano Twist Turner - Drums Rich Kirch - Guitar Label: Tight Fit Records - 9006V31 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo Released: 1990 Genre: Blues Recorded at Twist Turner's House of Sound. As far as we can tell, in addition to this 1990 single, Birdlegg released at least six albums - comprising of four studio albums and two live albums. RELEASES 1990 - GOOD TIME BLUES (US, single, studio recording, with the Tight Fit Blues Band [TFBB]) 2005 (& possibly 2007) - MEET ME ON THE CORNER (US, studio album, with the TFBB) 2013 - BIRDLEGG (US, studio album, Eddie Stout's, Dialtone Records studio band) 2014 - LIVE AT THE BLUE MOON (US, live album, with the TFBB) 2014 - HOSEA HARGROVE BIRDLEGG (US, studio album) 2016 - THE BLUES TORNADO LIVE (Madrid, live album, with Spanish musicians) 2016 - EXTRA MAYO (Sweden, studio album, using Swedish musicians) AWARDS/NOMINATIONS 2004 – Bay Blues Society “Blues Harmonica Player Of The Year” 2018 – Austin Blues Society Award Nomination “Best Artist” 2019 - Austin Blues Society Award Nomination “Lifetime Achievement” 2019 - Austin Blues Society Award Nomination “Best Artist” BIO Eugene "Birdlegg" Pittman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1947, learned the blues from his Georgia-born grandfather who played the National Steel Guitar and toured the US. Bird is proud to have taught the blues in Oakland, California area schools with blues master, Willie Dixon. Once the blues took hold of Birdlegg they never let go. "All other forms of music, I had to learn to love,” said Birdlegg, “but with the blues, there was no trying at all. I just love it.” Influenced by Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sonny Terry 'Cool Papa' H. R. Sadler, Massala Talbert, and Robert Haskell amongst others, Birdlegg picked up the harmonica in his early 20s. Grateful to these masters Birdlegg committed to preserving and promoting the original style blues. He formed the Tight Fit Blues Band (which has always had a fluid line-up) in 1980. Birdlegg’s harmonica playing, which is influenced by Sonny Boy Williamson and Cool Papa Sadler, together with his unique vocals, brings a fresh, distinctive approach to traditional blues. "I'm so fortunate to have something no one can take from you. They can take your money, your wife, your kids. But they can't take the music. It's yours." References: Discogs/AllMusic/Wikipedia

Added 29 Mar 2026