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TAB/videolesson https://www.daddystovepipe.com/guitar-lesson-pack-tabs-volume-1.php or my Mance Lipscomb lesson pack https://www.daddystovepipe.com/mance-lipscomb-pack.php Mance Lipscomb recorded this song on an extremely rare lp called 'Trouble In Mind'. Author and researcher Mack McCormick was able to convince Liberty (Frank Sinatra's label) to record Mance shortly after his discovery in the early 60ies. The lp flopped and soon found its way to the cutout bins. Luckily it was reissued on cd with additional tracks recently and is well worth having. Mance must have been intimidated by his first encounter with a recording studio as he did 6 takes... The song is played in the key of E and has a mesmerising accompaniment and a very original, unusual guitar solo, it shows what a great talent Mance Lipscomb was. Steve James does also a great version of this song on one of his early cd's. John Miller teaches this song in his Texas Blues dvd (guitarworkshop.com) and although John is a great teacher I found his approach to this song too detailed. It is so that Mance plays (I believe unintentionally - the number of takes supports this) many variations in the bassline and it's impossible (boring) to learn all these, therefore I made my own arrangement with a more straightforward structure. I uploaded two lessons about this song Link to the lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ_wCEKet9Y John Jackson also did a version but more in the style of Blind Lemon Jefferson and in the key of A. Here's the link to a great version by Danny Ward http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1e0fzXvPDQ I'm playing a cheap old Supertone from the 20ies LYRICS Rocks and Gravel makes a solid road Rocks and Gravel makes a solid road Takes a do-right woman to satisfy my soul Well, I'm goin' out west just ta see my pony run Goin' out west to see my pony run If I win any money I'm gon' send my good girl some Here's a dollar mama, made it in the rain Here's a dollar mama, made it in the rain It's a hard ol' dollar made it just the same That's your tone daddy, every time you come That's your tone daddy, every time you come I ain't got no money but I'll soon have some Man in the army, wants a furlough home Man in the army, wants a furlough home About face rookie, you ain't been here long Man in the army eatin' out of trough Man in the army eatin' out of trough Just waitin' for Uncle Sam to try and pay him off Got a girl in the country, she won't come to town Got a girl in the country, she won't come to town Got one in Louisiana and she's water bound I can't see how can you, treat your daddy mean I can't see how can you, treat your daddy mean When you lay all night in your daddy's arms and dream
American blues guitarist, singer and songster. He was born near Navasota, Texas on April 09, 1895. Took the name Mance (short for emancipation) from a friend of his oldest brother, Charlie as a young man. Died January 30, 1976 in Navasota, Texas after suffering a stroke two years prior.
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