Ryan Bingham, Jackie Greene & Luther Dickinson "Going Down", Auditorium Shores, SXSW 03.20.2015

SMOKING HOT! "Goin' Down Slow" or "Going Down Slow" is a blues song composed by American blues singer St. Louis Jimmy Oden. It is considered a blues standard[1] and "one of the most famous blues of all".[2] "Goin' Down Slow" has been recorded by many blues and other artists, notably Howlin' Wolf and Bobby Bland, whose rendition was a hit in both the Billboard R&B and Pop singles charts.[3] According to one author, "Few blues songs have stood the test of time as enduringly as "Goin' Down Slow".[9] It has been recorded by many musical artists, including: 1949 – Ray Charles as "I've Had My Fun" single (SwingTime 215); also in 1966 from Crying Time 1958 – Champion Jack Dupree from the album Blues from the Gutter 1960 – Little Walter as "I Had My Fun" single (Checker 945) 1962 – B.B. King single (Kent 383); also in 1974 with Bobby Bland from Together for the First Time... Live 1963 – Jimmy Witherspoon from Blues Around the Clock 1964 – Davey Graham from Folk, Blues and Beyond 1964 - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band from The Original Lost Elektra Sessions 1966 – The Animals from Animalism 1967 – Canned Heat from Canned Heat 1967 – Aretha Franklin from Aretha Arrives 1968 – Free from Tons of Sobs 1968 – The Electric Flag as a bonus track on a reissue of A Long Time Comin' 1971 – Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon from Guilty! 1972 – Duane Allman from An Anthology 1972 – Led Zeppelin as part of the live "Whole Lotta Love" medley from How the West Was Won (released in 2003) 1974 – Bobby Bland single (Dunhill 4379), reached Billboard #17 R&B & #69 Pop[3] 1994 – Huey Lewis and the News from Four Chords & Several Years Ago 1998 – Eric Clapton from Pilgrim 2003 – Jeff Beck and Tom Jones from Red, White and Blues soundtrack 2004 - Spiritualized wrote a homage with different words in 2004 on The Complete Works (album series) 2006 - Guy Davis from Skunkmello 2011 - Patrice O'Neal on the Opie & Anthony Show with Warren Haynes

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