'The House Of The Rising Sun' 1928 TEXAS ALEXANDER, Texas Blues Legend

[sentforth5]

No doubt this is Lonnie Johnson's guitar work.

[Oroonie100]

I agree, that's Lonnie Johnson on gtr, one of the Masters.

[BunduBasher58]

Texas had to have had an anagrammatic respopnse to such a bodacious call

[annieisaretard]

Well this is just lovely :)

[GRAPEPONY]

how can you claim rock and roll was invented by whites were is your proof.look at the early blues record the internet i dont hear a white man no matter how hard he tries to copy the black man he does not sound or you can mistake the two why because the white man yellow man does not have soul like the black man and woman. of course elvis was unique but all he sang and learned was black rythem and blues! this is a fact it takes the white race years to catch on to many black music and trends.

[paulypaulification]

@GRAPEPONY The first songs sang were renditions of what they had heard in white music as well. Using english language,english poetry,rhyming,and english instruments. It is just as rooted in white music as African chants. You think about that.

[paulypaulification]

@GRAPEPONY Black people got the english language,the european instruments,and the use of english language in poetry and music. Who do you think tought a black man to play guitar. Also,the blues is the easiest form of music besides rap and is only another contribution of an art form that was being done before Columbus. What you don't see is that nobody invented the blues and it is just as rooted in the english music as African chants.

[paulypaulification]

@GRAPEPO A black man had to have copied a white man playing guitar and singing in the beginning. Blues is just as rooted in white music as black. The format for this music CAN NOT BE AFRICAN. Black people used what was there already. Who do you think played the first sad song using a guitar? DUUUUU,and I never said they invented it. Nobody invented,copied,or stole shit cause it WAS FREE!!!!

[GRAPEPONY]

my point being the blues is rock and roll same beat same tempo of course inferior recording and

instruments. black americans were slaves and encountered incredible abuse for a long time by there owners the white man.they had very little relief .one of there few pleasures was singing

while working in the hot fields.there harmony and pain is felt through there music it is very unique and unequaled . that music was later heard in the church. i never heard a white blues singer during that era.

[catkittycatkittycat]

@GRAPEPONY the blues is an expression of the black man's pain. and a big thank you to the whiteys who invented the wonderful instruments that the black man uses to express his music. It's all about the black man this time. so give credit where credit is due instead of in the hands of the pompous white europeans.so tell me when did the white man feel the most pain? while he was wipping the black slaves or counting his money? what blues song came out of that? nobodys fault but mine? ohh

[GRAPEPONY]

let me guess marcy marc and vanilla ice were the first rappers.when it comes to all trendy pop music rock jazz, latin, rap etc. black people invented and white people coppied . including the lingo but when a white person attempts to talk black he sounds stupit.you can never mistake a black singer with a white one sure there are some white singers that sound good but i can never mistake whitney houstan yes the crack head with barbara streisand or marvin gay with willy nelson.

[paulypaulification]

@GRAPEPONY White people were the first to use the english language in rhymes,poetry,and music.A white man had to teach the black man to do everything that rap consists of. YOU THINK ABOUT THAT the next 20 if white people don't dominate the industry and create better rap than what exists today. It will come naural because we invented the rhyme,fool Just didn't whant to be called WIGGER before but look at Marshal. Elvis was KING because he sold the most records for singing the english language.

[GRAPEPONY]

meezsims2luver956 and the other clown rogerstill or what ever two morons.white people created shit. you dum ass persians had a version of guitar before europeans were civilized. also the chinese and india .and for your infomation pecker wood moron the the moors in spain who were BLACK had what is closest to the modern guitar when they concord spain.i lauphed like hell and iam not black when you siad white people invented rock and roll because of the language you are a complete dick.continued.

[catkittycatkittycat]

@GRAPEPONY agree. don't let that prick piss you off. he's only trying to stimulate his tiny brain by starting arguments with his blatantly ignorant statements about the blues being a white european invention. notice none of us are black and we are the ones arguing back with that idiot. anytime some one makes an ignorant statement they are doing it for arguments sake only. they know they are wrong and that's what they love about it all...starting a fight. he's probably Irish or english

[paulypaulification]

@GRAPEPONY No whites played guitar and sang the english language first.I'm not saying that white people invented the blues. Only saying that it is as rooted in white culture and music as black. Who tought blackie to play guitar? Where did he hear the english language being sang to chords on the guitar. I didn't say whitey invented the guitar!!! You must be illiterate or something.Who do you think was singing rhymes first? African chants added to renditions of white music. The real roots PEACE

[paulypaulification]

@GRAPEPONY No,you are illiterate.I said,"King Tut Was European" Go fuck yourself

[Bloody0Martyr]

@paulypaulification dude, you're funny, what planet you fall off of? lend me your comic collection and I'll try real hard not to colour the pictures in with crayons of more than 1 colour or erase the monochrome caricature outline cartoon stencils you've grown up with.

[paulypaulification]

@Bloody0Martyr The black people got drunk and put there spin on music that already existed. You think about that. White people were getting drunk and singing some sad shit to guitar chords long before. That is why I say it is rooted in white music as much as black. If blues is an emotion,I have it as much as you. Seems black people do not have all the soul they used to. There is no need to explain that.

[izaquielfelixdasilva]

this shit you said this shit eum not know what you are talking about your fucking indiota third category of crap music of the season are, beautiful and good to hear fagot

[MrTuttleProductions]

WHO WOULD DISLIKE THIS?!?!?!?!? ARE YOU HUMAN???

[thorpypoo]

Did I hear some Django like runs in this or no?

[vaibanez17]

@thorpypoo Probably, Lonnie Johnson was an excellent jazz guitarist of his day.

[SirTenTea]

And what right have some people to continue to make excessive profits to infinity on anything created past 30 years? It's outrageous that the corporations continue to attempt to justify runaway exploitative capitalism. Copyright needs a bill to impose limitations on it not the other way around.

[SirTenTea]

Fascinating. Yes, this is the real McCoy. If SOPA passed all this would be in the hands of the greedies. They need to be stopped dead cold.,

[cemetarysue]

@SirTenTea Or at least dead.



[pucksterz12]

The brother is making good quality music that seems like it can withstand the test of time - It sounds fresh. The music structure is pure blues - Awsome! I didn't think that existed back in the 1920's.

[HeartlessBytchh]

@pucksterz12 I totally agree.



[Oncewasa]

@pucksterz12 Oh it existed back in slavery days, brother! Matter of fact, that's where it came from

[paulypaulification]

@Oncewasa Yea it existed then,only it was a rendition of a song that a black man heard a white man sing. Whitey sang songs with feeling. He was playing guitar,singing,rhyming,and crying the english language before African Americans existed. You think about that. Blues is as rooted in white music and culture as black,ask an African tribesman. Maybe he will do a little black music for you that is not influenced by whites.

[TheSnidge]

@paulypaulification Actually you are right but no one will agree with you.There is no direct connection between African culture and the blues,indeed there were numerous white blues records in the early days of the recording industry.The market for such recordings and artists was however far greater among black communities hence the term 'race records'.Many of the early blues artists also performed popular songs and folk melodies but the record companies wanted blues.

[WICHITAPHALZ]

what smells like fish taste like chicken look like a bat? that's what the blues is all about!

[juannunez63]

WHAT A FAKE THING

[CONHOLIO95]

@juannunez63 Fake?

[vaibanez17]

This isn't "House Of The Rising Sun" as we know it. This is just "The Risin' Sun" by Texas Alexander. It was indeed recorded in 1928. Texas Alexander did not play any instruments, he only sang on his tracks. He always had someone else playing since he didn't play any instruments. This is most likely the guitar work of Lonnie Johnson, the great jazz-blues guitarist who played for many top black artists of the day. Sidenote: In 1939, Texas Alexander murdered his wife & did 5 years in prison.

[skyehoyt1971]

@vaibanez17 Just curious as to what TA's ethnicity was if you know?

[leroyhung1]

@vaibanez17 it is also called the 'House of Rising sun' This was the original Version The version that The Animals sang was Changed the song but both were called House of Rising sun

[ImLDSRU2]

@leroyhung1 Wrong. This is not House of the Rising Sun. Different words. Different cadence, Different chord progression. AND different title.

[dragomirskorupka]

@ImLDSRU2 but apart from that it`s still the same..^^

[ImLDSRU2]

@dragomirskorupka LOL... yeah... that's what people will tell you. Its the silliest thing.

[wisesatyr72]

damn he was shredding there a bit on the guitar solo

[RemoteControlband]

@wisesatyr72

More than a bit, dayum!

[ImLDSRU2]

I don't think this is the "House of the Rising Sun". I think its some other song with the phrase "rising sun" in it.

[endr493]

@ImLDSRU2 This is "House of the Rising Sun." The song evolved over time and tradition.

[ImLDSRU2]

@endr493 No. It is not. The tune is different. The words are different. The title is different. This is a song called "The Rising Sun", not "The House of the Rising Sun". There is no connection at all between the two songs, whatsoever, except by mistake.

[rogerstill71]

@endr493 Nope, sorry. Leadbelly adapted an old English drinking song, "There Is A House In Camden Town" into "House of the Rising Sun" and "gave" it to Memphis Minnie, hoping she'd marry him. Didn't work, she married Casey Bill Weldon. Leadbelly recorded it as "Rising Sun Blues".

[paulypaulification]

@rogerstill71 Blues is more rooted in white music than black because it is english language,poetry of english language,and Europeon instruments,LOL,a black person will argue like hell about it though

[rogerstill71]

@paulypaulification So could I, but I can't be bothered. Start by reading "The Poetry Of The Blues" by Sam Charters, "Deep Blues" by Robert Palmer, and "Urban Blues" by Charles Keil.

[catkittycatkittycat]

@rogerstill71 this isn't about the blues. it's about your sarcastic prick attitude trying to get a big rise out of it all by making blatent ignorant statements. you know where the blues came from you just want to piss everyone off so you can start a huge argument and get a rise out of it all just for arguments sake. for your own egotisitcal mind. That's what stimulates you. I can't believe I wasted my time telling you about the blues when you really do know it isn't about Europe ha

[rogerstill71]

@catkittycatkittycat ??? Are you sure you replied to the right comment here? The blues ISN'T about Europe, it's about the suffering of blacks. "Blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling bad." I don't know what I said to deserve your antipathy. I've been into the blues since 1966, and probably forgot more than you know about them.Nobody that knows me would ever call me egotistical.

[paulypaulification]

@rogerstill71 Heavy Metal evolved from Rock. Blues evolved from old country,folk,english drinking music,and whatever else that was not recorded. It is only another version of what already existed by WHITE PEOPLE. You seem to think that those guitar chords,sad lyrics and FEELING are a black invention. That is STUPID!!!!

[rogerstill71]

@paulypaulification Take a pill, and some anger management. Like I said, I can't be bothered. Bye.

[catkittycatkittycat]

@paulypaulification That's not what the blues is all about. it's all about feeling. yes there's english language involved but they ain't talkin. they are singing and the only European inspiration about it is the way the European slave drivers cracked the wips over their backs and made them labor hard long hours in the fields. painful songs. and the last time I checked I don't think the kings and queens of Europe had a bunch of jug bands or harmonicas playing in their courts.

[catkittycatkittycat]

@paulypaulification and honey...I ain't black either and I'm still arguing with your ass. 

[catkittycatkittycat]

@paulypaulification sorry pauly. my argument was intended for the person saying blues is European rooted. lol at that person for being a fool. either he's a complete fool or he's a sarcastic Irish/english prick trying to get a rise out of everyone. that is their way of having a "good time" sarcasm and bullshit stories. it's all for arguments sake with those people trust me. stereotype my ass. My family is part Irish and believe me I know all about those sarcastic bastards

[paulypaulification]

@catkittycatkittycat No,white people were singing the english lyrics,rhymes ,poetry first,DUMBASS. You think about that. Black people just put a spin on something that already existed. Even an African tribesman knows this. Go fuck yourself

[catkittycatkittycat]

@paulypaulification hey roger I don't supose you live in America. If you did, you wouldn't say those foolish things about Europe being the mother of the blues. of course if you are british or Irish your sarcasm shines through like a beam of sunlight on a shiny blarny stone. I HATE Irish and English sarcasm. it's all about your ego and getting a rise out of people. at least try and sound Intelligent. but your ignorance is what drives people nuts. that's why you act like a fool

[catkittycatkittycat]

@paulypaulification damn it I am so mad that I am confused at who is the prick around here talking about whites being the inventors of the blues. I appologize if I said anything mean to the wrong people. I am defending the blacks and their expression of the blues. I'm going to bed. it's 3 am

[IpCrackle]

LIghtnin' Hopkins was a cousin to this guy:D

[BLOEDVLEK]

this is not house of the rising sun, the music isnt and the lyrics arent. dumb.

[CoachG1000]

Youtube has to be 1 of the greatest inventions ever..be able to see/hear shit like this while drinking a beer and no commercial breaks is like going to the library and only looking at shit you wanna...outstanding!

[yenbadcito]

@CoachG1000 exactly why they're pushing for this SOPA legislation

[RyanONeillmusic4all]

@CoachG1000 yeah

[pharcelle1]

Love It, so authentic.

made my day",

Thanks Henry.

[CharlesDavidPollock]

if you like the blues check out my channel

[professortiki]

This is not an original version of "The House Of The Rising Sun". What you're looking for is Clarence Ashley's version. It's on Utube too. It's from 1933 and the oldest - AFAIK - version of that tune.

[KenBantol]

@professortiki This is not the original version because the song is an old folklore song from the 16th century that English emigrants brought to America, but this version is the OLDEST ever recorded in 1927. The Clarence Ashley version was recorded in 1934.

[dragonflyshards]

@KenBantol I think professortiki was saying this isn't the first version because,though it's earlier, it's not even the same song...On my Texas Alexander album (Matchbox records)this is called "The Rising Sun"(or something like that.)

[DONNIMETROPOLIS313]

@KenBantol but where is the slightest proof of that beyond rumor?

[AskefastHD]

This is not the "original", but even though, we dont know any older version of rising sun

[coy0te9]

This is a completely different song folks. Lyrical content, melody, everything is different.

[Glaeken1961]

This is a guitar and a mandolin?

[snowy16100]

this song is soo nice to listen to..simple and easy...a song you can enjoy while doing absolutely nothing else.

[jeepdancer444]

@snowy16100 so true. well said. gotta go do nothin else now.

[TheJerksTC]

This song has changed quite a bit over the years. I'm so happy music like this is available to my generation.

[970ronaldo]

As I know, this song is based on a 17th century British Folk Song,

and this song was "updated" by Animals organist Alan Price.

[KhaosSoulFury]

@970ronaldo yeah, according the the British lead singer of the Animals who no doubt would prefer the idea that it was originally english, but the earliest anyone can date it to is blues era america. There wasnt any blues in england in the 17th century, i think Price was mislead.

[tmhstw]

november 15th it is

[waltinhopai]

Uau!!!!!

[AcePilot101]

I shot a hippy in Memphis just to watch him die.

Hank Williams asked me why.

I dunno, I said.

I thought it was Johnny Cash.

[busessuck1]

That is Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang both playing accompanying guitar

this song feature's some of Texas Alexander's least "insightful" lyrics... yet it's the most popular of his recordings, thanks to an innacurate connection connection to another song that was covered by some hippies

[deewilki]

@busessuck1 the Animals were not hippes the were mods if any thing !! far from hippes as mods liked a good old fight :o) keeps you sharp

[stphLeris]

NOT "the house of the rising sun"!!! it's a different song !!!!

[lmOnlySleeping]

@stphLeris

its what original turned into the song you know today. There is a million different variations of this song.

[RatherCrunchyMuffin]

some versions of this song are sung from the perspective of the brothel goer and some from the female perspective of his daughter. my ears are shot, which is this?

[jsyren1]

Just listen to the solo's, it sounds to me like Django listened to this, the runs are so like him.

[jvt321]

What Wikipedia actually stated was;

"Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley. Alger "Texas" Alexander's "The Risin' Sun," recorded in 1928, is sometimes mentioned as the first recording, but is a completely different song."

[busessuck1]

People people, please... you're disrespecting one of the best pieces of music recorded... just fuck off

[Liana5943]

He's the ONE!

[bakedsushi]

Dont forget Lightnin Hopkins life with his cousin Alexander until his death

Thanks for posting..

[RotAndude]

this song has been in many generations and it could be from the 18 hundreds :)

[ZShel33]

@meezims2luver956

You do a great job of showing what a naive idiot you are. Please keep it up. Its a good source of humor for everyone here.

[kinggarus]

shut up. are you five?

[kinggarus]

And you spelled you wrong. Dumb ass.

[acr08807]

@kinggarus There's no space in "dumbass."

[kinggarus]

@acr08807 lmfao

[GrigoriZhukov]

@acr08807 depends on your emphasis Dumb ASS. Now do toddle off and leave messing with spelling speiling and punctuational terrorism to your betters. 8^) Amatures like you are bound to end up coming across as obstreperious onagers.

[acr08807]

@GrigoriZhukov Is there even such a thing as an unobstreperous onager?  BTW, there's no "i" in "obstreperous," and, in "amateur," the "e" comes before the "u."

[GrigoriZhukov]

@acr08807 oh poor spelling nazi got his panties in a wad and yes there are onagers who are not that way and as a matter of factuallity...I spelt them all correctly. Oh and it's pronounce LEEVER not lever and it's center is properly spelt centre. 8^) I still spell compleate the same way it was spelt centruies ago because it reads better and more sensibly than the modern conventions.

[acr08807]

@GrigoriZhukov Возможно, мы должны чат по-русский. Вы не имеет смысла, когда вы поговорите по-английски.

[GrigoriZhukov]

@acr08807 and you are still an onager, boisterously loud, argumentative adn insulting also.

[acr08807]

@GrigoriZhukov Is there even such a thing as unboisterously loud? You're fond of superfluous adjectives, aren't you?

[MrSchmuchface]

went to wikipedia for first recording of house of the risin sun and here i am

[maxxiq]

I LOVE BLUES

[meezsims2luver956]

THE HOUSE OF THE RISING WAS BEST PREFORMED BY THE ANIMALS END OF DISCUSSION!!!!!!!!!!!! GOT A PROBLEM!?!?! THEN DEAL WITH IT LEAVE THE BEAUTIFUL HISTORY ALONE BEFORE YOU FUCK IT UP YOU WANT IT THE AWESOME WAY THE ANIMALS DID IT THEN LEAVE IT ALONE I KNOW THE SONG WAS PREFORMED MAAAAANNNNYYYY MAAANNNNYYYY YEARS AND CENTURIES AGO BUT AT LEAST LEAVE HISTORY THE WAY IT IS SO IT CAN STAY VERY VERY VERYYYYY HISTORICAL KAYYY THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

[kinggarus]

@meezsims2luver956 You don't like this version.... Don't listen to it, a moron could have figured that one out.

[meezsims2luver956]

@kinggarus you're a cuntrag then dont talk to me an asswipe unlike yhu would've figured THAT shit out cuntraaag!! :)

[kinggarus]

@meezsims2luver956 Listen... no one cares about your opinion, that was the reason i wrote you in the first place. And as for you attacking people with blinding amounts of profanity, its not needed and makes you sound like you are 5. So grow up, and THEN if you want come back, and talk with the grown-ups.

[meezsims2luver956]

@kinggarus listen, i just blocked and reported you and btw no one gives a fuck about you so you got a proeblem then deal with it cuz idgaf life isnt fair you cuntrag so keep it up cause i wonte give a fuck(:

[gimmeyourmudda19]

@meezsims2luver956 You have got to be kidding me right? And also, he spelled I have, isn't, problem, cunt rag, won't, and cause.meezsims2luver956, you are the definition of dumb fuck, and I really hope you die in a hole. Asswipe (p.s.:Who gives a flying fuck if you report someone youtube moderators won't listen to your shit! They have better things to do.)

[somenextguy22]

@meezsims2luver956 faggot

[GrigoriZhukov]

@somenextguy22 only whiney little bitchs or republican closet queesn say that...hell you don't even know what  faggot is you DUMB ass.

[somenextguy22]

@GrigoriZhukov lmao wtf are you saying dude you talk way to much

[GrigoriZhukov]

@somenextguy22 Obviously you are lacking in humour and education...rather typical of a phule.

[paulypaulification]

@meezsims2luver956 White people created music using guitars,european instruments,and english language so that is why they have the best version. Blues is rooted in white music mostly but most black people will argue like hell about it.

[catkittycatkittycat]

@paulypaulification of course the instruments were invented by the whites....but the sound...the music...and the melodies came straight from the black man because he's the one who felt the pain and expressed it through his music. the white man created the instrument but the black man expressed himself with it. Amen

[paulypaulification]

@catkittycatkittycat Nope,white people were expressing there feelings with the english language before blacks. What I'm saying is it is blind to think that blues came only from black people when a white man tought a black man to play a guitar,rhyme the english language,and to sing in english. The whole format has white all over it. Some black people do not have soul. You must hear Janis Joplin "Maybe" "Work Me Lord" or "Farewell Song" She is white. She had something to cry about!!!!

[paulypaulification]

@catkittycatkittycat No DUMB ASS,you are stupid if you don't see that whites were expressing there feelings long before the blues. You fucktard,I didn't say they invented blues. Only saying it is rooted in white music. The whole fucking format of the music already existed. You God damn bitch!

[Desdemona202]

Ok. Texas Alexander is my distant cousin and I know for a fact that this has a direct relation to the song House of the Rising Sun. Its meaning is about STDs like the latter and someone else took the idea from this and expanded it. He had the original idea aand someone took it and changed it so he technically didn write it but if it werent for him it wouldnt exist. Think of it this way. Blind Lemon Jefferson wrote Matchbox Blues. Now listen to Carl Perkins' Matchbox. Afwully Simillar, No?

[made4speed1]

House of the Rising Sun is believed to possibly be about a brothel named house of the rising sun. which was thought to have been around in 1860 to 1874 although there are rumors that it was changed from what we know it as after being brought over from europe as well before even that. and there are a bunch of other throries as well some with bits of evidence and others not so much. guess well never know. nice piece of history and music you have here though thx for making it public =)

[Indiegirl007]

Good lord, this is too much for a tuesday. Got me thinking about big momma and everything, oooh, lawd no.

[davidk74]

This is Lonnie Johnson plaing the guitar

[RobeGre]

Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang (who was billed as Blind Willie Dunn).

[theoriginalbadbob]

@davidk74 I don't think so. Lonnie Johnson played country fiddle into the early 30s, then switched to guitar.

[EarthAdvocate]

@theoriginalbadbob I've never read this- he performed on both violin and guitar from an early age, and LPs and 78s I have lying around have him listed as guitarist from the mid-twenties. His guitar work with Texas Alexander has long been cited as historic- thinking of the guitar as a solo instrument, much like his violin, or a horn. Some of the work with Eddie Lang is astonishing, especially so for the time. I'd place him in the top five of all time on guitar, and I think he's playing on this.

[theoriginalbadbob]

@EarthAdvocate Thank you for the info. I heard an instrumental solo by Lonnie Johnson (on guitar) on the Elwood Blues show about a year ago, and it knocked my socks off.

[irateofwatford]

@davidk74 Lonnie Johnson with Eddie Lang (billed here as Blind Willie Dunn.)

[coy0te9]

@davidk74

with Eddie Lang according to one source.

[OldBluesAndDubMusic]

'In November 1928, Alexander recorded what is believed to be the earliest version of "The House of the Rising Sun.".'

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

excactly ,

& the original title was 'Rising Sun',

but The House Of The Rising Sun is better

[Iused2BeGod]

House of the Rising Sun is about an upscale New Orleans Brothel, THIS is Rising Sun Blues. Kind of confusing, especially because sometimes people call House Of The Rising Sun by the title of this song and vice-versa. Either way though, thank you for posting this excellent old blues song. You wouldn't happen to have Clarence Ashley's version would you?

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

I know, the title of Alexander's song is " Risin' Sun Blues '

[MrKilr0y]

@Iused2BeGod

actually it was an old folk song from even earlier, just singing because it was a folk song, and it was first sung by someone who's name started with a 'B' i think(not bob dylan) and im fairly certain it was the slavery , because he sais 'there is a house in new orleans, they call the rising sun, and its been the ruin of many a poor boy, i god, i know im one.' talking about how he was a slave. and about how he was caught because he sais:

[Desdemona202]

@MrKilr0y your silly. its about std's and how people cant have sex any more and how people have lost money. how do i know this. Texasis my great distant cousin.

[STILLCHIBS]

@Desdemona202 Dude the song is about a brothel and prostitution and it has been part of american folklore for centuries

[MrKilr0y]

@Iused2BeGod i got one foot on the platform, and one foot on the train, im going back to new orleans, to wear that ball and chain.

though im not 100% certain.

[Desdemona202]

Texas Alexander is my distant cousin and I know for a fact that this has a direct relation to the song House of the Rising Sun. Its meaning is about STDs like the latter and someone else took the idea from this and expanded it. He had the original idea aand someone took it and changed it so he technically didn write it but if it werent for him it wouldnt exist. Think of it this way. Blind Lemon Jefferson wrote Matchbox Blues. Now listen to Carl Perkins' Matchbox. Afwully Simillar, No?

[GeoClown]

@Iused2BeGod It was writen in England first, then who ever wrote it took it to New Orleans, then god knows who changed the lyrics.

[browneye870]

@OldBluesAndDubMusic Good job taking things out of context.. it actually says:

The oldest known existing recording is by Appalachian artists Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster and was made in 1933. Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley. Alger "Texas" Alexander's "The Risin' Sun," recorded in 1928, is sometimes mentioned as the first recording, but is a completely different song.

[Nostalgico80]

@OldBluesAndDubMusic Wiki is not the bible.

[Pandemonium44]

@Nostalgico80 And great is that, cause the bible is far from true

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

rising *

[vaibanez17]

I really love the guitar work here, this is excellent and definitely showcased that country blues guitarists definitely had amazing technical skills for the time. Great solos! Strange that he would call this Risin Sun Blues considering that there was another song coming out of New Orleans at the same time called the same thing that was completely different...."sometimes i wonder what in the hell is that"...nice

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

you know the title was "Risin' Sun Blues' , but many people call it "House of The Risig Sun"

[weevil3582]

@vaibanez17 Amazing skills for the time? damn they are still amazing. Especially compared to the radio nowadays.

[sammipink]

great download thank you for posting

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

you're welcome !