Cigarettes, Whiskey, & Wild Wild Women - Big Three Trio

[MichaelHansenFUN]

AWESOME STUFF!!!

[Diosprometheus]

Only add more insight and deepth into the musical career of the wonderful Willie Dixon.

[geofbrit59]

@Diosprometheus Also see Mr. Dixon's The Four Jumps Of Jive on my channel. It was his group just before Big Three Trio.

[di43100]

LOve this my grandpappy used to sing it never heard all of it before

[Narbethong]

My dad taught me this song when I was 6 years old in 1966.

[TheLatvis]

hmmm. Best suomenkielinen version is done by Finnish blues artist Dave Lindholm. Seach for Dave Lindholm: Tupaakka, Viina Ja Villit Naiset (live 1991) here in YouTube

[Bounderandacad]

I can't quite make out what the bum is shouting, does anybody know?

[geofbrit59]

@Bounderandacad "Till The Day I Die" must be some old song. Maybe it's on YT!

[marvy42]

@geofbrit59 The joke is that THEY had recorded "Till The Day I Die" for Delta earlier in 1949. That's why he's saying "you'll have to take your business to Delta."

[geofbrit59]

@marvy42 So that's the story. Glad you let us in on the joke. Thanks!

[TheLovelyladylover]

Love this song, brilliant!

[screwmaster404]

Willie Dixon doing cowboy music???

[Iamheofwhomhespeaks]

My dad taught me this song, I'm 59. Since the internet, I've discovered that I'm not the only one who's ever heard of this classic. This version is just insane!

[TheWick53]

@Iamheofwhomhespeaks I'm 57 and my Dad used to sing this to me. Pretty cool.

[Ayboo1988]

i like it

[withoutthetitle]

love this song

but why does it sound like Samuel L Jackson is screaming in it?

hahaha

[hul0t]

great stuff!!

[sfdog1369]

Good Stuff Gone To The Faves

[BeatNick13]

Who originally wrote this song? Was it them? I heard it was Sons of Pioneers.

[geofbrit59]

@BeatNick13 Someone named Spencer wrote it. Don't know who recorded it first.

[BeatNick13]

@geofbrit59 hm, interesting. I wonder if I could find that somewhere

[geofbrit59]

@BeatNick13 Just looked it up. His name was Tim Spencer and he was one of the Sons of the Pioneers. I guess they recorded it first.

[BeatNick13]

@geofbrit59 aha, cool. thanks!

[nashville1976]

@geofbrit59 yep... they did... Tim was my Grandfather :)

[nashville1976]

@geofbrit59 It was Tim Spencer, he was my Grandfather :) was first recorded by SOP... totally dig that people still like this song :)

[PeterHackman]

@BeatNick13 Tim Spencer, indeed. The original recording by the SOTP was a duet by him and Lloyd Perriman, with Hugh Farr (otherwise on violin) playing the mandolin. The lyrics here are not the original ones.

[otpkd]

The chorus sounds the way I remember hearing this, from way back, probably early 50s. Did my father have it on an old 78? He had a lot of old things. Certainly seems the best of various versions available, but I haven't tried them all.

[cesky69]

True, True

[cmxcmx]

Wow. This is a brilliant version!

[DEEP177]

Was the Big Three Trio, a Black American band?

[geofbrit59]

@DEEP177 Yes.

[ellroypalema]

@DEEP177 Yes. Willie Dixon were the producer for many Chess artists, among them Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.

[bluelouwwoz]

Fantastic addition to my "Give Booze A Chance" playlist.Thanks!

[blackcatsmith]

complete with hiccup

[rockgor]

Even back in the 1940s we had sophisticated

musicians who provided music for those

seeking refined entertainment.

My mother and her brother loved this crazy,

old song.

tx 4 the post.

[geofbrit59]

@rockgor Yes. Real "longhair" music!

[hnbbs]

@rockgor My father and mother had this on 78 rpm when I was a kid.  I am 69 years of age now. I used to play it and sing with it. They had another old 78 rpm called "Taxi" and I used to dance to it.

[rockgor]

@hnbbs Hi Jim Tried to write a message to you on your homepage, but the computer wouldn't let me. Got your comment on Cigarettes, etc.. My mother and her brother used to play that and Spike Jones and Dorthy Shay. They'd laugh their heads off. Regards from a fellow mid-westerner. Grew up in a MN village. Now live in Los Angeles. Here's the gist of it. CA has nicer weather. The Midwest has nicer people. Rock

[kkimrdennis]

best version i've found so far...

[geofbrit59]

Check out "the Saga Of The Rarest Blues 78" I used this song as the soundtrack. Thanks for commenting.