Mississippi Heavy Water Blues- James Clem

Atlanta Blues tune written by Barbeque Bob (Robert Hicks).Slide guitar is played on a vintage National Tricone Guitar. There is an error on the end title that states it was written by Robert Johnson! This song is about the Katrina like Mississippi Flood of 1927.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Slide
• Guitar
• Atlanta
• Blues
• resonator
• bottleneck

[pamirs94]

you are great sir. i enjoy listening to you! may i ask what your recording equipment is?

[mrbissonet]

@pamirs94 Thank you for your kind comments. The mics are an AKG Perception 100 for the vocals and an AKG 1000S for the guitar. I use these same mics for my local gigs. Both are condensers.

[mrbissonet]

That is an interesting story about your grandad claiming to have written this song. There was another man named "Curly" that is, Curley Weaver who was a Georgia musician who was a close friend of Robert Hicks (Barbeque Bob) who recorded this song in 1927. Doesn't sound like he was related to your grandad. This record was a pretty good seller in its time. Maybe someone out there has some more info on James Tutter. James Clem

[MisterBorg9]

Great job, James....You make that tri-cone SING!!

[sawabojo]

very nice i could listen all day

[fngrpkn06]

I like the relaxin' way ya have, keeping true to yourself, not tryin' to sound like an old bluesman! You can spot those with out the soul, but you have it, it's your own.

[MrEmoholic]

Sir I really like the way you play.Your music makes me relax easier than ever

[blindrobbie]

Beautiful!

[steinsteel]

This is honesty.You dont try to sound like your from mississippi,You just play like you feel.

[Tim5768393]

Very nice rendition and a great sounding National! Peace Tim Pan Alley

[Bayrum78]

this is great! I just recorded roscoe holcombs version of the song and was aware that robert hicks had recorded it originally and was eager to compare the two versions. thanks for filling in the blank - i just subscribed to your channel.