Cocaine Blues by Luke Jordan

Luke Jordan's version with some influence from Craig Ventresco's. The Jordan version is my favorite of the cocaine blues songs. He is definitely one of my favorite country bluesmen, and sadly only recorded something like 6 sides.
My version is shortened and a little sloppy here and there. I hope the sound and video will sync up this time, but I doubt it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• country
• blues
• ragtime
• luke
• jordan
• acoustic
• guitar
• fingerpicking
• fingerstyle

[bixvenuti]

Wow! Very nice job--excellent playing and singing! I grew up in Lynchburg, VA--where Luke Jordan lived for much of his life, and my grandfather used to tell me stories about seeing Luke Jordan playing his guitar for nickels down by the James River and at the Craddock-Terry Shoe Corporation there. It really is too bad that Jordan didn't record more. Do you play "Pick Poor Robin Clean" or "Church Bell Blues"?

[cocoringo]

thanks for that. it's great your grandfather knew him. luke jordan is one of my favorites, and i certainly rue the fact that he didn't record more! i'll have to work out the church bell blues...pick poor robin clean is a classic that i don't really play but know my way around it.

cheers

[iglutiglu1]

Great...

i´d love to get some advice how to learn your way of playing the guitar. could you suggest some sheet music.

i would appreciate it

alex

[cocoringo]

hey alex,

no sheet music, just playing along to the recordings, a little tab here and there, and - mainly - following some great older players around did it for me...

thanks

cocoringo

[kickingmule]

Nice performance ! You are right, Luke Jordan just released 8 tunes. Cocaine Blues was recorded Tuesday , 16 August 1927, Victor Label. It's not important, just keep the blues alive, as you do, so well ! Thanks !!!

[cocoringo]

thanks for the history, it is important, we need more people like you!

[Finko00]

Great picking- did you speed it up a bit, though? Being constructive...

[fozzy8866]

excellent

[benf0dc]

Sweet. Very sweet.

Now I know where the Demon in Disguise got it from. Should have guessed that Bromberg knew his Luke Jordan based on his awesome Church Bell Blues/Statesboro Blues medley.

[AmazinglyStubborn]

WONDERFULL!!!

[blinddrunkal]

I'm with you on Luke Jordan - great songster/bluesman - this is a wonderful version! All the best :o) Alan

[micscottjr]

loverly jubberly

[bart2004nl]

wow you are really good!!

[leadbelly39]

You know, if you were alive back in the 20s, I think you would have done very well on the vaudeville circuit.

Excellent job. Luke Jordan is very under-rated.