TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER - By & By (Poor Me)

Harsh times come and go.

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Music

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• depresion
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[MrDrewlips]

Harsh times never left for many and are back for many more.

[salsburysteakjr]

great song! aren't those last 2/3 seconds from the trailer/movie Alien?

[monkeytown1000]

By the way, song is a version of Charley Patton's "Poor Me" with added lyrics.

And I like the video, just film of our English Southern Ralway ain't really the deep south, (though we did suffer during the Great Depression). Can't it be edited?

[pnatten]

great song-great post, thank you

[bobbiejaeger]

love taj's voice, the two of them together, excellent!

[monkeytown1000]

@ loflyerz7

You're right, it is the English Southern Railway, there's even a shot of Folkestone station. The Southern Railway in the States was were W.C. Handy "The Father of the Blues" claimed to have first heard the blues with an old guy with a bottleneck singing "goin' where the Southern cross the dog", he explained this meant he was going where the Southern crossed the Yazoo River Railway (nicknamed 'the Dog'). This was probably BS cos blues were sung everywhere. Love the song though

[loflyerz7]

why are there british railroad engines in the video?

hint #1. no cowcatchers.

hint #2. "southern" (shown at l.50) was a rail company operating london to the english port cities 1923 to 1947.

[tmf945]

Ergo..they ALL became what they were supposed to be ...Musical Storybooks....Thank You Ry and Taj.....

[Broblem12]

Another fine track from a group that could and shoud have made it big.