Man Of The World or Need Your Love So Bad

[dino]

Originally Posted by GJK

'Need your love so bad' was written by Little Willie John's brother, Mertis John, Jr.
Willie died in prison in about 1967; his brother is still alive (I think).

I am also having an Allman Brothers Band obsession; the SACD releases of "Live at Fillmore East" & "Eat A Peach" have been in my CD player more than any other disc the last year.

GJK

Have anyone heard B.B. King's version of "Need your love so bad"? Apparently Greeny based his version on BB's. I have a lot of BB's records, but no version of that song...

[BklynBlue]

Although I have not heard King's version yet, it can be found on his 1968 release (first of I believe three LPs he released that year) titled "Lucille". Interestingly, the running time on it is less than two and a half minutes - as with "All Over Again" a.k.a "Got a Mind To Give Up Living" Green was able to stretch the number to amazing lengths in concert without ever overwhelming the core truth of the songs. Not nearly as easy as it sounds.

[GJK]

Originally Posted by BklynBlue

Although I have not heard King's version yet, it can be found on his 1968 release (first of I believe three LPs he released that year) titled "Lucille". Interestingly, the running time on it is less than two and a half minutes - as with "All Over Again" a.k.a "Got a Mind To Give Up Living" Green was able to stretch the number to amazing lengths in concert without ever overwhelming the core truth of the songs. Not nearly as easy as it sounds.

White Blues bands were good at that. The Allman Brothers Band's versions of 'Stormy Monday Blues' or 'You don't love me' (a Willie Cobbs blues song from 1961 with Eddie Boyd on piano) were about 4 to 6 times as long as the original.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Fleetwood Mac, Cream, Canned Heat - they all were very skilled concerning 'lengthening' blues standards, which originally all lasted about 2:30 - 3:00, into never-boring tunes.

GJK

[dino]

Originally Posted by GJK

White Blues bands were good at that. The Allman Brothers Band's versions of 'Stormy Monday Blues' or 'You don't love me' (a Willie Cobbs blues song from 1961 with Eddie Boyd on piano) were about 4 to 6 times as long as the original.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Fleetwood Mac, Cream, Canned Heat - they all were very skilled concerning 'lengthening' blues standards, which originally all lasted about 2:30 - 3:00, into never-boring tunes.

GJK

Yep,
but in my opinion a lot of these bands tend to be boring...Cream - VERY boring when the pushed the 10 minute barrier. Allman brothers i haven't really heard, but very few guitar players have the imagination to hold your attention
for that long; that's one of the reasons why Greeny was so unique. Peter, Hendrix, a handfull more. Only my opinion!