COW BLUES !

Como dice Paul Oliver en The Story of The Blues las vacas , por alguna razón inexplicable, siempre han tenido un lugar de honor en el Blues, comenzando desde  el Milk Cow Blues de Kokomo Arnold. 

Si bien existe otra versión según el libro BARRELHOUSE WORDS de STEPHEN CALT , una especia de diccionario donde se analizan de forma despiadada todo el argot usado en el Blues, en el apartado COW se viene a decir que la palabra era usada para definir a la mujer, si bien no en tono despectivo., en fin como podéis ver hay para todos los gustos, os mostramos algunos de las composiciones más significativas relacionadas sobre el mamífero de la familia de los bóvidos. Se incluye un sensacional Medley de David Boogie Giorcelli que data de 2008 en el Festival de Blues de Sant Adrián del Besós , Jazz in  the street ...... Genial ! 

Analizando el tema someramente nos encontramos con  el conocidísimo COW COW BLUES de DAVENPORT ( que le serviría a su vez de apodo ) Wild Cow Moan,  de Joe Williams y Sony Boy Williamson , Blaze Face Cow ó Blaze face Cow de Tommy Settles. Ella Fitzgerald también puso su granito de arena con COW COW BOOGIE, 

                             

Jazzbo Tommy Settlers:Vocals & Kazoo

Lee Bunkley:Guitar

Ezekiel Lowe:Piano

Recorded in Hot Springs, AR. Thursday, March 18, 1937

Originally issued on and this recording taken from the 1937 single (Melotone 7-05-79) (78 RPM)

"Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" is a "country-boogie" style blues song utilizing the folklore of the singing cowboy in the American West. In the lyrics, the cowboy is from the city and tells his "dogies" (motherless calves) to "get hip." The music was written by Don Raye, and lyrics were written by Benny Carter and Gene De Paul. The song was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride 'Em Cowboy, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member. The first recording was by Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, featuring vocalist Ella Mae Morse in 1942. The record was the first release by Capitol Records and their first million-seller. Morse learned the song from hearing Fitzgerald on a soundtrack she had acquired, even tho the song had been cut from the movie. Morse also recalled recording the song in a single take, which she had thought was only a rehearsal. The 1944 collaboration between The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald resulted in a number-one hit on the Harlem Hit Parade and a number-10 hit on the pop chart.

                               

                                   CHARLES " COW COW " DAVENPORT 




                                 



                                 

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