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Rob Redhead - The Blues Aint Music (Its Medicine)

1. Poor Boy / Written By Chester Burnett
2. Built For Comfort / Written By Willie Dixon
3. Do The Do / Written By Willie Dixon
4. Highway 49 / Written By Big Joe Williams
5. Wang Dang Doodle / Written By Willie Dixon
6.The Blues Aint Music (Its Medicine) / Written By Rob Redhead

Cover Versions By Rob Redhead 2025
Recorded And Performed By Rob Redhead 2025
Boss BR80 & BR800
Album Inspired by Howlin Wolf "London Sessions"
Transcript
00:00I'm a poor boy
00:30A long, long way from home
00:36I'm a poor boy
00:38A long, long way from home
00:44No spending money in my pocket
00:47No spare feet on my bones
01:00A long, long way from home
01:19People ask me
01:21What does a poor boy do?
01:27People ask me
01:29What does a poor boy do?
01:35Poor boy sews patches on his clothes
01:38Stuffs his paper in his shoes
01:44Hey!
01:49Poor boy
01:58Poor boy
02:00I love yours
02:02Old way
02:08Main
02:13Day
02:18Day
02:18Day
02:25I'm going back to Chicago
02:38That's where I'm from
02:41I'm going back to Chicago
02:46Cause that's where I'm from
02:52I got many friends in Chicago
02:54The pace just can't deal me no harm
03:18Ooh, good boy
03:23I got many friends in Chicago
03:37I got many friends in Chicago
04:39I ain't built for speed, but I got everything, everything that you need.
04:48I ain't built for speed, but I got everything you want, everything that you need.
05:11Whoa.
05:13Whoa.
05:14Whoa.
05:15Whoa.
05:17Whoa.
05:18Whoa.
05:19Whoa.
05:20Whoa.
05:21Whoa.
05:22Whoa.
05:23Whoa.
05:24Whoa.
05:25Whoa.
05:26Whoa.
05:27Whoa.
05:28Whoa.
05:29Whoa.
05:30Whoa.
05:31Whoa.
05:32Whoa.
05:33Whoa.
05:34Whoa.
05:35Whoa.
05:36Whoa.
05:37I've got no diamonds
06:01I've got no gold
06:03But I've got a whole lot of love
06:06To satisfy your soul
06:08I'm built for comfort
06:09I'm not built for speed
06:12Oh, but I've got a whole lot of everything
06:17It's everything that you need
06:20Everything
06:36It's everything that you need
12:08I'm gonna get up in the morning, hit Highway 49.
12:13I'm gonna get up in the morning, hit Highway 49.
12:20I'm gonna go looking for my baby, she always on my mind.
12:29I'm gonna stop at the whiskey store, I'm gonna stop at the whiskey store, buy me a jug of wine.
12:36I'm gonna stop at the whiskey store, buy me a jug of wine.
12:45Oh, we'll be right back.
12:47Oh, we'll be right back.
12:52Oh, we'll be right back.
12:53Oh, we'll be right back.
12:59Oh, we'll be right back.
13:00Oh, we'll be right back.
13:08Oh, we'll be right back.
13:09Oh, we'll be right back.
13:17Oh, we'll be right back.
13:18Oh, we'll be right back.
13:24Oh, we'll be right back.
13:25Oh, we'll be right back.
13:26Oh, we'll be right back.
13:27Oh, we'll be right back.
13:28High 비'r in the morning, down in Jackson Towne.
13:34Oh, I'll be looking for my baby, they say she just can't be found.
13:44Oh, my sweet woman, you know you're always on my mind.
13:50My pretty sweeter woman
13:54You're always on my mind
13:58If I can't find that woman
14:02I'll drown my sorrows in my wine
14:20If I can't find that woman
14:50Till automatic stem
15:05And razor-talking gem
15:09Till Butch and I have Annie
15:13Fast-talking, fast-talking Fanny
15:17We're gonna pitch a ball
15:21Down to the Union Hall
15:24We're gonna rock till midnight
15:29We're gonna fight till daylight
15:33Get you awake and doodle
15:37All night long
15:40All night long
15:44All night long
15:48All night long
15:52Tell Kudo Crawlin' Red
16:09An unpronounceable name
16:12Tell Tongue Twister Pete
16:16Everybody's gonna meet
16:20Tonight we need no rest
16:24We're gonna throw the mess
16:29Break down all the windows
16:33Kick down all the doors
16:37Picture Wang Dang Poodle
16:40All night long
16:44Wang Dang Poodle
16:48All night long
16:52Let's go
16:58And then RP
16:59You're gonna般
17:01Bye
17:03All night long
17:05We'll be at Nashville
17:06Along the station
17:07I'll be teaching you
17:08Thanksgiving
17:08Good night long
17:09I'll be calling you
17:10Bye
17:12Ldowne
17:13Sports as
17:15Villain
17:16Historian
17:17Turn
17:17Kudo
17:18guitar solo
17:48guitar solo
18:18I don't sip no whiskey
18:33I don't lean on the vine
18:36I got a clear head of walking
18:40This lonesome line
18:44Never spun no records
18:48Of those old-time whales
18:51But my voice starts humming
18:54Yeah, well, my spirit fails
18:58Music, music
19:03Music, music
19:06Music, music
19:10It's medicine
19:15Music, music, music
19:20I hate no cheap bucks
19:46Don't know how the wolves cry
19:50Never studied the legends
19:53Beneath the delta sky
19:57But I joined this band
20:00And with the slide and their moan
20:04Found my heartbreaker in the
20:08In a key of my own
20:11Because the blues ain't music
20:16The blues ain't music
20:20The blues ain't music
20:23No, no, no, no
20:27It's medicine
20:29It's medicine
20:29guitar solo
20:34I don't know what you say
20:42I think it's medicine
20:43And I'm going to love it
20:44I'm going to love it
20:45I'm going to love it
20:46I'm going to love it
20:46guitar solo
21:05Folks say I'm a mystery
21:08Sing of what I don't know
21:12But it's like breathing fire
21:15When the darkness starts to grow
21:19This band is my asylum
21:22It's chords on my release
21:26Each note's a lifeline
21:30Giving my madness peace
21:33Let me tell you
21:35The blues ain't music
21:38The blues ain't music
21:41The blues ain't music
21:45Oh, it's medicine
21:50I've got my blues, got my blues
22:04I've got my blues, got my blues
22:18I've got my blues, got my blues
22:21It's my medicine
22:22I've got my blues, got my blues
22:26I've got my blues, got my blues
22:29It's my medicine

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