Song – Four Foot Record Of The Blues

WRITERS

  • Bob Gibson
  • Thom Bishop
  • Michael Smith

PUBLISHER(S)

  • Robert Josiah Music

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LYRIC

Four Foot Record of the Blues

Jimmy Joe listened to the radio
Picked up the blues from Chicago
Stayed up listening to the all-night show
Blew his mind how them cats could blow
Ear to the speaker till the break of day
Cried his eyes when it went away
So he hit the street and he knew what for
Said to the man at the record store
I don’t want no forty-fives
And I don’t want no thirty-threes
‘Cause your longest playing record
Ain’t long enough for me
I want a giant piece of vinyl
With Chicago in the grooves
I want a four-foot record of the blues

I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record of the blues

I want Muddy Waters in front of the crew
Workin’ mojo the way Muddy Waters do
‘Cause I’d like to know what Muddy Waters hears
With Big Bill Broonzy whisp’rin’ in his ear

I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record of the blues

I want Muddy Waters in front of the crew
Mister Willie Dixon, now there stands a man
Pumpin’ that bass and drivin’ the band
He fueled the fire in Chuck Berry’s machine
He played up a storm on Sweet Maybelline

I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record of the blues

Otis Rush and Little Milton, Mighty Joe and Lefty Dizz
Buddy Guy completes the section
Don’t they tell it like it is
The blues here in Chicago
The blues and the best
Paul Butterfield took ‘em east
Johnny Winter took ‘em west

I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record of the blues

Little Brother Montgomery
And S.P Leary too
Tampa Red and Blind John Davis
Magic Sam and Jimmy Brewer
Sonny Boy and Pinetop Perkins
Erwin Helfer, Otis Spann
Jimmy Walker and Bo Diddly
And Bobby Blue Band
Sunnyland Slim and Big Time Sara
Eddie Clearwater too
Cleanhead Vincent, Johnny Dollar
And Jimmy Johnson’s blues
Don’t forget ‘bout Mama Yancey
Or Brownie McGee
Big Twist and Guitar Junior
And Champion Jack Dupree
With Little Walter Horton
And Koko Taylor too
Brewer Phillips, Houndog Taylor
Screamin’ sweet Chicago blues

I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record
I want a four-foot record of the blues

And when I get to heaven
I hope I get to choose
The kind of harp I want
I’ll ask ‘em for the blues
Howlin’ Wolf and Sonny Terry
James Cotton, Junior Wells
And if there ain’t no blues in heaven
I’d rather go to Gary, Indiana

Words & music by Bob Gibson, Thom Bishop and Michael Smith
© Robert Josiah Music