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Topic: Milk Cow Blues Boogie----Elvis Presley |
Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 12:51 am |
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At first I didn't get what's different in it, then I realized that not everyone heard that at the tender age of 11 and grew up listening to Sun rockabilly  For guys like me around here, that was always THE version of Milkcow Blues! Shortly after we heard Eddie Cochran's:
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 5:19 am
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| Presley vs. Cochran = rockabilly vs. blues? |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 8:50 am
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I'm as big a fan of Elvis' and Eddy Cochran as anyone on the planet but I still prefer the old Bob Wills version........JH in Va.
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 10:06 am
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| Get a grip on it Elvis. You're turn'n that milk into a milk shake. |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 11:45 am
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I'm with Jussi - Elvis' was the first version I ever heard, so that's how the song went.
Ricky Nelson's take on it is worth a listen - not such a good vocal (needless to say!), but James Burton's solo is terrific! Check out the 7th and 8th measures where he holds an A at the 5th fret on the 1st string, a G at the 8th on the 2nd, and still manages a perfect whole-step bend on the 3rd string at the 7th while all three strings sustain throughout!
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 12:17 pm
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| Then there's Vocalion 3665 "Milkcow Calf's Blues" (Robert Johnson 6/20/37 Dallas, TX) |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 1:00 pm
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| Yeah Roger, Ricky's version rocks!!! |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 3:32 pm
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| Jerry Hayes wrote: |
| I'm as big a fan of Elvis' and Eddy Cochran as anyone on the planet but I still prefer the old Bob Wills version........JH in Va. |
Are you sure it's the Bob Wills version, or is it the Johnnie Lee Wills version?
Bob's brother "Johnnie Lee" was the one who had the hit with "Milk Cow Blues", it was his signature song. Bob's version, at the time, was "Brain Cloudy Blues", except for the first verse it's the same song as "Milk Cow", and has one of the greatest guitar solos ever by Junior Barnard.
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 12 Dec 2008 7:39 am
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Alvin, you're probably right, it might have been Johnny Lee with vocals by Leon Huff. I think the vocal on "Brain Cloudy Blues" was Tommy Duncan....Thanks, JH in Va.
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2008 2:49 pm
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| Jerry Hayes wrote: |
| Alvin, you're probably right, it might have been Johnny Lee with vocals by Leon Huff. I think the vocal on "Brain Cloudy Blues" was Tommy Duncan....Thanks, JH in Va. |
There both good ones, but I love that solo on "Brain Cloudy".
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