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Topic: Was Willie Nelson influenced by Brownie McGhee ... |
Joachim Kettner
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Posted 7 Apr 2012 9:47 am |
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...when he wrote "Night Life"?
"Sporting Life" was a few years earlier 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYQfq7kGug
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Jim Cohen
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Posted 7 Apr 2012 11:48 am
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Yeah, I've always thought the Nelson/Buskirk "Night Life" was a ripoff of this earlier blues tune. I first became aware of it in a version by the Lovin' Spoonful but Dave van Ronk had covered it early too, and both acknowledged strong influences of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee.
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Bo Borland
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Posted 7 Apr 2012 5:28 pm
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| It's just blues...it influenced everyone |
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Jim Cohen
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 7 Apr 2012 11:20 pm
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i find a similarity between one note samba & night life
on the intro that is |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 8 Apr 2012 5:54 am
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| Yes. Willie was definitely influenced by brownies. No doubt about it. Still is to this day. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 8 Apr 2012 1:06 pm
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i find a similarity between one note samba & night life
on the intro that is |
Yes, there are some weird Jobim chords in the intro and solo. 
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Darrell Criswell
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Posted 8 Apr 2012 4:07 pm
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| If I remember right Willie sold the rights to Night Life for $250 and originally his name didn't appear on the credits. It sure seems to me he directly adapted it from The Sporting Life. |
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