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FATTENING FROGS FOR SNAKES
Delta Sound Suite
Surregional Press, New Orleans
2002


It took me a long time
to find out my mistake
It took me a long time--
long time--
to find out my mistake
(It sure did, man)

But I'll bet you my bottom dollar
I'm not fattenin' no more
frogs for snakes

--Sonny Boy Williamson
(Rice Miller)


The author would like to offer especial thanks to

The Late Great Robert Palmer

Arc Music
Hoochie Coochie Music
King of Spades Music

Samuel Charters
Bruce Cook
David Evans
William Ferris
Peter Guralnick
Barry Lee Pearson

for the use of their copyrighted material in the texts of these poems

The singles discographies were assembled by the author


Some of these poems have appeared in the following publications:
Southpaw, Notus, Alternative Press Broadside, Blues Access, Big City Blues, Mesechabe: A Journal of Sur(region)alism & in We Just Change The Beat: Selected Poems (Ridgeway Press, 1988)

& on the following recordings:
Notus Flexidisc
Beyond Humidity (Mesechabe Magazine)
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: We Just Change The Beat (MSA Cassette)
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Full Moon Night (Alive/Total Energy Records)
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Full Circle (Alive Records)
Jas. Mathus & The Knockdown Society: Songs For Rosetta (Mammoth Records)
John Sinclair: Underground Issues (SpyBoy Records)
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: The Delta Sound (Rooster Blues/Okra-Tone Records)
John Sinclair: No Money Down: Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (Big Chief Records)
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Country Blues (No Cover Records)
Afrisippi: Fulani Journey (Electric Catfish Records)
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Natural From Our Hearts (Knock Down South Records)

(C) 2002 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.