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Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:56 |
Hoochie Coochie Man
for Willie Dixon & Muddy Waters
Now it's 1954
& Willie Dixon,
the Tadd Dameron of the blues,
born near Vicksburg, Mississippi
July 1, 1915,
one of 14 children,
has a song for Muddy Waters to record
for their common employer, Leonard Chess.
Willie Dixon says:
"Through many generations
there has been people
that felt like other people
could tell them some of the past
or the future--
even back in Biblical days.
Just from thinkin'
about all these different things
I got the idea
for this song
['Hoochie Coochie Man'].
"Muddy was working
in this big joint at 14th & Ashland
& I went over there
to take him the song.
We went in the washroom
& sang it over & over
until he got it. It didn't
take very long. Then he said,
'Man,
when I go out there this time,
I'm gonna sing it.' He went out
& jumped on it,
& it sounded so good
the people kept on applauding
& asking for more,
& he kept on
singing
the same thing
over &
over again"--
The gypsy woman told my mother
before I was born,
You got a boy child comin',
he gonna be a son-of-a-gun.
He gonna make pretty womens
jump & shout,
Then the world wanna know
what this all about.
But you know I'm here--
Everybody knows I am.
Well, you know I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man,
Everybody knows I am.
I got a black cat bone
I got a mojo tooth
I got a John the Conquer root
I got to mess with you.
I'm gonna make you girls
lead me by my hand
Then the world will know
the Hoochie Coochie Man.
But you know I'm here--
Everybody knows I am.
Well, you know I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man
everybody knows I am.
On the 7th hour
on the 7th day,
on the 7th month,
the 7th doctor say:
He was born for good luck
And that you'll see--
I got 700 dollars
Don't you mess with me
Because you know I'm here
Everybody knows I am
Well, you know I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man,
Everybody knows I am.
Detroit
March 21,1982/
New Orleans
November 26, 1995
3.1.661 |
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