"C.C. Rider" Performance
Added 2020-09-26 13:23:13 +0000 UTCHey everybody! This song has never been requested here, but one of my 13-year-old students asked me to do it, so here it is. I'll be putting up the lessons/tabs you've requested ASAP.
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I learned "C.C. Rider" (See See Rider, Easy Rider) from recordings of Big Bill Broonzy, Lead Belly, Ma Rainey, Mance Lipscomb, and Mississippi John Hurt. My instrument is an 1890s Fairbanks "Companion Style C" banjo. Tuning is gCGCD (relative), f B♭F B♭C actual.
C.C. Rider see what you have done,
You made love you now your man has come! (x3)
If I hadn't listened to my second mind,
I wouldn't have been sitting here wringing my hands and crying! (x3)
No more potatoes frost done killed the vine
The blues ain't nothing but a woman on your mind! (x3)
If I hadn't listened to my second mind,
I would've been way down in Mexico (x3)
Comments
Neil, I will do a lesson on this one soon. Keep forgetting.
Clifton Hicks
2020-11-15 15:21:38 +0000 UTCAbsolutely Phenomenal would love to see a leason
Neil Krause
2020-11-15 14:08:01 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite songs!
Brendan B
2020-09-27 15:25:03 +0000 UTCOne of the best tunes ever--and real simple!
Clifton Hicks
2020-09-27 02:16:40 +0000 UTCThanks. I love doing early bluesy numbers on the banjo. Feels like a "missing link."
Clifton Hicks
2020-09-27 02:15:56 +0000 UTCThanks, John. Did you hear Hurt sing it live? As a very young child in Savannah, GA, my dad played John Hurt records nonstop--and at high volume! Our nextdoor neighbor, who was very nice to me, also happened to look exactly like him, and I remember believing the two were the same man. My dad (who is a member here) actually met John Hurt in the early 60s and has a very interesting story about him...
Clifton Hicks
2020-09-27 02:14:38 +0000 UTCFantastic!
Ron King
2020-09-26 21:35:21 +0000 UTCnice
josh waller
2020-09-26 21:25:50 +0000 UTC👍💙
Cindy Barrett Gilchrist
2020-09-26 18:51:53 +0000 UTCGreat performance. Becoming one of my favoite tunings thanks to you.
Flint sampson
2020-09-26 18:42:04 +0000 UTCSeriously though, Clifton, you've got the blues voice down pat. I've heard Mississippi John Hurt sing and play it, too.
John L Schneider
2020-09-26 17:42:01 +0000 UTCAnd here I thought it was a rock song from the 60s!!!
John L Schneider
2020-09-26 17:40:12 +0000 UTCThis is another outstanding contribution to history education and traditional banjo culture!
Al Neale
2020-09-26 14:40:59 +0000 UTCThat's a great tune! Great sound and great singing too.
Richard Hawkins
2020-09-26 14:07:02 +0000 UTC
