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Down In Lamar - Floyd Lee & His Mean Blues Band
The Amogla Sessions - Vol. 1
* Originally released on Mean Blues - Floyd Lee
© 2022 Amogla Records
Producer: Joel Poluck
Engineers: Glen Forrest/Ronen Barak
Vocals: Floyd Lee
Guitar: Joel Poluck
Guitar: Zach Zunis
Bass: Brad Vickers
Drums: Mike Fox
Harmonica: George Beckett
Writer: Floyd Lee
Writer: Joel Poluck
Recorded Aug./Sept. 2001
Junkroom Studios
New York City
The Amogla Sessions Vol. 1
• Floyd Lee & His Mean B...
Floyd Lee & His Mean Blues Band
Fronted by Mississippi bluesman Floyd Lee and guitarist/songwriter/producer Joel Poluck, the band was formed in 2001 in New York City beginning in the local train stations, combining a deep Mississippi blues style with multiple other traditional and modern elements. After the success of their first Amogla Records release, “Mean Blues” they began to travel far and wide, bringing along their veteran bass player Brad Vickers (Pinetop Perkins/Jimmy Rogers/Hubert Sumlin), playing in Mississippi juke joints and many blues festivals around the world. Over their twelve year career as a band they recorded several blues chart topping albums and included such members as legendary Mississippi blues drummer Sam Carr (Sonny Boy Williamson/Buddy Guy/Eric Clapton). Their songs have been covered by many artists, including Southern California blues rocker Walter Trout (John Mayall/ Canned Heat). They composed and performed the title song in the first of the "Playing For Change" series (2002). The award winning documentary, “Full Moon Lightnin’”, by John C. Gardiner spotlighted the band at the height of their career and was included on the Mississippi Blues Trail historical marker in Merigold Mississippi. Due to health related issues, Floyd Lee could no longer record or perform shows after 2013, up until his passing in 2020 at the age of eighty six.
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The house where she used to live
Lamar Mississippi
The house where she used to live
It ain’t there no more
Been tore down a long time
Can’t go back to what it was before
She use to come to her window
And slowly pull up the blind
Then she’d take in the midnight air
The years can’t erase this from my mind
She would play that song on her record machine
The sound would fill up in the night
I would listen and watch her dance ‘til dawn
And I see her with my eyes closed tight
Well, her father was an evil man
Came home drunk and killed her in her bed
He threw her body down in the river there
Then he hung himself dead
I was too young then and it’s too late now
That’s just the way things are
But with that girl dead and gone
There’s no reason to go back to Lamar…
Mississippi
Well, the house where she used to live
It ain’t there no more
You know they tore it down, down, down
Years ago
I can't go by the river
You know it got too deep
I was just a young boy then
Scared to go to sleep
The house where she used to live
Mmm it just ain't there no more
You know that down in Lamar Mississippi
I just can't go back there no more
Mmm I'd rather live in Clarksdale
Or Holly Spring
I ain't goin' back to Lamar
It don't mean a thing
Owww, somebody talk to me
Can't go back there no more
Can't go back there, baby
Just can't go back there no more
I was born in Lamar Mississippi
My name is Floyd Lee
I can't go back to what was before
It ain't what it used to be
Ain't what it used to be
Mmmm
27 окт 2022
