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Song Name: Three Woman Blues
Artist: Blind Willie McTell Year: 1928 Ad-libs: “Oh, goodness, [unintelligible]” “Lord, come get your black angel” “Before I melt down in Atlanta” Ad-lib Atmosphere: Casual, Solo, Self-Conducting Other Notable Factors: Slide with 12-string
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Song Name: Dark Night Blues
Artist: Blind Willie McTell Year: 1928 Ad-libs: “Oh play it Mr. MacTell, [unintelligible], that’s killin…” Ad-lib Atmosphere: Casual, Solo, Self-Conducting Other Notable Factors: 12-string Song Name: Searching the Desert for the Blues
Artist: Blind Willie McTell (as Hot Shot Willie) with Kate McTell (as Ruby Glaze) Year: 1932 Ad-libs: “That makes me feel so good, baby” “Now I’m gonna punch you in the nose” “I’m gonna find that one in Tennessee” “How come?” “I’ll hear you run like the devil if he do” “I won’t baby, take me until you can do better” “Baby, try and believe in me, I’ll treat you right” “Don’t go” “You make me feel like crying when you talk like that” (Kate McTell) “Sure enough, that’s too bad baby” (Blind Willie McTell) I haven’t got anyone else to tell it to baby” (Kate Mctell) “Goodbye mama, I’m going to leave you” (Blind Willie McTell) “Stay with me, daddy” (Kate McTell) Ad-lib Atmosphere: Duet, Commenting Other Notable Factors: Husband and Wife Duet, 12-string Song Name: Way Down the Old Plank Road
Artist: Uncle Dave Macon Year: 1926 Ad-libs: “Hot dog, buddy, let’s go” “Glory, hallelujah, there!” “[Kill yourself]?” “Fare you well!” Ad-lib Atmosphere: Jovial, Solo? Other Notable Factors: Stomping, whooping Song Name: Bill Mason
Artist: Charlie Poole Year: 1928 Ad-libs: Skit-[“That man sure does blow a wicked whistle, don’t he. Sounds like that fella that used to run down the Southern, between Monroe and Spencer, pulled that crescent limited. What was his name, Charlie?” (Roy Harvey?) “Is you thinking about Bill Mason?” (Poole) “Oh yeah, whatever come of him?” (Harvye?) “Well he got married a while back.” (Poole) “Married? I though he’s sick, that’s what’s the matter with him, I thought.” (Harvey) “[Unintelligible], but he got married a while back and they made up a song on him.” (Poole) “Let’s play it then.” (Harvey?) “Alright.” (Poole)] Ad-lib Atmosphere: Skit Other Notable Factors: Train whistle (via whistle), Song Name: Shooting Creek
Artist: Charlie Poole Year: 1928 Ad-libs: Skit-[“Who’s that knocking that door out there?” (Poole) “That’s me” (Harvey) “[If it ain’t?] old Roy Harvey, hello Roy, how you getting along?” (Austin) “Hello Charlie, looks like you’re having some music around here- who’s that you got with you there” (Harvey) “Yes, boy” (Poole) “That’s old Lonnie Austin, don’t you know him?” (Poole) “Oh yeah, that’s that old boy we used to play with up on Shootin’ Creek” (Harvey) “Yes, Boy.” (Poole) “Remember that old tune you used to play, Shootin’ Creek?” (Harvey) “Yes boy, have you got your guitar with you?” (Poole) “I reckon I have got it.” (Harvey) “Well suppose we had up a little tune here?” (Poole) “Wait till I roll down my britches and get these old shoes off and then we’ll go.” (Harvey) “Alright.” (Poole)] “Alright, now step on it.” “Whip it boy, whip it” “Boy, I wish we were going up to Shootin’ Creek” “Best people in the world” (All Roy Harvey) Ad-lib Atmosphere: Skit, Conducting Other Notable Factors: Skit, Charlie Poole duet at beginning Song Name: Mama T’ain’t Long fo’ Day
Artist: Blind Willie McTell Year: 1927 Ad-libs: “Oh come here quick” “Come on mama” “You know I got you” Ad-lib Atmosphere: Casual, Directly Speaking Other Notable Factors: Slide Guitar, mournful, humming Song Name: Early Morning Blues
Artist: Blind Blake Year: 1926 Ad-libs: “Tell me where did you stay last night” “No I’m not drunk, not a bit of it” “Play that thing low and lonesome boy” “I mean it ain’t no lie” Ad-lib Atmosphere: Casual, Commenting, Conducting Other Notable Factors: Old-time feel Song Name: Stranger Blues
Artist: Rosie Mae Moore and Charlie McCoy Year: 1928 Ad-libs: “Oh play it mister Charlie, a long time and a heap of it” Ad-lib Atmosphere: Conducting Other Notable Factors: Screaming vocals, Drug references Song Name: Dead Drunk Blues
Artist: Lillian Miller with Papa Charlie Hill and George W Thomas Year: 1928 Ad-libs: “I’m dead drunk this morning, daddy, be yourself” (Miller) “Oh play it, Papa Charlie Hill” “Isn’t my downfall, don’t push that washing out” “You ain’t by yourself neither” “No sir, I ain’t never did that, no sir” “Go ahead and get drunk and stay drunk” “Just stay drunk, I don’t care” (Thomas) Ad-lib Atmosphere: Commenting, Casual Other Notable Factors: One person is there as an ad-libber |
About the IndexThis ad-lib index started when I was trying to find which song contained shouts of "Have a fit on that fiddle" or which song had the steady conducting of "talk to me, talk to me." I began writing down ad-libs I found and began amassing this very un-serious index. CriteriaI have been defining an ad-lib as a spoken part of a song that does not make up a recitation, especially when said spoken part occurs during music. Spoken parts before or after a song are also included, especially skits with memorable lines.
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