cross posted from The Dream Antilles
You know it’s one kind favor, I ask to you
You know it’s one kind favor, I ask to you
See that my grave is kept clean
It’s a simple enough blues. It was initially sung, I think, by the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson in 1927 under a pseudonym. It was so popular that he re-recorded and re-released in 1928.
It’s been recorded by BB King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Canned Heat, The Grateful Dead, Mike Bloomfield, Keiji Haino, Diamanda Galás, Meindert Talma & the Negroes, Lou Reed, Furry Lewis, Chrome Cranks, the Dream Syndicate, Thelonious Monster. And, of course, by numerous, numerous others.
It’s been in my head for two days. I heard BB King’s latest version of the song yesterday on NPR while I was driving home. I can’t seem to turn it off. “One kind favor I ask of you/one kind favor I ask of you…”
Join me in my head.