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My Country Is Where The Land It Rains
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@irieite9666
The music and melody I agree. But the lyrics are anything but uplifting, adventurous etc.
Its about a black guy in the very early 20th century trying and failing to find somewhere he won't be whipped with a bullrope.
"I'm going where I'll never get a bull dose
Im going whete ill never get a bull dose"
"If you dont think I'm sinking look what a hole im in
If you dont think I'm sinking look what a hole im in
If you don't think im sinking look what a fool I've been"
"Oh my babe take me back,
I ain't welcome take me back"
He leaves Mobile, Alabama and goes to the Ku Klux Kapital of Memphis Tennessee and sees its even worse for him there and longs to be back getting whipped in Alabama.
@gareth4157
My great-grandfather fought in WW1 for Great Britain (he was Scottish), in 1918 he befriended an American soldier who offered him work on his family's cattle farm in Huntsville after the war. Great grandad was lost mentally and craved a sea change, so he accepted the offer. In the mid 1920s he wrote in his diary about seeing an amazing black musician called 'Rag Rhyme Texas'. His music reached him in ways no other white music had before, and it transformed his outlook forever.
He returned to Scotland in the Great Depression, and in 1968 his nephew played the Canned Heat version on his record player. Great grandad nearly had a heart attack and broke down in tears, that panpipe chorus was unforgettable he said. After much research my uncle found the record of Henry Thomas in the 70s, and we learned that his nickname was actually 'Ragtime Texas'.
This is a story our family passes down from generation to generation, and we owe Henry Thomas so much in helping our family out of a very dark place.
@paavosallinen1393
tl;dr. Just kidding, great story.
@RowdyBorders-ni3ti
Yes depression was terrible lotta hobo’s an campfire music different nationalities
@GreatWaterCircus
Cool story... music and people.
@The-Light1
Fantastic story....I've just this minute found out that it was not a canned heat original
@ronalddesiderio7625
That’s Awsome ❤!
@cliffshaw6530
Alan Wilson was a blues nerd long before he became the singer in Canned Heat. He wasn’t stealing anything. He just wanted to share his favorite music with the rest of us.
@markrush5013
exactly.canned heat was very respectful of the past.
@j-5087
Did not know the version existed and assumed Alan sang an original. I think I prefer this one more but love my canned heat
@headlessspaceman5681
It doesn't matter if he was a blues nerd. He straight up stole it.