J. B. Hutto (April 26, 1926 – June 12, 1983) was an American blues musician… Read Full Bio ↴J. B. Hutto (April 26, 1926 – June 12, 1983) was an American blues musician, born Joseph Benjamin Hutto. Hutto was influenced by Elmore James, and became known for his slide guitar work and declamatory style of singing. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame two years after his death. _ Allmusic biography - accessed January 2008

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Joseph Benjamin Hutto was born in Blackville, South Carolina, United States, the fifth of seven children. His family moved to Augusta, Georgia when Hutto was three years old. His father, Calvin, was a preacher and Hutto, along with his three brothers and three sisters, formed a gospel group called The Golden Crowns, singing in local churches. Hutto's father died in 1949, and the family relocated to Chicago. Hutto served as a draftee in the Korean War in the early 1950s, driving trucks in combat zones.

In Chicago, Hutto took up the drums and played with Johnny Ferguson and his Twisters. He also tried the piano before settling on the guitar and playing on the streets with the percussionist Eddie 'Porkchop' Hines. After adding Joe Custom on second guitar, they started playing club gigs, and harmonica player George Mayweather joined after sitting in with the band. Hutto named his band The Hawks, after the wind that blows in Chicago. A recording session in 1954 resulted in the release of two singles on the Chance label and a second session later the same year, with the band supplemented by pianist Johnny Jones, produced a third.

Later in the 1950s Hutto became disenchanted with music, and gave it up after a woman broke his guitar over her husband's head one night in a club where he was performing; during the next eleven years Hutto worked as a janitor in a funeral home to supplement his income. He returned to the music industry in the mid-1960s, with a new version of the Hawks featuring Herman Hassell on bass and Frank Kirkland on drums. His recording career resumed with, first, a session for Vanguard Records released on the compilation album Chicago/the Blues/Today! Vol. 1, and then albums for Testament and Delmark.[8] The 1968 Delmark album, Hawk Squat!, which featured Sunnyland Slim on organ and piano, and Maurice McIntyre on tenor saxophone, is regarded as his best work on album up to this point.

After Hound Dog Taylor died in 1975, Hutto took over his band the Houserockers for a time, and in the late 1970s he moved to Boston and recruited a new band which he called the New Hawks, with whom he recorded further studio albums for the Varrick label. His 1983 Varrick album Slippin' & Slidin', the last of his career and later reissued on CD as Rock With Me Tonight, has been described as "near-perfect". J.B.Hutto also Lived in Harvey in the Marshfeild Ave as a step Grandfather while together with Lula Bell Black, he practice with his Guitar in his hands and his step Grandson on his patting feet, I remember him as good man, he was all ways good to my Grandmother.

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You Don't Love Me
J. B. Hutto And The New Hawks Lyrics

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I think I want her
I think I want her
But I've just lost her
They saying that time heals
So maybe I've got her
This is love is torture
My friends said I warned you
But I think I need it

I know that I'll mourn her
I think I am missing you I'm needing you I'm fiending you
All alone in this bed for two, this house for two, this meal for two
You left I am wanting you, I'm needing you, I'm grieving you
You know that I'm wanting you cas baby girl I dream of you
If you love me baby
You can show me maybe
If you know me baby
You know you drive me crazy
Your driving me insane
Just took two tabs of ecstasy and it's gone straight to the brain
I just wanted you right next to me but you just left me with pain
I think you just wanna fuck me cas
How you saying you love me
But you don't even trust me
But baby I don't trust myself
Cas lately I've been feeling how I've always felt
Always felt
You know that I don't love myself
But you don't understand all of the pain I've dealt
Pain I've dealt(with)
If you love me baby (don't tell me that you love me baby)
You can show me maybe (cas I don't wanna go crazy)
If you know me baby (baby i've been thinking lately)
You know you drive me crazy (that me and you would look good together)
Don't say you love me baby
Cas I don't need you lately
If you know me baby
You know you drive me crazy
I don't think I want her
I don't think I need her
And I've just lost her
They saying that time heals but babe it's not gonna
This is love was a torture
My friends said I warned you
But I don't need it
I know I won't mourn her
I don't think I want it no more
Cas the day you left me so sore
Don't tell me
Please don't tell me that you love me
I don't think I want it no more
Cas the day you left me so sore

I still think I need you baby
Please don't tell me that you love me

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "You Don't Love Me" by J.B. Hutto and the New Hawks portray a sense of confusion and disappointment stemming from a failed relationship. The singer is pleading for answers as to why their partner seems distant and unloving upon their return. The opening lines express hope for a warm welcome, but that hope disappears when the partner looks at the singer as if they were a stranger. The singer seems to be questioning whether their love for one another has waned or if the partner has become accustomed to life without them. The chorus repeats the question "Don't you love me anymore" as a plea for clarity on the situation. The verses also suggest a search for where the relationship went wrong and why it has lost its passion.

The lyrics highlight the emotions of loss, confusion, and heartbreak that are common in relationships, irrespective of generation or musical style. These emotions are even emphasized by the soulful melody of the song. Through the questioning and trying to make sense of their situation, the singer seeks to identify the reasons for their partner's sudden change of heart. Thus, they can address any underlying, unresolved issues and communicate what they need to make the relationship work.

Line by Line Meaning

Oh oh
Expressing disappointment and frustration

I thought I'd see you smile
Anticipating a positive reception

When I walked in the door
Upon arrival

Thought those arms of yours would be open wide
Expecting a warm welcome

The way they were before
Like they once were

Why do you look at me
Questioning the change in behavior

Like I'm some stranger now
Being treated like an outsider

Why do you pull away
Yielding from physical closeness

When you used to hold me so tight
Recalling past intimacy

Don't you love me anymore
Asking if there is still romantic love

Have your learned to live your life without me
Wondering if the absence was inconsequential