Steppin' Out Tonight
Memphis Slim (3 September, 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee – 24 February, 1988 i… Read Full Bio ↴Memphis Slim (3 September, 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee – 24 February, 1988 in Paris, France) was a blues pianist and singer. His birth name was John Len Chatman although he himself claimed to be born Peter Chatman (the name he gave himself in honour of his father Peter Chatman Sr. when he first recorded for Okeh in 1940). He composed the blues standards "Every Day I Have the Blues" and "Mother Earth". Memphis Slim got his start playing the blues at the Midway Café, at 357 Beale Street (southeast corner of Fourth and Beale Streets) in Memphis in 1931. Two years before his death, Memphis Slim was named a Commander in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of France. Memphis Slim died on 24 February, 1988 in Paris, France at the age of 72. During his lifetime, he cut over 500 recordings and influenced blues pianists that followed him for decades.

Steppin' Out Tonight
Memphis Slim Lyrics


You go where you want
You do what you please
Never let on, that even once
That you've ever been lonely
It's nice to see you alone
Are you lookin' for somethin'
Maybe you ain't gettin' at home?

Your hair is in place
You're dressin' to kill
Your old man has promised
When he died he would leave you his money
And the pool where you swim
Are you lookin' for somethin'
Maybe you ain't gettin' from him?

Steppin' out, steppin' out
To get a little action on the side
Steppin' out, steppin' out
The day time queen takes a midnight ride

And it's plain as plain can be
You're a woman who wants to get free
If you're steppin' out tonight, honey,
Come on and step out with me

The party's a bore
It's bound to get worse
Let's sneak out somewhere
And engage in our own celebration
Will you pour me some wine?
Are you thinkin', baby, maybe
Your needs are the same as mine?

Wanna go for a walk,
Go for a ride,
Maybe just stand here and think
What we can do to each other
No, we don't have to dance
If you're thinkin' of steppin' out
Baby, this is your chance

Steppin' out, steppin' out
To get a little action on the side
Steppin' out, steppin' out
The day time queen takes a midnight ride

And it's plain as plain can be
You're a woman who wants to get free
If you're steppin' out tonight, honey,
Come on and step out with me


Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.



Written by: JAMES BRACKEN

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Paul Morelli

Never heard this before. I can definitely hear that Clapton paraphrased the 'rakes' lick.

Rapid Rhino Plumbing - Monrovia

This is the DNA for Claptons version guys . Listen up. Its all there.

mrdavidlopan

The original and still the best...

Robert Barrett

Always like the original.......all songs.

taildragger53

R.I.P. Matt Guitar Murphy 1929- June 16th 2018

Trinidadjame$

So Clapton was playing the sax line genius

DeanMk1

That's an old guitar players trick. Chuck Berry made a carreer out playing horn lines on his guitar.

DistantLights

Yeh, and that amp Clapton used made his sound so much fuller, I guess to closer imitate the sax line. I also remember reading about how Jack Bruce once said that he and Ginger Baker were basically just playing jazz-lite in rock form with Clapton as their version of Ornette Coleman.

DeanMk1

@DistantLights Clapton's use of pairing the Les Paul guitar with the Marshall amp, when he was playing with John Mayall, started the popularity of using that amp in pop music.

DistantLights

@DeanMk1 Oh yeh, and you can see why from listening to the Beano album. The sound is so much bigger than the other guitarists at the time.

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