Hesitation Blues

Hesitation Blues

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Name = Hesitation Blues


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Released = February 1925
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Recorded = 1925
Genre = blues
Western swing
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Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Billy Smythe
Scott Middleton
Art Gillham
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"Hesitation Blues" is a popular song written by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham.

History

The three men were involved in the music publishing business in St. Louis, Missouri. About 1914 they joined a band and went to Los Angeles. They passed their traveling time making up verses to a traditional tune. When they returned to St. Louis the trio went their separate ways. Art Gillham remained in St. Louis, Billy Smythe went to Louisville, Smythe's brother-in-law Scott Middleton went to Chicago. In 1915 Billy Smythe published their musings as "Hesitation Blues" but not crediting Art Gillham.

A dispute over the credits was resolved a few years later when Art Gillham and Billy Smythe began writing other songs as a team with the sheet music stating "by the writers of Hesitation Blues".

The song was recorded for Edison Records in 1919 by Al Bernard and exists as a Blue Amberol cylinder recording and as an Edison Diamond Disc matrix recording. Audio files of this recording are preserved at the Cylinder Digitization and Preservation Project of the University of California Santa Barbara. [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=1016&query=hesitation%20blues&num=1&start=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=id]

Art Gillham performed the song on radio and in February, 1925 recorded it for Columbia Records as one of the first electrical recordings. The song was republished in 1926 giving credit to the three writers. The 1926 publication was a different arrangement with different lyrics added to the 1915 publication.

The 1964 version by the Holy Modal Rounders featured the first use of the term "psychedelic" in popular music in the verse "Got my psycho-delic feet, in my psycho-delic shoes, I believe lord and mama got the psycho-delic blues, tell me how long do I have tell to wait, or can I get you now, or must I hesitay-ay-ay-ate". The original sleeve notes (as reproduced in the CD notes) state "A Charlie Poole hit. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers recorded an incredible number of songs that are personal favorites of mine."

Traditional tune

The traditional tune was also arranged by W.C. Handy and published in 1915 as "Hesitating Blues". The lyrics were entirely different from those of "Hesitation Blues". Because the tune is a traditional tune many artists have recorded "Hesitation Blues" crediting themselves as writer, though frequently the lyrics of the 1926 publication are used. The song is played as blues and sometimes as western swing.

Artists

Some artists who have recorded the song include:
* Al Bernard
* Barney Bigard
* Clarence Williams
* Dave Van Ronk
* Doc and Merle Watson
* Duke Ellington
* Earl Hines
* Eva Taylor
* Holy Modal Rounders
* Hot Tuna
* Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
* James P. Johnson
* Janis Joplin
* Jerry Garcia
* Kaleidoscope (US band)
* Lead Belly
* Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
* Old Crow Medicine Show
* Patrick Sky
* Ralph McTell
* Reverend Gary Davis
* Sara Martin
* Steely Dan
* The Asylum Street Spankers
* The_Radiators_%28US%29
* Wingy Manone


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