Worried Life Blues

Worried Life Blues

"Worried Life Blues" is a blues song that has become a blues standard originally recorded by Major Big Maceo Merriweather June 24, 1941 (Bluebird B 8827/RCA Victor 20-2133). Big Maceo's "Worried Life Blues" was in the first batch of songs inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame "Classics Of Blues Recordings - Singles Or Album Tracks" in 1983 along side "Stormy Monday," "Sweet Home Chicago," "Dust My Broom," and "Hellhound on My Trail." Although it has much in common with an earlier song by Sleepy John Estes "Someday Baby Blues" recorded July 9, 1935 (Decca 7279/Champion 50068), Big Maceo's ""Worried Life Blues" eclipsed the song that inspired it." [cite web |url=http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?ArtistId=406 |title=1983 Hall Of Fame Inductees |accessdate=2008-08-26 |]

This song is notable for having various artists cover it. Most, if not all, versions use some variant of the chorus line: "Someday baby / You ain't gonna [sic] worry my life anymore." Performers who have renamed the title have used some of the lyrics to create songs such as...

* Fred's Worried Life Blues by Mississippi Fred McDowell. The earliest known recording of this version is on "Fred McDowell: Mississippi Delta Blues" from 1964. [cite web |url=http://www.wirz.de/music/mcdowfrm.htm |title=Fred McDowell Illustrated Discography |accessdate=2008-03-30 |]
* Some Day Baby by Ray Charles from The Genius Sings The Blues.
* Trouble No More by Muddy Waters.
* Electric Worry by Clutch from From Beale Street to Oblivion. The band have stated that inspiration for this song came from the McDowell version. [cite web |url=http://www.roadburn.com/pgshortcut/Clutch.html |title=Road Burn: Clutch Studio Report |publisher=RoadBurn |accessdate=2008-03-30 |]
* You Done Told Everybody by Pearlene from Murder Blues & Prayer.
* Someday Baby by Bob Dylan from Modern Times.

Cover versions

*The Animals
*Eric Clapton
*B.B. King
*Little Walter
*Otis Spann
*Robben Ford
*John Lee Hooker
*Fred McDowell
*Bessie Smith
*Blues Magoos
*Huddie Ledbetter
*Jimmy Reed
*Stefan Kurten
*Junior Wells
*Chuck Berry
*The Radiators
*Michael Landau
*Keith Richards

References


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