100 Years of Blues

My name’s Elvin, I’m from Oklahoma

This is my pal Charlie, now he’s from Tennessee

We’re here with you all this evening and damn glad to be

We’ve been playing this music a long time

I’ll tell you folks the truth

You know between the two of us

You’re looking at a hundred years of blues

We got our education in our Chicago, way back in the 1960’s

Hangin’ out in those clubs, chasin’ girls, and playing blues and drinking all kinds of whiskey

Running all over the South Side (Yeah, man, down at 43rd and Vincennes) (Yeah, Pepper’s) and the West Side too (oh yeah, Lake and Kedzie) (Wolf’s hangout) ( Silvio’s)

Man, think about it,

It’s been a hundred years of blues

Yeah, me and Elvin knew all the cats

We knew Wolf and Muddy and Sonny Boy too

We had a mighty fine time, you know we were just around breaking all the rules

We’re glad you came to see us

And it’s really good to see you all

You know we’re mighty glad to be here

And actually we’re lucky to be anywhere at all

Well, if you like what you hear

And you think we paid our dues

I just want you to remember

We bring you a hundred years of the blues

(I ain’t lyin’)

Yeah, you know they tell me, Charlie,

You can’t teach a old dog new tricks

I guess it is true

We been around since the Dead Sea was sick

I guess we better keep on just doin’ what we do

Lord have mercy, it’s been a hundred years of blues

Whoa!