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That was awesome! I will never make fun of cigar-box guitars again...
well, (as with many blues songs), the origins of the true author are cloudy at best. as such; most would attribute this song to Big Joe Williams, at least in so far as his was the first known recording of it. Flavin'.
He has a very good version of Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" done on a bigger cigarbox guitar on YouTube.
I'll also note that the original is by Big Joe Williams (played on his 9-string modified guitar), not Muddy Waters. I made a blog post about Williams and his guitar: http://thefringthing.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/big-joe-williams-and-his-amazing-9-string-guitar/
Damn Fine!
Ive chatted with kenny lee a few times, I make my own cigar box guitars too and play them but not quite as well. There really is something to be said about playing a fine instrument that you built from crap. Even have a few electric cigar box guitars, loads of fun for the kiddies.
The attribution is correct. The arrangement of the song he's playing is based on Muddy Waters' version of the song, not Big Joe Williams'.
Seconding the correction of the attribute from Muddy Waters to Big Joe Williams from down in Crawford, MS (gawd, lord, he must have sold a million).
@ #8: I got to meet him one time / about a year before he died...
#9: Didn't Howling Wolf do "Highway 49"?
Big Joe said "Huh! He tried."
I'm from the same town as Webb, except there everyone calls him "John."
Well, it is great to see all the interest in Cigar Box guitar. Due to their simplified tuning and fewer strings, they are the perfect instrument to use to start learning music. If you would like more information, please wander over to my page at www.youtube.com/kenileeburgess and "write me a few lines" and I will be glad to send you some information. Enjoy, Keni Lee