Ne, ne nije ovo australski Tom Waits, ali je izuzetno dobro... prava poslastica!
Slusanje C.W. Stonekinga zvuci kao putovanje vremeplovom u 20. i 30 godine proslog stoljeca.
Briljantni, nevjerojatni pjevac, tekstopisac i gitarist, C.W. Stoneking rodjen je u Australiji od strane americkih roditelja koji se ubrzo rastaju pa ga do 9. godine odgaja otac u aboridzinskoj zajednici. Poceo je svirati gitaru s 11 godina a vec s 13 nastupa u lokalnim bendovima Sydneya. Kad je bio student, slucajno otkriva oceve vrpce s bluesom i odusevljava se bluesom iz 20-ih godina i bluzerima kao sto su Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie, Leroy Carr, Big Bill Broonzy i dr. Godine 1997, seli se u Melbourne, nastupa kao solo blues umjetnik a sljedece godine objavljuje album s coverima. Osniva bend "C.W. Stoneking and the Blue Tits" ali ga gasi nakon godine dana zbrog smrti clana Charlieja Bostocka (mandolina). Opet nastupa kao solist i izvodi glazbu u duhu 20-ih i 30-ih godina proslog stoljeca (blues, ragtime, gospel, calypso, jazz i hillbilly). Godine 2005. snima svoj prvi pravi album "King Hokum", koji dobija nepodijeljene kriticarske panegirike. Godine 2008. objavljuje isto tako hvaljeni album "Jungle Blues". Nastupa s pratecim bendom "The Primitive Horn Orchestra" u kojem su James Clark (tuba, double bass), Stephen Grant (cornet), Stu Barker (trombon) i Johnny Machin (bubnjevi). Godine 2014. objavljuje album "Gon' Boogaloo".
Mama Got the Blues
Mama got the blues all about em,
Ain' no tellin' what, we's gonna do,
Can't stop this feelin,
It's all about to change, that's what they're sayin',
Where we gonna run to,
Mama got the blues, an what Lord,
Is we gon' do
Lord I got a bad old feelin',
Hummin' that old distant melody,
Don't see no future..
It all a' been a' buildin' up on my shoulder,
Holdin' me under,
Mama got the blues, an what Lord,
Is we gon' do
Ooh.......
Ahh......
I don't know no way around it,
Any old way I's goin' down slow,
Any old way,
We on our way on this long distant journey,
Don' know if I'm 'on get through,
Mama got the blues, an what Lord,
Is we gon' do
But it's, alright,
It's alright,
It's alright,
It's alright.....
Prekrasna "
The Love Me or Die"
I studied evil, I can't deny,
Was a hoodoo charm called a Love Me or Die,
Some fingernail, a piece of her dress,
Apocathery, Devil's behes'
I will relate, the piteous consequence my mistake,
Fallin slave to passin desire,
Makin' the dreaded Love me or Die.
Against a Jungle primeval green,
She had the looks of a beauty queen
No bangles or chain, wearin' broken shoe
Seventy-five cent bottle perfume.
I said, "Good mornin", I tipped my hat,
All the while I was cunning like a rat,
Smilin gaily, looked her in the eye,
I felt in pocket, the Love me or Die
My past history, one to behold,
I studied magic from days of old,
Membership, secret societies,
Power and wealth in my family
But Matilda, Darling,
Why you don't take my wedding ring,
Like a demon under the floor,
I buried the hoodoo down the back door.
Lawd, word broke through the town,
That a fever strike Matilda down,
Nine thirty, the doctor arrive,
Priest come runnin, quarter to five.
Standin in the weeds early next day,
I saw the meat wagon rollin away,
I seen Matilda layin in the back,
Her old mother wearin a suit of black
Sound the trumpet, and bang the drum,
I wait for me judgement to come,
I know her spirit is down beneath,
I hear the weepin and gnashing of the teeth.
Flames of Hell licks at my feet,
In the shadow of the Jungle I feel the heat,
Matilda's waiting in Hell for me too,
All cause she died from a bad hoodoo.
Don´t Go Dancing...
Bad Luck Everywhere You Go
C.W. Stoneking