Count Basie Orchestra & Billy Eckstine: Blues, The Mother Of Sin 1959

 La orquesta de Count Basie se dio un baño de Blues en ese magnífico disco que grabó con el cantante Billy Eckstine, grabado entre mayo y junio de 1959, que lleva por título "Basie & Eckstine, Inc". Entre ellos destaca este "Blues, the mother of the sin", un tema con letra del propio cantante y música de Sid Kuller. Disfrútalo!


BLUES, THE MOTHER OF SIN
(Billy Eckstine / Sid Kuller)

Billy Eckstine with Count Basie & his Orchestra recorded 1959


Blues, you're a lingering shadow,
Blues, you get under my skin.
You're a vicious refrain,
You're a pleasure and pain,
Blues, you're the mother of sin!

You were born in a dive
And weaned on misery,
Then you put down some jive
And crashed society.
You can weaken the strong,
Make the righteous do wrong,
Blues, you're the mother of sin!

When I'm feeling happy, glad, merry, mad,
You come along with your troublin' song,
Making me lonely, sad as can be.
Won't you ever get wise?
Try some happier guys!

Blues, blues, you're a lingerin' shadow,
Blues, can a man never win?
You have made people grieve
Since old Adam and eve,
Blues, you're the mother of sin!
Blues, you're the mother of sin...

(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2014)