| Downhearted Blues (A. Hunter/L. Austin)Two wonderful women blues singers had a hand in this song: Alberta Hunter wrote it, and the Empress of the blues, Bessie Smith, Had her first hit with it in 1923. We sped it up a bit, added a touch of pseudo-ska, and dropped the famous last verse. Somehow, while
it seems OK for a woman to sing "I want all you men to come under my command" it just doesn't seem right with a man singing and the genders reversed. Anyway, I didn't feel comfortable with it, and I think it works just fine the way it is | |
