Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society
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Songs:<br />
- Willie Dixon<br />
<br />
- Muddy Waters (McKinley<br />
Morganfield)<br />
R O L L<br />
Like rock<br />
specifically <strong>the</strong> rolling<br />
<strong>of</strong> heavy bales <strong>of</strong> cotton onto a ship- a job that took three men per bale. Like o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
<br />
see ashes<br />
hauled), rolling eventually took on a sexual connotation.<br />
Sexually, to roll meant to heat things up and get caught in <strong>the</strong> inexorable march toward<br />
<br />
Songs:<br />
<br />
<br />
- Son House (Eddie James House, Jr.);<br />
- (John Lee Williamson)<br />
<br />
- B.B. King (Riley King)<br />
R O UND E R<br />
A rounder is a pr<strong>of</strong>essional gambler who travels around looking for high-stakes poker<br />
games. A rounder takes big risks for big money- and sometimes loses big.<br />
<br />
legendary poker players honed <strong>the</strong>ir skills as rounders. Noted rounders include Doyle<br />
Brunson- winner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first million-dollar poker tournament- Amarillo Slim, and<br />
Sailor Roberts. 323<br />
When a rounder is in town, hold onto your money extra tight, as Blind Blake warned in<br />
<br />
<br />
Same way with a rounder, come in a nice neighborhood<br />
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