Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society

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dates back even further, to the Choctaw tribe, who used the natural levee along the
Mississippi River to trade with people canoeing on the river. Early European settlers
came by boat, as well, to trade with Native Americans and to sell produce and dairy
products from their farms. Jean Baptiste LeMoyne established the City of New Orleans at
this spot along the river in 1718.
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Café du Monde became and still is a favorite after-the-gig stoppingoff
spot for New Orleans jazz and blues musicians. It stays open twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week, serving hot coffee and beignets (French doughnuts) dusted with
powdered sugar.
Song:
- Jo-El Sonnier
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some truly dangerous methods to satisfy their cravings, such as extracting the alcohol
from Sterno Canned Heat Cooking Fuel (see also alcorub, Jake). Canned Heat has been
sold for over a hundred years in the United States as fuel for outdoor cooking and is
comprised of denatured alcohol, water, and a petroleum-based gel. The Sterno Web site
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have become legend, and its steady
performance in emergency situations has given the Sterno brand a reputation as being one
of the basic necessity items you should always keep on hand: Water- TP- Duct Tape-
Canned Foods-
bought off street dealers who distilled the stuff in basements and backyards. It was highly
addictive, foul-tasting and lethal over time.
In 1929 the Delta blues singer and die-hard drinker Tommy Johnson sang of his hopeless
Crying, mama, mama, mama, crying, canned heat killing me
Believe to my soul, Lord, it gonna kill me dead
Although he only recorded from
guitar antics (he played his guitar behind his neck long before Jimi Hendrix did), and
Spann. Wolf electrified Jo
Wolf and Spann poured
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