Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby, Don't you cry
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
And you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning, there ain't nothin' can harm you
With Daddy and Mammy standin' by
Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby, Don't you cry
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
And you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning, there ain't nothin can harm you
With Daddy and Mammy standin' by
Harry Manx (born 1955) is a Canadian musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. His official website describes his music as being a "blend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues, add a sprinkle of gospel and some compelling grooves and you'll get Manx's unique "mysticssippi" flavour." Manx plays the slide guitar, harmonica, six-string banjo, mohan veena and Ellis stomp box. He studied for five years in India with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Bhatt is the inventor of the 20-stringed mohan veena, which has become Manx's signature instrument.
He has released twelve albums in twelve years, and has his own record label Dog My Cats Records.
He has received much recognition and many awards, including: seven Maple Blues Awards, six Juno nominations, the Canadian Folk Music Award in 2005 for Best Solo Artist, and CBC Radio’s "Great Canadian Blues Award" in 2007.
Manx was a nominee in the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for his cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire".
Manx is a longtime collaborator with Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit and Australian keyboardist Clayton Doley.
So it's a good thing I kinda like this sound.
Haha, that's funny, to me, Mungo Jerry is the one doing it very casually!
This one sounds like a lot more work was put into it. It's a completely different take and I like it :)
There are some harmonic minor (Aeolian with a sharp 7th) runs in there, which is what can give it that "eastern" sound.
So it's a good thing I kinda like this sound.
Agree. Neat hypnotic, bluesy, smoky sound. He's a hell of a guitarist if you can catch him live.
Reminds me some of Leo Kottke singing "Eight Miles High " circa 1977. Jeezis that haunts the earworm habitat at the dark, dusty backroads of my mind "...in places, small faces unbound..." getting at the sheer poetry of it from a different angle.
Because Billie Holliday has inspired billions.
Well, Leontyne Price, Dorothy Dandridge, and many more have played Bess, so Billie can't take all the credit. Deserves a nice chunk though, I agree.
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Because Billie Holliday has inspired billions.