Abner Jay - My Middle Name is the Blues

[@MeiClover]

Abner Jay was a one of a kind and he was as real as it got. RIP.

[@MsLoucat]

I can't describe it, I'm different now. I feel a sadness and happiness all at once. Abner Jay, you're the best

[@themagnetc]

It was a-thunderin’ and a-thunderin’ and lightnin’ On the day this a-poor boy was a-born I ain’t never known nothin’ but your trouble Well your trouble and your hate and scorn My daddy died in a train wreck (pronounced "rake") My momma she was born to lose My natural born name is trouble My middle name is the blues My middle name is the blues I see the corner lights shinin’ from your windows Of your three hundred thousand dollar homes Well uh I ain’t got no home Cause the blues were meant to roam Oh yeah, the blues were meant to roam It was a-thund’in’ and a-thund’in’ and lightnin’ On the day that some poor boy was a’born I ain’t never known nothin’ but your trouble Well your trouble and your hate and scorn My daddy died in a train wreck My momma she was born to lose My middle name is natural born trouble My last name is the blues My last name is the blues

[@dennisdevine9563]

Do you have the lyrics to "Rattle of the Bones?"

[@brooksdemo]

Abner is my favorite musician of all time.

[@redspolk]

All Them Witches got me here. Seems they only cover the best!

[@poopgle]

Same. I'm an Asian girl who grew up in Canada. Cannot relate at all but loving this

[@alenlenia]

Same here

[@MrUnknownbfreak]

Same ATW is 🍄🎶♥️

[@ivanvelasquez3968]

there cant be anything better than this

[@philbywho1444]

abner, i think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

[@matankantor]

Candidate for best song ever.

[@lbb101]

and he quite righteously deserves it, to be among our all favourites.

[@nicholas6255]

As perfect as it is, I can't help but wish this was twice as long, at least

[@bluesfortheredsun8]

All them witches cover version is 11 mins long. Check it out

[@fou9143]

All them witches🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jeffreymiddleton4063]

They covered it th3 words

[@mrwhitemustache9035]

Sematawy swend me hewre 🤤🥸🥸

[@hauntedmoundsuperfan]

😭😭

[@MeiClover]

This was actually recorded in 1992 for Banjo Meltdown.

[@JanRock69]

thanks for the info

[@bold810]

Covered by Dick Shine and his Shame 1992.

[@dullroar2673]

Two downvotes came from people in their three hundred... THOUSAND dollar homes.

[@bold810]

Try $2,238.48 a month to be grateful to be robbed 2 a month. Delightf

[@jeff7764]

I'm so glad I discovered this guy, thanks to Sirius XMU blog radio, I love him!!!

[@ronzbronz6043]

new fave !! Thanks

[@downatthetubestation]

Stunner ! 😍😍

[@coravisser727]

Brilliant blues woh real fantastic.

[@ck6103]

Yesss sirrr bluueesss toe tapping blues yes sir

[@dropdeadzep]

i love this guy!!

[@msifu81h43]

Awesome tune ..this why I love youtube

[@kanacubana827]

THE ONLY ELECTRIC SIX STRING BANJO YOU'LL EVER HEAR

[@jackteague3456]

This isn't from the recordings I made a few months before his death. My recording was Abner and his guitar in his trailer late in the evening. I needed a recording to give the studio so they could properly prepare for the session. We had to cancel the session scheduled for due to his illness. Abner passed away in September or October at the Augusta Veteran's Hospital where I last visited with him.

[@michaelamorim8410]

Absolute!

[@wildcatfinn4579]

Amen

[@JoJoTandTheJuice]

The Real Deal !!!

[@rileyarnason9807]

How can I feel mad about one dislike; how can I feel bad about two dislikes; how can I feel bad about three dislikes,, who could dislike this ?? Five thumbs on one hand ? Bored I guess

[@scottconnors8419]

id love to have seen this cat play on a bill w basil Adkins n few other unique 1 man bands...a one man band festival be certainly unique,cause the best can't get along w many,or play w others,i hear there's a good book of history of one man bands....

[@ButicMirrip-p1y]

1989

[@carlaschantl2858]

lyrics please!

[@byronwade77]

AMEN.

[@popstickers]

hoyt axton does a nice versions, check it out youtube

[@marielfarhi9678]

Does anybody know when this was actually recorded? It sounds extremely similar to some Tom Waits stuff and I'm wondering who was listening to whom- probably the latter got the sound from Abner Jay, but I'm still curious!

[@roll.]

+Mariel Farhi blues is not for the whiteman

[@TheMastakilla4201]

Ro\_\_ sly best comment!!!

[@ambskater97]

It was recorded in 1994. Someone should be civil.

[@Fullerov]

But he died in 1993.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

@@roll. Fool, the blues is a universal concept.

[@TheMoonunit13]

If Robert Plant or Kurt Cobain had heard this they would have covered it.

[@kingoftrolls]

yeah but only because theyre cunts

[@jpcky86]

Even better, All Them Witches is covering it. Live, at least.

[@dullroar2673]

This song has a weird geneology. Near as I can tell it's a cover of Hoyt Axton's Thunder'n Lightnin'

[@bold810]

Jen's Kamp soungs like that place in Belgium where they made all the used-up victims of Hooman Transporting into export-pirogies like they used to export to the American market back around 1990. Huh,? New things ever day, what?, 😌