John Hammond - Get Behind The Mule

[@torrymarrs]

An American blues icon and genius. If you you catch him when he's blowing harp and playing slide on that Nashville Steel, OMG! Look out! And only 670 posts? WTF??? Put away the Bieber and Ga-Ga BS people and get hip to the trip what makes this country great. Original blues.......great cover.

[@DRock-zd8gl]

The Last Castle brought me here 😊

[@whynot-vq2ly]

same here :D

[@alaaalali2847]

Same here 😀

[@mmmatthewww]

Every once in awhile you have a perfect storm of sorts, the right song, the right groove, and the right singer and you get something like this.

[@jajanesaddictions]

Tom Waits explained in his press material for his 1999 album Mule Variations that "Get Behind the Mule" is a reference to something that bluesman Robert Johnson's father once said about his son: "He said, 'Trouble with Robert is he wouldn't get behind the mule in the morning and plow,' because that was the life that was there for him. To be a sharecropper," said Waits. "But he ran off to Maxwell Street and all over Texas. He wasn't going to stick around. Get behind the mule can be whatever you want it to mean. We all have to get up in the morning and go to work."

[@marsattacks7071]

Thank you Jane a sinner !

[@Mark8395217]

John has paired up with many interesting artists but among the best is his work with Tom. John and I visit every time he comes to town, I wouldn't miss a chance to see him. He's such a integral part of my education of the blues. If you get the chance, ask him about his time in Chicago with Muddy back in the 60's... he won't stop talking... and you won't stop listening.

[@MilSepic60]

Thank you funkyarddogg. This piece is the near perfect match of songwriter and singer. Love to see them both on stage, it would be one hell of a show.

[@ivansloe]

Great to hear someone do a good account of a Waits song.

[@MARKIEBANUNCE]

SHIIIIT, CHECK OUT HIS CD "WICKED GRIN" ITS JOHN HAMMOND... using Tom Waits band doing Tom Waits songs With Tom Waits playing on the album! FUGETABOUTIT!!! IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT, WELL...I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YA? Guess yu'll just have ta... Git behind the mule?

[@Moses-Cane]

Masterpiece 🎩😎👌🥇

[@wickedgrin]

Just amazing. Still blows me away after all these years.

[@drmollusk1]

love every version of this great song!

[@MrDino1953]

From a whole album of Tom Waits covers by John Hammond, and Tom even plays and sings on some tracks. The opening track “2:19” is particularly great. Highly recommended!

[@tsugacan13]

This is the Blues!

[@BenSHammonds]

this is a favorite of mine

[@im4out]

fantastic version......nice post..

[@billiehamby6961]

Love The Blues

[@jeremiahwilson1781]

the story is this song. amazing.

[@NikaNet100]

Excellent!

[@alaeddinetouaibi6205]

Lyrics Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp With a horrid little pistol and a lariat She's goin to the bottom And she's goin down the drain Said she wasn't big enough to carry it She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods You gotta meet me by the fall down tree Shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid And I know they'll come lookin for me boys And I know they'll come a-lookin for me Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Big Jack Earl was 8'1 He stood in the road and he cried He couldn't make her love him Couldn't make her stay But tell the good Lord that he tried Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville On the wreck of the Weaverville stage Beaula fired on Beatty for a lemonade I was stirring my brandy with a nail boys Stirring my brandy with a nail Well the rampaging sons of the widow James Jack the cutter and the pock marked kid Had to stand naked at the bottom Of the cross And tell the good lord what they did Tell the good lord what they did Punctuated birds on the power line In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Joaks I'm diggin all the way to China With a silver spoon While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys The hangman fumbles with the noose Pin your ear to the wisdom post Pin your eye to the line Never let the weeds get higher Than the garden Always keep a sapphire in your mind Always keep a diamond in your mind

[@stevenmccown4650]

Darn frickin ' great ! Lord !

[@BenSHammonds]

Great stuff, follow that mule all day :)

[@robotfyter]

Fantastic!

[@Phiiphayden]

fabulous thanks

[@ryrobbo]

This song was the second choice for the theme song of The Wire TV show.

[@lapitron]

Really Superb Entertainer-Saw Him Live At Havana in New Hope!!

[@kingdavid7571]

Saw him live in Edmonton, Alberta.

[@Mvroberto]

Amazing!

[@kevine07]

It's a catchy song. First time I hear it and makes my mind fly into a trip of images. Couldl someone explains me what's the relation of this song and a giant man of 7'7". I read something that was the reason I get in here.

[@ivythepreppy4616]

This photo is of my Grandfather - Simon Ward from Surgoinsville, TN

[@MARKIEBANUNCE]

That harp is a G. I use Hohner BLUES HARP when I play this. Fucking awesome tone

[@yamapenny5960]

Wow... wunderbar

[@rafael55]

super!!

[@arkadyyablokov9158]

Джон Хэммонд исполняет прекрасную версию композиции Тома Уэйтса...

[@ivanzar50]

MY FRIEND AND ONE OF THE MANY MENTORS

[@vactorsrus]

You gotta get behind the mule, boy

[@dondoles4126]

As a young boy when my dad came back from the Korean War ( the 2nd of 3 ) he got transferred from San Diego to Florida. I saw men black brown and white men getting behind the mule and many times barefoot.

[@sinborn41214]

john hammond, the original slim shady

[@Magemastrtom]

wah, great :))))

[@just-simplymarvelous]

! Whew !

[@HavocVulture21]

Terran theme song. Get behind your mules and start macro sons!

[@redeyexpress1]

The story of my life

[@nodoubtsafetyservices2253]

Yup, heard this passing by another employee's desk---cannot hear it enough! Certainly like it better than the original....

[@smokeycat132]

The Last Castle brought me here

[@imgreywolf4492]

Ditto...

[@DRock-zd8gl]

I was looking for this comment. This song was playing when General Irwin was inspecting the soldier's work while they were building that wall. Underrated film. One of Robert Redford's best films IMHO.

[@FunkyardDogg]

lol, this is indeed a Tom Waits cover.

[@vlorenz1975]

I can't understand why the guy that hated this voted 7 times.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

I TOTALLY agree. That idiot obviously has "Trump Derangement Syndrome".🎸

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

@@t4texastomjohnnycat978 nope. Just nope.

[@MrShepperson]

It's a cover, but it's a very good cover....

[@rodgerberg5487]

Tom Waits version is a cover

[@jeremiahwilson1781]

this is the grease. napalm bomb dropping reals.

[@imannonymous7707]

yeow doggys......pull!!!

[@5150zombie]

@howlnwolf59 nice

[@mark-gregorybueno8013]

Does anyone know about that photo?

[@anononomous]

It's apparently from 1974, so maybe not as old as it looks.

[@afkhajiit]

nice.

[@sungazer888]

If you like this song you'll LOVE my sister's cover. KZbin search for: Hope Waits sings Get Behind the Mule (Tom Waits Cover)

[@billiehamby6961]

This is Blues that it Best

[@ronniedubs741]

My new theme song, Democrat' need to get off their aces get behind the mule and plow, d some flipping work for a change.

[@Magemastrtom]

I doubt it is a cover. It is a country song by Hammond. :D

[@jajanesaddictions]

Sad that you don't know for fact that this was written, performed and released in 1999 by the great Tom Waits on his album Mule Variations. Look it, you'll learn something new.

[@DanC-go9lc]

@magemastrtom Instead of yacking you outa do what the song says "Get Behind The Mule", and at the VERY least bother to look it up and find out it's a Tom Waits song.

[@edmundooliver7584]

Too wet to plow.