THE DARK END OF THE STREET

James Carr

Ry Cooder and The Chicken Skin Review

Just because . . . . . . . 


a favourite song and my favourite performer of it

No fool that boy Ry!

I just came across this . . . . . . . Aretha singing one of my favourite songs of all time . . . The Dark End of The Street by Chips Moman / Dan Penn it is story telling blues at it's very best and from James Carr's original to Ry Cooder's instrumental (from whom I first heard it ) then sung with his band the Chicken Skin Band by Eldridge King, Terry Evans and Bobby King and  and I have started collecting them but found this today . . . . . . .





we will miss her . . . . .

and here's my favourite which I dedicate to her memory

the finest guitar break solo I have EVER heard!

FAVOURITE SONGS of ALL TIME

I collect versions of this song and have a considerable number. It is a story blues song that fascinates me. This is where I first heard it and it remains perhaps my favourite version. It is of course by the master Ry Cooder

The Dark End of The Street