| "Take a Whiff On Me" | |
| Published | 1934 by John Lomax and Alan Lomax |
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| Language | English |
| Recorded by | Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie |
"Take a Whiff on Me" (Roud 10062) is an American folk song, with references to the use of cocaine. John Avery Lomax (September 23 1867 - January 26 1948 was a pioneering musicologist and folklorist. Alan Lomax ( January 15, 1915 &ndash July 19, 2002) was an American folklorist and musicologist. Huddie William Ledbetter, (January 1888 – December 6 1949 was an American folk and Blues Musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing Gilbert Vandine 'Cisco' Houston ( August 18, 1918 – April 29, Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14 1912–October 3 1967 was an American Singer-songwriter and Folk musician Guthrie's musical legacy The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of 300000 references to over 21600 songs that have been collected from Oral tradition in the English language from all over Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant It is also known as "Cocaine Habit Blues".
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History
This song was collected by John and Alan Lomax from Iron Head and Lead Belly, as well as other sources. Huddie William Ledbetter, (January 1888 – December 6 1949 was an American folk and Blues Musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing
Recordings
- Woody Guthrie Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW 40101 1997
- Lonnie Donegan's "Have a Drink on Me" (on the album "Puttin' On the Style") is a sanitised version of the song. Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14 1912–October 3 1967 was an American Singer-songwriter and Folk musician Guthrie's musical legacy Lonnie Donegan MBE ( 29 April 1931 &ndash 3 November 2002) was a Skiffle musician possibly the most famous of them all
- The Greenbriar Boys on "Ragged But Right!" 1964
- The Byrds December 1970, and There is a Season 2006 box set
- The Flying Burrito Brothers The Red Album
- The White Stripes Under Blackpool Lights 2004
- Old Crow Medicine Show Big Iron World 2006
- Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (Jerry Garcia) on "Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions"
Print versions
- American Ballads and Folk Songs, John Lomax and Alan Lomax, 1934 as "Honey, Take a Whiff on Me"
Cinema and television
Pop culture
The title of the song is quoted in the song "Dead Skunk" in the line "take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose!"
The song is the basis for reggae artist Dillinger's 1976 hit "Cokaine In My Brain". The Greenbriar Boys were a seminal northern Bluegrass music group who first got together in jam sessions in New York 's Washington Square Park. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early Country rock band best known for its influential debut album 1969's The Gilded Palace of Sin. The White Stripes is an American Garage rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. Under Blackpool Lights is the only official DVD from The White Stripes. Old Crow Medicine Show is an old-time String band based in Nashville Tennessee. Big Iron World is an album by folk / country / old timey band Old Crow Medicine Show, released on August 29, 2006 Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions is an American folk music album John Avery Lomax (September 23 1867 - January 26 1948 was a pioneering musicologist and folklorist. Alan Lomax ( January 15, 1915 &ndash July 19, 2002) was an American folklorist and musicologist. Album III, as its title indicates is the third full album from Loudon Wainwright III.
References
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