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Thursday, June 9, 2011

ROSCO GORDON - YOU GOT MY BAIT



Legendary Memphis bluesman Rosco(e) Gordon DID NOT give up the music business when he moved to Queens, NY in 1962 as stated on Wikipedia. Rosco made fewer records during the time he and his wife owned and operated a laundry business, but he also cut THIS- in my opinion his greatest ever side.

"You Got My Bait" has a haunting hook that just sticks in my head all day, along with some absolutely devastating vocals and piano from Rosco. Add the super snappy drumming (sounds like Bernard Purdie) and that KILLER twangy guitar and VOILA! An incendiary record.

from 1966...

ROSCO GORDON - YOU GOT MY BAIT

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

This sounds great but wondered if anyone can help here? Do I have to sign up for a Divshare account to download nowdays as although I can get a listen to the music any attempt to download takes me to a signing up page. Or am I missing something?

Ta

Anonymous said...

I love Rosco G. but I dislike DivShare, which has gone and removed the ability to download again. Back to MediaFire (please!) W.

Duncanmusic said...

Now I on the other hand, LOVE the OTHER side, Jesse JAmes, which I covered in one of my bands. Where were you when I needed you, looking for EITHER side for the last 5 years?

Anonymous said...

Excellent song, thanks for digging it up! Unfortunately, the link doesn't work.

Greg Wilker said...

you forgot to link the mp3 :-(

Holly said...

Very cool - thank you!

phipps11 said...

This looks great, but the link to download isn't working -- is it me?

Anonymous said...

yeah cool, the label looks like a clown. i like your blog

Anonymous said...

div share does not appear to be working again, perhaps they are doing maitenance?
Torch

Anonymous said...

sadly no link to download...

Anonymous said...

sadly no download link...

Anonymous said...

Derek,
Cursor doesn't change when placed over the grey song title; doesn't seem to allow for a download.
Can you please see if somethings amiss with this one?
(all other seem to download just fine).
Thanks!

Derek See said...

relax, people it's back up and running.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for fixing! W.

phipps11 said...

Killer stuff. It would be great to hear more from this lesser-known period of Roscoe's if you have any. Thanks much.

Dewey Freed said...

That's a great track indeed Derek!

People lamenting for download are so boring! Just listen and dig the music and stop bothering Derek.
He made such a wonderful job out there. Thank him instead of complaining because you can't suck the music like a vampire!

If you're a real music lover, visit flea market, record shop, buy it and dig the sides on vinyl!