Epilog

Epilog Lyrics 

by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Note: This is not so much as a song as it is Johnny Shines playing slide in G while sharing some wisdom on the blues with Louisiana Red. On a personal note, this is one of my favorite recorded segments of Shines talking. I did my best to transcribe his speech, but on some parts I had to "round up" what he was saying, as Shines tended to slur his words in his songs and interviews. His speech is the following:

Well, Red, you know, uh, you being a, uh uh, much younger man than myself. There's lots that you don't know about it, but you'll learn. You've got to learn. And it makes no difference how long you do, you gonna always learn something. And when you get to the place you can't learn, it's time to quit then. Forget it. 

Now this is the way we used to do it a long time ago. You see a long time ago, people didn't know how to make chords: G, A, B, C, and so on like that cause they didn't know what to do wrong. And most people think the slide is something new, but it isn't. Slide was the first thing that was used on the guitar by the black man in America. Because he didn't know how to make these chords. I sell 'em and use 'em today. So effective, they make you cry. 

Just keep workin' with it. You'll make it.

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