I was lonely broke and the rain was collecting in pots and pans all around me on the boat I was living on in Sausalito about 1992 when I picked up my guitar and wrote this song.
This is the debut CD from one of the best blues guitarists on the scene today From soft and velvety to hot and sizzling this cat has it goin on
Big Bill's debut CD "RAINY DAY BLUES" on Bill's own label Cool Tone Records is supported by some of the best sidemen in the business today. Most notably is Mark Naftalin on Piano (Michael Bloomfield/ John Lee Hooker and more) and Fred Lipsius on alto sax(Leader of Blood Sweat and Tears/ director of the Prestigious Berkley School of Music)also on baritone sax is Snooky Flowers (Janis Joplin's Kozmic Blues Band)Snooky is a regular member of the Cool Tones.
Lyrics
It's a rainy winters day, out on the bay
and I'm just a man, who lost his way
and I wish I had someone, I could tell my troubles to, I wish I had someone baby
Someone like you, but at least I have my guitar, and I keep on play'n the blues,
Yea at least I got my guitar baby,
And I keep on pay'n my dues, ta play the blues, and I'm pay'n my dues
The rain keep fall'n down, down on the ground, and my head keeps on spin'n,
I feel so helpless and so down
But I wish I had someone, someone like you,
I wish I had someone baby, but I keep on play'n the blues, and I'm pay'n my dues,
ta play the blues.
guitar solo
The rain keep fall'n down, down on the ground, and my head keeps on spin'n,
while the world is turn'n round,
and I wish I had someone, I could tell my troubles to, I wish I had someone baby, but I keep on play'n the blues, and I'm pay'n my dues, ta play the blues, and I'm play'n the blues, short solo I got the blues so bad baby,
you know I can't even sleep at night,
I can't even eat, I'm a frightful sight,
I got the blues baby, I got the blues so bad
so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad
it's so bad, I meen I got 'em bad.
