Name: Blue Chicago Woman
Channel: Juliann Salinas/Jeff Lindsey/ Paul Allodi
Description: Free MP3 download. A semi-autobiograhical song (emphasis on "semi"), that tries to capture the feel of both N'awlins and Chicago. The rain and thunder were a special treat that we captured as Paul and I laid down this track in the back room of Durty Nellie's Pub.

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A semi-autobiograhical song (emphasis on "semi"), that tries to capture the feel of both N'awlins and Chicago. The rain and thunder were a special treat that we captured as Paul and I laid down this track in the back room of Durty Nellie's Pub.

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Juliann Salinas

A left of center americana blues lover with a rock soul that's been known to sing a country or folk tune when asked nicely.

Hi. This is my singer/songwriter gig, actually. I have a band - Cats on Smack- which I'll put up here as soon as we can get it together enough to do a bio. The stuff I do out by myself tends to be more acoustic, blues, americana than the straight up rock and blues I do with my band, thus the two entries (well, one for now).

Song Info

Genre

Blues • Straight Ahead Blues

Charts

#7,245 today Peak #95

#560 in subgenre Peak #13

Author

Juliann Salinas/Jeff Lindsey/ Paul Allodi

Rights

2003

Uploaded

July 29, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.9 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

I wanted to write a song that talked to the nature (New Orleans) and nuture (Chicago) aspects of my life.  Jeff Lindsey helped me make the song more straight-up bluesy without losing the original ideas, and Paul Allodi - arranging god, slide guitar fiend and in-my-face friend that he is, helped pull it all together, made me re-work some lyrics and music, and made it a song I'm happy with - even as a scratch track.

Lyrics

I'm a blue Chicago woman 
By way of New Orleans 
Yeah, a blue Chicago woman 
By way of New Orleans 
Such a wicked mix of trouble 
Outta be some kind of sin 

Mama tried to hold on, to keep me off that path 
But for every ounce of Mama's good, Daddy'd double it with bad 
Drinkin' and carousin' until one night it got rough 
Now I ain't seen the Crescent City since I rode that blue train North 

(So I'm a) 
Blue Chicago woman 
By way of New Orleans 
Yeah, a blue Chicago woman 
By way of New Orleans 
Such a wicked mix of trouble 
Outta be some kind of sin 

Got Daddy in my blood 
But Mama owns my soul 
Still sometimes that Bayou voodoo 
Bubbles up and takes control 
I'm hopin' up in heaven 
Mama don't see my wicked ways 
'Cuz if she does I know she'd say 
Girl, you got hell to pay 

(That's why I'm a) 
Blue Chicago woman 
By way of New Orleans 
Yeah, a blue Chicago woman 
By way of New Orleans 
Such a wicked mix of trouble 
Outta be some kind of sin