Wee Midnight Hour

from Slow Burn by Mamie Minch

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This is a cover of a song recorded in 1950 by Blind Wille McTell and Curly Weaver, who were covering (by calling up into fuzzy memory) a song recorded in 1932 by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell. The 1950 version is different enough from Carr/Blackwell’s that Blind Wille McTell got writing credit for it; the later version is relaxed, the lyrics being called to mind even right there in the recording session.

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It was in the wee midnight hour
Long about the break of day, oh day, oh day
It was in the wee midnight hour
Long about the break of day, oh day, oh day
When the blues would stream down over you and tear your mind away, away, away

Has your mind been rambling
Back to the days of long ago, ago, ago?
Has your mind been rambling
Back to the days of long ago, ago, ago?
Back to the one you used to love and you don’t see then any more, no more, no more

Oh blues, why do you worry me
Why do you stay with me so long, so long, so long?
Oh blues, why do you worry me
Why do you stay with me so long, so long, so long?
You came to me yesterday, and you stayed with me all night long, so long, so long

I went down to my praying ground and I
Fell down on my knee, my bending knee
I went down to my praying ground and I
Fell down on my knee, my bending knee
I asked the lord above to spare me won’t you send me back my rider please, have
mercy on me

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from Slow Burn, released August 18, 2020
words/music: Blind Willie McTell
guitar/vocals: Mamie Minch
drums/backup vocals: Dean Sharenow

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Mamie Minch New York, New York

MAMIE MINCH is a longtime staple of New York’s acoustic blues scene. Listening to her sing and play is like unpacking a time capsule of American music that’s been stored in her 1930’s National steel guitar for decades and filtered through a modern femme sensitivity. ... more

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