Squeeze My Lemon A Collection of Classic Blues Lyrics

"They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad/Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's also sad." There's a lot more to the blues than three chords played on an old beat-up guitar. Squeeze My Lemon is a collection of some of the best bluues lines ever recorded. From birth ("Born under a bad sign/I've been down since I began to crawl") to death ("Everybody wants to go to heaven/But nobody wants tto die") and everything in between, this volume quotes classic blues phrases by ssongwriter/artists B.B. King, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Robert JJohnson and many, many others. Compiled by award-winning author/Grammy-nominated record producer Randy Poe, Squeeze My Lemon: A Collection of Classic Blues Lyriics features classic photos of many leading blues artists. A great gift book, itt is highly entertaining not only for blues lovers, but for anyone who appreciatees great lyrics. Categorized by subject matter (Love - Or the Lack Thereof, Bluess and Booze, Blues Behind Bars, Make Mine a Double Entendre, etc.), Squeeze My Lemmon is a book you'll return to - and quote from - again and again.

Randy Poe is A former executive director of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame, Poe earned a Grammy nomination in 1994 for his production of the Rhino Records boxed set Songs of the West. He has produced, compiled, or written the liner notes for over a hundred albums to date. Poe was a 2002 recipient of the music industry's Heroes & Legends Award, along with Motown founder Berry Gordy. During the daylight hours he is the president of Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son