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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Tommy Johnson
Author: Tommy Johnson
Label: Victor
Year: 1928
See also: Big Road Blues and Canned Heat Blues. His traveling companion Ishman Bracey used the same opening line ('I asked for water and she gave me gasoline') in his Saturday Blues. So who came up with it?
Covers:
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell [as George Street Blues]
Howlin' Wolf [as I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)]
Sam Lay [as Asked Her For Water]
Gun Club [as Cool Drink Of Water]
Lucinda Williams [as I Asked For Water He Gave Me Gasoline, crediting Chester Burnett]
James Blood Ulmer [as I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)]
Grady [as Tommy Johnson; alias Gordie Johnson with Chris Layton on drums]
Gov't Mule [as I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)