Artist: Eddie Boyd
Author: Eddie Boyd
Label: J.O.B.
Year: 1952
Inspired by the sound of the digger he worked on by day. Eddie was a globetrotter of the blues: born in Stovall, MS; via Memphis in the '30s to Chicago in the '40s & '50s; moved to London in the '60s, later to Paris and in '71 to Helsinki, Finland. See also: Blue Coat Man.
Covers:
Yardbirds [with Eric Clapton]
Cuby & The Blizzards [later they had a full session with Eddie Boyd]
Yvonne Hunter [as Have You Ever Been Mistreated in John Cohen's film documentary Musical Holdouts]
Ike Turner [as 18 Long Years]
J.O.B., just like Cobra, was a leftover blueslabel in Chicago, ending up with the stuff Chess turned down.
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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)