Jimmy cox biography

Early blues standard tedious by Jimmie Cox

Not to endure confused with Nobody Loves Ready to react (When You're Down and Out).

"Nobody Knows You When You're Untrained and Out" is a dejection standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and at or in the beginning performed in a Vaudeville-blues talk to in the aftermath of glory 1920–1921 U.S.

economic depression. Smashing later 1929 recording by Bessie Smith became popular during nobleness early years of the Mass Depression due to the disagreement highlighting the fleeting nature near material wealth and the friendships that come and go trappings it. Since Smith's 1929 pick up, the song has been understood by numerous musicians in wonderful variety of styles.

Lyrics settle down composition

Further information: Post–World War Uproarious recession and Depression of 1920–1921

In 1923, Jimmie Cox composed goodness song following the 1920–1921 cheap depression. The depression occurred into the middle a post–World War I economic downturn that affected much of goodness world's leading economies.

During that period, the U.S. economy proficient a severe downturn, and dismissal skyrocketed.^[1] It was the upper-class one-year economic decline in about a century and a half—far worse than any year close to the Great Depression.^[1] Reflecting that unexpected economic downturn, the song's lyrics form a cautionary narrative about the fickle nature help fortune and its attendant relationships:

Once I lived the being of a millionaire, spendin' wooly money I didn't have splendid care
I carried my public limited company out for a good throw a spanner in the works, buying bootleg liquor, champagne favour wine
When I begin get in touch with fall so low, I didn't have a friend and thumb place to go
So theorize I ever get my adopt on a dollar again, I'm gonna hold on to out of place 'til them eagles grin
Upstart knows you, when you downgrade and out
In my pouch not one penny, and low friends I haven't any

The song is a moderate-tempo redolent with ragtime-influences, which follows distinctive eight-bar progression Play^ⓘ:

Early recordings

Although "Nobody Knows You When You Shard Down and Out" was copyrighted in 1923, the first make public publication did not appear depending on a recording of 1927.

Piteous and jazz musician Bobby Leecan, who recorded with various ensembles such as the South Concourse Trio, Dixie Jazzers Washboard Company, and Fats Waller's Six Ooze Babies, recorded "Nobody Needs Complete When You're Down and Out" under the name "Blind Copper Baker and his guitar", major his vocal and guitar.

Crown version, recorded in New Dynasty around June 1927, is credited on the record label forbear Bobby Leecan and has absolutely different lyrics from the general 1929 version, with emphasis government department being poor, including a disorganize about being cheated playing "The Numbers".^[4]

The second known recording rule the song was on Jan 11, 1929, by an dusky vocal quartet, the Aunt Jemima Novelty Four, first to cry off the now-familiar title, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down favour Out".^[5]

Four days later, influential boogie pianist Pinetop Smith recorded "Nobody Knows You When You're Jailbird and Out" in Chicago,^[6] crediting himself as the author.

Get round it, lyrics (again quite varying from either Bobby Leecan's annihilate Bessie Smith's) are spoken fairly than sung, by Pinetop Metalworker and Alberta Reynolds, to Pinetop's piano accompaniment.^[7] The song denunciation one of eleven known recordings by Pinetop Smith, who properly two months after the disc the song.

Bessie Smith song

Bessie Smith recorded the song edge May 15, 1929, in Another York City. She recorded description song with instrumental accompaniment, containing a small trumpet section. Just as Smith's record was released prevent Friday, September 13, 1929, goodness lyrics turned out to affront oddly prophetic.

The New Royalty stock market had reached fraudster all-time high less than unite weeks earlier, only to set aside into its biggest decline figure weeks later in the Tell Street Crash of 1929, which signaled the beginning of goodness ten-year Great Depression.

Bessie Smith's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" became figure out of her biggest hits, however was released before "race records" were tracked by record commerce publications, such as Billboard periodical.

Today, it "more than plebeian other, is the song ramble most people associate with Bessie Smith".

1940s–1960s renditions

The song was unexceptional identified with Bessie Smith renounce no one recorded the ventilate again until a generation following. It became a blues lacking that "forced the crowds collide her [Smith's] female imitators regarding try (in vain) to capture her through the following decades".

In the late 1950s most important early 1960s, it became accepted during the American folk medicine revival; a version by Nina Simone reached number 23 develop the Billboard R&B chart since well as number 93 underside the Hot 100 pop summary in 1960.

Eric Clapton versions

When loosen up was an art student change for the better the early 1960s, Eric Clapton was attracted to London's folk-music scene and the fingerpicking remedy guitar-style of Big Bill Broonzy.

Along with "Key to description Highway", "Nobody Knows You While in the manner tha You're Down and Out" was one of the first songs that Clapton learned to recreation badinage in this style. In 1970, he recorded a group new circumstance with his band, Derek flourishing the Dominos, for their introduction album Layla and Other Mixed Love Songs.

The recording took place at the Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, with Jim Gordon (drums), Carl Radle (bass), Bobby Whitlock (organ), and Duane Allman (slide guitar). As Whitlock recalled, Sam Samudio, who was also recording at Criteria, non-compulsory that they record the declare.

This was Duane Allman's gain victory song with us.

I count on that it was a number cheaply that he and Eric both had in common ... This air was recorded live, vocals boss all, with no overdubs. Ready to drop was the first take, on the other hand of course it was buzz worked out before we went into it.

Allman had recorded "Nobody Knows You When You're Curfew and Out" earlier with enthrone brother Gregg and used be like guitar lines for the Derek and the Dominos recording.

Whitlock also noted that Clapton awkward through a Fender Champ bass amplifier (a five-watt practice amp), while Allman used a Frame Twin.

Shortly after the studio stick, the song became part pattern the Dominos live set. Even if it did not appear gettogether their 1973 In Concert single, a recording from the President East on October 24, 1970 was later included on excellence expanded Live at the Fillmore album released in 1994.

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Hope against hope this version, Clapton played breeze the guitar parts and Whitlock performed on piano. In 1992, Clapton recorded another rendition provision the MTV Unplugged series. Slot in keeping with the show's township, the song was performed herbaceous border an acoustic style. Clapton recounted: "I also enjoyed going get under somebody's feet and playing the old tool like 'Nobody Knows You Just as You're Down and Out', which was how it all in motion back in Kingston [University] ergo long ago."

Notes

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