The House of Blue Lights: Chuck Miller
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March 4, 2014 at 12:48 pm
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March 4, 2014 at 1:01 pm
Detroit Barbeque Ribs
Although the lyrics were not exactly the same, the Detroit reference was – I prefer the version by the other Chuck of this great song, which was in his Chess box set
Sing it Chuck
March 4, 2014 at 1:08 pm
My Dear Hedley,
I, at some point, played this version. It might have been in my old blog, but I found it in the played folder so I didn’t choose it. You are right-this is a better version. I also have one by Ella Mae Morse.
March 4, 2014 at 1:17 pm
“Pull up your jeans and we will truck on down
A knocked out joint at the edge of town
A real homecoming for all you cats
You keep a walkin’ till you see that welcome mat
Fall in there, loose your lead
At the house, the house of blue lights”
Brilliant, and bring Gracie too, but don’t mention the cat bit until we get there 🙂
March 4, 2014 at 1:22 pm
MDH,
We’re packed and ready. Fern is quite the cat and has Gracie cowed. I might just leave her behind!
March 4, 2014 at 1:35 pm
Kat, Many many years ago I worked for the Bank of England in the now defunct Exchange Control department which regulated the movement of currency in and out of the UK. When Chuck toured we always knew as he insisted on being paid in cash and being able to take it out of the country. He was notorious for pick up bands on the night of the show and their first experience would be when he ripped in to Maybelline or something similar and they followed as best they could.
March 4, 2014 at 1:41 pm
MDH,
I wonder his motive for not bringing the band with him. Money? Perhaps it was so he could keep it all. In those days what was the currency limit into the US?
March 4, 2014 at 1:53 pm
It required a special permit for non residents. if you lived in the UK you were barely allowed to take anything for a foreign holiday. The movement of capital remained in place until 1979 when I was well in to my stay at the LSE – overnight, all my chums at the Bank of England found their skills and jobs redundant. The exchange Control Act of 1947 it was and its draconian approach rolled for some 30 years. Twas my first job, I worked with wonderful people and I remember them very fondly
Chuck did the same thing in the USA, going from town to town employing pick up bands rather than tour a tight professional group of his own choice. Notoriously cheap and difficult.
March 4, 2014 at 2:13 pm
MDH,
I’d be one of those sneaking vacation money out of the country.
I sneaked money into Peru as I could get double the amount of soles if I bought them in Ecuador. I remember the currency check on the Peruvian side. They were asking people to strip down. I was traveling with my roommate who panicked. I told her to write down a lie which had some truth about it. We wrote an amour above that allowed but far less than we had. We got a lecture, were allowed to keep both the money and never had to strip down.
March 4, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Wow, currency smuggler strip searched in Peru is a much cooler story than wrestling Gators in Ghana.
What an Orinoco from the House of Blue Lights to standing in your underwear on the Peruvian border.
March 4, 2014 at 4:14 pm
MDH,
Nope, never got checked. A lie which was disguised as the truth saved us. We looked chagrined when reprimanded for having too much currency though we had at least 4 times what we declared. I was afraid my roommate would give us away, but she looked appropriately scared during the reprimand because she was when she saw the clothes over the top of the screen.
March 4, 2014 at 7:22 pm
Why let the facts get in the way of a great story ?
March 4, 2014 at 7:36 pm
MDH,
We did have illegal funds, hid them in our bras, lied to the police officer and escaped detection!
March 4, 2014 at 7:44 pm
Those whacky Peruvian Police should have checked
March 4, 2014 at 7:54 pm
MDH,
I take credit for the lie-truth ploy, and we were too good at deception to be suspect!