Happy Birthday Pigpen

[Wookies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk2PQl6-J3c

 

[mountain bed]

"I think it's safe to say we ALL loved Pigpen.I couldn't begin to tell you why,but I sure did"--JG

 

Thanks,Wook Years ago I made a Pig mix cassette...I'll break it out at work today

[Scalzunfield]

Years ago I made a Pig mix cassette...I'll break it out at work today

 

I've been tempted to make a mix disc of Pigpen's stuff, but frankly, it'd be half-filled with a 30-minute version of "Turn On Your Lovelight."

 

What a classic voice from such a classic act.

[mountain bed]

I've been tempted to make a mix disc of Pigpen's stuff, but frankly, it'd be half-filled with a 30-minute version of "Turn On Your Lovelight."

 

What a classic voice from such a classic act.

"Evrybody get their hands up in the air! Get yo hands outta your pockets.If you got yer hands in your pockets,I KNOW yer playin' pocket-pool...that ain't gonna get ya no place but wierd...ask some little lady to do it for ya! Say Hello,lady...& tell 'em Pigpen said it's OK..

"If her mama complains,tell her to write to her congressman! Ain't none of my bidness...I'm just makin' a suggestion."

[Mr. Heartbreak]

"Evrybody get their hands up in the air! Get yo hands outta your pockets.If you got yer hands in your pockets,I KNOW yer playin' pocket-pool...that ain't gonna get ya no place but wierd...ask some little lady to do it for ya! Say Hello,lady...& tell 'em Pigpen said it's OK..

"If her mama complains,tell her to write to her congressman! Ain't none of my bidness...I'm just makin' a suggestion."

I didn't even know about this, but I was listening to "I'm A Hog For You" earlier today.

[Pocahontas]

"Evrybody get their hands up in the air! Get yo hands outta your pockets.If you got yer hands in your pockets,I KNOW yer playin' pocket-pool...that ain't gonna get ya no place but wierd...ask some little lady to do it for ya! Say Hello,lady...& tell 'em Pigpen said it's OK..

"If her mama complains,tell her to write to her congressman! Ain't none of my bidness...I'm just makin' a suggestion."

 

You got to love the Pig rants, that is what made him so cool.

[Wookies]

I've been tempted to make a mix disc of Pigpen's stuff,

 

There's a 4 disc Live Pig compilation circulating. For some reason, I haven't picked it up yet. I'll have to do that soon.

[mattboh]

All-time favorite pigpen rap was from the 4-17-71 Princeton Hard to Handle.

 

"That's a girl? I thought that was Brooklyn Bridge."

[Analogman]

I was goin' down the street one day

Right after me and my old lady got in a fight

I see this dude on the corner

He said, "Say, man, you look like you kinda lonesome."

I said, "Yeah, well, me and my old lady we had

kind of a fallin' out, you understand."

He said, "Well, hey listen-- I just got into bidness."

I said, "You just got into bidness?

Jack, what you talkin' about, bidness?"

He say,"I'm in commercial merchandise," he says.

I say, "What kind of merchandise you got?"

He say, "Whatchoo' want?"

Well, I said, "You got any dope?

Are you in the automobile bidness?

Do you fix refrigerators?

Do you fix windows?

Are you a plumber?"

He said, "No, man. I got myself a Cadillac."

I said, "Oh, yeah."

He say, "What seem to be your trouble?"

I said, "Well, you know, me and my old lady,

we just had a little falling out."

He said, "Oh, that's it, huh?"

He say, "Well, listen: I got about anything you want."

He say, uh "How much money you got in yo' pocket?"

And I tell him, "Well, I got about a dollar and a quarter."

He kinda step back a taste and say, "Dollar and a quarter?

Wait a minute now! You can't buy much for a dollar and a quarter!"

I said, "I don't want much-- I just want a little bit."

He said, "Well, maybe I can fix you up."

This fella slow down

And a-turn around...

Slow down and a-turn around

Scratch his head just a little bit

He say,"I got a I-DEEEEEEEA!"

And he said,

"I got the impression that you ain't lookin'

for nothin' high class,

Just somethin' to take care of yo' natch'ral

needs."

He say, "Look down on the corner. See that girl?"

I said, "What girl?"

He said, "The big one!"

"That a GIRL? I thought that was the Brooklyn Bridge."

He say, "How much you got?"

I say, "A dollar and a quarter."

"SOLD! The Brooklyn Bridge!"

So I went down and said,

"The man on the street said I can come home withchoo."

She said,"It's all right now, Daddy,

Show me what you can do."

And don't you know, now, people,

 

She treated me nice and kind.

She made me

She made me think

She sure did treat me fine

For a buck and a quarter

What more do you want?

For a buck and a quarter!

What do you want?

Things get goin'

They don't be slowin'

Cooked on this side

Say now, Mama, won't you roll on over

Let me jump your wagon and ride

Let me jump on your wagon and ride, now Mama

Jump on your wagon and ride

That's all I need

A little bit of love

A little bit of love in my soul

And a whole other kind of places

And a whole other kind of tastes-es

That's all I need

That's all I got to git, now

All right!

Cost me a buck and a quarter

For my pony ride

Twenty more dollars

When the doctor was by my side

He's got that needle

Sayin' "Brother, are you in trouble,

Thinkin' that was the way to go."

She may have been fun

But it wasn't no fun later on

No it wasn't

Went around

All over town

Went around

Over town

Wond'rin' what my lady was up to now

Just a-wond'rin' what she's doin'

While I'm on the prowl

Axed my doctor what to do

He said, "Now, son,

I know just exactly what's wrong with you.

You need a little bit of lovin'

Good ol' love

Nothin' on the side

Need a love, a good ol' love

Don't blow your pride."

I want to tell you now

After I was feelin' so bad

And I had all them troubles

I want to tell you jus' what happened

Yes I do

Yes I do