John-Ward Leighton

A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLUE

Muddy WatersMy man “Jelly roll” in spite of BP’s oil
has bought the blues and jazz
to a boil
in fact right now he’s so hot
he’s cool.

Another night of toss and turn
and my muse
says do the WWOZ
and write down those words – what-a-ya got to choose
these tunes are too good to lose.

So idling through the photo file
this one jumped out and bites me
the scene is pure kind of Vancouver
and News Orleans is tried and true
and a different kind of blue.

Muddy Waters back from the grave
he gonna be a rolling stone
all shiny and new
and bad
to the bone.

BB King
and Lucille
sing those words so tried and true
plays that great axe and makes it
a different kind of blue