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| artist = [[Robert Johnson]] |
| artist = [[Robert Johnson]] |
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| released = {{Start date|1937|03}} |
| released = {{Start date|1937|03}} |
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| recorded = November 23, 1936 |
| recorded = November 23, 1936 |
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| studio = [[Gunter Hotel]], San Antonio, Texas |
| studio = [[Gunter Hotel]], San Antonio, Texas |
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| genre = [[Blues]] |
| genre = [[Blues]] |
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| length = 3:01 |
| length = 3:01 |
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| label = [[Vocalion]] |
| label = [[Vocalion]] |
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| writer = Robert Johnson |
| writer = Robert Johnson |
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| producer = [[Don Law]] |
| producer = [[Don Law]] |
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"'''Terraplane Blues'''" is a [[blues]] song recorded in 1936 in [[San Antonio, Texas]], by bluesman [[Robert Johnson]]. [[Vocalion]] issued it as Johnson's first [[78 rpm record]], backed with "[[Kind Hearted Woman Blues]]", in March 1937. The song became a moderate regional hit, selling up to 10,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite book| last1 = Conforth| first1 = Bruce| author-link1 = Bruce Conforth| last2 = Wardlow| first2 = Gayle Dean| author-link2 = Gayle Dean Wardlow| year = 2019| title = Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson| publisher = [[Chicago Review Press]]| isbn = 978-1-64160-094-1| pages = 185–186}}</ref> |
"'''Terraplane Blues'''" is a [[blues]] song recorded in 1936 in [[San Antonio, Texas]], by bluesman [[Robert Johnson]]. [[Vocalion]] issued it as Johnson's first [[78 rpm record]], backed with "[[Kind Hearted Woman Blues]]", in March 1937. The song became a moderate regional hit, selling up to 10,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite book| last1 = Conforth| first1 = Bruce| author-link1 = Bruce Conforth| last2 = Wardlow| first2 = Gayle Dean| author-link2 = Gayle Dean Wardlow| year = 2019| title = Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson| publisher = [[Chicago Review Press]]| isbn = 978-1-64160-094-1| pages = 185–186}}</ref> |
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Johnson used the car model [[Terraplane]] as a metaphor for sex. In the lyrical narrative, the car will not start and Johnson suspects that his girlfriend let another man drive it when he was gone. In describing the various mechanical problems with his Terraplane, Johnson creates a setting of thinly veiled sexual innuendo.<ref name="Palmer">{{Cite book|title=Deep Blues|last=Robert|first=Palmer|year=1981|author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/125 125]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/125}}</ref> |
Johnson used the car model [[Terraplane]] as a metaphor for sex. In the lyrical narrative, the car will not start and Johnson suspects that his girlfriend let another man drive it when he was gone. In describing the various mechanical problems with his Terraplane, Johnson creates a setting of thinly veiled sexual innuendo.<ref name="Palmer">{{Cite book|title=Deep Blues|last=Robert|first=Palmer|year=1981|author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/125 125]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/125}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:45, 6 August 2024
| "Terraplane Blues" | |
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 Original 78 record label | |
| Single by Robert Johnson | |
| Released | March 1937 |
| Recorded | November 23, 1936[1] |
| Studio | Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length | 3:01 |
| Label | Vocalion[1] |
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Johnson |
| Producer(s) | Don Law |
"Terraplane Blues" is a blues song recorded in 1936 in San Antonio, Texas, by bluesman Robert Johnson.[1] Vocalion issued it as Johnson's first 78 rpm record, backed with "Kind Hearted Woman Blues", in March 1937.[1] The song became a moderate regional hit, selling up to 10,000 copies.[2]
Johnson used the car model Terraplane as a metaphor for sex. In the lyrical narrative, the car will not start and Johnson suspects that his girlfriend let another man drive it when he was gone. In describing the various mechanical problems with his Terraplane, Johnson creates a setting of thinly veiled sexual innuendo.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d https://www.wirz.de/music/johnsonr.htm
- ^ Conforth, Bruce; Wardlow, Gayle Dean (2019). Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson. Chicago Review Press. pp. 185–186. ISBN 978-1-64160-094-1.
- ^ Robert, Palmer (1981). Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
