Blues Standards II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Green Onions

"Help Me" features harmonica and has been recorded by Junior Wells, Magic Slim, Little Mack Simmons, Luther Allison and Fenton Robinson.
These are all Booker T and the MG's songs, by the way, except "Pigmy Beans and Rice." They did record a "Red Beans and Rice" and a "Pigmy" but as far as I know never did a medley of the two.

Answer: I Can't Quit You Baby

Willie Dixon was unique among bluesmen in that he could read, write and arrange music. This made him very valuable at Chess Records.

Led Zeppelin also had a hit with this song.

Answer: Rolling Stone

"Rolling Stone" was based on Robert Petway's "Catfish Blues." In addition to the Rolling Stones there is also "Rolling Stone" magazine and Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone."

Answer: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

David Johansen of the New York Dolls once claimed that he wrote this song. In his story he sold the song to Willie Dixon for a hot meal. The only problem is that Johansen was born in 1950 and the song came out in 1954 which means he would have had to have written it when he was 4 years old.

Answer: Mannish Boy

This song is a rearrangement of Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man." Diddley, as Elias McDaniel, was credited as one of the song's authors.

Answer: Got My Mojo Working

A mojo hand in voodoo culture is a bag containing magical ingredients that the holder uses to ward off evil, defeat an enemy or make someone fall in love with them. It is alternately called a gris-gris, conjure bag, trick bag, jomo or nation sack.

Answer: Rollin' and Tumblin'

"Rollin' and Tumblin'" has also been recorded by Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Cream, Johnny Winter, Canned Heat, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Bob Dylan. I would say that makes it a blues standard.

Answer: Thrill is Gone

"Thrill is Gone" was written by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins. Another of Hawkins' songs was "Why Do Everything Happen to Me" which he wrote after a car accident paralyzed his arm.

"Born Under a Bad Sign" is a signature song for Albert King. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" is a Freddie King song while "As Long as I Have You" is a song from the Elvis Presley movie "King Creole."

Answer: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

This is a Jimmy Witherspoon song. He was one of the last of the shouting blues artists before that kind of music went out of style in the early 1950's. Witherspoon made a comeback at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1959 and had a little success after that.

In his life he recorded with Eric Burdon, T-Bone Walker, Long John Baldry, Earl Hines, Junior Mance and Robben Ford who called him "the epitome of cool," so he had that going for him.

Answer: Further on Down the Road

This song is also known as "Farther Up the Road." Bobby "Blue" Bland recorded it in 1957. Bland was one of the Beale Streeters. This was a group of young Memphis musicians which included B.B. King, Earl Forest, Rosco Gordon and John Marshall Alexander (AKA Johnny Ace). Bland hit number one on the R&B chart with this song.

He also hit number one with "I Pity the Fool" and "That's the Way Love Is" and number two with "I'll Take Care of You," "Don't Cry No More," and "Turn on Your Love Light." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. That's not bad for a man who at one time was valet and chauffeur for B.B. King.