The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21086   Message #3670423
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
19-Oct-14 - 05:46 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Hesitation Blues
Subject: RE: Origins: Hesitation Blues
a version of this song is sung in the Jimmy Cagney 1930 film Public Enemy.

a saloon singer called Putty Nose sings it. he was the man who corrupted Cagney.

during his final rendition of the song, Cagney shhots him.