The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #42993 Message #1561475
Posted By: 12-stringer
12-Sep-05 - 12:07 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Goin' to the Country / Goin' Up the ...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Going up the Country (from Canned Heat)
Not just the flute solo -- the melody is also lifted directly from Henry Thomas' 1927 recording "Bulldoze Blues." The flute plays as note for note as possible what Henry does with quills on the original 78.
The band no doubt got the song off the old Origin Jazz Library LP of Henry Thomas, which came out in the later 60s.