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Bessie Smith(1894-1937).. mozzda najpoznatija pevachica blues-a ikada. Moj susret sa Besi pochinje kad sam pre dve, dve i po il' ne znam tachno kol'ko godina gledala onaj film "butcher's wife" sa demi moore i jeff-om daniels-om..nisam pre toga ni imala pojma ko je ona,a njene pesme se i danas chesto pevaju, kako na audicijama, tako i na live nastupima mnogih afirmisanih muzichara. Njena prva plocha"Down Home Blues"(1923/1924) prodata je u neverovatnih 780.000 primeraka za neshto manje od shest meseci. Kasniji muzichki produkti bili su josh uspeshniji.rodjena je u Chatanugi u Tenesiju 15. aprila, 1894. 1937. Besi Smit je umrla od povreda zadobijenih u automobilskoj nesreći u Misisipiju. nakon nesrece prebachena je u bolnicu u Klarksdejlu, ali nije prezzivela, iskrvarila je na smrt. Besi nije bila obozzavana od svojih savremenika i kolega, inache teshke i prgave naravi.. al' su je sto posto poshtovali k'o muzichara.. jednostavno su morali. prichalo se da je bila bisexualnog opredeljenja... prvu ljubavnicu Lilijen Sampson spasila je od samoubistva.. Kasnije su njih de bile vrlo hrabre u pokazivanju medjusobne naklonosti.1927 uhvacena je sa jednom od balerina iz pratece trupe u "kompromitujucoj situaciji"...Jednom prilikom sama je odbila napad pripadnika Klu Klus Klana.
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Bessie Smith
My heart is sad and I'm all alone
My man treats me mean
I regret the day that I was born
And that man I ever seen
My happiness is less today
My heart is broke that's why I say
Lord, a good man is hard to find
You always get another kind
Just when you think that he's your pal
You look and find him foolin' 'round some old gal
Then you rave, you all crave
You wanna see him in his grave
So if your man is nice, take my advice
Hug him in the morning, kiss him ev'ry night
Give him plenty lovin', treat your good man right
'Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find
Oh, a good man is so hard to find
We always get that roughed old kind
Just when you think that he's your pal
You look and find him hangin' 'round some old gal
Then you rave, shall you crave
You wanna see him dead layin' in his grave
So if your man is nice, take my advice
Hug him in the morning, kiss him ev'ry night
Give him plenty mash madam, treat your man right
'Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find
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Thinking Blues - Bessie Smith
Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind?
Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind?
Thinking about someone who has treated you so nice and kind
You'll get an old letter and you begin to read
You'll get an old letter and you begin to read
Got the blues so bad tell that man of mine I wanna be
Don't you hear me baby, knocking on your door?
Don't you hear me baby, knocking on your door?
Have you got the nerve to drive me from your door?
Have you got the nerve to say thay you don't want me no more?
Have you got the nerve to say thay you don't want me no more?
The good book said you got to reap what you sow
Take me back baby, try me one more time
Take me back baby, try me one more time
That's the only way I can get these thinking blues off my mind
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dve na'jache pesme.. uz onu"nobody knows you when you're down and out."
  
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