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Here's Your Mop, Mr Johnson

from Win some, blues some by Blind Willie Motel

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This song, inspired by how blues and jazz great Lonnie Johnson ended his days as a janitor, was nominated for Best Song of the Year in the 1995 W.C. Handy Awards.

Anderson has not released his own version of this. The first recording was done by Keri Leigh on her Arrival CD.

There are some errors in the song regarding what happened to certain musicians, probably due to a lack of verifiable information being available at the time the recording was done. Search engines were cumbersome in 1995!

Bessie Smith DID die as the result of a car accident, but did so in a Clarksdale, MISS hospital the day after the accident.

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from Win some, blues some, released July 18, 2015
“Here’s Your Mop, Mr Johnson” (M Lyon, K Leigh & T Anderson)

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Blind Willie Motel Matakana, New Zealand

Blind Willie Motel are:

Brendan Wright—Harp, guitar, vocals
Jim Fletcher—Guitar, bass, vocals
Greg Fletcher—lap steel guitar, vocals

A love of classic blues has been the anchor for our repertoire - mixed with country, folk and other genres.

If there is one thing that helps define the band, it’s a desire to play a quirky mix of great songs that are generally not clichéd by over exposure.
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