Trouble In Mind (1926)

One of the most celebrated blues of all time is Richard Jones' "Trouble in Mind." Here is the celebrated original recording that featured Jones piano and the cornet of Louis Armstrong. It was a recording that Armstrong celebrated being part of and redid this for his musical autobiography in 1957 which he introduced.

One of my favorite recordings of this is Dinah Washington's 1952 Mercury recording with Ben Webster taking the tenor sax solo.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is one of many who put their own stamp on this classic.

Here is Lightnin' Hopkins putting his distinctive touch to this.

It is a song that has become a staple of American music. Here is Merle Haggard doing a Western Swing based rendition. Bob Wills, a major influence on Merle, recorded this years before.

Here is Big Bill Broonzy.

Here is B.B. King performing it. Sounds like one of his many recordings for the Bihari Brothers in the 1950s or early 1960s with probably a Maxwell Davis arrangement.

Here is the legendary Sam Cooke's take on this classic.

Finally the greatly neglected Georgia White

Hope you enjoyed this look at a blues classic and some of its interpretations.