I Wrote “Jimmy Stu” for all the cosmic cowboys who never thought they’d end up on the daily grind–but did. I’m posting a video of the song, from a show at the Heartland Cafe back when they used to book bands, a performance of it I especially like. For one thing, that night everybody seemed to lock onto the groove. For another, though I always thought of the tune as southern rock/rockabilly, Rudy Negrete soloed on it like a Chicago bluesman, and it worked just fine. If your computer speakers are as lame as mine, I hope you use headphones when you watch this:
Here are the lyrics.
Jimmy Stu (What’s with You?)
You used to live in the country
up in the ozone, one with the wind and sun
Now you live in the city, and man, it’s a pity
how you run
Jimmy Stu, what’s with you?
Yeah, you used to walk slow
You used to talk slow, taking life by the days
Now you get up early, you push you shove,
mind on the future always
Jimmy Stu, what’s with you?
Well, it only goes to show
that you don’t know
what somebody might do
Who thought that you’d get caught?
How’d that happen to you?
“Jimmy Stu” is on the CDs Live at Custer Street by The Kent McDaniel Band and About Timeby Kent McDaniel, both of which are available at www.cdbaby.com. Downloads of the song are available at www.amazon.com and just about everywhere else downloads are sold.
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