A classic biography covering muddys music as well as his turbulent personal life. In 1977, unhappy with the small royalties paid by chesss publishing company, arc music, dixon and muddy waters sued arc and, with the proceeds from the settlement, founded their own publishing company, hoochie coochie music. The song is a classic of chicago blues and one of waters first recordings with a full backing band. Ive cared too over the years and theres a line about how way down yonder on the chattahoochieitd get hotter than a hoochie coochie which always stands out. The hoochie coochie men is a renowned australian blues group composed of former rainbow, black sabbath, uriah heep, mungo jerry and ozzy osbourne bass player bob daisley, guitarist and singer tim gaze and drummer rob grosser. An accessible and thorough history of the original blues masters, including muddy waters, who came out of the mississippi delta to change the entire world of music. There is of course other versions of this classic blues here in youtube, but they are all worth of.
They say, hoochie coochie people are telling fortunes. Marvels 1929 book entitled hoodoo for the common man, we find his infamous hoochie coochie hex. Also spelled hootchykootchy and a number of other variations, it is often associated with the streets of cairo, or the poor little country maid song, also known as the snake charmer song. It was first recorded in 1970 by johnny winter and his band, johnny winter and, of which derringer was a member. Hoochie coochie man originally titled im your hoochie cooche man is a blues.
They used to call them hoodoo folk and twohead people. Jackson spey, wizard extraordinaire in jeans, harley shirt, and waistlength ponytail, has a dream. Hoochie coochie man by muddy waters song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. Print and download sheet music for im your hoochie coochie man by muddy waters. The gypsy woman told my mother before i was born i got a boy childs comin hes gonna be a son of a gun he gonna make pretty womens jump and shout. The term hoochie coochie man would then refer to a man who prides himself getting his share of booze and women. At his peak in the 1950s, he was the undisputed king of the blues, a moniker he. Grab a signed copy of devis awardwinning book the language of the blues. The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
For all its nonsense and hoodoo fun, hoochie coochie man was just that. Muddy waters hoochie coochie man chess 1954 youtube. Hoochie coochie man by 10 year old joshua king with the james cotton band duration. Waters was discovered in turn by homesick southerners, by radio listeners, by well meaning folkies. Chorus on the seventh hour, on the seventh day, on the seventh month, seven. But muddys widely recognized as the founder of the chicago blues, and even his hoochie coochie man silliness takes us right back to the roots of the genre. It became one of waters most popular and identifiable songs and helped secure dixons role as chess records chief songwriter. Hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of american speech 9780312340056. Muddy waters hoochie coochie man big mama thornton hound dog form jayne cortez you know amiri baraka look for you yesterday, here you come today sonia sanchez blues sonia sanchez blues haikus sonia sanchez set. Slang a woman, especially one who is considered sexually promiscuous. Definition of hoochie coochie man in the dictionary. Information and translations of hoochie coochie man in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. A hoochie coochie man either runs a show or is a drag queen performer.
Alan jacksons chattahoochie wtf is a hootchie coochie. He went under the stage name muddy waters, and had already seen some chart action before arriving at chess in 1950. Apr 03, 2000 his final performances of hoochie coochie man marked a return to the songs strippeddown origins. Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for coochie. Depending on which interpretation you believe, a hoochie coochie man is either a sexual powerhouse or a hoodoo magician, though both meanings are used in the song. A master bluesman, even the name muddy waters, is synonymous with blues. The stranger than fiction double cd is available from both dqydj and. I also get a kick out of blues legend muddy waters hoochie coochie man and chuck berrys johnny b. Jimmy page robert plant hoochie coochie man cd discogs.
Rock and roll, hoochie koo is a rock song written by rick derringer. Muddy waters was a man, a fullgrown man, a hoochie coochie man, but the blues he sang and played were as basic and real as the sound he made when he hummed and beat on the ground with his stick. Check out im your hoochie coochie man by muddy waters on amazon music. Hootchycootchy dance aka dance du ventre, hoochi koochi.
The term hootchie mama is another phrase with the same meaning. The song is based on hoodoo folk magic themes and an instantly recognizable stoptime musical arrangement. In either scenario, the man is seen as a very sexual being, displaying his power over women. Coochie synonyms, coochie pronunciation, coochie translation, english dictionary definition of coochie. Mannish boy or manish boy as it was first labeled is a blues standard by muddy waters. What follows is a verbatim transcription of the text. May 31, 2007 hoochie coochie man by 10 year old joshua king with the james cotton band duration. Hoochie coochie man a slang term referring to both a type of suggestive dance, as well a class of conjurer or folk doctor in the voodoo tradition. Others may well enjoy the champs tequila and the surfaris wipeout, although i personally count these among the most annoying songs ever recorded. Ive heard this song more times than ive cared too over the years and theres a line about how way down yonder on the chattahoochieitd get hotter than a hoochie coochie which always stands out. Usa,netherlands surname hoochie is used at least 2 times in at least 2 countries.
Chuck berry hoochie coochie man lyrics genius lyrics. A female who dresses scantily or in a revealing fashion a promiscuous woman hoochie synonyms. A then popular dance, the hoochie coochie was seen as a vulgar display of sexuality to be outlawed. Both winter and derringer have recorded multiple live versions. Im your hoochie coochie man by muddy waters on amazon. A hoochoe coochie man either runs a show or is a drag queen performer. Bb king called this his best live performance duration. In 1973, derringer recorded a solo version and it became his only top 40 chart hit as a solo artist, peaking on the billboard hot 100 at number 23.
It became one of waters most popular and identifiable songs and helped. Hoochie coochie man has also been sampled in the hiphop age most notably by big daddy kane, who borrowed a section from willie dixons 1970 version of the song for his track. The song makes reference to hoodoo folk magic elements and makes novel use of a stoptime musical arrangement. Hoochie first name was found 11 times in 2 different countries. First recorded in 1955, the song is both an arrangement of and an answer song to bo diddleys im a man, which was in turn inspired by waters and willie dixons hoochie coochie man. The song was a major hit upon its release, reaching number eight on billboard magazines black singles chart.
Reflecting the emergence of the new south and setting the style for lynyrd skynyrd, the marshall tucker band, and many other bands, the allman brothers band also. I got the john the conquerer root, gonna mess with you. A tour guide to chicago for the blues fan, featuring many of the locales where muddy waters. Jul 30, 2002 he became the hoochie coochie man, the mannish boy.
Muddy waters mckinley morganfield, issaquena county, mississippi, april 4, 19 westmont, illinois, april 30, 1983 was an american blues musician and is generally considered the father of chicago blues. Hoochiecoochie definition and meaning collins english. The phrase has made famous by various blues, jazz and rock performers. Muddy waters hoochie coochie man 1972 embed for hosted blogs and item tags. I would think that hoochie coochie man is a keystone in the architecture of rock n roll, gordon says. Hoochiecoochie dictionary definition hoochiecoochie. Born in the area of rural mississippi that spawned the first and greatest recorded bluesman charley patton, son house and robert johnson muddy waters electrified the sounds of rural blues and brought them to chicago. Best of hoochie coochie man books picked by phd and masters students from stanford, harvard, berkeley. Misc hoochie coochie man sometimes referred to as im your hoochie coochie man is a 1954 song see 1954 in music written by willie dixon and first performed by muddy waters. It is commonly misheard, misunderstood, and then written as johnny cockaroo or john the cockaroo.
Godfathers and sons footage of muddy waters playing hoochie coochie man introductory exercise muddy waters and b. Im gonna make you girls lead me by my hand, and then the world will know the hoochie coochie man. One of his greatest legacies, the absurdly titled im your hoochie coochie man. Hoochie coochie man, got my mojo working, manish boy, rollin stone.
Coochie definition of coochie by the free dictionary. The hoochie coochie hex should not be used in conjunction with any other hexes. Waters was discovered in turn by homesick southerners, by radio listeners, by well meaning. Hoochie coochie man hoochie coochie man is a blues standard written by willie dixon and first recorded by muddy waters in 1954. This 1954 recording the second, after 1952s original of blues standard hoochie coochie man by muddy waters is one of the alltime classic blues records. Search results for hoochie coochie man by buddy guy yee yee. The allman brothers band formed in 1969 in macon, georgia, united states and blended different strains of southern rock related music blues, country, gospel, jazz, and more into a flexible, jamoriented rock and roll style. Download hoochie coochie man as an mp3 file 160 kbps, 8. The life and times of the mississippi masters who revolutionized american music an accessible and thorough history of the original blues masters, including muddy waters, who came out of the mississippi delta.
Hoochie coochie man is a blues standard written by willie dixon and first recorded by muddy. A master of the vibrant chicago sound, muddy waters was a dynamic blues guitarist and singer who played a significant role in creating the modern ensemble blues style. These include elvis presleys saved, cab calloway minnie the moocher. Weve found 125 lyrics, 4 artists, and 100 albums matching hoochie coochie man by buddy guy. The koutakouta and the coochiecoochie a history and. Hoochie coochie man was first recorded on 7 january 1954 by a delta blues singer with a big, booming voice who was born mckinley morganfield, in rolling fork, mississippi.
His career spanned over thirty years and he produced what are considered to be some of the finest blues songs ever, such as hoochie coochie man, mannish boy and got my mojo working. One of the building blocks of rocknroll, willie dixons hoochie coochie man has been recorded by everyone from muddy waters to and motorhead. Nov 22, 2019 the hoochiecoochie man wikipedia explains. Coochie is a fictional character from the 2003 film rolie polie olie. As long as american music survives, so will the blues. His final performances of hoochie coochie man marked a return to the songs strippeddown origins. Its also the root for cow and cove and for words that mean. Debra devi offers an alternative definition of a hoochie coochie dancer as a stripper and a hoochie. Coochie first name was found 5 times in 3 different countries.
Because the only definition i can think of isnt very wholesome. It was danced by women, therefore, a hoochie coochie man was either someone who watched, or organized said women, like a pimp of sorts. The recurring member of the band is former deep purple keyboard player jon lord who first performed with the hoochie coochie men in february 2003 after due to. The term hootchy cootchy dance has been carried over to mean any socalled partnerless sexy or risque dance performed at fairs, carnivals, saloons etc.
Music critics hated it, but gordon says that adaptations of hoochie coochie man show how close this blues standard, composed at the threshold of the rock n roll era, is to both genres. A really old term, going back to 1890, about a sexualized dance performed by carnival sideshows. Schuster is an atmospheric contemporary fantasy, densely packed with sensuous and sensual imagery. Surname coochie is used at least 6 times in at least 3 countries.
Hoochiecoochie dictionary definition hoochiecoochie defined. The lyrics play around with old rural traditions seen by whites as superstitious and absurd and the absurdity of the masculine hoochie coochie man. Bobby rush hoochie coochie man medley big blues bender 2015. King are considered by many to be the deans of the blues. In searching for a good starting point to become acquainted with the legend i settled on the two lp gatefold 180 gram vinyl hoochie coochie man collection. Hoochie definition is a sexually promiscuous young woman.
The life and times of the mississippi masters who revolutionized american music an accessible and thorough history of the original blues masters, including muddy waters, who came out of the mississippi delta to change the entire world of music. Until his death in 1983 at the age of 68, waters remained the hoochie coochie man. Willie dixonhoochie coochie musicbmi additional lyrics by ken follett. Hoochie coochie man originally titled im your hoochie cooche man is a blues standard written by willie dixon and first recorded by muddy waters in 1954.
Coochie but it most likely refers to the female genitals. Gypsy woman told my momma, before i was born you got a boychild comin, gonna be a sonofagun gonna make these pretty women, jump and shout and the world will. But that didnt mean muddy waters made a lot of money, says marshall chess, whose father and uncle ran chess records, waters label. The song is very much an elbowpoke to the ribs, good for a laugh but also smart in its selfmockery. Definition of hoochie coochie the online slang dictionary. Muddy waters im your hoochie coochie man on chess records. Hoochie definition of hoochie by the free dictionary. Hoochiecoochie, an alternative spelling for hootchykootchy, is defined as a sensual dance that is like a belly dance.
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