Frankie (1928) = = = = = = = = = = The " RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945) Texas Alexander Pink Anderson Kokomo Arnold Barbecue Bob Scrapper Blackwell Black Ace Ed Bell Blind Blake Ishman Bracey...
Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (from Harry Smith's 'Anthology of American Folk Music : Ballads') Lyrics : (spoken introduction: "Frankie and Albert", the same thing as "Frankie and Johnnie")...
This is in Open G tuning ( aka Spanish ) Low to high: DGDGBD.
The story of Frankie and Johnny is one of the most prevaling American folk tales. Nobody tells it better than one of the founders of the delta blues, Mississippi John Hurt. Here's his 1929...
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