#sunnyland lyrics

[addictt-with-a-pen]

Sunnyland // Mayday Parade

[gingerbreadcities]

Sunnyland - Mayday Parade

[shattered-dreamer]

The Last Something That Meant Anything // Mayday Parade

[lboogie1906]

Lissie Douglas aka Memphis Minni (June 3, 1887 - August 6, 1973) known as the “Queen of the Blues,” was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Her title stems from her legacy of successfully recording music across four decades as well as being the lone female voice in a male-dominated blues scene.

She was born in rural Algiers, Louisiana. She was the oldest of 13 brothers and sisters. When she was ten years old, her family moved to Walls, Mississippi. She started playing banjo at age seven and got her first guitar a couple of years later. She played on the Memphis streets and in the towns surrounding Walls. She joined the Ringling Brothers circus.

She contributed to the blues’ urban transformation when she moved to Chicago in 1930. Her style was rooted in country, but she helped form the electric Chicago blues, as well as incorporate what would later be R&B and rock ’n’ roll into her music.

She worked with notable blues performers including Joe McCoy, who became her husband in the late 1920s. Together, they were signed by the Columbia label and recorded one of her best-known numbers, “Bumble Bee,” in 1930. They moved to Chicago, where they became part of the city’s growing blues scene. Their records did not sell well due to the Great Depression, but they still produced influential blues music. By 1935, they had split up.

She started her “band period” with other men and married one of them, Ernest “Little Joe Son” Lawlers sometime in the late 30s. His guitar work was heard alongside hers for many years on popular tracks such as “HooDoo Lady.” In their “Me and My Chauffeur Blues,” recorded in 1941, she showed her conversion to the electric guitar.

Her records covered a wide range of subject matter. Many of her songs were sexual and delivered in her signature confident, sassy voice. Other topics included crime, voodoo, trains, and health. She was instrumentally and lyrically in tune with the lives of Black Americans.

She recorded over 200 tracks. She recorded with Sunnyland Slim and Little Walter until 1954. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[crybabysplaylist]

looks red, tastes blue, mayday parade

[sunsetlyrics]

Piece of Your Heart

- Mayday Parade

[nice-to-meet-ya-shank]

I'm sick of writing every thought out Reliving every single moment Say what you mean, it's now or never Because nothing is forever

I won't lie, this hurts more than you'll ever know (The thought of you all alone) Your eyes rolled back as you fade to black (It's not worth living without you)

-Looks Red, Tastes Blue - Mayday Parade

THOMESA VIBES THOMESA VIBES

[kinnerjoi]

mayday parade // sunnyland

(pic and edit by me)

[laurengirardin]

Take My Breath Away/ No Heroes Allowed// Mayday Parade

[onlybandlyrics]

Everybody knows I don't wanna die alone, say you'll come for me.

- Mayday Parade // How Do You Like Me Now

[addictt-with-a-pen]

Howell Canyon // Derek Sanders

[collapsing-bridges]

Mayday Parade // Stay The Same

[havsglimt]

mayday parade // take my breath away.

Do you think we'll make it through? Are you looking for the way out?

[bandlyriceditsssss]

is nowhere by mayday parade

[crybabysplaylist]

sunnyland, mayday parade

[34firearms]

“To be alone together just once again

Is something that is sure to happen sometime

If my hands can’t stay on the table

And if I find myself unable

To look away from staring in your eyes

And the color of the sunrise inside

I promise that I’ll hold myself together

And act like this isn’t killing me”

— Never Sure (Mayday Parade)