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Big Bill Broonzy - Backwater Blue
Big Bill Broonzy - Backwater Blues


Big Bill Broonzy - Backwater Blues Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs
Released: 1927

Backwater Blues Lyrics


Backwater Blues Song Chart
  • This early Broonzy composition is also known as "Southern Flood Blues," and was inspired by the Deep South floods of 1917. Broonzy claimed it was based on his personal experience but in view of his vivid imagination and penchant for telling tall tales, it remains to be seen how truthful that is.

    It was also recorded by Bessie Smith. (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England)