Don't You Lie to Me
| "Don't You Lie to Me" | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Single by Tampa Red | |
| B-side | "Anna Lou Blues" |
| Released | 1940 |
| Recorded | Chicago, May 10, 1940 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length | 2:55 |
| Label | Bluebird |
| Songwriter(s) | Hudson Whittaker a.k.a. Tampa Red |
"Don't You Lie to Me" (sometimes called "I Get Evil"
Original song
"Don't You Lie to Me" was recorded by Tampa Red approximately midpoint in his prolific recording career, representing the transition from his earlier
The song is a mid-tempo twelve-bar blues that features Tampa Red playing jazz-inflected single-note guitar fills behind his vocals. Blind John Davis provided the piano accompaniment with an unidentified bass player and, as a throwback to his earlier days, Red added a twelve-bar kazoo solo.[4] Although many later versions are credited to other artists, they usually use some, if not most, of Tampa Red's lyrics:
There're two kind of people I just can't stand
And that's a lying woman and a sneakin' man
So don't you lie to me, don't you lie to me
Because it makes me mad, and I get evil as a man can be
Recordings by other artists
In 1962,
Notes
- ^ "Evil" by Howlin' Wolf is a different song.
- ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
- ^ a b c
Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Don't You Lie to Me". Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, Arkansas: ISBN 1-55728-252-8.
- ^ a b c Fancourt, Les (1994). It Hurts Me Too – The Essential Recordings of Tampa Red (Album notes). Tampa Red. Indigo Records. pp. 2–3. IGOCD 2004.
- ^ "Albert King: The Big Blues – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Session – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. "B.B. King: King Size – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
