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Makin' Bacon
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #139
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
January 06, 2012
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.2 MB 128 kbps 4:35
Meta Data
Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
Upon receiving an invite to play at Bacon Fest 2010, I contemplated what I could offer this bacon laden feast. I came up with "Makin' Bacon" as my contribution to this annual private party. Needless to say, it was a hit.
Lyrics
Makin’ Bacon by Reggie Miles NOBRO RECORDS NR-021 © 2011 All rights reserved I used to play on the street for nickels and dimes Hangin’ with ma homies and havin’ good times Then a fine lookin’ lady took me by my hand She said, come on Reggie, woncha be my man She said I gotta cure for your blues and I ain’t fakin’ I wanna take you home and fry your bacon She loves makin’ bacon She loves makin’ bacon She’ll do everything she can To make you feel like a man She said, come on over here honey Slide your bacon in my pan She said I’ve had them other boy’s sweet jelly rolls They’d squeeze me and then leave me, blue and all alone Then she cried, I need a man, cuz I’ve been achin’ And yearnin’ for a big ol’ salty slab of bacon She’s avoidin’ sweets but she sure loves meat She fries it nice ‘n’ crispy before she eats She loves makin’ bacon She loves makin’ bacon She’ll do everything she can To make you feel like a man She said, come on over here honey Slide your bacon in my pan Got to her door round half past two She was livin’ in a high top split level shoe She had so many kids to my surprise Cuz she’d been makin’ bacon with all them other guys She said come right in, don’t make me beg I wanna fry your bacon with a couple o’ my eggs She loves makin’ bacon Yes, she loves makin’ bacon She’ll do everything she can To make you feel like a man She said come on over here honey Slide your bacon in my pan Maybe baby you may be sweet and oh so fine You might want me to be yours so you can be mine You may be lookin’ hot ‘n’ sassy with them big fine legs But I don’t think I want my bacon mixed up with your eggs I love good cookin’ but I ain’t lookin’, for no breakfast in bed So, I guess, I’ll be bookin’ She loves makin’ bacon She loves makin’ bacon She’ll do everything she can To make you feel like a man Come on over here honey Slide your bacon in my pan
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Paul Mcilwaine
May 19, 2011
Perfect song - I love the lyric ...feelin hungry now LOL