Key to the Highway

About Key to the Highway

"Key to the Highway" is a blues standard that has been performed and recorded by several blues and other artists. Blues pianist Charlie Segar first recorded the song in 1940. Jazz Gillum and Big Bill Broonzy followed with recordings in 1940 and 1941, using an arrangement that has become the standard. When Little Walter updated the song in 1958 in an electric Chicago blues style, it became a success on the R&B record chart. A variety of artists have since interpreted the song, including Eric Clapton, who recorded several versions.  more »

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2017

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I've got the key to the highway,
Billed out and bound to go.
I'm gonna leave here running,
Because, walkin is most too slow.

I'm goin back to the border,
Where I'm better known.
Because, you haven't done nothin,
But, drove a good man away from home.

Give me one more kiss, mama,
Just before I go.
I'm gonna leave this town,
Girl, I won't be back no more.

When the moon peep over the mountain,
Honey, I'll be on my way.
I'm gonna roam this highway,
Until the break of day.

Well, it's so long, so long baby,
I'm gonna say goodbye.
I'm gonna roam this highway,
Until the day I die.

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Little Walter

Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), was an American blues harmonica player, whose revolutionary approach to his instrument has earned him comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, for innovation and impact on succeeding generations. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. Little Walter was inducted to the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 in the "sideman" category making him the first and only artist ever to be inducted specifically for his work as a harmonica player. more »

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