Black Horizons; 3503; Leroy's Blues

One of the black horizons I'm your host, Chris Moore. You know there was one time when my daddy said it was okay to wear your head inside and that was when you're in the Big At Blues Club. This is a night for the Blues and this is the place to hear it because our guest tonight is Mr. Leroy K. Wolford get ready to know Leroy in just a minute and a band but at first let's have a taste of the Blues. You know I tried to treat you right but you stayed on all night keep telling me what in my business said what

you're doing oh with your life so I get some surgeon I call myself and I found out you've been sleeping with someone else you know it feels so bad being with you I'm gonna stop you from giving me the blues I gave you money bought you a new car but I'm gonna do my man and only go so far there's so many women in the streets from which the truth I'm gonna stop you from giving me the blues see I just surgeon I've been my mind

and I found out I've been wasted my time there's so many women out there from which the truth I'm gonna stop you from giving me the blues you see ain't nobody I tried to do my best I thought it would work but when you come home smelling like some other man's come on take some food not to know but then go it all I just some pain I lay last night I don't want to argue ain't one person fine there's too many women out there in the streets from which the truth

I'm gonna stop you from giving me the blues hey blues of it come in come in come on I tried to do my best, I

thought it would work, but when you come home, Smilling like some of a man's alone, takes up food not to know what they're going on. I did some fighting, a late last night, I don't want to argue, and you're fussing fight. There's too many women in the streets from which they choose. I'm gonna stop you from giving me the blues, so many women. I'm gonna stop you from giving me the blues, too many women. I'm gonna stop

you from giving me the blues, so many women. Well, well, long, long, long, long, long, long, long. Oh, what's your hobby? Tell me that you're real cashier. I know this, right? Oh, what's your hobby? Oh, what's your hobby? And a man in this house that haven't had the blues. They didn't know what they was all about. I know long, I got the blues. Whoa, I got the

blues, all right with me. When you wake up in the morning, you find up to a lot of bugs. See a fresh friend you had left you. You're the woman you ever loved, you got the blues. So I'm singing my blues. I got the blues. Whoa, I got the blues, all right with me. When you're down to your last buddy, and you're having your friends, you've got no else to torture. You're leaving at the end, you got the blues. So I'm singing my blues. I got the blues, whoa, I got the blues, all right with me. And well, no, no, no, no, no, no. Come on, come on. Come on, come

on. assumption of the You say you don't know what the blues is all about, but I bet in my left all I And a man in his house that haven't had the blues he didn't know what there was all about I know Lord I got the blues

whoa I got the blues all right with me I got a deal with it I I got a road with it, a long, long, got a hold on to it again. I just ain't with it, a long, long, long. I got the blues, whoa, I got the blues on right with me. All right. Well, a long, hey, yeah. Oh, my son. Now, some of you guys might know about this. You don't want your lady to eat you. She takes all the money, the car, and everything in the house. Mine's good.

But she left me with one room, and in that room, I had a room with the beauty of the blues. I've got a room. I've got a room with the beauty of the blues. I've got a room. I've got a room with the beauty of the blues. I've got a house for the troubles. And a room with the beauty of the blues. No pictures on my walls,

just a ceiling above my head. No words on my flow. I know, I pillow on my bed, I got a room. I've got a room with the blues. I've got a house for the troubles. And a room with the beauty of the blues. These old walls, they're closing in on me. These old walls, they're closing in on me.

There ain't no food in my icebox. And I don't even have a TV. But Lord Hammer's. Now the city's getting so low. It's about to touch the floor. And the blues keeps on knocking. I know, being on the door, I got a room. Lord Hammer's. I've got a room with the blues. I've got a house for the worries. And a room with the beauty of the blues. And a room with the beauty of the blues.

And a room with the blues. All right. Hey boys, I'm going blind. I can't fall asleep. I don't know what my baby is trying to do to me. I've got a room. Lord Hammer's. I've got a room with the blues. There ain't no room for me to be

happy. And a room with the view of the blues. I run with the blues. Yeah. Hello baby. All right. Yeah. Yeah. Indeed. Welcome back to the Big Head Blues Club, where La Roa, K. Wolfard, is my guest. Who the guys in the band, La Roa? Oh, that's my people, man. It's Larry Estes on guitar. You got Dan Watson on the bass. And you got the fabulous Mr. Greg Humphrey's on the drums. Related to... Roger Humphrey's. Yeah, Roger. Okay. You know, you and I share idols. You're not really... Everybody thinks of you as the blues man, and about the king of the blues here in Pittsburgh. But originally, you and I shared a musical idol. You probably sang him a lot better than I did. The Godfather, James Brown. Godfather saw no doubt about it. Yeah. Well, what about James Brown appeal to you, man? Everything.

The man could dance, you know? And he just had that energy, high energy. You understand? You felt that immediately. Now, why is it a well -known fact that you've got to have a big head if you're going to sing the blues, or sit up in the club? Well, because that's what the theory goes. You ain't a blues man unless you got a blues hat. You've got to have blues hat. You've got to have blues hat. You know, you've got to have blues hat. That's the blues hat. You know, that's the move. You've got to have one. How long have you been doing this, man? About 35 years or so. 35 years. Yeah. And what has that voice come from deep within you? Well, I don't know. Tell you the truth about it. Mm -hmm. Because my voice changes. It does. Yeah. And what way? To fit whatever I'm doing. Well, that's the gift, isn't it? I guess so. Yeah. I guess you could say that. Okay. You know. Where are you performing in there? A lot of people have been asking us as we record this and coming through the studio. Who is that? And where can I hear him? And all that. You got a CD out. You're performing anyway? Yes. I'm like several different places. I'm at the Crawford Grill on the square over there. I'm at the station square to know it. It's in the new one. Oh, yeah.

That's how I saw you with the old one. I'm still at the old one. It's the old one too. I'll be there tomorrow. I'll be there tomorrow. That's right. Okay. That's right. I'll be there nine to one. You know, I'm at the Deja Vu down on Penn Avenue, down the strip district. You know, I'm playing out there as quickly. You know, DC. Mm -hmm. I go in and out of town. How do you get into the blues? And I know you write songs. But you really write top 40 kinds of songs. Exactly. I wonder where your feeling for the blues comes from. Every day, natural situations. Just like that. Just like that. And everybody understands, like that song you did, every man has had the blues at some time. Right. Exactly. And everybody almost understands that no matter what the situation is. No matter what the situation is. Mm -hmm. You know, there's not a person that hasn't had some type of form of blues. Yeah. Where's the blues going nowadays, man, with the audience, with the music and everything else? Is it still popular? Well, I believe it's even more popular now because it's more or less taking its name and

its place back where it should have been. It should have never left. It fell off at one time when the pop and rock era came in. But it was still there. But it had more of the lower undertones. Mm -hmm. Now, it's more in the forefront because it's more acceptable. Who do you like? ZZ Hill. I like ZZ Hill. Bobby Blue, Blaine, BB King. Mother of Waters, John Lee Hooker. You understand me? Sonny Boyd Williamson? You understand? I like so many of them. It's amazing because all of them got a gift. All right. Well, you got a gift, too, man. And I sure appreciate you coming on the program. I thank you very much. All right. And speaking of music and who doesn't, don't miss a very special double feature coming in October exclusively to the Oak Theater. First, a concert film featuring some of the legends of R &B. Some of the very people we've been talking about. It's called Only the Strong Survive. And I call my wife. Yeah. And I say, Packy Clothes, baby. She said, you want me to pack my summer clothes or my winter clothes? I said, Pack all of you clothes. Pack a roll. Because I want you out that house when I come out. Pack.

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Pack. Pack. Pack. Pack. Pack. He's gonna show noir. I'm gonna check this out, and they called it the Black Woodstock, starring Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, the staple singers, and more, it's a loving look at Black Los Angeles, circa 1972. Don't miss Watch Dax. You may have a plan, but

you may have the white blood, but it will be your life living on the blood. So don't look on the head, slip into the mud, cause it'll be the people's life. You tell them you've got to make one. Stay with an afro like that. I'm telling you, only the strong, survive, and Watch Dax will be screened for one week only, one week only, October 10th through the 16th at the Oaks Theatre, called 412 -828 -6311. A number is 412 -828 -6311 for showtimes and ticket information. I used to have an afro like that. I did. In case you just tune in, we're about to hear more of the blues, but first I'd like to thank our guest, Leroy K. Wolford, and the band, and thank you for joining us. We're going to let the band take us out, so you all have a good weekend from the Big Hat Blues Club. There seems

to be a problem, and I thought we were doing just fine. I heard you talking on the telephone with an old friend of mine. I heard you trying to dollar it. You were planning on running away. I want you to remember me. Every dog has his day. You better think. You better think if I survive. Yeah, you ought to think about it all day. You better think before you act. I lied to you. Listen, I've been real good to you. Better than I've been to myself, and now I'm finding out. You're leaving me with someone else. I'm getting tied all

in, of the changes you put in me through. I can't seem to find happiness. No matter what I do, you better think. You better think if I survive. Yeah, you ought to think about it all day. You better think before you act. I'm going to play some blues for you. Come on in. Come out. Come out. Hey. Come on in. Come on in.

Come on in. Hey. I'm going to play. Come on in. Come on in. Well, you better think while it's getting to you. Well, you ought to think about it all day. You better think before you act. Come on in. Come on in. Come on in. Think about it all day. You better think before you act.

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