Mama Love's Shortenen with Jean Pierre on Dobro

[StephenM]

Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.
Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.
Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.
Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.


Daddy love's mama, mama, mama, Daddy love's mama, mama
Daddy love's mama, mama, mama, Daddy love's mama, behind
Daddy love's mama, mama, mama, Daddy love's mama, mama
Daddy love's mama, mama, mama, Daddy love's mama, behind

mama loves daddy, daddy loves mama, mama loves daddy they made me
mama loves daddy, daddy loves mama, mama loves daddy they made me
mama loves daddy, daddy loves mama, mama loves daddy they made me
mama loves daddy, daddy made love, daddy made love to mama they made me

so I'm glad to be mama's shortening bread, I'm I'm glad to be mama's shortening bread
I'm so glad that mama, mama, mama likes shortening bread
and I'm so glad that daddy love mama behind
and I'm so glad that daddy love mama behind
and I'm so glad that I slipped my way out into this world
and now I exist on this plane

Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.
Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.
Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.
Mama love's shortenin, shortenin, shortenin, Mama loves shortenin, shortening bread.

This is a 3 piece I came up with during practice today with the Epiphone Acoustic.  I thought the track could be a big winner with a good crowd... It's fun and tells a story.  I can't say this is truly a cover nor truly an original so I am though going to give credit where the credit is due.  Not sure if anyone even knows who actually penned this... beside my side of this..

so epiphone hummingbird and vocal through the MXL mic (one track).  I found having the mic at vocal level or just above and voice a bit closer to the mic the guitar to vocal mix was acceptable enough. 

Shecter bass DI

Tama Imperialstar drums

a bit of cowbell from Zoom

also I think the capo on the 2nd fret with this a progression is much better sounding than open tuning... maybe it is just different so it seems better?  Mama Love's Shortenin (They Made Me).mp3Mama Love's Shortenin (They Made Me)with JP on Dobro.mp3

[launched]

Do not know the original but this was enough for me.

Yes, I love it.

[Farrell Jackson]

I like your version Stephen. The single mic picked up the vocal and acoustic guitar good. The mic placement was the key and you unlocked it. Your vocal and guitar strumming are really good. I remember this song from way back when I was a youngster. Here's what I found on Wikipedia about its origin.

"Shortnin' Bread" (also spelled "Shortenin' Bread", "Short'nin' Bread", or "Sho'tnin' Bread") is an African-American folk song dating back at least to the 1890s.[1] James Whitcomb Riley published it as a poem in 1900, building on older lyrics. A "collected" version of the song was published by E. C. Perrow in 1915. It is song number 4209 in the Roud Folk Song Index.

Shortening bread refers to a bread made of corn meal and/or flour and lard shortening. 

[StephenM]

I like your version Stephen. The single mic picked up the vocal and acoustic guitar good. The mic placement was the key and you unlocked it. Your vocal and guitar strumming are really good. I remember this song from way back when I was a youngster. Here's what I found on Wikipedia about its origin.

"Shortnin' Bread" (also spelled "Shortenin' Bread", "Short'nin' Bread", or "Sho'tnin' Bread") is an African-American folk song dating back at least to the 1890s.[1] James Whitcomb Riley published it as a poem in 1900, building on older lyrics. A "collected" version of the song was published by E. C. Perrow in 1915. It is song number 4209 in the Roud Folk Song Index.

Shortening bread refers to a bread made of corn meal and/or flour and lard shortening. 

Farrell, thanks for that man!  incredible to find out ..... I think I have a bit of soul in me too... thanks for the comments... and research.

[TPB]

When I was learning to play I would play the notes to this and gradually try to speed it up I love your rendition and the drums really set the tempo
Bravo brother
Tim

[Jean Pierre]

Oh yes, I love this tune... could you, dear Stephen, give me the lyrics?

I immediately wanted to jam with you on this tune, with my Dobro.

Here you go  a tune with Stephen

[StephenM]

Oh yes, I love this tune... could you, dear Stephen, give me the lyrics?

I immediately wanted to jam with you on this tune, with my Dobro.

Here you go  a tune with Stephen

bien sûr JP... Je t'enverrai les paroles et s'il te plait envoie moi la piste de dobro et je la mixerai et la posterai en haut...

sure JP... I will send you the lyrics and please send me the dobro track and I will mix it in and post that at the top...

[Jean Pierre]

here is the dobro track only for your own mix

[godinqc]

I've never heard this song before but Stephen did a great job on it.
It's a catchy tune ..

[Zoltan]

A groovy performance that never lets up. Also a great organic sounding mix. Those lyrics are a mouthful. I'm happy that it wasn't me singing it