Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for August 11, 2013

Let’s turn on the news instead.

Now this is blues:“Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison. And I went to pick her up in the rain. But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got runned over by a damned old train.” – David Allan Coe/Steve Goodman

I guess that’s why they call it the blues.

Roz should be happy, they’ll all spend a lot more on booze.

Nobody leaves here untill they sing the blues.Hear that lonesome whip-or-willHe sounds too blue to fly…

Shoe’s single panel version was better. “When’s happy hour?” “This is a blues bar. There’s never a happy hour.”

My old favorite line was “Nobody love me but my momma, and she could be jiving too.” My current favorite lines are (roughly) “You ask me, Mr. TV man, do I know where my children are, you ask me, Mr. TV man, do I know where my children are. Yes, Mr. TV man, I know where my children are. They’re on the couch here beside me. But their momma, now that’s a different story.”

Like “Bleeding Gums” Murphy said on The Simpsons "The Blues ain’t about makin’ ya feel good. They’re about makin’ other people feel worse!

I woke up this afternoon,I saw both cars were gone.I woke up this afternoon,I saw both cars were gone.I feel so low-down deep insideI threw my drink across the lawn..—Martin Mull, Ukulele Blues

The blues aren’t about feeling good. They’re about making other people feel bad —-Bleeding Gums Murphy