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"Cocaine Blues" is a Western Swing song written by T. J. "Red" Arnall, a reworking of the traditional song "Little Sadie". This song was originally recorded by W. A. Nichol's Western Aces (vocal by "Red" Arnall) on the S & G label, probably in 1947, and by Roy Hogsed and the Rainbow Riders May 25, 1947, at Universal Recorders in Hollywood, California. Hogsed's recording was released on Coast Records (262) and Capitol (40120), with the Capitol release reaching number 15 on the country music charts in 1948. The song is the tale of a man, Willy Lee, who murders a woman while under the influence of whiskey and cocaine. Willy is caught and sentenced to "ninety-nine years in the San Quentin Pen". The song ends with Willy saying: :"Come all you hypes and listen unto me, :Just lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be." ==Johnny Cash== Johnny Cash famously performed the song at his Folsom Prison concert, saying "Folsom" instead of "San Quentin", and changing the "C'mon you hypes..." to "C'mon you gotta listen unto me...", and featuring Cash using the then-provocative lyric "I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down." During the performance, which was released uncensored by Columbia Records on 1968 (though other language is censored), Cash can be heard coughing occasionally; later in the concert recording, he can be heard noting that singing the song nearly did his voice in. The song was previously featured on Cash's 1960 Columbia album ''Now, There Was a Song!'' under the title "Transfusion Blues" substituting the line "took a shot of cocaine" with "took a transfusion" along with some other minor lyrical changes (and a tamer version of the climactic lyric "I can't forget the day I shot my woman down"). Cash later recorded "Cocaine Blues" for his 1979 album ''Silver''. Cash chose not to use the word "bitch" in this version. Cash also performed the song -- with original lyrics and the use of the word "bitch" -- for his December 1969 performance at Madison Square Garden, which was recorded but withheld from release until ''Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden'' was released by Columbia Records in 2002. Cash's Folsom Prison performance of "Cocaine Blues" was portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in the 2005 Cash biographical film ''Walk the Line''. The film version, edited down to make it shorter, fades into the next scene before the line "I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down" is sung. The DVD specials include an extended version of the song with the lyric, and the full, unedited version (apparently a different "take") is found on the soundtrack CD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cocaine Blues」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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