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AIN'T THAT SOMETHIN'

from THE TIME IS NOW by Jim Page

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There’s always somebody around to say, “that’s nothin’ - anybody can do that.” But it’s not nothin’ and not just anybody can do it, at least not without a lot of work. Blind Lemon Jefferson and Billie Holiday were both major figures in the evolution of what we call blues, jazz, and ballads. They both died young, for different reasons. What they left us is deep in a way that cannot be measured. Things get muddled when the celebrity system kicks in. So what this song does, in it’s simplified way, is paint the picture of value vs commodity. Many people are at their expressive best when no one is watching.

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you ever hear about Blind Lemon Jefferson?
he had quite a style
people down in Texas in those days
they came for miles
to listen to the big man play
and then they’d say

“ain’t that somethin’”

you ever hear Billie Holliday
when she was singin’ her song?
and everything was just right
right where it belonged
gardenias in her midnight hair
she could take you anywhere

ain’t that somethin’

because if that ain’t somethin’
then somethin’ ain’t nothin’ at all

Lemon went to Chicago
to try to make his name
froze out the sidewalk
when the winter came
and Billie died broke
it all went up in smoke

ain’t that somethin’

you could spend your whole life
living in the sound
one snap of the fingers
and it all comes down
funny thing is after you’re gone
then everybody’s singin’ your song

ain’t that somethin’

because if that ain’t somethin’
then somethin’ ain’t nothin’ at all

where can we go dancin’
where the music plays slow?
everybody’s in a hurry
like they got some place to go
and maybe they do, how would I know?
but me, I’m just gonna let it go

because sometimes when I hear you singing
and you don’t think I do
it’s sounds so pretty
I just don’t know how to tell you
so I just let it pass
like a vision in a pane of glass

ain’t that somethin’

because if that ain’t somethin’
then somethin’ ain’t nothin’ at all

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from THE TIME IS NOW, track released April 16, 2020
recorded at Studio Litho, engineered by Floyd Reitsma
mixed by Floyd Reitsma, mastered by Ed Brooks @Resonant Mastering
© 2020 Jim Page, Whid Isle Music BMI, all rights reserved
Jim Page - guitar and vocal
Orville Johnson – electric guitar
Dune Butler – bass
Joel Litwin – drums
J.R. Rhodes – vocal

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Jim Page Seattle, Washington

Named by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as “One Of The 50 Most Influential Musicians In Seattle History.” Originally from California Page has called Seattle and the Pacific Northwest “home” since 1971. Songs covered by The Doobie Brothers, Christy Moore, Dick Gaughan, Michael Hedges, and Roy Bailey. Utah Phillips: “If you’re ever going to get the message, this is the messenger to get it from.” ... more

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