Songfilter: Help ID this singer/song

February 25, 2015 5:25 PM

I'm trying to identify the singer/song in this track. Female vocalist, blues music.

The majority of the track has the singer recounting an amusing anecdote [while the band plays]. At 06:10 she starts singing and sings a few verses of Worried Life Blues:

Oh lordy lord, oh lordy lord
It hurts me so bad, for us to part
But someday baby, I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

And then some alternate lyrics for it:

One and one is two, Two and three is five
I ain't playing with you baby, I'm tired of all that jive
And right now baby, I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

You heard my story, yes you heard my song
Woah goodbye baby, so long I'm gone
Cause right now baby, I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

posted by xqwzts to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

I wonder if it could be Ruth Brown, maybe early Ruth Brown? She has that kind of sassy approach.
posted by purplesludge at 6:23 PM on February 25, 2015 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks purplesludge, it wasn't Ruth Brown but googleing for her set me on the path to Katie Webster. I can't find the exact track I have there, but I guess it's a live version and she's singing a mashup of Red Negligee with Worry My Life Anymore.
posted by xqwzts at 4:24 AM on February 26, 2015 [1 favorite]