(lively blues music) [Narrator] Recorded live at the University of North Alabama in Florence, the "Salt and Pepper Roots Music Celebration" presents blues artist Tinsley Ellis.

♪ But I ain't-a ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, Lord, I'm gonna cut you loose ♪ ♪ Mm mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm mm, yeah ♪ ♪ Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm ♪ (mellow guitar music) [Narrator] This program is made possible in part by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Additional support provided by the Alabama Folklife Association.

(lively guitar music) How y'all doing tonight?

(audience cheering and applauding) Let's have some fun.

♪ Well, I work, work, work ♪ ♪ What have I got to show ♪ ♪ The only thing you give me is just this hard way to go ♪ ♪ I'm gonna throw up both my hands ♪ ♪ I'm gonna holler what's the use ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Well, I oughta, but I ain't-a ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, Lord, I'm gonna cut you loose ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Well, I'm full, full, full ♪ ♪ Right up to my neck ♪ ♪ And the only time you're sweet to me, woman ♪ ♪ When I bring my paycheck ♪ ♪ I'm gonna throw up both my hands ♪ ♪ I'm gonna holler what's the use ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Well, I oughta, but I ain't-a ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, Lord, I'm gonna cut you loose ♪ (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) ♪ Suppose that I quit you, baby ♪ ♪ I better shake my curse ♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got five million good loving women ♪ ♪ That you could be, be bad or worse ♪ ♪ I'm gonna throw up both my hands ♪ ♪ I'm gonna holler what's the use ♪ ♪ Oh, what's the use ♪ ♪ Well, I oughta, but I ain't-a ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, Lord, I'm gonna cut you loose ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ 'Cause I work, work, work ♪ ♪ What have I got to show ♪ ♪ The only thing you give me is just your hard way to go ♪ ♪ I'm gonna throw up both my, both my hands ♪ ♪ I'm gonna holler what's the use ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Well, I oughta, but I ain't-a ♪ ♪ Oh, ooh, Lord, I'm gonna cut ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ I'm gonna cut you loose ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ ♪ I don't need you no more ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Yeah ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) ♪ When your eyelids get too heavy ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ I'll be watching you, my love ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When your eyelids get too heavy ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ I'll be watching you, my love ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ By the time that you'll be sleeping ♪ ♪ I'll be on the streets alone ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl the streets at midnight ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Got to love or pick a fight ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl the streets at midnight ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Got to love or pick a fight ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Gonna rock and roll till daylight ♪ ♪ In the madness of the night ♪ ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Yeah ♪ (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) ♪ Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Who will my next love be ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Who will my next love be ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl the streets at daylight ♪ ♪ I'll be keeping company ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ When I howl ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ When I howl ♪ (Tinsley howls) (audience cheering and applauding) Thank you.

(mellow guitar music) (mellow guitar music continues) ♪ Now when a girl reached the age of 18 ♪ ♪ She began to think she's grown ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ And that's the kinda little girl you know you can never ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Find at home ♪ ♪ Come see me early in the morning ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Baby, 'bout the break of day ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Man you oughta see me hug my pillow ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Where my baby, she used to lay ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ One drink of wine ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Two drinks of gin ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Pretty young girl put me in the ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Shape that I'm in ♪ ♪ And come see me early in the morning ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Baby, 'bout the break of day ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Man, you oughta see me hug my pillow ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Where my baby, she used to lay ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Mm mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm mm, yeah ♪ ♪ Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Pass by the juke joint ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Peeped in through the door ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ She was doing the boogie-woogie ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Down crossed the middle of the tip top floor ♪ ♪ And come see me early in the morning ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Baby, 'bout the break of day ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Man, you oughta see me hug my pillow ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Where my baby, she used to lay ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Mm mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm mm ♪ ♪ Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm ♪ (lively guitar music) (audience cheering and applauding) (mellow guitar music) (mellow guitar music continues) (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) ♪ Well, I'm riding against the wind ♪ ♪ To come see you again tomorrow ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Try to leave this all behind ♪ ♪ And bury it in my mind in sorrow ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ I finally mustered up the nerve ♪ ♪ To swallow all my pride ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Same old dream ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ One last ride ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ It ain't no use pretending ♪ ♪ 'Bout the way it all went down, but that's okay ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ There ain't no rear view mirror ♪ ♪ Gonna help me find a brighter yesterday ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ It all went down so quickly ♪ ♪ It left me mystified ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Wish you'd join me ♪ ♪ One last ride ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ One last ride ♪ (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) ♪ Didn't choose this way of life ♪ ♪ This way of life chose me ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Too late to walk away ♪ ♪ Set in my own ways, it's plain to see ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ It'd be just like that time before ♪ ♪ When we took off for Telluride ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Come on, baby ♪ ♪ One last ride ♪ ♪ One last ride ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Come on, baby ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ One last ride ♪ (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (audience cheering and applauding) (mellow guitar music) ♪ You gotta help me ♪ ♪ I can't do it all by myself ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ You gotta help me ♪ ♪ I can't do it all by myself ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ If you don't help me, pretty woman, I gotta ♪ ♪ I gotta find somebody else ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Might have to cook ♪ ♪ Might have to sew ♪ ♪ Might have to clean, baby ♪ ♪ Mop your floor ♪ ♪ But you gotta help me ♪ ♪ I can't do it all by myself ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ If you won't help me, pretty woman, I gotta ♪ ♪ I gotta find somebody else ♪ (mellow guitar music) (mellow guitar music continues) (mellow guitar music continues) (mellow guitar music continues) ♪ Now, when I walk ♪ ♪ You walk with me ♪ ♪ Now, when I talk, baby ♪ ♪ You talk to me ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ I can't do it all by myself ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ If you don't help me, pretty woman, I gotta ♪ ♪ I gotta find somebody else ♪ (mellow guitar music) (mellow guitar music continues) (mellow guitar music continues) (mellow guitar music continues) (mellow guitar music continues) (mellow guitar music continues) (mellow guitar music continues) ♪ Bring my nightshirt ♪ ♪ Put on your morning gown ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ Bring my nightshirt ♪ ♪ Put on your morning gown ♪ ♪ 'Cause, Lord, I don't feel much like sleeping, but I ♪ ♪ But I feel like laying down ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ You gotta help me ♪ ♪ I can't do it all by myself ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ You gotta help me ♪ ♪ I can't do it all by myself ♪ (mellow guitar music) ♪ If you don't help me, pretty woman, I gotta ♪ ♪ I gotta find somebody else ♪ (lively guitar music) (mellow guitar music) (mellow guitar music continues) (lively guitar music) (mellow guitar music) (lively guitar music) (audience cheering and applauding) (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) ♪ Got on a bus in Memphis, destination Rome ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Georgia ain't no paradise, no place I could call home ♪ ♪ I sat next to a broken hearted bride ♪ ♪ She was crying ♪ ♪ Trying so hard to hide her selfish sorrow ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ I tried to get her talking, she didn't have much to say ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ She asked me for a map to death row ♪ ♪ But I didn't know the way ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ She had lost a million in the games ♪ ♪ One look out my window at the pine trees and the rain ♪ ♪ It wasn't her day ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Oh, multicolored lady ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ You ain't like no rainbow I've ever seen ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Oh, multicolored lady ♪ ♪ Angry red, passion blue, but mostly shades of green ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Midnight came and brought more rain ♪ ♪ Nothing seemed to ease her pain ♪ ♪ The hours that we talked seemed like minutes all in vain ♪ ♪ I watched her and this teardrop running wild ♪ ♪ Bye and bye and bye ♪ ♪ Sometime after a while, she started smiling ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Oh, multicolored lady ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ You ain't like no rainbow I've ever known ♪ (lively guitar music) ♪ Oh, multicolored lady ♪ ♪ Come go with me, I'll take you to my home ♪ ♪ Oh, and by the way, I'm bound to Rome ♪ (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) (lively guitar music continues) [Narrator] This program is made possible in part by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Additional support provided by the Alabama Folklife Association.

(lively blues music) (lively blues music continues)