Dead Shrimp Blues

"Dead Shrimp Blues"
Single by Robert Johnson
A-side	I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
B-side	Dead Shrimp Blues
Released	April 1937 (1937-04)
Format	78 rpm
Recorded	San Antonio, Texas. Friday, November 27, 1936
Genre	Blues
Label	Vocalion
Writer(s)	Robert Johnson

"Dead Shrimp Blues" is a song written by Robert Johnson.

It is from the recording sessions of November 26 and 27, 1936, in San Antonio, Texas along with "32-20 Blues", "They're Red Hot", "Cross Road Blues", "Walkin' Blues", "Last Fair Deal Gone Down", "Preaching Blues" and "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day".^[1]

Use in popular culture

Dr. Al Robbins (Robert David Hall) is a fan of blues music and has much knowledge of it as does Prof. Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne) and is seen singing along to "Dead Shrimp Blues" as he is performing an autopsy in the CSI episode, "The Gone Dead Train".

References

↑ Robert Johnson: lost and found by Barry Lee Pearson, Bill McCulloch, p.74

Robert Johnson

Albums	King of the Delta Blues Singers King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II The Complete Recordings

Songs	"Kind Hearted Woman Blues" "Dust My Broom" "Sweet Home Chicago" "Come On in My Kitchen" "Terraplane Blues" "32-20 Blues" "They're Red Hot" "Dead Shrimp Blues" "Cross Road Blues" "From Four Until Late" "Hellhound on My Trail" "Travelling Riverside Blues" "Love in Vain" "Ramblin' on My Mind" "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" "Walkin' Blues" "Me and the Devil Blues" "Stop Breaking Down" "If I Had Possession over Judgment Day" "When You Got a Good Friend"

Related	Discography The Search for Robert Johnson Me and the Devil Blues Me and Mr. Johnson / Sessions for Robert J The Robert Johnson Songbook Johnson's guitars 27 Club Crossroads (1986 film)

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