Riffing on classic Biblical stories, Elvis Alves gives us music, rivalry, sex, and the devil…everything you need for a good blues song.
Music Paradise or When the Blues Man Overstays his Visit
Saxophone
Long ago, the story goes, a man and a woman
ate a fruit and made music: A child with the
bluest eyes and the darkest skin that sang the
blues with eyes closed
Trumpet
I walked to a house without a door
People sat on blocks of ice
The sun was shining
“Hey man, where you going?” a man yelled
He was fat and wore a mean look on his face
A look that said he can beat you—beat you
bad—just because he can
I ran to him
He held me by the throat with hands
of ropes and said, “hello”
Piano
So Caine and Abel were two dudes
They were actually brothers
Abel killed Caine because Caine slept with
his girl, Eve
No. Eve was the mother
Abel killed Caine
Definitely
Drums
Hands unable to stand still; always
hitting something
Worn out mama’s mahogany coffee table
with fingers that would strangle a man dead
and caress the softest parts of a woman’s
body in a single motion
Guitar
Name’s Robert Johnson
I took what the devil gave me at the
Crossroad to Dockery
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