If you like classic rock, you must love the blues – and I surely do.There’s certainly plenty to choose from, but I decided to go with this version of the Elmore James classic ‘Dust My Broom’, as performed by Fleetwood Mac when they were still good.
In fact, one of the best shows I ever saw when I was at university was Fleetwood Mac, and I have a vivid memory (quite an achievement in the circumstances….ahem) of – as here – Jeremy Spencer belting this out; it could even have been the encore.
(NB as stated in one of the comments to this Youtube version, this s the original Fleetwood Mac, not the pop group of the same name.)
I’m gettin’ up soon in the mornin’
I believe I’ll dust my broom
I’m gettin’ up soon in the mornin’
I believe I’ll dust my broom
Out with the best gal I’m lovin’
Now my friends can get in my room
I’m gonna write a letter, telephone every town I know
I’m gonna write a letter, telephone every town I know
If I don’t find her in Mississippi
She be in East Monroe I know
And I don’t want no woman
Want every downtown man she meets
No I don’t want no woman
Want every downtown man she meets
Man, she’s a no good doney
They shouldn’t allow her on the street, yeah
I believe, I believe my time ain’t long
I believe, I believe my time ain’t long
I ain’t gonna leave my baby
And break up my happy home
Written by Elmore James and Robert Johnson
the only deadhead in the hameau 
Great choice of band. Guess who I went for! Different songs, though 😊
In the 1800s, the expression “get up and dust” meant to leave in a hurry. In the Depression-era South, where the song likely originated, “dust my broom” meant to get out of town in a hurry. Big Joe Williams, who grew up in the Mississippi Delta, explained it as “leaving for good,” as in “I’m putting you down. Great choice, I loved it.
Very good song! I hadn’t heard it before. Thanks for sharing it. 🙂
Everybody learning slide guitar starts with this one. Elmore James lives on!
I hadn’t seen that before, very cool!