Ryan Lee Crosby Catfish Blues (in the style of Jack Owens) Live at the Rockwell Theater

, jimmyduckholmes, jackowens, 12string Last year, Jimmy Duck Holmes showed me the tuning that Jack Owens used for Catfish we spent a morning on the Blue Front Cafe porch in Bentonia, Mississippi, playing the riff together. I went home to Boston, studied Mr. Owens recordings of the song and worked up this version. Video by John Bechard of Journeys in Sound. Lyrics: Well, I wish I was a catfish swimming in the deep blue sea I d have all you pretty people fishing after me, fishing after me, fishing I went to my baby s house and I sat down on her steps She said come on in now Crosby, my good man s just about left good man just now left, good man Well, I wish I was a catfish swimming in the deep blue sea I d have all you pretty people fishing after me, fishing after me, fishing