"I Will Turn Your Money Green" (sometimes credited as "Turn Your Money Green") is an American blues song first recorded in 1928 by the author,
Memphis bluesman
Furry Lewis. It was a standard for Lewis' performances, and has been recorded by bands in the British rock scene of the 1960s and 1970s, and also by American blues performers.
Richard Fariña's 1966 novel, ''
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
''Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me'' is a novel by Richard Fariña. Parts campus novel and travelogue, the book was first published in 1966 and is largely based on Fariña's college experiences and travels. Set variously in an upst ...
'', took its title from a line in the song.
Recordings
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Richard Fariña and
Eric Von Schmidt on ''Dick Fariña & Eric Von Schmidt'' (1963) (rewritten as "Stick With Me, Baby")
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Tom Rush, on ''Take a Little Walk With Me'' (1966)
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Pentangle on ''
Sweet Child'' (1968)
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Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah on ''Aliotta Haynes Music'' (1970) (as "Rockefeller's Blues")
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Stefan Grossman
Stefan Grossman (born April 16, 1945) is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records. He is known for his instructional videos and Vestapol line of videos and DVDs.
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on ''My Creole Belle'' (1976)
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Alex Chilton, on his ''
Black List
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'' EP (1989)
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Michael Roach on ''The Blinds of Life'' (1997)
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Jerry Ricks
Gerald Lawrence "Jerry" Ricks (May 22, 1940December 10, 2007), often billed as "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, was an American country blues guitarist and singer.
Life and career
Ricks was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, playing trumpe ...
, on ''Many Miles of Blues'' (2000)
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Alice Stuart
Alice Stuart (born June 15, 1942 in Chelan, Washington, United States) is an American blues and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. She toured the UK with Van Morrison and throughout the United States with Mississippi John Hurt.
Her singin ...
, on ''All the Good Times'' (1964)
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Rory Block, on ''Country Blues Guitar: Rare Archival Recording 1963-1971'' (2008) (instrumental)
References
1928 songs
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