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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cd_junior_kimbrough___sad_days__28860140717042112801280.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Gimme your hand, girl / I got something to tell you, babe'']]
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4	->''Told me always take a knee\
5	And it's got me down\
6	I get down on my knees\
7	And I cried, "Lord, have mercy on me"''
8	-->- "Lord, Have Mercy on Me"
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10	''Sad Days, Lonely Nights'' is the second album released by Mississippi blues musician Music/JuniorKimbrough. Released in 1994, it was live record performed with Kimbrough's backing band, The Soul Blues Boys, in Kimbrough's own juke joint (a kind of club primarily frequented by Afro-Americans in the early 1900s), without an audience.
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12	Noted for it's jam-like quality and melancholic, but mesmerising atmosphere, it would further exemplify his hypnotic, drone-like guitar playing style and his battered vocals. And would gain further attention as a noted release within the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_country_blues Hill country blues]] scene during it's popularity spike in the 90s.
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14	!!Tracklist
15	# "Sad Says, Lonely Nights" (full band version) (4:22)
16	# "Lonesome in My Home" (4:34)
17	# "Lord, Have Mercy on Me" (9:54)
18	# "Crawling King Snake" (4:50)
19	# "My Mind Is Rambling" (6:21)
20	# "Leaving in the Morning" (7:19)
21	# "Old Black Mattie" (6:40)
22	# "I'm in Love" (5:04)
23	# "Pull Your Clothes Off" (4:28)
24	# "I'm Gonna Have to Leave Here" (6:35)
25	# "Sad Days, Lonely Nights" (solo version) (5:33)
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27	!!Pull Your Tropes Off
28	* {{Blues}}: of the North Mississippi hill variant.
29	* BookEnds: Of a sort. The album begins and ends with a version of the title track.
30	* CoverVersion: of "Crawling King Snake"
31	* EpicRocking: Almost every other song breached five minutes, with "Lord, Have Mercy on Me" almost hitting ten minutes.
32	* IntercourseWithYou: "Pull Your Clothes Off".
33	* {{Minimalism}}: Although the blues genre is minimal by default, this record takes it farther with it's live sound, axed of overdubs or multi-tracks.
34	* PrayerIsALastResort: "Lord, Have Mercy on Me":
35	-->''Oh Lord, oh Lord, have mercy on me\
36	Oh Lord, oh Lord have mercy on me\
37	If I done anybody wrong\
38	Oh Lord, have mercy on me''
39	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: The solo version of "Sad Days, Lonely Nights" is this in comparison to the rockling, cacophonous feel of the rest of the record.
40	* TitleTrack: "Sad Days, Lonely Nights".

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