The Guitar Man Plays for Himself - Merigold Medicine Show 1936 | Delta Blues Guitar for Focus

Medicine Show at Merigold Store — a hot Saturday night in 1936 in the dirt lot behind a crossroads general store near Merigold, Mississippi, where a travelling medicine show sets up its painted wagon and plank stage, a guitar man plays between the doctor's pitches, bottles of tonic change hands by torchlight and the show rolls away down the gravel road before sunrise. The painted wagon on the gravel road, handbills for Doctor Lazarus' Wonder Tonic on the porch post, a plank stage across two pickle barrels, coal-oil torches round the lot, the doctor in a stained linen suit, snake oil in brown glass bottles, the guitar man on a nail keg, a buck dancer on the boards, sharecroppers counting nickels at the edge of the light, the pitch for the wonder tonic, a widow's last nickel on the tailgate, the deputy leaning on the store porch, a ventriloquist's dummy in a top hat, lightning bugs over the cotton rows, the moon over the gin house, the store owner counting his cut, the guitar man playing for himself, striking the stage by lantern — and the wagon wheels creaking away before sunrise, with the crossroads lot quiet again by morning. The set plays through twice, so put it on and leave it running. No talking, no ads inside the mix, no interruptions. Solo bottleneck slide guitar, foot-stomp on the boards, upright bass, low cross-harp and night insects. No singing. Tracks 🔥: 0:00 Painted Wagon on the Gravel Road 3:23 Handbills Tacked to the Porch Post 6:35 Plank Stage Between Two Barrels 9:43 Coal-Oil Torches Round the Lot 13:07 Doctor Lazarus in a Linen Suit 16:20 Snake Oil in Brown Glass Bottles 19:34 Guitar Man on a Nail Keg 22:43 Buck Dancer on the Boards 25:32 Sharecroppers at the Edge of the Light 28:52 The Pitch for the Wonder Tonic 32:10 A Nickel on the Tailgate 35:27 Deputy Leaning on the Store Porch 38:45 Ventriloquist Dummy in a Top Hat 41:55 Lightning Bugs over the Cotton Rows 45:07 Moon Rising over the Gin House 48:11 Store Owner Counting His Cut 51:16 The Guitar Man Plays for Himself 54:35 Striking the Stage by Lantern 57:45 Merigold Medicine Show Till Morning 1:00:58 Repeat 🎧 Subscribe for more: 👉 /@deltasoulradio Would you have spent your last nickel on the tonic? Tell me below 👇 #deltablues #blues #slideguitar #workmusic #studymusic