Writing Assignment: Pick Your Blues Musician Name (And Your Own Blues Riff)

Nicknames are fun, but they’re names that other people typically pick out for us. But today you get to pick out your own name. Your blues musician name.

The rules are simple:

1. Pick a malady.
2. Pick a fruit.
3. Pick the last name of an American president.

That’s it.

This is based in tribute to one of the early greats of the blues, Blind Lemon Jefferson.

For today’s assignment, create your blues musican name. For extra credit write a blues riff to sing in your new incarnation.

Me? I’m Badback Gooseberry Clinton.

Here’s my example:

Da dada da da.

When I work up this morn’n.

Da dada da da.

I had to write me an assignment.

Da dada da da.

But I don’t need to write me no assignment.

‘cause I’m gonna write these blues away.

I got me the low down, can’t get the words right blues.

Badback Gooseberry Clinton

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