Deep Ellum Re*Cov*Er - Pt. 2
Friday
May 16, 2008
At Club DaDa tonite in Deep Ellum, the latest artists to participate in the Re*Cov*Er project will be announced which celebrate the truly amazing musical talent that comes out of Dallas.
Last year, the selected muralists included: Janet Antich, Jason Barnett, Ronnie Bates, Brian Crawford, Jim Cox, Jennifer D. Curtiss, Issac Davies , Josh Davies, Sergio Garcia, Robert Hamilton, David Lyles, Kayla Escobedo, Mitchell Nickell, Gilbert Oranday, Clint Ray and Tyson Summers.
Murals were painted of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, Norah Jones, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Dimebag, MC 900 Ft Jesus, Hash Brown, Carter Albrecht, the New Bohemians, Gibby Hayne
You can watch the video clip below of last year’s artist’s at work and since this is an often asked question for those of us in this area, here are the lyrics to the old blues classic, “Deep Ellum Blues”:
if you go down to deep elum
E
put your money in your shoe
E
the women in deep elum
E E7
got them..deep elum blues
“chorus”
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oh sweet mama
E
your daddys got them deep elum blues
B
oh sweet mama
E
your daddy got them deep elum blues
once i had a girlfriend
she meant the world to me
then she went down to deep elum
she aint what she used to be
chorus
once i knew a preacher
preached the bible through and through
he went down to deep elum
now his preachin days are through
chorus
when you go down to deep elum
to have a little fun
get your ten dollars ready
when the policeman comes
chorus
when you go down to deep elum
keep your money in your pants
cause the woman in deep elum
dont give men a chance
END

Comments
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Barbietoo
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:26 am
After almost 4 years as a business owner in Deep Ellum, seeing a lot of the bad and the ugly, and hoping for the good, it is not just good but GREAT to see that the real spirit of Deep Ellum is still has breath! We are happy to see the art continuing and not being whitewashed over. We are also proud of the Deep Ellum folks who have determined to continue through the struggles. We continue to believe in this community and the creative roots that go so very DEEP…..GREAT JOB!!!
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