Loan Me A Dime

Loan Me a Dime is a blues song written by Fenton Robinson, an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar, in 1967. The recording by Boz Scaggs appears on his second, self-titled, album released in 1969. The Scaggs version, recorded at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio studio in Sheffield, Alabama, features Duane Allman (of the Allman Brothers Band) on guitar together with various members of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio owners and session musicians better known as the The Swampers (including Barry Beckett on keyboards, Roger Hawkins on drums, David Hood on bass, and Jimmy Johnson and Eddie Hinton on guitar). The song starts with a slow keyboard/piano mix. Allman begins to play guitar at the one minute mark. Scaggs only begins singing at the 2:35 mark. At the 4:18 mark, there is a slow solo on guitar by Allman. At about halfway through the 15(or-so)-minute recording, a second guitar solo starts by Allman and the band picks up the pace. The recording takes most any blues lover most everywhere they want to go. The incredible riffs from Allman defy description on the original recordings, and Scaggs ties this progressive-moody piece all together masterfully with silky-smooth vocalization. The changes of tempo are classic.

Somebody loan me a dime I need to call my old time, used to be Somebody loan me a dime Mmm, I need to call my old time, used to be Oooo, little girl's been gone so long You know it's worryin me Hey, it's worryin, worryin me I know she's a good girl But, at that time I just didn't understand I know she's a good girl But, at that time I just didn't understand Oh, you know I didn't Somebody loan me a dime You know I need, I need a helpin hand Somebody Yeah, she's a good girl But, at that time I just didn't understand Oooo, I know she's a good girl But, at that time I just could not understand Whoa, no Somebody better loan me that dime To ease my worried mind Whoo Now, I cried, just cried Just like a baby, all night long Ooo, you know I cried, just cried Just like a baby, all night long Whooo, somebody better loan me that dime I need my baby, I need my baby here at home Oooo, yeah