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Big Bertha
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues • Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #80
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
April 02, 2016
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.4 MB • 137 kbps • 4:29
Meta Data
Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
This acoustic Folk Blues is about a huge figure in the excavation business, who came to Seattle to dig a hole. Unfortunately, Big Bertha wasn't up to the task. This story song documents what happened.
Lyrics
Big Bertha 2015 Reggie Miles All rights reserved Seattle wanted to bore, a great big hole Deep underground, way down below To divert traffic, from their waterfront sprawl For a hole that big, there's just one gal to call, Big Bertha Big Bertha, Big Berrrrrtha Big Bad Bertha Big Bertha's the biggest gal on earth 80 million dollars is what she's worth They say she came from Osaka Japan And that no gal can do what Big Bertha can, Big Bertha Big Bertha, Big Berrrrrtha Big Big Bertha Bertha's head was 57 feet wide She had 25 men workin her inside She weighed in at 7 thousand ton She's one big gal, I'm a tellin ya son, Big Bertha Bertha dug right in, but it didn't take long For somthin' to go so terribly wrong A thousand feet in to her two mile trek She became one heck of a big ol' wreck, Big Bertha Big Bertha, Big Berrrrrtha Big Wreck Bertha The news spread fast bout Bertha's state Everyone debated Bertha's fate Should they leave 'er there, in that hole in the ground Another roadside attraction for Seattle town, Big Bertha Some say Bertha had worked long enough So she found a pipe to toke some stuff Now she's on a well deserved vacation In her Emerald City waterfront location, Big Bertha Big Bertha, Big Berrrrrtha Big Stoned Bertha Big Bertha wanted to stick around In her three billion dollar berth in the ground But engineers workin in cooperation Chose to wake Bertha up from her hibernation, Big Bertha They say they'll fix Bertha before too long And then that'll be the end of my Big Bertha song I'll be sad to see Bertha go her way But sadder still, that 'er money pit is here to stay, Big Bertha Big Bertha, Big Berrrrrtha Sayonara Bertha, Big Bertha
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