The Spell of the Blues
I have liked this tune ever since I, as a teenager, heard it in a recording by the Dorsey Brothers, featuring the great Bing Crosby on vocal.
I play it as a cornet duet, one muted and one open, with clarinet. Then I added my banjo for the cornet solo after the vocal.
When you try so hard to smile and life doesn't seem worth while, Then you can tell you're under the spell of the blues. When you try to sleep it seems nightmares take the place of dreams, Then you can tell you're under the spell of the blues. Some bad omen like a hoodoo hovering over my head Not a jinx and not a voodoo something much worse Gee it's a curse. Shadows chasing after me blue skies you're a laugh to me Gee, but it's hell when you're under the spell of the blues.