"Shake 'Em on Down" | |
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Single by Bukka White | |
A-side | "Pinebluff, Arkansas" |
Released | 1937 |
Recorded | Chicago, September 2, 1937 |
Genre | Blues |
Length | 2:59 |
Label | Vocalion |
Songwriter(s) | Booker T. Washington White a.k.a. Bukka White |
Producer(s) | Lester Melrose |
"Shake 'Em On Down" is a Delta blues song by American musician Bukka White. He recorded it in Chicago in September 1937, two months before being incarcerated at the infamous Parchman Prison Farm in Mississippi.
It was his first recording for producer Lester Melrose and remains his best-known song. Several blues and other artists have adapted the song, often with variations on the lyrics and music. The English rock group Led Zeppelin adapted some of the lyrics for two of their songs.