See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
| "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" | ||||
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| Single by Blind Lemon Jefferson | ||||
| B-side | "Where Shall I Be" | |||
| Released | 1927 and 1928 | |||
| Format | 10" 78 rpm record | |||
| Recorded | October 1927 and February 1928 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Paramount (Cat. no. 12585 and 12608) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Blind Lemon Jefferson | |||
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"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" is a song recorded by American blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson in two slightly differing versions in October 1927 and February 1928 that became "one of his most famous compositions".Son House used the melody on his 1930 recording of "Mississippi County Farm Blues".
Bob Dylan recorded the song for his 1962 debut album Bob Dylan. He recorded it again with the Band, which is included on The Basement Tapes.
Other artists to cover the song include B.B. King, Peter, Paul and Mary (as "One Kind Favor"), Lightnin' Hopkins (as "One Kind Favor"), Canned Heat (as "One Kind Favor" on Living the Blues), the Grateful Dead (as "One Kind Favor"), Mike Bloomfield, Keiji Haino, Diamanda Galás, Meindert Talma & the Negroes, Laibach, Lou Reed, Furry Lewis, Chrome Cranks, the Dream Syndicate, Dave Van Ronk, Hobart Smith, Mavis Staples, Martin Simpson, Thelonious Monster and Widespread Panic. Staples' version of the song from her 2015 album Your Good Fortune won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance.
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