"", another of Henry Thomas's Vocalion recordings, was reworked by the pianist Johnny Miller in 1927, who rewrote the words and gave it to Wingy Manone, who recorded two versions titled "" in December 1927 for Columbia and September 1930 for Champion Records.
Except in jazz circles, it remained an obscure blues number until blues-rock group Canned Heat recorded "Going Up the Country". Though rearranged, the Canned Heat song is musically the same, down to a faithful rendition of Thomas's quill solos by Jim Horn. are an early American folk instrument that was originally played by slaves. They are panpipes; a set of hollowed tubes of various lengths and widths that are blown across or into by the musician.
"[Bull-Doze Blues](https://hooktube.com/watch?v=sYy716zmXcM)", another of Henry Thomas's Vocalion recordings, was reworked by the pianist Johnny Miller in 1927, who rewrote the words and gave it to Wingy Manone, who recorded two versions titled "[Up the Country](https://hooktube.com/watch?v=i2RRMNXef2o)" in December 1927 for Columbia and September 1930 for Champion Records.
Except in jazz circles, it remained an obscure blues number until blues-rock group Canned Heat recorded "Going Up the Country". Though rearranged, the Canned Heat song is musically the same, down to a faithful rendition of Thomas's quill solos by Jim Horn. [The quills](http://kzfr.org/broadcasts/211) are an early American folk instrument that was originally played by slaves. They are panpipes; a set of hollowed tubes of various lengths and widths that are blown across or into by the musician.
[TV version](https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=rl4oATGFMd4)
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