Furry Sings the Blues

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"Furry Sings the Blues" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its jazz-inflected style and vivid, narrative lyrics.

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Furry Sings the Blues canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Hejira ⓘ
artist Joni Mitchell ⓘ
associatedWithTour Hejira-era concerts ⓘ
composer Joni Mitchell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
criticalReception noted for sophisticated harmony ⓘ
praised for evocative storytelling ⓘ
era 1970s singer-songwriter movement ⓘ
featuredMusician Jaco Pastorius ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle fusion of folk and jazz ⓘ
jazz-inflected ⓘ
hasSubject Beale Street ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
aging and change ⓘ
blues tradition ⓘ
urban decay ⓘ
hasVocalStyle intimate ⓘ
jazz-influenced phrasing ⓘ
includedIn Joni Mitchell discography ⓘ
inspiredBy Furry Lewis ⓘ
instrumentation drums ⓘ
electric bass ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalSetting Memphis in the 1970s ⓘ
lyricCharacteristic narrative lyrics ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ
lyricist Joni Mitchell ⓘ
narrativeStyle first-person ⓘ
partOf Hejira ⓘ
performer Joni Mitchell ⓘ
producer Henry Lewy ⓘ
Joni Mitchell ⓘ
publicationDate 1976 ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1976 ⓘ
recordLabel Asylum Records ⓘ
references Furry Lewis ⓘ
trackPositionOnAlbum early track on Hejira ⓘ

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Hejira → hasPart → Furry Sings the Blues ⓘ
Hejira → hasTrack → Furry Sings the Blues ⓘ