R.L. Boyce
Robert Finley
Moonrisers
Dan Auerbach
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Gabe Carter
Nat Myers
Leo “Bud” Welch
The Black Keys
Glenn Schwartz & Joe Walsh
Gabe Carter
Glenn Schwartz
[Intro]
Coal black Mattie
Fool got drunk
[Verse 1]
Poor black Mattie
Poor black Mattie
Ain't got change in
Fool got drunk
Close my door
Close my door
[Verse 2]
Need no heater, fireplace by, by my bed
Woman, I got ya all, woman, I got cherry red
Need no heater
Fireplace by, by my bed
Woman, I got ya all cherry red
Cherry red
Cherry red
Cherry red
[Verse 3]
Going to Memphis
See that worldy, worldy fair
Goin' to Memphis
See that worldy, worldy fair
Reason I'm goin', reason I'm goin'
Baby there
Reason I'm goin', baby there
Baby there
Coal Black Mattie was written by Ranie Burnette.
Coal Black Mattie was produced by Dan Auerbach.
R.L. Boyce released Coal Black Mattie on Thu May 18 2023.
I first heard Fred McDowell play this Ranie Burnette song when I was a teenager and it’s been one of my favorites ever since. There’s a lot of people that have done that song, but everybody got their own way of doing it, and I got my own way of doing it that don’t nobody else do. It’s one of them so...