Fiona Boyes

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about: Fiona Boyes is a one-woman blues tent revival. Her pulpit is the stage, which she commands with the energy of an entire flock of worshippers. And her Bible is the guitar. With her acoustic and electric virtuosity and mastery of styles, she uses it as a righteous instrument to uphold the music’s tradition, even as her strong, distinctive songwriting moves it forward.

And Blues Woman, Boyes’ second album for Yellow Dog Records, is one mighty powerful sermon. Its 15 songs run a rollicking trip through the contemporary blues landscape — from Chicago to Texas to Mississippi’s hill country and the Delta, all evocatively conjured by Boyes’ and producer Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff’s true-to-the-bone arrangements.

Recorded in Austin TX, with a full band including special guests Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins, and Watermelon Slim, Blues Woman manifests the soulful, authoritative style of this native Australian and four-time Blues Music Award nominee to full effect.
credits: released 05 May 2009
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Track Name: Woman Ain't a Mule: Once I had a man
He was nothing but a country fool
Here’s a man, who thinks he can plough
So he gets himself a mule

He gets himself a mule who’ll work all day
From the dawn to the setting sun
And while he’s busy doing nothing
Business still gettin’ done

Now one day, I said – ‘Hey!’
I ain’t nothing but this man’s mule
And the way that I’m letting him do me
I ain’t nothing but a doggone fool

‘Cause a woman ain’t mule
A woman she ain’t a mule
And if you think that’s how you ought to treat me
Then I’m taking you back to school
‘Cause a woman ain’t a mule...

Now fool is struttin’ round talking big
About how he’s heading up
But running your mouth ain’t working
And the mule’s keeping it’s mouth shut...

If you’ve been living this same story, gal
Maybe it’s time to change the plan
You need some respect, woman
Don’t need a fool – you need a man

‘Cause a woman ain’t a mule
A woman she ain’t a mule
If you think that’s how you ought to treat me
I’m taking you back to school
‘Cause a woman ain’t a mule...

Blues Woman