Wouter,
Not to be a "know-it-all" ('cause I
do know enough not to make that claim!), but the credits on the Son Seals disc and the fact that they use the same titles have lead you astray in your assumptions.
The B. B. King "The Woman I Love" is in no way lyrically related to to the song Green sings -
just the opposite, King's girl has,
"...great big legs,
and little tiny feet"
you can hear the ghost of the King song's arrangement in Green's but just faintly -
The song Seals performs (in his own brutal style) is actually a song by Doctor Clayton titled "Moonshine Woman Blues" -
The song details the debilitating effects of bootleg liquor on the singer's girlfriend and the lyrics
may have served as the inspiration for Green's song,
i.e. "...her legs are so skinny,
they look like a cigarette..."
I have attempted for years to track down the origins of 'My Baby's Skinny' and at this time I would have to say that the number is a Green original - but if anyone can point me in another direction, I would love to hear from them
Just trying to keep the info out there straight
