LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 18, 2019-IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1987 THE SONG ‘HANGMAN JURY’ WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE FROM AEROSMITH’S ALBUM ‘PERMANENT VACATION.’
THE SONG IS ACTUALLY BASED ON AN OLD BLUES SONG BY LEADBELLY. IT CONTAINS SOME OF THE SAME VERSES. IN ‘HANGMAN JURY’ A MAN’S WIFE GETS MAD AT HIM BECAUSE HE’S NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY, SO SHE DECIDES TO EITHER CHEAT ON HIM AND PROSTITUTE HERSELF. HIS RESPONSE IS TO KILL HER, BUT IT RESULTS IN A DEATH SENTENCE BY A HANGMAN JURY.
HERE’S A GREAT LIVE VERSION FROM A CONCERT IN 1988
photo thanks-Nat Ch Villa
