It's Inland sessions.

KSPS PBS welcomes Spokane veteran blues rocker Bobby Patterson and his band.

Hi.

I'm Bobby Patterson, and we are the Bobby Patterson Band.

We're going to start off today with a song called landlord.

Happens to be a true story.

♪ Yeah, Yeah,Yeah.

I'm your landlord.

I'm your landlord and Yeah, Yeah,Yeah.

I'm your landlord.

I'm your landlord and I'm your landlord baby, I might just kick you out.

I'm your landlord.

I'm your landlord.

I'm your landlord baby I might just kick you out.

I'll be the one to give you all the heat you need (feels good) Keep your water flowing, Your refrigerator running like it should I'm your landlord I'm your landlord I'm your landlord baby I might just kick you out if you don't Pay the rent my budgets spent That's what it's all about I might have to kick you out but if you Pay your rent on time.

I'll be your handy man.

And if you get too hot I'll put in a ceiling fan.

with your plumbing baby I've got a nine-inch pipe wrench in my hand Just call me anytime I'll be there just as fast as I can.

I'm your landlord I'm your landlord I'm your landlord baby I might just keep you here.

♪ I'm your landlord I'm your landlord I'm your landlord I might just keep you here if you don't destroy my carpet.

Walls and drapes.

I might think about it.

And I might just keep you here yeah I'll be your landlord, and I'll keep your place running smooth I'll keep you comfortable honey So you don't have to move I'm your landlord I'm your landlord I'm your landlord I might just kick you out.

I'm your landlord.

I'm your landlord a right nice landlord babe, I might just keep you here.

It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with me It takes a whole lotta woman baby can't you see It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with a man like me I come home late at night.

Late at night and she's so good to me We don't fuss or fight She makes me something to eat She's got me all figured out and that's the way it should be.

Still, I don't do things right most every day.

Still I see she hasn't gone away If she wants to wear the pants I say that's okay Cause It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with me It takes a whole lotta woman baby can't you see It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with a man like me ♪ Well my baby she loves unconditionally And she begs me to do anything I please Ain't no doubt about it she's the boss of me.

Yeah.

So, I'm gonna do things right now.

And tell that one day In the middle of the night when things are going my way I'm going to pull her close and I'm going to say It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with me It takes a whole lotta woman baby can't you see It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with a man like me It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with a man like me It takes a whole lotta woman to put up with a man like me I started when I was 12, got acoustic guitar from the department store for Christmas, and I just kept playing and hid in my bedroom and played the guitar and.

Started a funny teenage band or two and just kept working at it.

And just never gave up on it.

I couldn't put it down.

The guitar picked me.

I'm pretty sure.

I've been a rock n roller my whole life, but when I started playing the blues pretty much till I was in my early 40s.

And I joined a band called The Fat Tones, and, we were blues all the way, and so I just haven't turned back from that.

I ended up starting my own group, and, that was 2016. right now it's the best group I've had ever so very, very thrilled about it.

These guys are fantastic.

♪ Woke up this morning and she ain't here Rolled out of bed this morning and she ain't here She's gone again but I know she'll be back A train derailed and I cannot find the tracks.

Why must you be so hard on me She gets me up just to let me down When she gonna be scared.

When she come around.

She's gone again A game we both play so well When she'll be coming back only time will tell So easy to grab so hard to hold I'm losing my grip and it's taken it's toll Why must you be so hard on me This tainted love won't let me be Why must you be so hard So easy to grab so hard to hold I'm losing my grip and it's taken its toll Why must you be so hard on me Yeah.

This tainted love won't let me be Why must you be so hard?

The sky was black as ink when I went outside to think.

Thinking I'd paid my dues Then I lit a cigarette I've got so much to regret Still, it ain't no excuse And there just ain't nothing left but the blues I got behind the wheel of my old Oldsmobile Thinking I'd take a cruise But I've got nowhere to go and baby I ain't got no dough Well I've got nothing left to lose And there just ain't nothing left but the blues Now the sun came up to find me on the highway headed back home I'm still dazed and confused 'Cause I never got an answer I never got a clue Well I got nothing I can use And there just ain't nothing left Just ain't nothing left Just ain't nothing left But the blues I've been doing pretty good since you been gone Things are going to be better from now on Lately I ain't had much time for feeling bad Maybe you weren't the best I ever had Since you've been gone I've been doing alright Since you've been gone every day and every night Since you've been gone So I've been doing pretty good since you've been gone Things are going to be better from now on Lately I ain't had much time for feeling bad And maybe you weren't the best I ever had I thought I'd miss you but I was wrong I'm having too much fun here on my own Falling out of love don't feel so bad Better than the kind of love we had Since you've been gone I've been doing alright Since you've been gone every day and every night Since you've been gone I ain't gonna miss the way you scream and yell I ain't gonna miss being told to go to hell I ain't gonna miss you giving me the evil eye 'Cause baby you know I'm not that bad of guy Since you've been gone I've been doing alright Since you've been gone every day and every night Since you've been gone Yes our love was certainly one of a kind But misery and heartache wasn't what I had in mind I ain't gonna miss you fooling round in our bed And I ain't gonna miss my aching head ♪ It was more than I could do just to keep on pleasing you I went out of my way just to love you every night and day Apparently my love never was quite enough Wasn't quite enough to make you stay So I've been doing pretty good since you've been gone Things are going to be better from now on Lately I ain't had much time for feeling bad And maybe you weren't the best I ever had Since you've been gone I've been doing alright Since you've been gone every day and every night Since you've been gone.

Whoa been doin' alright Every day and every night ♪ You can't always get what you want.

You can't always get what you want.

Can't seem to get what I want.

Since you've been gone ♪ ♪ Hear more from the artists on this program on the Inland Sessions podcast.

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