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unusual facts about How Long, How Long Blues


New Orleans Willie Jackson

Two of his songs, "How Long" and"She Keeps it Up All the Time," are featured on several New Orleans blues and jazz anthologies.


How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?

The band is portrayed by cartoon versions of themselves, in a style reminiscent of 1960s-era Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and Scooby-Doo in particular.

"How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1999.

According to the book Last Orders at the Liars Bar: the Official Story of the Beautiful South, "How Long's A Tear Take To Dry?" was originally to be called "She Bangs the Buns" due to its chord structure reminiscent of Manchester's The Stone Roses.

The lyrics, which take the form of a conversation between two reconciling lovers, are noted for a reference to the TARDIS from Doctor Who.


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