Gunny Sack...
It's a YouTube Thursday that's taking me across some blues rock and I hit a biography about Johnny Winter. What heights would his career have gone without his heroin addiction?Hi younger brother Edgar followed the 'path of rock' while Johnny leaned toward blues, he often performed rock and roll in live concerts.
Here he is playing the Chuck Berry standard Johnny B. Goode
Of the lyrics "He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack" I wasn't 100% on the words gunny sack, so I looked it up.
Gunnysack or gunny sack is a large bag of heavy woven material, typically burlap.
There were lots of Southerners living in Miami 60+ years ago when my family moved from New York and they had words that weren't in my vocabulary. I remember going to a store to buy bubble gum. The lady at the counter asked if I wanted to put them in a sack. I hesitate and she repeated herself. Not understanding 'sack' she rephrased the question:
"Do you want me to put them in a 'bag' for you?"
"Yes please"