Chauffeur Blues is a song written by Lester Melrose. It was originally called Me and My Chauffeur Blues and performed by Memphis Minnie and covered by many other artist.

The Jefferson Airplane version of this song is on the Jefferson Airplane Takes Off album with Signe Anderson as the lead vocalist. It is performed at a faster tempo and uses only three of the four verses. Anderson performs this song with strong contralto vocals. According to Jeff Tamarkin, author of Got A Revolution! The Turbulent Flight Of Jefferson Airplane, Chauffeur Blues was picked by Signe off an album by South African folk singer Miriam Makeba. It was not included among the repertory of Jefferson Airplane's early gigs and performed only occasionally. It was last performed by the Airplane on October 15, 1966, concert recorded as "Signe's Last".

An extended version of the song is included on the remastered version of Jefferson Airplane Takes Off.

[edit] References

• Got A Revolution! The Turbulent Flight Of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin
• Jefferson Airplane Takes Off

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