Marvin Suggs sings the blues...

It's generally not well known that Marvin Suggs is not only the team SuperFan and our staff writer, but an aspiring lyricist as well. Growing up on the mean streets of Cupertino, he found life to be a frustrating lot, and turned to singing and songwriting as his catharses.

Although he is now employed full-time by the Wolverines Amateur Hockey Club, GMBh, he still finds time to pull out his guitar and sing the blues. We caught up with him in CR's home studio (which really only consists of a partially-broken Celeron, a Nanoverb, and an old cassette deck), just as he was working on his latest project, a rather touching filk remake of the John Lee Hooker classic "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"...



Well, let me tell you a little story
I woke up this mornin', feelin' mighty low,
got down to the rink at half past four,
Walked up to the counter, and I says to the lady
"Admission for one to public skate, baby."
She says "are you gonna rent?" I says
"I ain't gotta rent." 
I got a well-kept pair of CCMs, that's money well spent,
after that, I was thirsty, so I went to Scores,
and then, the Wolverines walked into the door,
and I saw Satomi, so I says "Come here"
And she turns to me and says she says 
"What you need, man?"

I want hurtin', I want shots, I want the wi-in...

Well, we gotta get crackin' if we wanna look pro,
We gotta win a lot if we're goin to the show,
We gotta get amped, man we gotta get loose,
Let's give 'em a taste of that Wolverine juice,

I want hurtin', I want shots, I wanna wi-in...

Now, after that, I seen Miller come in,
See, Miller's one cool cat (until he gets hit on the shin)
I says "Brooks, yo, my man, why don't you have a seat?"
He says "Sure, what's up?" And then I started to bleat:

I want hurtin', I want shots, I want the wi-in...

Well, I ain't seen my baby since we lost the last game
We gotta win this next one if I want back my dame,
See, I bet the farm against them dirty birds,
And now my landlady's the maddest woman you ever heard,
Y'all gotta get stoked, man we gotta get loose,
Let's give 'em a taste of that Wolverine juice,

I want hurtin', I want shots, I wanna wi-in...

(apologies to John Lee Hooker)


Beautiful, Marvin. Simply beautiful.