[1] The song used the melody made popular by Walter Davis in his hit record "M & O Blues".
[citation needed] Johnson composed two songs to this melody, "Ramblin' on My Mind" and "When You Got a Good Friend", with different musical approaches and different guitar tunings.
[2] These slide triplets were the model for Elmore James's guitar accompaniment to "Dust My Broom".
[3] Members of the family of Ike Zimmerman, who taught Johnson improve his guitar technique, have claimed that "Ramblin' on My Mind" was in fact written by him.
This was much against my better judgment, since most of the guys I longed to emulate were older and had deep voices, and I felt extremely uncomfortable singing in my high-pitched whine.