[1] In "Too Many Drivers", he makes use of double entendre[2] and "further extended the 'female as automobile' metaphor so prevalent in blues lyrics" at the time, according to compilation annotator Keith Briggs.
[3] The lyrics include: Oh, baby—you should take care of your little automobile Now, you've got a pretty little car, baby But you let too many get to the wheel[4] The recording session took place on May 11, 1939, in Chicago.
[5] Broonzy, on vocal and guitar, is accompanied by Joshua Altheimer on piano, and Ransom Knowling on bass, and Odell Rand on clarinet.
[20][21] Author Douglas Mark Ponton writes, "The Dylan version drops the automobile motif in favour of an item that never featured in any black blues song, and includes surreal linguistic inventions that evoke the world of Picasso more than that of the Mississippi Delta.
[22] On October 6, the single entered Billboard magazine's "Best Selling Retail Rhythm and Blues Records" chart, where it reached number 10.
A review in Billboard included, "The Mississippi diskery [Trumpet] has a potent shouter in Love, whose style is crudely crossed between [Big] Joe Turner's and Fats Waller's.
"[24] A historical account of Trumpet Records notes "'Little Car Blues', which derived from a much earlier Big Bill Broonzy release for [Vocalion parent company] ARC ... captured perfectly the raucous mood of the jukes.