Nirvana - Ain’t It a Shame [Lyrics]

Songwriter: Lead Belly Recording Session: 08/20-28/89 Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA Common Mislabels: Ain’t It a Shame to Go Fishin’ on a Sunday In August 1989, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic formed an offshoot band with Mark Lanegan and Mark Pickerel of The Screaming Trees. “We were all becoming big blues fans“, recalled Pickerel. “We were trying to create a modern day version of Cream or Led Zeppelin.“ Sub Pop co-founder, Jonathan Poneman, expressed an interest in recording an album for the group, but the project stalled upon entering the studio. “It was as if both Mark and Kurt had too much respect for each other to tell the other what to do, or even make suggestions for what they should be doing“, Pickerel recalled. “It was really frustrating. Neither one would take the initiative.“ Dubbing themselves “The Jury“ at Pickerel’s suggestion (Cobain had favored the name Lithium, and Jack Endino had referred to the group as Screaming Nirvana on the session paperwork), the band booked into Reciprocal Rec