 On September 1 , 1925 , <unk> Records sent scout Ralph Peer and a recording crew to Asheville , North Carolina . Among the aspiring artists recorded by Peer was Emmett Miller . Accompanied by Walter Rothrock on the piano , Miller cut four sides for the label , including " Lovesick Blues " . The single was paired with " Big Bad Bill ( is Sweet William Now ) " and released in November 1925 . On June 12 , 1928 accompanied by the Georgia Crackers ( Tommy Dorsey , Jimmy Dorsey , Eddie Lang , and Leo McConville ) , Miller re @-@ recorded the song , which was subsequently released to weak sales . Miller 's version was covered by country music singer Rex Griffin in December 1939 on Decca Records . Griffin rearranged the song by using the original chorus - " I got a feeling called the blues " — as a verse and turning the verse " I 'm in love , I 'm in love , with a beautiful gal " into the new chorus . 
