Thank you thank you thank you. posted by ericost at 1:07 PM on September 20, 2006
I loves me some Bob Wills. Leon McAuliffe is pretty great too.
Nice post. posted by stenseng at 1:10 PM on September 20, 2006
Y2Karl, this is way too cool. Thanks. posted by Iridic at 1:13 PM on September 20, 2006
Skip James was awesome!
Poor Muddy sounds like he is singing through the harmonica..
So does Bill Monroe, but I think that was intentional :P posted by Chuckles at 1:19 PM on September 20, 2006
truly amazing to see these legends in action. really the best of the web IMHO. posted by gnutron at 1:21 PM on September 20, 2006
Thanks, y2karl, for another fun post. posted by taosbat at 1:28 PM on September 20, 2006
Cool.
PS. Bob Wills is packing heat. posted by tkchrist at 1:30 PM on September 20, 2006
There's something about those songs. They depress me. (tries to snap fingers along with video, but has no rhythm.)
Great stuff and thanks Mr Y. Thats the quietest I've ever heard Bob Wills. Usually he's stepping on everyone's solo with that "HooHaw!" of his. posted by hal9k at 1:49 PM on September 20, 2006
my freaking goodness, this is a fantastic post.
a thousand thanks! posted by Busithoth at 1:49 PM on September 20, 2006
"They're good, aren't they?" "Best in the West!"
The cream of the cream. Thanks, y2karl; this made my day. (And thanks for putting Al Green at the end, because after I'd watched that, I didn't want to break the spell.) posted by languagehat at 1:59 PM on September 20, 2006
Awesome post! Really terrific stuff. posted by LeeJay at 2:01 PM on September 20, 2006
This is great! i love traditional music and there have been a few posts of this nature. thank you posted by MNDZ at 2:07 PM on September 20, 2006
I've only checked out the Al Green link so far, but it's one of my favorite songs, so thanks! I'll get to the others later... posted by ob at 2:10 PM on September 20, 2006
Wow. Thank you. So great to see Mississippi John Hurt play. posted by yeti at 2:12 PM on September 20, 2006
1) I picked up a Bob Wills CD recently, and I really like it. Nice to have the visual connection now.
2) I fancy myself a bit of an Al Green fanboi. I love his music, I've read a lot about his personal life (spiritual revival, etc.), and I've seen him preach and got to meet him at his church in Memphis (Just go. It's a little awkward at first, but you won't be the only tourist there, sitting in back, hoping not to be noticed.) But I had no idea that he played guitar. Rather well.
Awesome. Between this and the DC punk post I feel a little better about my fellow human beings this afternoon. posted by bardic at 2:31 PM on September 20, 2006
Oh sweet! Great collection! posted by TwoWordReview at 2:35 PM on September 20, 2006
There will never be music like this again (commercially). Savor the flavor. Mississippi John Hurt has a permanent spot in the rotation on my iPod. posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 2:36 PM on September 20, 2006
I fancy myself a bit of an Al Green fanboi.
Well, as you may have noticed via the link, there's no shortage of Al Green on YouTube. He even has sockpuppets.
This is making it *really* hard to get any work done today. posted by gnutron at 3:34 PM on September 20, 2006
self-link time guys, ... a few days ago I ripped a Flaming Lips and Shins Austin City Limits episode off my tivo and uploaded a few songs. ...The best of which is Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots ..also an ok one is Race for the Prize posted by thisisdrew at 3:45 PM on September 20, 2006
There *is* another of Mississippi John Hurt's songs on video: John Henry. I prefer it to the one in the FPP, honestly.
On the original post, Houston Stackhouse's falsetto is the most amazing thing I've heard in a long time. posted by beagle at 4:40 PM on September 20, 2006
Bob Wills looks incredibly doofy; I love it. posted by kenko at 4:45 PM on September 20, 2006
John Lee Hooker - Maudie
Man, there's some serious foot fetishism going on there. Half the video consists of close-ups of white people jiggling their feet.
This thread continues to produce wondrous things; keep it up, y'all! posted by languagehat at 5:09 PM on September 20, 2006
oh, man - great stuff - thanks, y2karl - that Howlin Wolf clip is pricelss - I like that it gives the guy scale too - he is like a giant among the people. Also a good from the Taildragger Shake For Me.
And Son House - wow - what a vintage clip.Here he is doing Sometimes I Wish
Houston Stackhouse performing one of my favorite songs (love that album with Stackhouse and Nighthawk). What a kick to see him, I'd only heard him. Love his little "how bout that" at the end.
It's a big thrill to have the opportunity to see clips of performers you never heard live because they had already passed on - and who you might never have found before because they aren't mainstream enough. I knew I was hooked on YouTube when I found my main man Professor Longhair doing Tipitina.
y2karl, you've done it yet again! Thanks. posted by horsemuth at 5:36 PM on September 20, 2006
madamjujujive, I love you! Fess is my main man too; I just wish that video were longer (which goes for most of these, actually). posted by languagehat at 5:39 PM on September 20, 2006
Beautiful - just think, for so many useless emo vanity videos YouTube has there must be dones of actual good quality stuff - thank you y2karl and others. Truly some gems there.Seeing people put Son House (that voice!) as one of their fav videos reconfirms my faith in humanity and the Internets just a bit more...
*overdoses on multiple versions of John the Revelator* posted by rmm at 8:09 PM on September 20, 2006
Holy fuck Karl, you magnificent bastard! posted by LarryC at 9:46 PM on September 20, 2006
Siimply awesome, y2karl - and thanks to everyone else who has posted ... kevinskomsvold, I kiss you for that great Gatemouth. YouTube is now down for admin, and just as well or I would probably be up all night now my mojo's workin.
There are so many things wrong with that nation, but once in a while i am reminded of the things that make it a truely special place. In my opinion this music encapsulates some of the very important and profound aspects of the usa that are fading away. Oh and i also love teh beat.
The Mississippi John Hurt clip is awesome. Inspiring and Humbling. Ok, fellow southland guitarist/singer/songwriters, come up with your own passable version of "Lonesome Valley," and we'll meet and compare in, say, 2008... posted by toma at 3:27 AM on September 21, 2006
Don Reno and Red Smiley harmonize well with this post. Pilot TV show from 1962 includes Kroger commericials and a nice (but too short) version of "Whispering Hope." posted by bmckenzie at 6:27 AM on September 21, 2006 [1 favorite]
Blind Willie Johnson (and wife) singing the original version of John the Revelator from the 1930s.
Dude, that's Roger McGuinn from the 1970s. Not to harsh the mellow of this magnificent thread, but that was a severe letdown. posted by languagehat at 6:57 AM on September 21, 2006
Wow, that C Jam Blues is incredible—I thought the impossibly young and debonair Sonny Greer was a passing waiter until he sat down at the drum kit! posted by languagehat at 7:04 AM on September 21, 2006 [1 favorite]
There is a brief clip of that John The Revelator by Blind Willie and Angeline Johnson here. But you need Windows 98 to play it. posted by y2karl at 7:53 AM on September 21, 2006 [1 favorite]
I thought the impossibly young and debonair Sonny Greer was a passing waiter until he sat down at the drum kit!
Hey, I had the same experience watching the Yazoo Times Ain't Like They Used To Be DVD* I checked out from the library. I was watching Jack Johnson's Jazz Band's Tiger Rag and realized that it was Chick Webb on the drums.
*Man, if someone had put a clip of Unce John Scruggs's Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane , I would have linked that, too ! posted by y2karl at 8:04 AM on September 21, 2006
This is really an extraordinary post with great additions in the comments. Kudos! posted by OmieWise at 8:50 AM on September 21, 2006
What with spending the whole morning grooving to all these links I've barely got time to get work done AND look up this clip by Booker T and the MGs. posted by booth at 9:15 AM on September 21, 2006
Roger McGuinn from the 1970s
I do have an original print of a McGuinn portrait (taken by Jim Marshall) on a wall in my aprtment since, like, the late Nineties posted by matteo at 9:59 AM on September 21, 2006
Absolutely superlative - great work Karl.... posted by Pressed Rat at 11:34 AM on September 21, 2006
Well, this thread has just cost me $5 (registration for mefi) and roughly a day of progress on a project... but it's some of the best I've seen. I didn't realize there was so much available! BTW, Karl said
"There is a brief clip of that John The Revelator by Blind Willie and Angeline Johnson here. But you need Windows 98 to play it."
my G5 Mac with Firefox fired it right up.
Thank you, ALL WHO'VE posted! posted by drhydro at 6:14 PM on September 21, 2006
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