Comments on: y2karlTube - Simply Beautiful

y2karlTube - Simply Beautiful

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:56:06 -0800

Clarence Ashley - The Coo Coo
Skip James - Crow Jane
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Son House - John the Revelator
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Close By
Houston Stackhouse & Joe Willie Wilkins - Cool Drink Of Water
Muddy Waters - Honey Bee
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - Lone Star Rag
Mississipi John Hurt - You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
Maybelle & Sara Carter - Cannonball Blues
Al Green - Simply Beautiful
Enjoy. Note that, too, save for Mississippi John Hurt, there is more by each of the above artists linked on each clip's page.
The first is via FaheyGuitarPlayers, the rest were all in a day's surf. On dial-up, even.

By: Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:05:22 -0800

Bob Wills looks nothing like I'd imagined him. I wasn't expecting the Yellow Rose of Texas... Thanks for the links.

By: ericost

ericost — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:07:28 -0800

Thank you thank you thank you.

By: stenseng

stenseng — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:10:43 -0800

I loves me some Bob Wills. Leon McAuliffe is pretty great too. Nice post.

By: Iridic

Iridic — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:13:29 -0800

Y2Karl, this is way too cool. Thanks.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:19:59 -0800

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

By: gnutron

gnutron — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:21:51 -0800

truly amazing to see these legends in action. really the best of the web IMHO.

By: taosbat

taosbat — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:28:08 -0800

Thanks, y2karl, for another fun post.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:30:57 -0800

Cool. PS. Bob Wills is packing heat.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:49:17 -0800

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.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:49:36 -0800

my freaking goodness, this is a fantastic post. a thousand thanks!

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:59:45 -0800

"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.)

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:01:37 -0800

Awesome post! Really terrific stuff.

By: MNDZ

MNDZ — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:07:11 -0800

This is great! i love traditional music and there have been a few posts of this nature. thank you

By: ob

ob — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:10:09 -0800

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...

By: yeti

yeti — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:12:21 -0800

Wow. Thank you. So great to see Mississippi John Hurt play.

By: bardic

bardic — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:31:55 -0800

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.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:32:49 -0800

But, wait ! There's More !! Merle Haggard with Bob Will's Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Down By The Riverside Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors Ferlin Husky - Timber, I'm Falling Merle Haggard - Little Old Wine Drinker Me Doc Watson - Deep River Blues John Lee Hooker - Maudie

By: TwoWordReview

TwoWordReview — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:35:50 -0800

Oh sweet! Great collection!

By: i_am_a_Jedi

i_am_a_Jedi — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:36:26 -0800

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.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:40:11 -0800

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. And the 1966 Bob Dylan model is well represented, too.

By: keswick

keswick — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:40:57 -0800

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME! (and i can't believe who posted it!)

By: keswick

keswick — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:45:55 -0800

In this vein, Johnny Cash's favorite artists: The Louvin Brothers

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:48:11 -0800

Well, it's not the quadruple post of The Ultimate Blog Post.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:48:45 -0800

;)

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:57:55 -0800

Gatemouth Brown in top form. Old Buddy Guy and Muddy footage (see Hendrix in the crowd at 2:20 mark).

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:04:59 -0800

Bah, youtubeFilter. I keed, I keed. Great post.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:18:33 -0800

Sooooo good. Thanks!

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:25:14 -0800

John Lee Hooker -- I'll Never

By: gnutron

gnutron — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:34:30 -0800

This is making it *really* hard to get any work done today.

By: thisisdrew

thisisdrew — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:45:16 -0800

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

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:04:20 -0800

There *is* another of Mississippi John Hurt's songs on video: John Henry. I prefer it to the one in the FPP, honestly. But this *is* an awesome FPP.

By: mss

mss — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:05:26 -0800

OK, Muddy and Mojo Twice

By: beagle

beagle — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:40:38 -0800

On the original post, Houston Stackhouse's falsetto is the most amazing thing I've heard in a long time.

By: kenko

kenko — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:45:08 -0800

Bob Wills looks incredibly doofy; I love it.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:09:05 -0800

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!

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:23:33 -0800

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. Here's a few gems I've found in my travels: Must see: Big Mamma Thornton - Hound Dog Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call Mississippi Fred McDowell - Goin Down to the River Mance Lipscomb - Jack of Spades Otha Turner & Corey Harris - Sittin' On Top Of The World Johnny Shines - Ramblin' Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Backwater Blues Not as vintage, but fun: John Lee Hooker & Van Morrisson - Baby Please don't go

By: horsemuth

horsemuth — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:36:12 -0800

y2karl, you've done it yet again! Thanks.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:39:31 -0800

madamjujujive, I love you! Fess is my main man too; I just wish that video were longer (which goes for most of these, actually).

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:40:52 -0800

...oops, apparently I "malformed" the link to Son House doing Sometimes I wish

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:42:00 -0800

Slap me five mr.hat - doesn't he just do it for you? His music makes me happy!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:57:04 -0800

y2k! mjj! thanks so much! made my day!

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:10:13 -0800

joining the chorus of praise! Say y2k, call me, we're gearing up agin. This is clearly THE WAY to do a YouTube post.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:42:04 -0800

Nat King Cole Trio - Route 66 Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow Roscoe Holcomb - John Hardy Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk Django Reinhardt and his Quintet of the Hot Club of France - J'Attenndrai ("("I Will Wait") Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Hot House Nat King Cole & Ella Fitzgerald - You're The Top Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Louis Armstrong - Dinah Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No 1 (T for Texas) Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump Dinah Washington - All Of Me Nat King Cole - Stardust

By: petsounds

petsounds — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:44:23 -0800

this is my favorite metafilter post, ever. thank you so much

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:10:04 -0800

Robert Jr. Lockwood - Sweet Home Chicago Mahalia Jackson - Didn't It Rain Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of Love Booker White - Poor Boy Long Way from Home Louis Prima - Oh, Marie ! Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry Wanda Jackson w/ Joe Maphis - Cool Love Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker - Ballade and about thirty seconds of Les Paul in his prime...

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:39:56 -0800

Thanks! Also, the Blind Willie Johnson (and wife) singing the original version of John the Revelator from the 1930s.

By: rmm

rmm — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:09:02 -0800

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*

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:29:32 -0800

But hold on! Along with this offer, you also get Big Joe Turner - Feelin' Happy Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - C Jam Blues Betty Boop w/ Louis Armstrong - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You Tennessee Ernie Ford - Shotgun Boogie Benny Goodman w/ Miss Peggy Lee - Why Don't You Do Right? Louis Armstrong - A Rhapsody in Black and Blue Boswell Sisters - Heebie Jeebies Duke Ellington & His Orchestra w/ Whitey's Lindy Hoppers - Hot Chocolates Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons Aretha Franklin - Mockingbird Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Teagarden & His Orchestra w/ Meredith Blake - Two Sleepy People, That's Right, I'm Wrong, Washboard Blues, Lazy Bones, Small Fry, Rockin' Chair and Star Dust !!! Like Armando's stilletto, I delivers

By: Tarrama

Tarrama — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:35:19 -0800

This is just the best. Thank you y2karl and madamjujujive

By: WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:52:52 -0800

No YouTube link for dearly departed Don Walser.

By: LarryC

LarryC — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:46:59 -0800

Holy fuck Karl, you magnificent bastard!

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:37:01 -0800

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. OK, just a few more from me for posterity ... we need more bluess divas to represent ... Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues - real vintage stuff here Ruth Brown, Natalie Cole, Mavis Staples A very young Tina Turner Katie Webster, Gatemouth Brown - Everyday I have the blues Lightning Hopkins - Daddy was a preacher T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong Otis Redding live- I've Been Loving You Too Long Carey Bell Louisiana Red, and Jimmy Rodgers

By: FidelDonson

FidelDonson — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:59:07 -0800

This music makes me want to visit the usa again. 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. great post.

By: toma

toma — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:27:31 -0800

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...

By: bmckenzie

bmckenzie — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:27:05 -0800

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."

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:57:30 -0800

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.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:04:40 -0800

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!

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:53:42 -0800

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.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:04:21 -0800

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 !

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:50:02 -0800

This is really an extraordinary post with great additions in the comments. Kudos!

By: booth

booth — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:15:02 -0800

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.

By: matteo

matteo — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:59:29 -0800

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

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:09:38 -0800

Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River Dock Boggs- Country Blues George Jones - You Got To be My Baby Nat King Cole, The Oscar Peterson Trio and Coleman Hawkins - Sweet Lorraine Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally Miles Davis Quintet w/ John Coltraine - So What Chick Webb & His Orchestra w/ "Shorty" George Snowden - After Seban Bill "Bojangles" Robinson from Just Around The Corner Lena Horne - Stormy Weather

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:58:17 -0800

Red Ingle - Nowhere Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue The Rolling Stones - I Just Want To Make Love To You Furry Lewis - When I Lay My Burden Down Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire Art Tatum- Humouresque Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire Spike Jones - Song of the Volga Boatmen

By: Pressed Rat

Pressed Rat — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:34:33 -0800

Absolutely superlative - great work Karl....

By: drhydro

drhydro — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:14:14 -0800

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!