wow this comment is 8 years old but absolutely..pete may have sympathized with communism but his intentions were pure..he loved the american ppl and God bless his ass
Sonny Terry is THE reason I began to play harmonica. His playing is so alive, filled with real Soul. Sonny's harp together with Brownie's facile guitar and beautiful, rich voice made music that move me to my core to this very day. O Yes.
+Tom thx American communists of that generation get a pass. All of Stalin's crimes were covered up by Churchill as the price for switching sides in WWII. They simply didn't know that the Soviets made the Nazis look like amateurs at mass murder.
I'll never forget seeing them back in the '60's at a little club near Maple Leaf Gardens on Church Street in Toronto called the Fifth Peg. Sunday night was their last set and the small group of us gathered around them wouldn't let them quit. Finally, they stood up and led us all down a long corridor and out onto the sidewalk. We followed them up to the corner, and under the streetlight they did "Keys to the Highway". We embraced, and I know I had tears in my eyes.
how young are you? because America wasn't what you think, maybe in the arts it was and it was great if you are white but tell black men my age how it was…1967 high school class trip to D.C. 5 white kids and 4 black kids were at arlington we needed to use the rest room and as we were going in the men's room door an attendant said this bathroom isn't for you boys so we thought we read the sign wrong but then he told us us white men were allowed but you drakes have to go down over there…so in the America you say was so great? still had segregated rest rooms in 1967 in our nation's city…sorry but you were either sheltered or just too young or lived in an area that was better than most
@curtistembeck You're dead right,why hate when you can love.This music is awesome and it needed to be documented or it would die out with the explosion of rock n roll.These guys knew that and were smart enough to record as much as possible before it was gone if it were not for them we wouldn't be able to listen to such classics.THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!
Had the pleasure of seeing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee in small venues in Vancouver twice in the 60's and 70's. Wish I could go back and see 'em again. Nothing like seeing great musicians up close and live.
Thank you for sharing this image! We have added it to our entry about the Sonny Terry in the State Library of NC's online encyclopedia, NCpedia Emily Horton, Government & Heritage Library at the State Library of NC
my dad played this shit on vinyl. Us kids didn't undig it. In fact it fucked us up for about 30 years. And here I am, lovin it much love to all you people
Brilliant, love it all. Remembering with love when they ‘arrived’ in rural northland , New Zealand five decades ago. Everyone started blowing up the harmonica, amazing sound next to the steel guitar. Grateful fan here.
Great version! Love all the verses. Brownie McGhee did a fine job of singing, and Sonny Terry is amazing as he always was - love his harp and his whoops too!
This is the song that changed my life when I saw them at Sydney Town Hall over 50 years ago . . . then I read Jack Kerouac's "On The Road", Freedom beckoned, and my world was never the same. Still travellin' home after all this time . . . one day I'll find it . . . This still gives me the shivers every time I hear it or sing it!!
@@homesickclifford1966 Man I don't have any idea how you managed to tell such an amazing story as that, the story of your life no less, in basically a paragraph. But man, that brought tears to my eyes. Holy crap the human spirit is something else! God bless you sir! God bless you! And thank you for telling your story. Talk about getting lemons, and making lemonade out of them. Wow! Just wow!
@@homesickclifford1966 God bless you sir. You deleted your reply, but I still got it in my email. I agree with everything you said. I wish you, and yours, nothing but the best. Keep on keeping on, and please don't ever change. ☺️👍
@@homesickclifford1966 BTW I think yesterday's voting results showed that there's still plenty of people out there who really care about our world, and the people in it. Besides themselves.
@@amb3cog Did not know I deleted ..how does comment get into emails. That bothers me some..are these manipulated? ILL FIND OUT IF SO!!!.... Any way how y'all? Was it something' I said?....got a feeling..... One never knows bout no one. One minute everything fine THEY LOVE THEN THEY HATE OR ARE SCARED TO DEATH OF ME...if this political environment is vital to you OK I accept people as they ARE . If ya just said all ya had ta say that's yo life man I kinda thought our political differerence was an issue..FACT IS IM NOT POLITICAL AT ALL..LEFT RIGHT ITS ALL CONFUSION TO ME. SO NICE TALKIN TO YA THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS ALL I CAN SAY......NEVER BEEN UNGRATEFUL..THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME WHO I AM AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME I'M NOT A MAN PLEASER.. HAVE A GOOD LIFE SCOTT ,DONT KNOW ANY THING BOUT YA. MOST ON THIS COMMENTS MAKE INSANE NASTY CHILDISH PROVOKING TALK SPOKE OF MY LIFE,, PROBABLY SHOULDN'T. MOST PEOPLE CANT HANDLE PERSONAL THINGS..THEY THINK LIFE IS A BIG JOKE ....I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS AND GONNA BE . PAOLO
Pete Seger gave rise to the likes of Dylan. Like Guthrie did Seger. Seger brought an alternate universe of blues music to the living rooms of households across this nation before any of us knew British Invasion was more than just a revolution.
23 people with different tastes. We all should respect each other. No matter the differences. I too have trouble understanding, but we're just different, and that's all.
@@charlessunu That poem makes me think of a certain leader. High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;- Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Please excuse the poor copy/paste job, it's late.
I love this song it makes me smile every day this song is like a part of my life where I just will never let go of and I will never forget this song... I'm holding on your rope got me ten feet off the ground and I'm here what you say but I just can't make a sound you tell me that you need me then you go and cut me down but wait you tell me that you're sorry didn't mean I turn around and Say
I absolutely love these two, and Seeger always makes me laugh with how white he is lol. It was a different era but a good man, don't get me wrong. The only thing I need in life is to learn how to play a couple blues riffs and keep practicing my blues harp and I'll die a satisfied man.
To jest to, czego tygrysy potrzebują najbardziej, gdy są w nostalgicznym nastroju. Malum est in necessitate vivere, sed in necessitate vivere necessitas nulla est.(Seneka) :-D Pozdrawiam z Polski wszystkich Bluesmanów.
I saw them in a club in Hollywood round about 1970+- ... somehow got to go upstairs with them after the show. Milk with whiskey. Don't remember for sure which one of them was drinking that but I think it was Sonny Terry.
I often wondered why they called my deceased grandpa of 50 yrs+ 'brownie' and he always told me his pa saw Jesse James in his prime??!..now I think I know why.But a torch-other than for Jesus come---i do not have so folks ' play on!!!' end.big T brown.bye...thanks for the reminders.
History? Sounds modern to this guy. History ? Modern, old, who cares? This is such a beautiful piece of art which makes me soooooooo happy man! Deeeeliischious singin, horny harpin, happy hound-dog callin.......jeez it's all good, soooo good. Many thanks for upoading this diamond gem. < m
This song grabs on, and doesn't let go.Not for 50 years. Thank-you Sonny Terry and Browny McGhee.
Show Pete some respect folks, it's his damn show. American music would be a cold lonely place if it wasn't for guys like Pete Seager and Alan Lomax
Pete was a stinking commie. But Sonny and Brownie were - ARE - national treasures.
@@davelasorte44" A Commie" ha,ha!!! Welcome to the 1950's Mr McCarty.
Enormous Brownie, Sonny and Pete.
@@davelasorte44
an you are fascist, eventhough you preten not to be one of them. you insulted Pete : shut up ! your place is not here ...
wow this comment is 8 years old but absolutely..pete may have sympathized with communism but his intentions were pure..he loved the american ppl and God bless his ass
I'm just a white boy lost in the Blues - John Mayall
Hats off to Pete for leaving us these precious musical documents. No frills here - these two get right down to it.
It has nothing to do with Pete, he was the librarian
If there were more librarians like Pete Seeger this world would be a better place to live in.
And thank you to the late Pete Seeger for bringing us the acts we couldn't see anywhere else on TV.
Pete aeeger is a folk champion
Such a great man
Footage is clearly from Pete's all-too-short-lived public television series, "Rainbow Quest."
Brownie improvising verses on the spot. That's the blues at its finest.
Sonny Terry is THE reason I began to play harmonica. His playing is so alive, filled with real Soul. Sonny's harp together with Brownie's facile guitar and beautiful, rich voice made music that move me to my core to this very day. O Yes.
My introduction to the blues 60 years ago. They stand the test of time.
That "whiteguy" is a legend of American folk music who helped bring the soul of music to us all around world. Show some respect.
May Pete rest in peace!
yeah he was a communist that wrote songs for stalin
+Tom thx American communists of that generation get a pass. All of Stalin's crimes were covered up by Churchill as the price for switching sides in WWII. They simply didn't know that the Soviets made the Nazis look like amateurs at mass murder.
So are the Black guys
Pete Seeger has left such a legacy. I didn’t know he was tight w Somny and Terry.
Best blues duo ever
My parents played this over and over on the record player!!!!!! Both singing the blues on a daily basis-----
They didn't just sing it,...they lived it. Awesome.....
Thanks for sharing this one may youtube keep it alive
I'll never forget seeing them back in the '60's at a little club near Maple Leaf Gardens on Church Street in Toronto called the Fifth Peg. Sunday night was their last set and the small group of us gathered around them wouldn't let them quit. Finally, they stood up and led us all down a long corridor and out onto the sidewalk. We followed them up to the corner, and under the streetlight they did "Keys to the Highway". We embraced, and I know I had tears in my eyes.
Now that's a very nice! story...i love that .
wonderful experience！
this makes me happy! I wish i could have seen them.
What a great story. Thank you for sharing it with us.
How beautiful!
The classic of the classic ! Two heroes ! Rip.
This is when America was great again. black and white folks playing music together. Luvin this long time!
how young are you? because America wasn't what you think, maybe in the arts it was and it was great if you are white but tell black men my age how it was…1967 high school class trip to D.C. 5 white kids and 4 black kids were at arlington we needed to use the rest room and as we were going in the men's room door an attendant said this bathroom isn't for you boys so we thought we read the sign wrong but then he told us us white men were allowed but you drakes have to go down over there…so in the America you say was so great? still had segregated rest rooms in 1967 in our nation's city…sorry but you were either sheltered or just too young or lived in an area that was better than most
three giants of American culture right here. what I would give to be able to pull up a chair to the unoccupied side of that table...
An era of history that is a drop in the bucket of time- gone , never to return. Enjoy this while you can.
Pure GOLD!
Got to see these two legends at Jed’s in Nawlins in 1980. 💚
Man, it just don't get better than this. A Big Bill tune done by Sonny & Terry. I'm in heaven!
All others who played this song as well, humbly bow down and fold hands, please.
Except Big Bill Broonzy
Without Pete seager .....and others ......we would never have been blessed with the privilege of hearing these artists and ledgends......my idols😊
brownie, one of the best vocalists.
Walking Is The Way 2 Get There Whooo Yeah!!!
Thank-you for posting this video! What a gem. One of the songs that started a lifelong love of the Blues for me.
After listening to this, i realise that BB King did it very well. God bless all of them artists who contributed well into making the blues.
This song was my introduction to the blues and I fell in love.
@curtistembeck You're dead right,why hate when you can love.This music is awesome and it needed to be documented or it would die out with the explosion of rock n roll.These guys knew that and were smart enough to record as much as possible before it was gone if it were not for them we wouldn't be able to listen to such classics.THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!
Had the pleasure of seeing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee in small venues in Vancouver twice in the 60's and 70's. Wish I could go back and see 'em again. Nothing like seeing great musicians up close and live.
Seems like i have died and gone to heaven , this is just the cream on the coffee , much respect to these guys 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Thank you for sharing this image! We have added it to our entry about the Sonny Terry in the State Library of NC's online encyclopedia, NCpedia
Emily Horton, Government & Heritage Library at the State Library of NC
What a beautiful voice Brownie McGhee had.
Absolutely Timeless!!! These two guys were the Greatest Duo Ever!!
You can see how this folky blues music definitely was the inspiration for R & B & Rock music, excellent!
Met these guys in Michigan in the early seventies, nicest gentlemen I've ever met. I'm a harp player, Sonny gave me some good tips, Good times.
Michigan was cool in the early 70's. I grew up there.
this is the essence of music. Simply wonderful
I met them and spoke to them in Utrecht, the Netherlands long time ago. Concert in Vredenburg !!! somewhere in the 80ties?
Wonderful trio. Masters of American music.
my dad played this shit on vinyl. Us kids didn't undig it. In fact it fucked us up for about 30 years. And here I am, lovin it much love to all you people
"I got the key to the highway - cryin' won't make me stay" the line from their live performance many years ago. Unforgettable.
How have I gone my whole life without hearing this before? My musical education has been sadly lacking.
It's never too late. You can begin at age 15 or you can begin at age 55...just as long as you begin.
I never knew there were all of these verses. Now MY favorite version as well.
Saw these guys playing on the street one afternoon in Minneapolis
Good Ol' Blues
RIP Pete Seeger - amazing footage, makes me smile :)
Amen
he was a communist
and such a good one
Used to listen to these boys in my teens in the mid 70's. Fantastic musicians, great songs.
I'M THE HIGHWAY WALKINEST MAN, WORLD EVER SEEN. WOOOOOOEEE, YOU GOT TO BEEN THERE SING LYRICS LIKE THAT.😯
Brilliant! Absolute legends all three😎......
Brilliant, love it all. Remembering with love when they ‘arrived’ in rural northland , New Zealand five decades ago. Everyone started blowing up the harmonica, amazing sound next to the steel guitar. Grateful fan here.
Had no idea they came here. Thanks..
Saw him twice 12 years ago at benfit to save the Wetlands in NewJersey and again at the benefit to free Leonard Peltier in the Beacon theater in NYC
I like how pete plays the blues on banjo
Hell, you can play the blues on anything. Taj Mahal with a tuba is one of my favorites, on "Cakewalk Into Town."
Brings back memories of listening to the Blues with my dad. These two were his favourite. Good times indeed. Credit to Pete Seeger for recording this.
Saw Sonny Terry and Brownie MtexadcGee in Austin t
I saw Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee in Austin about 50 years ago.
I believe it was at the Bass Concert Hall.🎉
Yeah! Sonny & Brownie! Acouple of my favs since I saw them back in '66 at The Fillmore.
Comfort makes you weak hardship makes you strong and real. Sonny and Bronie are proof if there ever was
Words cannot describe how awesome this is!
Love these guys! My favorite song of theirs is Long Gone, about an escaped prisoner, super funny stuff!
Great version! Love all the verses. Brownie McGhee did a fine job of singing, and Sonny Terry is amazing as he always was - love his harp and his whoops too!
Imagine the cold, dead hearts of the people who gave this a thumbs down.
This is the song that changed my life when I saw them at Sydney Town Hall over 50 years ago . . . then I read Jack Kerouac's "On The Road", Freedom beckoned, and my world was never the same.
Still travellin' home after all this time . . . one day I'll find it . . .
This still gives me the shivers every time I hear it or sing it!!
Thanks for sharing this.
Its a really special song...
@@homesickclifford1966 Man I don't have any idea how you managed to tell such an amazing story as that, the story of your life no less, in basically a paragraph. But man, that brought tears to my eyes. Holy crap the human spirit is something else! God bless you sir! God bless you! And thank you for telling your story. Talk about getting lemons, and making lemonade out of them. Wow! Just wow!
@@homesickclifford1966 God bless you sir. You deleted your reply, but I still got it in my email. I agree with everything you said. I wish you, and yours, nothing but the best. Keep on keeping on, and please don't ever change. ☺️👍
@@homesickclifford1966 BTW I think yesterday's voting results showed that there's still plenty of people out there who really care about our world, and the people in it. Besides themselves.
@@amb3cog
Did not know I deleted ..how does comment get into emails. That bothers me some..are these manipulated? ILL FIND OUT IF SO!!!.... Any way how y'all? Was it something' I said?....got a feeling..... One never knows bout no one. One minute everything fine THEY LOVE THEN THEY HATE OR ARE SCARED TO DEATH OF ME...if this political environment is vital to you OK I accept people as they ARE . If ya just said all ya had ta say that's yo life man I kinda thought our political differerence was an issue..FACT IS IM NOT POLITICAL AT ALL..LEFT RIGHT ITS ALL CONFUSION TO ME. SO NICE TALKIN TO YA THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS ALL I CAN SAY......NEVER BEEN UNGRATEFUL..THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME WHO I AM AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME I'M NOT A MAN PLEASER.. HAVE A GOOD LIFE SCOTT ,DONT KNOW ANY THING BOUT YA. MOST ON THIS COMMENTS MAKE INSANE NASTY CHILDISH PROVOKING TALK SPOKE OF MY LIFE,, PROBABLY SHOULDN'T. MOST PEOPLE CANT HANDLE PERSONAL THINGS..THEY THINK LIFE IS A BIG JOKE ....I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS AND GONNA BE .
PAOLO
it s first time wen l see bonjo in blues.
Someone get on the road and play this kinda music 🎶🎵!
Wonderful performance.... thanks for this upload.... Love the blues.
Heard this on a library record when I was about 16. Loved these guys. Great video - thanks for posting!
Pete Seger gave rise to the likes of Dylan. Like Guthrie did Seger. Seger brought an alternate universe of blues music to the living rooms of households across this nation before any of us knew British Invasion was more than just a revolution.
My husband wants this played at his funeral! What a recording.
+Marieanne D'Antonio-Hunt
Strange to say, I had the same thought about my own departure .
It's a great metaphor for a rich and complicated life well lived, I think.
me too! an excellent retirement song.
ME TOO
@@marieannedantonio-hunt2120
Yeah right.
My favourite version (together with the original)
My favourite Blues duo
Sweetest version! They totally nail it!
O man, I'm digg'n. Put these boys in heaven and let me drive there...
Hard nose the Key to the Highway, with the blessings of the late goon afficianado Harry Secombe.❤
Saw them in Melbourne at the Troubadour. Memory fails me, 71 maybe 75. Takes me back
Bilzen (Belgium) august 1979
Been awhile since a song gave me shivers, but this one hit me
How can any living creature dislike this :)
WAH, wah, WAH
as of now.. May 2, 2018.. there are 23 dislikes.. 23 people with no soul.
23 people with different tastes. We all should respect each other. No matter the differences. I too have trouble understanding, but we're just different, and that's all.
breathes there a man with soul so dead......
@@charlessunu That poem makes me think of a certain leader.
High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;- Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self,
Please excuse the poor copy/paste job, it's late.
Best medicine ever.
MUSIC AT IT'S BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was magic
And that, children, is how you do it. The real deal.
I love this song it makes me smile every day this song is like a part of my life where I just will never let go of and I will never forget this song... I'm holding on your rope got me ten feet off the ground and I'm here what you say but I just can't make a sound you tell me that you need me then you go and cut me down but wait you tell me that you're sorry didn't mean I turn around and Say
F.U.C.K.I.N.G BRILLIANT!
Brill stuff.. two of my all time greatest... and a fab example of less truly is more.. regards Dave 😁
Pure Gold!! As real as it gets. Great intro by Pete.
Thanks for post.
Footage is clearly from Pete's all-too-short-lived public television series, "Rainbow Quest"
Fantastic. Great version!
Feels good :)
Warms my soul and I drag out the harp and life is good!!!
Um dos melhores Blues pra mim até hoje! fantástico....
I absolutely love these two, and Seeger always makes me laugh with how white he is lol. It was a different era but a good man, don't get me wrong. The only thing I need in life is to learn how to play a couple blues riffs and keep practicing my blues harp and I'll die a satisfied man.
What colour do you want him to be?
Those two were awesome I first heard there music in the seventies . Too bad they weren’t know more they were true troubadours
To jest to, czego tygrysy potrzebują najbardziej, gdy są w nostalgicznym nastroju.
Malum est in necessitate vivere, sed in necessitate vivere necessitas nulla est.(Seneka) :-D
Pozdrawiam z Polski wszystkich Bluesmanów.
i love blues, ciao da trieste italy!
I saw them in a club in Hollywood round about 1970+- ... somehow got to go upstairs with them after the show. Milk with whiskey. Don't remember for sure which one of them was drinking that but I think it was Sonny Terry.
❤❤❤❤
got to see them live once or twice...beautiful
Carlos Nells You are a very very lucky hombre!
So GREAT! DAMB what an artist.
I often wondered why they called my deceased grandpa of 50 yrs+ 'brownie' and he always told me his pa saw Jesse James in his prime??!..now I think I know why.But a torch-other than for Jesus come---i do not have so folks ' play on!!!' end.big T brown.bye...thanks for the reminders.
History? Sounds modern to this guy.
History ? Modern, old, who cares?
This is such a beautiful piece of art which makes me soooooooo happy man!
Deeeeliischious singin, horny harpin, happy hound-dog callin.......jeez it's all good, soooo good.
Many thanks for upoading this diamond gem.
< m
artists Legends of blessed blues.harmonica vocals,guitar.
Excellent, thanks!
This is priceless !
fantastisch.. Great... wunderbar..Herz ♥ und Gefühl...
Wow this is a great verison