Junior Wells Hoodoman Blues

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  • @jamesanderson6733
    @jamesanderson6733 4 роки тому +126

    I met both Otis Rush and Junior Wells. This is real Black Chicago Blues. No need for over distortion. Its all about Soul.

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      @phillipdarwin3214 3 роки тому

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      @ibrahimalvin1915 3 роки тому

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      @phillipdarwin3214 3 роки тому

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  • @fendermon
    @fendermon 8 років тому +323

    This should be put in a time capsule and shot into space so that future generations and aliens know we once had soul. RIP Amos Wells

    • @kulusadira8658
      @kulusadira8658 8 років тому +10

      RIP Junior Wells

    • @RicardoLOPEZ-dj6uh
      @RicardoLOPEZ-dj6uh 8 років тому +2

      fendermon I agree 100% with you!!!

    • @SadBirbHours
      @SadBirbHours 6 років тому +12

      This has already been added to the National Recording Registry's list of sound recordings that are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.

    • @Vodichka9
      @Vodichka9 2 роки тому +5

      Yes! But unfortunately, it would have shown an audience of squares.

    • @JawanBailey
      @JawanBailey 2 роки тому +1

      For real!

  • @stooben1
    @stooben1 15 років тому +82

    Junior's Hoodoo Man Blues album may be the best blues album ever. If not, it's damn close.

    • @plectrumsoul
      @plectrumsoul 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah man

    • @leonardosotomayor4704
      @leonardosotomayor4704 2 роки тому +2

      Así es ..!

    • @maximuskhan2100
      @maximuskhan2100 2 роки тому +2

      No argument here.

    • @duelenigma7732
      @duelenigma7732 Рік тому +1

      My wife picked up the album up in my local thrift store recently . Pure luck . Someone donated it framed with the back showing . The wife read a few lines and thought I would like it . Ha ha ha I looked it up and it was about the first Chess blues album because at the time they were putting out singes for juke boxes and yes it is great as are many of Junior wells albums . Fantastic musician and the voice is to die for .

    • @jonathanhines2441
      @jonathanhines2441 Рік тому +1

      Brilliant for sure.👍

  • @anandapandya1
    @anandapandya1 3 роки тому +15

    Somebody should comment on the classic filming of this great video. If nobody else it’s me.

    • @jesusolmeda6388
      @jesusolmeda6388 11 днів тому

      You've done what was needed Bro, you did!!!!!

  • @bramblebrothers6119
    @bramblebrothers6119 10 років тому +175

    Doesn't hurt to have Otis Rush playing guitar with you...... wow !

    • @ianclarke1852
      @ianclarke1852 8 місяців тому

      Really doesnt

    • @Callsigntitan
      @Callsigntitan 8 місяців тому

      thanks, i was trying to find who was the guitar man

  • @The_Oh_Gee
    @The_Oh_Gee 4 місяці тому +6

    Chicago blues is a combination of pain and beauty

  • @louharrison9986
    @louharrison9986 4 роки тому +34

    The 40 thumbs down are people who either didn't have a good connection or are deaf. Please God, let their hearing and strong connection be restored. :)

    • @lunalea1250
      @lunalea1250 3 роки тому +2

      Amen!!🥳

    • @Sirmullins
      @Sirmullins 3 роки тому +3

      HAAAAA , preach for the hard of hearing ! loved that comment !! gave me a 🤭 chuckle..this is a blues man blues !!...dang excellent !

    • @plectrumsoul
      @plectrumsoul 3 роки тому +1

      Amen 😆

    • @carlwalker9635
      @carlwalker9635 2 роки тому +1

      They were Hoodoo'ed.

  • @Datsun280zxman
    @Datsun280zxman Рік тому +12

    If you truly love Rock’n roll you got to love the blues

  • @LouieNeira
    @LouieNeira 12 років тому +42

    the blues can't die or have a specific time. this song is just as good and valid as the day it was first performed

    • @BluesHand
      @BluesHand Рік тому +1

      Rest assured Louie, the Blues will never die as long as I'm still alive.

  • @chiguy416
    @chiguy416 Рік тому +21

    Heard this song on Idiocracy and it led me down a rabbit hole of discovering Blues music. Still one of my favorites in 2023.

  • @BluesHand
    @BluesHand Рік тому +14

    Junior has always been a major influence on my life. He was truly one of the Greatest Bluesmen of all time. Period!

  • @rievans57
    @rievans57 11 років тому +53

    The licks being laid down by Otis Rush are incredible . . .

  • @BenjaminNintendo
    @BenjaminNintendo Рік тому +3

    started listen to Junior Wells today September 30th 2023 after his hit messin‘ with the kid i want to hear more of him Long live Rock’n’Roll

  • @zelenious
    @zelenious 14 років тому +26

    I knew Junior, one birthday of his at the Checkerboard he had to be helped to the stage, as he was celebrating heavily and he laid down some of the heaviest blues I've ever heard !!!

    • @BluesHand
      @BluesHand Рік тому +1

      Sometimes it be's that way! Wish I was there to be touched by the magic!

    • @binko969
      @binko969 Рік тому +1

      I’m jealous. You’re very lucky. Junior and Buddy Guy especially are two of the few artists that can make the hair on the back of my neck stand up immediately & bring tears immediately. Especially Buddy’s voice

  • @JerzyBorowski-ot3ie
    @JerzyBorowski-ot3ie 3 місяці тому +3

    JUNIOR WELLS GENIUSZ GENIUSZ GENIUSZ nad GENIUSZAMI KOSMOS KOCHANI na zawsze dziękuję BARDZO i MIŁOŚĆ ☮️ POKÓJ MUZYKA tak

  • @SteffStover
    @SteffStover 6 років тому +10

    Junior Wells is the definition of cool

  • @lunalea1250
    @lunalea1250 3 роки тому +7

    Just discovered and fell in love with this song and singer after watching 60's music weekend, he's a bad, bad man!😇💗🥳

  • @richardd2063
    @richardd2063 13 років тому +11

    Doesnt matter how much i hear i could just cry for these old players

  • @BigLouDelco
    @BigLouDelco 8 днів тому

    I saw Junior perform when I was 18 yrs old. Shooters Live in the Flats Cleveland Ohio. 1990. Koko Taylor opened!!!

  • @jdavenport2709
    @jdavenport2709 5 років тому +11

    Damn what combo!! Just got into blues about 5 or 6 years ago. I'm 42, can't believe all classic music I was missing!!

    • @ramonalujan5889
      @ramonalujan5889 4 роки тому +1

      Listen to John Lee Sonny boy Williamson's original

  • @wnajem2
    @wnajem2 6 років тому +5

    I remember seeing Junior Wells at Rosas Lounge in Chicago 20+yrs ago. During intermission he went behind the bar and poured shots for himself and talked to the patrons. He had a liking for my girl friend and was hitting on her. The next set he started playing and was completely hammered. At the end he clonked one of the horn players in the head with his microphone. This started an argument on the stage. The band kept playing. At the end of the set he crashed into the drums set, out cold. The band carried him out the back door. That was the end of the show.
    It was one of my favorite shows I have ever seen!!!

  • @vinib.reilly2588
    @vinib.reilly2588 12 років тому +21

    A fantastic clip of the song. I have been listening to this album for over 40 years, is a must have for any blues fan. The album "Alone and Accoustic" with Buddy Guy is another must have.

    • @krystymorton3503
      @krystymorton3503 2 роки тому +1

      I actually prefer this version over that one. more soul

    • @BluesHand
      @BluesHand Рік тому +1

      I've had callouses on my left hand fingertips for over 50 years now, and it's all because of "It's my Life Baby" featuring Junior and Buddy. Otis is one thing, but Junior and Buddy, well that's a different story...................

  • @tsloe1717
    @tsloe1717 Рік тому +2

    awsome, otis and junior............, thanks for posting

  • @dejonghralph
    @dejonghralph 5 місяців тому

    Hoodoo Man Blues Junior Wells. Met Junior Wells in 1995 at the Red Lion bought this album in Amsterdam and listened a whole lot to this beautiful album on vinyl released in 1965: Junior Wells Hoodoo Man Blues. ao.with Buddy Guy. One Love.

  • @bhollobaugh
    @bhollobaugh 4 роки тому +4

    ...and his hair was perfect...

  • @rogerrrubin
    @rogerrrubin 11 років тому +13

    This was recorded when the blues was The Blues. this is goooooooood~

  • @CoolDrifty
    @CoolDrifty 4 роки тому +10

    My dad went to UChicago from ‘76-80 and some of his fondest memories were going to blues concerts around the city. He still has junior wells cds everywhere, not to mention the countless bob dylan, greatful dead and bruce springsteen cds scattered around our house. I get really jealous of his era sometimes.

    • @bobcondon9602
      @bobcondon9602 Рік тому

      Odds are pretty good that we spent a lot of time in the same clubs.

  • @g.mantua1195
    @g.mantua1195 3 роки тому +2

    backstretch! about Otis Rush for years and just recently became acquainted with Junior Wells. Damn! What a special cat!

  • @stvpre
    @stvpre 10 років тому +6

    I had the pleasure of seeing this man on numerous occasions, all I can say is WOW!

  • @terryferan9028
    @terryferan9028 3 роки тому +4

    I saw Mr. Wells much later in his life. He was a skilled musician and a dynamic performer. He and Buddy Guy together.

  • @deliriuscriativus409
    @deliriuscriativus409 2 роки тому +6

    Junior Wells is fantastic, WONDERFUL VOCAL.

  • @junkduma
    @junkduma 6 років тому +9

    Superb performance by a master. His singing is so unique. He RAPS those words together so easily..... wowee.

  • @redmansounds
    @redmansounds 14 років тому +3

    WOWOOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!! Otis & Junior together!!! Does it get much better than this?!>>......Pure heaven....!

  • @nathanielhaynes555
    @nathanielhaynes555 7 років тому +13

    He made Sonny Boy Williamson ( the original) smile down from the heavens

  • @CoyKoehler
    @CoyKoehler 12 років тому +6

    YOU CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.....at all.

  • @markherron1407
    @markherron1407 3 роки тому +4

    Happy Birthday to the Late Junior Wells his Birth Card is Ten of Club Rest in Peace ✌️🕊️ Merry Christmas ⛄🎄 Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

  • @hubbali666
    @hubbali666 2 роки тому +2

    This should be put in a time capsule and shot into space so that future generations and aliens know we were cool.

  • @faustotorres6500
    @faustotorres6500 2 роки тому +1

    What counts here is voice and inner talent! No technology!!!

  • @marcinsobczak2485
    @marcinsobczak2485 2 роки тому +1

    Meanwhile somhere in Louisiana swamps. I'm an old polack and I don't necessarily get familiar with troubled history of the US, but this song brings me back, even that I've never been there.

  • @jporcel100
    @jporcel100 14 років тому +3

    Sweeeet! Junior Wells and Otis Rush. Can't get any better!

  • @peterward9446
    @peterward9446 8 років тому +34

    The epitome of raw musical perfection - regardless of genre - a flawless gem, its lustre will never fade.

  • @Lungomolto
    @Lungomolto 11 років тому +4

    Junior was a God in the Olympus of R'n'R and in the Paradise of Blues as well

  • @ClemenzaLTGTTC
    @ClemenzaLTGTTC 12 років тому +1

    Listen y'all, let's just lay back and have ourselves some fun with them good time blues that my brotha Junior be's playin. Show some Southern Hospitality to each other, y'all act like y'all ain't got no sense. Lovin' everybody is what it's all bout! Life is good!
    -Reverend Delta Slim

  • @bobcondon9602
    @bobcondon9602 Рік тому +1

    When off of the road in the 70's, Junior led the incredible house band at Theresa's Lounge. The cover was $1

  • @SuperBluesman56
    @SuperBluesman56 4 роки тому +3

    I love Junior Well, I love Buddy Guy and I love Otis Rush!!!

  • @Mr07079Barboy
    @Mr07079Barboy 9 років тому +14

    What a treasure! Saw him when I was a kid - so drunk he couldn't play. But BG was great. Also saw Otis Rush, and was so drunk he could only get through 3 songs. So sad. But this??? This is incredible!!

    • @davidewing6149
      @davidewing6149 8 років тому

      Timothy S yeah that's kind of what I remember about Junior when he would play at Biddy Mulligans on the Northside. A few songs was all he was good for but as clips like this demonstrate, he was hugely talented and a Chi-town treasure.

  • @bayloft
    @bayloft 13 років тому +1

    Buddy Guy and Otis Rush were great Men...they LIVED for the Blues.

  • @joeyscruggs5652
    @joeyscruggs5652 9 років тому +14

    Junior was magic, man!

    • @jerehilton3282
      @jerehilton3282 6 років тому

      Hi Joey, I'm Jere Scruggs. Speaking of the attire, Junior once told me he didn't like the pimp clothes his managers were providing in the 70s for him to wear. So I think this might be early 70s late 60s.
      ]

  • @smokencoffee7680
    @smokencoffee7680 3 місяці тому +1

    Awesome video, thanks for posting it and sharing!

  • @harveydilworth7140
    @harveydilworth7140 6 місяців тому

    What a voice the real Blues so much talent that rock and roll stowed

  • @salihcelikkol7
    @salihcelikkol7 10 років тому +4

    JWells is one of the great blues musicians. A wonderfull song. Also Otis Rush gave another taste to this song.

  • @sarahellenmcqueen9442
    @sarahellenmcqueen9442 5 років тому +7

    Quite possibly my favorite thing on UA-cam going on 4years now. 🎶🖤

    • @sigsliecker5932
      @sigsliecker5932 4 роки тому

      That's what's up! It is the most powerfully soulful blues song I ever heard. I still get goosebumps when I hear it.

  • @andrewtaylor2514
    @andrewtaylor2514 4 роки тому +9

    This looks like mid-50s, a fairly young Junior Wells, fantastic!
    I love the Wells album with songs from 1953-4 including this one, it's called "Blues Hit Big Town," recorded with the Aces and highly recommended. Different feel from the later work with Buddy Guy.

    • @larryduvall9475
      @larryduvall9475 2 роки тому +1

      early 60s berlin germany i am thinking on this cut

  • @akentryan
    @akentryan 6 років тому +3

    Legends. Got to see a lot of great blues artists in San Francisco in the late 50's at the Fillmore and area clubs. Little Junior Parker, Bobby Blue Bland , etc.

  • @cecilepovich3861
    @cecilepovich3861 Рік тому +2

    Love this guy.

  • @jarekblues
    @jarekblues 14 років тому +2

    RARYTAS !!!! To nagranie zawsze będzie za mną chodzić :)

  • @terryferan9028
    @terryferan9028 3 роки тому +2

    Junior Wells aged so fast. Such a haunting voice. I saw him with Ronnie Earl in Boston. But he spoke from a certain place.

  • @danbowman5843
    @danbowman5843 Рік тому +1

    OMG this guy... so good. #touched

  • @suitman36
    @suitman36 9 років тому +11

    got to meet junior wells when he played with buddy guy. we were at a blues show in providence, rhode island.......and we were backstage.

  • @BENSHILA
    @BENSHILA Рік тому

    May God bless you Junior,you were so kind and soulful!!!

  • @jim4035
    @jim4035 4 роки тому +2

    Man this guy is BOSS!

  • @conguera
    @conguera 16 років тому +2

    God, I love that man. I know you're wailin' in heaven, Junior.

  • @rievans57
    @rievans57 8 років тому +27

    Otis Rush is laying down some great rhythm guitar of this one...

  • @michaelbailey1578
    @michaelbailey1578 3 роки тому

    I saw Junior with Buddy Guy in a Chicago bar; they were great. Thanks.

  • @jameshunter5485
    @jameshunter5485 3 роки тому +2

    What a voice.

  • @alphasixfive1658
    @alphasixfive1658 7 років тому

    The Best Era of Music we ever had !

  • @bengreens
    @bengreens 11 років тому +1

    I think it's from the "concert" film "The American Folk Blues Festival," shot in Europe in the mid-60s. Features an amazing lineup of blues giants, totally worth renting; it may be available for streaming on N**flix. I think I got it by mail back when I still subscribed to that service. Fred Below (in this clip), Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Big Mama Willie Mae Thornton, John Lee Hooker, LITTLE EFFING WALTER, HOWLIN' WOLF . . . blues heaven!

  • @coravisser3846
    @coravisser3846 3 роки тому +1

    Real awesome his music will be go on!

  • @phumzilesinoritanyawose1892
    @phumzilesinoritanyawose1892 5 років тому +4

    Great quality
    Watching in 2019

  • @Vernuft
    @Vernuft 14 років тому +1

    Thrills on my spine crawling up and down!

  • @mbeenz
    @mbeenz 5 років тому +1

    ManyThanx Brilliant!!!!, Incredible!!!!, Many Thanx From Costa Mesa Ca!!!!

  • @Herve1955
    @Herve1955 11 років тому +6

    This video is exceptional. Hodooman Blues is for me the best song by Junior Wells. Here with Otis Rush, guitar, Fred below, drums and I presume Jack Myers, bass.

    • @edackert
      @edackert 11 років тому

      good stuff

    • @DonDeering
      @DonDeering 9 років тому

      +Hervé Desfontaines There's a story about this Sonny Boy Williamson song and Junior Wells' relation to it. My comment will give you the outline. I've seen this reported in a few places, pretty sure one of them was Buddy Guy's fantastic autobiography. It was 1953. "Hoodoo Man Blues" was Junior Wells' first record. He accompanied the record company owner to visit a DJ (don't remember the company, the exec's or the DJ's names at the moment), to ask the DJ to to play it on the air. As an enticement, the record company exec put $15 in the cover. The DJ got angry at the $15 (apparently $15 wasn't enough, because this couldn't have been the first time the DJ received a gift like that), smashed the record on the floor and told them to clean it up and get out. Junior Wells was traumatized by the experience and didn't want to play the tune again. Bob Koester (of Delmark) managed to get him to play it in 1965 with Buddy Guy's help. If it's one of your favorites, I'm pretty sure you know the version on the Delmark album that bears its name. What a tune, what an album!

    • @VCT3333
      @VCT3333 2 роки тому +1

      @@DonDeering for that album, Buddy Guy played on it but couldn't be credited as he was still under contract at Chess. He's listed as Friendly Chap!

  • @cheayunju
    @cheayunju 7 років тому +4

    Jesus Christ, this guy. What a talent.

  • @Scottieguru
    @Scottieguru 7 місяців тому

    Must have been a real shock and wonder at that kind of deep soul blues comin at those naive young kids of that time.

  • @mrstanbmw
    @mrstanbmw 5 років тому +1

    Junior was a gangsta pure and simple look at his rendition at the Montreax Jazz festival in 1974 I think that may have been his best performance

  • @ineedtostopwatchingyoutube5211

    This one’s goin in the blues folder

  • @erwinlopez8368
    @erwinlopez8368 3 роки тому

    Actually found this here Gem 💎,, because of that show “Daria” from the 90’s on mtv believe it or not lmao. Thank God I found it too,, absolutely fell in love with this specific version of this song.

  • @williamschletzer4516
    @williamschletzer4516 5 років тому

    Junior can be aa very subtle singer. Very nice.

  • @SamAndreAKATensorringman
    @SamAndreAKATensorringman Рік тому

    A beauty ❤

  • @talkinglens8002
    @talkinglens8002 13 років тому +2

    One outstanding performance!

  • @mr.kjh6937
    @mr.kjh6937 6 місяців тому

    Listening to this on my bus ride to the house of particular individuals.

    • @anndarcy8193
      @anndarcy8193 4 місяці тому +1

      VERY particular individuals

    • @mr.kjh6937
      @mr.kjh6937 4 місяці тому

      @anndarcy8193 One of whom is a very particular individual named not sure

  • @DYNAMITE_DAN_ASMR
    @DYNAMITE_DAN_ASMR 3 роки тому

    So much swag 💯

  • @markjarrett9794
    @markjarrett9794 3 місяці тому +1

    Yeow!

  • @BadNewzBlues
    @BadNewzBlues 17 років тому +1

    Thank you for posting this. Its my favorite Junior Wells song!

  • @Tinto4
    @Tinto4 6 років тому +1

    far beyond cool.

  • @cs868
    @cs868 12 років тому +2

    For any of you who are not sure (duh!) who the guitar player is, go to Otis Rush on YouTuibe and look at "I Can't Quit You". It was clearly recorded at the same venue/show as this song was. Of course, those of you who don't know who Otis is also likely think "I Can't Quit You" was written by Page/Plant.

  • @StevenCharlesJazz
    @StevenCharlesJazz 13 років тому +2

    Great performance!

  • @scasey1960
    @scasey1960 14 років тому +3

    Junior did well as a front man and played with a real blues feeling. No comparison with Little Walter who gave the harmonica it's electric sax-like sound.

  • @tommyau2006
    @tommyau2006 16 років тому +3

    how good can it get? This is powerful stuff. Thanks

  • @paulbarry9480
    @paulbarry9480 4 місяці тому

    Masterful!

  • @MrJld123
    @MrJld123 14 років тому

    Junior wells along with David ruffin, had the best processes ever.

  • @abrigospardos
    @abrigospardos 3 роки тому +1

    Backed by Otis Rush (gtr); Jack Myers (b); and Fred Below (dr). It doesn't get any better than that.

  • @mated8811
    @mated8811 11 років тому +1

    The best band with Buddy ever

  • @markino1963
    @markino1963 16 років тому +1

    ..this is CLASS!

  • @MrSkynyrdrules
    @MrSkynyrdrules 11 років тому +1

    You just gave the man another reason to keep on living... ;)

  • @gilb4223
    @gilb4223 7 років тому +1

    I hold up my hand trying to make my baby understand this is blues Church

    • @lawrenceofarabia5299
      @lawrenceofarabia5299 5 років тому

      The head deacon would be junior wells, the congregation might as well put money in his plate then the other plates, bldg fund, blues tithing, church van and so on, thr remaining plates.

  • @explodingfingers
    @explodingfingers 13 років тому

    Junior Wells...damn thats good!!!!

  • @gestioncorp4654
    @gestioncorp4654 4 роки тому +2

    Gran armonisista 👍🇨🇱

  • @supermabel1
    @supermabel1 13 років тому

    @Bluestomiv This was filmed in Germany in 1966 at the American Folk Blues Festival. Guitarist is Otis Rush.

  • @bluesx26
    @bluesx26 17 років тому

    Footage is from one of the dvd releases of American blues festivals 63-65 now available on dvd i'm fairly sure.
    hope this helps