thank goodness someone had the foresight to gather these remarkable blues craftsmen together in a single document to tell the most unique musical story in American history.
Hello, hello….oh how i LOVE me some BLUES. Born and raised up in Marksville, LA, the hometown of the best blues Harmonica player ever, Lil WALTER JACOB, i could not help but LOVE the. We had to steal away to hear it because my Daddy and My Grand Dad and church folk frown on it. I LOVE ME SOME BLUES STILL
I played music back in the mid 70's in South Louisiana. At around 71' I heard the Allman Brothers (coined Southern Rock). After watching this I understand SO MUCH more of the roots, and I love it all. We are truly blessed to have grown up listening to the REAL blues. I thank all the people past and current who made all of this happen. The many sacrifices brought to the music form; remarkable. God Bless all the folks who struggled and made a statement.
From a 44 year old white guy. Blues will never die out. It is the foundation of the music of today. I have beat around the delta many a days. Indianola happens to be my favorite spot.
I'm pretty sure every one of these beautiful people in this wonderful film is no longer with us. What an amazing gift this is to be able to hear it in their own words.
Thank you. I’ve listened to all these artists. In fact I listen to gospel, jazz and blues everyday. It’s medicinal. So many cats I would thought be mentioned. Eg. Jimmy smith, Les McCann. I pray Ruth Brown found peace. Her anger was quite discernible.
I wish this was an ongoing series. This video is SOOOO good. So many beautiful people and just full of treasures. I'm very grateful I happened upon this today.
Shout out to all the blues masters of old. The ones who suffered and turned their pain into beauty. The ones responsible for the most honest, inspiring, and soulful music ever created. It’s quite possible I would be dead without the blues. I’m eternally grateful to each and every one of them.🙏🙏🙏
This is such a treasure. So many of these players and singers that are captured on this film are gone now. Listeners of the future will have chance to see these wonderful people as well as hear them. The nation should heap praise on this creation.
What Playing & with Soul! Each are unique but in the same class of style! I absolutely love the old time blues more than anything! No telling how many vids I’ve saved! I’m having a hard time picking out 5-10 cds of who I’d buy… they’re best album, & style! Just wish I were closer to sit & watch to learn the basics!
@@PeterDad60 Hmm....propensity for violence is a trait found in mankind, unless you want to blame black people for all the wars fought through the ages, particularly in the Western world. Not to mention violent invasions and justifications for the obliteration of indigenous people and their culture. Mass murderers on a scale of Stalin, Hitler and even Churchill should make you reconsider your statement. And as for "Strange speech", one can say that about any speech or language that one does not comprehend but that doesn't make it an empirical fact.
Music born of pain, of misery, of human depravity, of despair, culture of the despised, dispossessed and possessed... ...their cries went on to conquer the entire damned world.
Started listening to blues when I was 13 in 1973. I listened to everything but Johnny Winter caught my attention. Then found out his influences. Just awesome checking out Muddy Waters and the originals when nobody else, other than a few, of my age would know who they were. Very good for a young person's musical education. This is an extremely high caliber documentary! Thank you for posting!
I'm from the other side of the world born in the 90s. By the time I was 19, all I would do is learn as many blues songs on guitar as I could. That tells you how influential blues has been and all these amazing people were the original influencers even before influencing was a thing!
I'm a white boy from small town New Zealand who plays the blues. Years ago I got told by a a great bass player, that playing the blues is just an excuse for not wanting to learn theory and Jazz harmony ect. I took it to heart and struggled with the guitar for the last 20 years, because I couldn't find my voice. Now i know a fair bit of theory and where I am on the guitar, but I started playing the blues again......finally, and I have "that" feeling again when I play, it's pretty special.
Exactly the same mate. Playing since I was 7 and I’m 25- went through the mid 2000’s shred ‘resurgence’ but no matter how hard I tried, since I was small, always went back to the blues. Respect for Blues as a musician, is like respecting your elders.
Sounds like BS to me. Music theory, is all well & good, but to me it's like having a Doctorate/PhD in Music, what does it mean? Does it mean I can write musicians prescriptions for notebook of blank staffs? Any way, I've been at it over 50 yrs, I'm still learning. The Blues is the foundation of ALL popular music, even Jazz. Play what what you feel, play your heart. Some of the greatest songs of all time are in the I, IV, V blues scale, they may have added a m6, or mixed up the progression, but if the tune is good, it'll stand the test of time. Let the theorists take the fun out of creating a song. I'll stick to the basics.(I can play Jazz, as well as the other genres, but the Blues is the root, every thing else is a branch).
i cant play pretty much any instrument, only thing i can play is a 1 string canjo, i cant even read tabs, yet i found my sound through sheer desire to play
Typical response to a music that he knew not one iota about because he could not connect with it. So he wanted to drag you down with him. One can dissect and break it down to theories, time signatures and chord progressions yet this music has not been and STILL is *not* about *any* of that for 'blk' Aboriginal and/or African descended people. The 'Blues' comes from that deep inner core of the Heart and gut, built brick-by-brick upon our daily strife, from societal aggression through oppression *AND* exclusion by *law* : it is in the US CONstitutional Provisions: 'Meritorious Manumission Act' , 'Plantation Act', 'Black Laws', 'Jim Crow', segregation and too many Amendments and Exec Orders to name (they can be viewed on the Library of Congress WEBsite in chronological order where one can see how the system of 'wht' supremacy was deliberately laid down legally). Anyone attempting to play the Blues (Jazz and RnB as well) must connect with their *own* Hearts, intuition and Life Journey; with your unique struggles. You have that "feeling" again because you are older and have some Life experience under your belt to tap into *not* from any music 'theory' information or skill set. Use *THAT* not the staffs and notes on some paper. _________________________________________________
I'm a 75 year young white man my first concert in 1966 was James brown at the Baltimore civic center I listened to this music all my life and I am so grateful for what it has done for my soul and humanity these artest were sent from heaven!!! Thank you dear lord for theses angels I bet you were glad to get them all back
In rural Ireland where we lived,my mother would put on the radio on every Sunday after we’d been to mass.The music meant nothing to me.I felt nothing.Until one day they played some blues songs and I mean it when I say, this music changed me so much that practically all my childhood memories have faded except that for that day.After that it was a long time coming.I’m so humbled and grateful to all these powerful ladies and gentlemen who gifted the world with the incredible insight of blues music.
Hello Mate! That was a great story you shared! Really made me happy! Consider this: Just maybe that day you heard blues on the radio, you were also hearing a 'part of your culture's music through 'blood memory,' through that blues music; although it was only a small part, and was a 're-interpretation or an 'Upgrade' of the Irish music, and other musical styles, brought over by your ancestors to the new world. In the 1600s...in the U.S...."During their time serving, indentured servants also typically learned some trade as they worked, which was significant for many who chose to make the journey to the Americas as indentured servants- often poor, uneducated individuals, lacking a trade, and in search of the promise of a better life. Because of this, in the early days, most indentured servants in the British colonies in America were actually Irish, English, German, and Scottish, rather than African." However, some of the absolute greatest contribution to 18, 19th and 20th century culture in the U.S. were actually a 'hybrid' mettisaje culture of many different peoples, including the Irish, but most physically visibly Africans AND Native American Indians (SEE 'RUMBLE' about the Afro-Indigenous admixture and blues music.) The great Muhammad Ali -Cassius Clay-, is only one example; his family on his father's side was from Ireland. This is what happens when you get a lot of mixing in 'very difficult' situations...super humans who uplift the human condition! Watch 'Muhammad Ali goes home to Ennis, County, Clare Ireland' ua-cam.com/video/ITa-QGHALo8/v-deo.html
Whoever put this documentary together did a superb job of it. It's wonderful to be able to hear the mind of all the old old time blues people as well as all who followed! Job done good! Thanks to ALL who did their part! Indianapolis In, 2023
Awesome documentary. The foundation of rock n roll and American music generally. We should all give thanks to the pioneers of the blues and those who have carried it forward.
I was born in 191 in England. There were alot of blues artists playing in Britain at the time as they couldn't get the gigs in the States. Lots of English bands where blues based. The blues was different to anything I had ever heard before, 70 years later it still moves me
A great tribute to our history and culture. I stumbled upon this by accident also. It's Black History Month and it should reintroduced to our people by schools and churches. Special kudos to the people who put this together. Thumbs up to the team.
People should be introduced to this historical music. The correction and explanation through education to churches so people will open their eyes, ears and minds that Blues is NOT the devil’s music. ❤
Stumbling onto this video is the best thing that has happened to me all year. I could listen to these guys all day too! Love it love it love it. Thanks for posting!
Wow! This documentary interviews EVERYBODY who was alive at the time. All the greats (and those who knew the greats who had passed), both men and women, on many different instruments. This documentary is comprehensive. A treasure.
Been listening to Race Records and Ragtime since I was 12 I'm in my mid twenties and I can't stop listening to these people. These people are the endless pavement road for modern music.
Wonderful documentary! Most of, if not all, of these men and women are gone now so it's a real treat to hear them describe how they came up in the blues, America's gift to the world.
Thank you for this! I loved Rufus Thomas' ideas that _anyone,_ regardless of race or even economic situation, can have the Blues. Ruth Brown is absolutely right that the _true_ roots of the Blues come from America's history of slavery, segregation, and racism, BUT...having grown up a fat, nerdy, non-Mormon in Salt Lake City, Utah...I know a little somethin' 'bout the Blues myself. As the Harlem harmonica master, Sugar Blue, said, "Everybody's welcome in this house. Just don't forget who built it." The first time I heard Eric Clapton's cover of "Blues Before Sunrise" was a defining moment in my life. As much as it made me an immediate Clapton fan, it _also_ made me eager to dig into all the influences that brought _him_ to that point. While I still embrace _all_ musical styles, _that_ moment made me a Blues man, first and foremost, AND...more than any other genre...it has given voice to _my own_ "perspective on the human experience". P.S. If you're a true and deep lover of the Blues, check out Satan & Adam (the band _and_ the documentary about them, currently available on Netflix). Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee is one of the greatest performers in the history of the Blues, and...for the most part...nobody knows a thing about him. The music he and his young, White harmonica protege brought to the world is not only a multi-instrumental master class; their friendship teaches a lesson that...frankly...an awful lot of people could stand to learn _today!_
I'm so happy that I watch this. I have played the acoustic guitars for decades and didn't know almost everything in this documentary. I started playing finger picking blues and discovered it. Thanks for the video
I am so pleased that I managed to see Bee live at least once in my life... what a beautiful spirit and talented man. He had the crowd laughing from his first words, on side and in the palm of his hand. I will remember that gig all of my life, the late Gary Moore in support.
After I was broken in many pieces, the Blues put me back together.... how my life was never the same is a mystery I don't care I can't stop playing or listening to them ....it's all I want to hear now😎
Great documentary, one of the better ones I've seen. So glad they actually had a small segment talking about Mississippi John Hurt. He is so often neglected and forgotten about in blues documentaries.
So glad they made this documentary. It is one of the best, if not the best, about the blues. In a way it's both timely and sad that not so long after they made this documentary most artists appeared here passed away. Thank you for this superb work.
This reminds me of so many memories of driven with my father on a Saturday or Sunday. He would put on NPR news radio. I loved every guitar sound, harmonica, and piano played. It was so beautiful... that's the first time hearing the blues.
Everybody who loves the blues should watch this video, well done and learned a lot, def feel more connected after watching this. Thank you to all the blues warriors and especially the ones that slept on the rope
This music and Era Iv been looking for many years. Just happened to fall on it, this lady definitely left an incredible story and gift behind. Thankyou God for her evangelism and blues. Where's there a way there is a will. Thankyou Jesus. Xx
I am a filipino, born to be a blues guitar of my own cause i am and was a frustrated guitarist... I'd be happy playin the blues, it gives me joy and life satisfaction.. Zamboanga City, Philippines, Mindanao Island.
everything in popular music came from the southern farms. built from sweat and tears. current music lacks feeling because the artist never saw hard times. this music has to be preserved because out of a terrible time a beautiful art form was born.
Love the Blues, the ol' guys that play it, 'cause they feel the blues. The old guitars, the naturalness of it. This is the foreunner to good ol' rock 'n' roll...Sun records, and then....Elvis!
Excellent video! I pray that when things are down, I'll have enough soul to play the blues to lift myself and others up. Great stuff, and superb contribution to music and humanity.
I appreciate these Blues people for this opportunity to hear their stories. I know all to well about the condition the treatment of poor slaves received. One can see the injustice Blacks received. But we as a people must look forward.
This was a wonderful video! LOVED IT! I've been a blues fan all my entire life and I learned a lot watching this documentary. Very informative, entertaining and enlightening....
I have lived the BLUES and I love the blues Robert Johnson is responsible for the BLUES I am a white man 70 years old and I have lived the BLUES and I love them😢
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Every day I wake, I'm proud to be a Child of God and I'm happy to have roots in the rich Black American culture ❤
That is beautiful. Ciao from Italy!
As a white boy I'd like to thank all my brown brothers and sisters for the gift of the blues 💙 respect.
I second that emotion.
Me too..No Blues means my musical landscape didn't exist.
black
As a young Black American it's up to me to keep our culture alive.
@Regalman..Are you a blues musician?
If you’re a blues musician (which I’d assume you are) gimme the link so I can support.
Hey young dude I applaud you. I’m brown but colour crosses every heart. Had a Turkish girlfriend who loved blues too.
Why? So you can complain about women. lol
@@WickedIndigo thank you bro I will send the link when I am ready there is so much to learn it will be a journey. thank you I will remember you
thank goodness someone had the foresight to gather these remarkable blues craftsmen together in a single document to tell the most unique musical story in American history.
I Second That ♥️ ‼️‼️‼️
The Blues is the most honest music. The men and women in this documentary lived it and they spoke from the heart.
The American dream, is the blues.
I am an 87 year old Blackman, also Named A B Blackman
Hello, hello….oh how i LOVE me some BLUES. Born and raised up in Marksville, LA, the hometown of the best blues Harmonica player ever,
Lil WALTER JACOB, i could not help but LOVE the. We had to steal away to hear it because my Daddy and My Grand Dad and church folk frown on it. I LOVE ME SOME BLUES STILL
I played music back in the mid 70's in South Louisiana. At around 71' I heard the Allman Brothers (coined Southern Rock). After watching this I understand SO MUCH more of the roots, and I love it all. We are truly blessed to have grown up listening to the REAL blues. I thank all the people past and current who made all of this happen. The many sacrifices brought to the music form; remarkable. God Bless all the folks who struggled and made a statement.
This is a treasure for all blues lovers.
Ya..I get it!
From a 44 year old white guy. Blues will never die out. It is the foundation of the music of today. I have beat around the delta many a days. Indianola happens to be my favorite spot.
I'm pretty sure every one of these beautiful people in this wonderful film is no longer with us. What an amazing gift this is to be able to hear it in their own words.
America's greatest gift to the world was the Blues
The greatest music in History. Long live the Blues.
"The blues aint nothing but a good woman on your mind". love it
Just wonderful, profoundly and painfully beautiful.
Forever it will be one of best things America, Black America offered to the world.
Thank you. I’ve listened to all these artists. In fact I listen to gospel, jazz and blues everyday. It’s medicinal. So many cats I would thought be mentioned. Eg. Jimmy smith, Les McCann.
I pray Ruth Brown found peace. Her anger was quite discernible.
I am really no idolater, but for these bluesmen I have the greatest sympathy and respect.
It was fantastic that they showed Othar Turner teaching his grand daughter. She continues his legacy and builds her own today.
Am I thee only one that recognizes how great these brothers look for their age?
Dude. This was shot some time ago. No way these bros are all nearly a hundred years old and then some.
As they say; Black don’t crack.
This was 2003. They definitely still look good for 80-90 years
I wish this was an ongoing series. This video is SOOOO good. So many beautiful people and just full of treasures. I'm very grateful I happened upon this today.
Rest in peace all these true artists, so glad they got to tell their stories. Lowell Fulson and Charles Brown died not long after.
Shout out to all the blues masters of old. The ones who suffered and turned their pain into beauty. The ones responsible for the most honest, inspiring, and soulful music ever created. It’s quite possible I would be dead without the blues. I’m eternally grateful to each and every one of them.🙏🙏🙏
I AGREE! 1000%!! MY! ROOTS! DELTA! PRIDE!
I cry so much... My ancestors are beautiful and brilliant!
Wonderful! This movie tells the story about what the Blues is about, what it is. Lovely.
This is such a treasure. So many of these players and singers that are captured on this film are gone now. Listeners of the future will have chance to see these wonderful people as well as hear them. The nation should heap praise on this creation.
The blues started talking to me when I was around ten years old. I answered on the piano, and the conversation is still running.
Well, if you ever make it down to Florida and you'd like to have a conversation with a guitar let me know.
Nice
I was born in 1944 so you see ill always love the blues is what iam about.
What Playing & with Soul! Each are unique but in the same class of style! I absolutely love the old time blues more than anything! No telling how many vids I’ve saved! I’m having a hard time picking out 5-10 cds of who I’d buy… they’re best album, & style! Just wish I were closer to sit & watch to learn the basics!
Beautifully said my friend🙏
This is like an education to me from some of the blues masters. I love hearing them talk and could listen to them forever. Thanks for the upload.
Black Americans spiced up culture across the world.
facts
White people have been ruining cultures with their fake religions and colonization practices!
This is facts
@@PeterDad60 Hmm....propensity for violence is a trait found in mankind, unless you want to blame black people for all the wars fought through the ages, particularly in the Western world. Not to mention violent invasions and justifications for the obliteration of indigenous people and their culture. Mass murderers on a scale of Stalin, Hitler and even Churchill should make you reconsider your statement. And as for "Strange speech", one can say that about any speech or language that one does not comprehend but that doesn't make it an empirical fact.
PeterDad60 salty bitch
Music born of pain, of misery, of human depravity, of despair, culture of the despised, dispossessed and possessed...
...their cries went on to conquer the entire damned world.
They have the feeling that is missing in today’s music. Nothing but respect for them.
Bingo - because FEELING is what the blues are all about.
They LIVED the blues.
Started listening to blues when I was 13 in 1973. I listened to everything but Johnny Winter caught my attention. Then found out his influences. Just awesome checking out Muddy Waters and the originals when nobody else, other than a few, of my age would know who they were. Very good for a young person's musical education. This is an extremely high caliber documentary! Thank you for posting!
I'm from the other side of the world born in the 90s. By the time I was 19, all I would do is learn as many blues songs on guitar as I could. That tells you how influential blues has been and all these amazing people were the original influencers even before influencing was a thing!
YOUR 100%!! CORRECT! MOST! EUROPEANS! WOULD! NEVER,! NEVER,! NEVER,! NEVER! ADMITTED!
I'm a white boy from small town New Zealand who plays the blues.
Years ago I got told by a a great bass player, that playing the blues is just an excuse for not wanting to learn theory and Jazz harmony ect. I took it to heart and struggled with the guitar for the last 20 years, because I couldn't find my voice.
Now i know a fair bit of theory and where I am on the guitar, but I started playing the blues again......finally, and I have "that" feeling again when I play, it's pretty special.
Exactly the same mate. Playing since I was 7 and I’m 25- went through the mid 2000’s shred ‘resurgence’ but no matter how hard I tried, since I was small, always went back to the blues.
Respect for Blues as a musician, is like respecting your elders.
Sounds like BS to me. Music theory, is all well & good, but to me it's like having a Doctorate/PhD in Music, what does it mean? Does it mean I can write musicians prescriptions for notebook of blank staffs? Any way, I've been at it over 50 yrs, I'm still learning. The Blues is the foundation of ALL popular music, even Jazz. Play what what you feel, play your heart. Some of the greatest songs of all time are in the I, IV, V blues scale, they may have added a m6, or mixed up the progression, but if the tune is good, it'll stand the test of time. Let the theorists take the fun out of creating a song. I'll stick to the basics.(I can play Jazz, as well as the other genres, but the Blues is the root, every thing else is a branch).
The blues is my business and business is good
i cant play pretty much any instrument, only thing i can play is a 1 string canjo, i cant even read tabs, yet i found my sound through sheer desire to play
Typical response to a music that he knew not one iota about because he could not connect with it. So he wanted to drag you down with him. One can dissect and break it down to theories, time signatures and chord progressions yet this music has not been and STILL is *not* about *any* of that for 'blk' Aboriginal and/or African descended people. The 'Blues' comes from that deep inner core of the Heart and gut, built brick-by-brick upon our daily strife, from societal aggression through oppression *AND* exclusion by *law* : it is in the US CONstitutional Provisions: 'Meritorious Manumission Act' , 'Plantation Act', 'Black Laws', 'Jim Crow', segregation and too many Amendments and Exec Orders to name (they can be viewed on the Library of Congress WEBsite in chronological order where one can see how the system of 'wht' supremacy was deliberately laid down legally). Anyone attempting to play the Blues (Jazz and RnB as well) must connect with their *own* Hearts, intuition and Life Journey; with your unique struggles. You have that "feeling" again because you are older and have some Life experience under your belt to tap into *not* from any music 'theory' information or skill set. Use *THAT* not the staffs and notes on some paper.
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I'm a 75 year young white man my first concert in 1966 was James brown at the Baltimore civic center I listened to this music all my life and I am so grateful for what it has done for my soul and humanity these artest were sent from heaven!!! Thank you dear lord for theses angels I bet you were glad to get them all back
In rural Ireland where we lived,my mother would put on the radio on every Sunday after we’d been to mass.The music meant nothing to me.I felt nothing.Until one day they played some blues songs and I mean it when I say, this music changed me so much that practically all my childhood memories have faded except that for that day.After that it was a long time coming.I’m so humbled and grateful to all these powerful ladies and gentlemen who gifted the world with the incredible insight of blues music.
Said as only an Irishman can...
Northern country music
Hello Mate! That was a great story you shared! Really made me happy! Consider this: Just maybe that day you heard blues on the radio, you were also hearing a 'part of your culture's music through 'blood memory,' through that blues music; although it was only a small part, and was a 're-interpretation or an 'Upgrade' of the Irish music, and other musical styles, brought over by your ancestors to the new world.
In the 1600s...in the U.S...."During their time serving, indentured servants also typically learned some trade as they worked, which was significant for many who chose to make the journey to the Americas as indentured servants- often poor, uneducated individuals, lacking a trade, and in search of the promise of a better life. Because of this, in the early days, most indentured servants in the British colonies in America were actually Irish, English, German, and Scottish, rather than African."
However, some of the absolute greatest contribution to 18, 19th and 20th century culture in the U.S. were actually a 'hybrid' mettisaje culture of many different peoples, including the Irish, but most physically visibly Africans AND Native American Indians (SEE 'RUMBLE' about the Afro-Indigenous admixture and blues music.) The great Muhammad Ali -Cassius Clay-, is only one example; his family on his father's side was from Ireland. This is what happens when you get a lot of mixing in 'very difficult' situations...super humans who uplift the human condition! Watch 'Muhammad Ali goes home to Ennis, County, Clare Ireland'
ua-cam.com/video/ITa-QGHALo8/v-deo.html
@Kyle O'Bryan Cool!
My grandma told me similar things of her grandma
Incredible documentary with very beautiful music. Thank you to these amazing historic artists!!!🎶🎶🎶
I could listen to these guys talk, sing and play all day.
So could I .😀
The blue
I am.
Absolutely ...
True statement me too bra
Whoever put this documentary together did a superb job of it.
It's wonderful to be able to hear the mind of all the old old time blues people as well as all who followed!
Job done good! Thanks to ALL who did their part! Indianapolis In, 2023
That these memories still exist, oh boy! I will forever cherish every word. What a treasure.
Awesome documentary. The foundation of rock n roll and American music generally. We should all give thanks to the pioneers of the blues and those who have carried it forward.
YOU'RE 1000%! CORRECT! MISSISSIPPI! DELTA! PRIDE! IT'S THE! FOUNDATION!
I've been playin' music over forty years and I am still learnin' from the greats! I will play 'til the day I die.
The blues is a feeling, if you love it,you can play it.
sometimes you sweat it out of you when you play it,,then you smile
Blues ,foundation of all modern music , you hear it still in todays music , love to hear these old artist play and tell how it was ,thanks Mark .
I was born in 191 in England. There were alot of blues artists playing in Britain at the time as they couldn't get the gigs in the States. Lots of English bands where blues based. The blues was different to anything I had ever heard before, 70 years later it still moves me
A great tribute to our history and culture. I stumbled upon this by accident also. It's Black History Month and it should reintroduced to our people by schools and churches. Special kudos to the people who put this together. Thumbs up to the team.
When did Sonny Boy Williamson 1 and 2 meet
People should be introduced to this historical music. The correction and explanation through education to churches so people will open their eyes, ears and minds that Blues is NOT the devil’s music. ❤
It wasn’t just black people, there were just as many of not more white shear croppers who had the same hardships
@@pbmartinfencingUmmm this is a documentary about early blues music. Not a lot white people doing that.
Stumbling onto this video is the best thing that has happened to me all year. I could listen to these guys all day too! Love it love it love it. Thanks for posting!
I AGREE! 1000%!!! MY! ROOTS!!
Wow! This documentary interviews EVERYBODY who was alive at the time. All the greats (and those who knew the greats who had passed), both men and women, on many different instruments. This documentary is comprehensive. A treasure.
Been listening to Race Records and Ragtime since I was 12 I'm in my mid twenties and I can't stop listening to these people. These people are the endless pavement road for modern music.
Thanks....... I'm 41, and from Mississippi, the only music I listen too.
Wonderful documentary! Most of, if not all, of these men and women are gone now so it's a real treat to hear them describe how they came up in the blues, America's gift to the world.
One of the most articulate documentaries on the blues. Bravo.
I agree; what a gift!
so many unsung legends and pioneers in this video.
I miss real music. I learn so much about music and life from these folks.
🐰🎸🎵🤝✌️
So many styles came from the BLUES.Blues is LIFE!!!
If it wasn't for these people we would not experience the joy of music the way we do. Music loving people owe a debt of gratitude to these folks.
Any blues musicians reading this message, love to listen to your sound, I love collecting blues music.
Thank you for this! I loved Rufus Thomas' ideas that _anyone,_ regardless of race or even economic situation, can have the Blues. Ruth Brown is absolutely right that the _true_ roots of the Blues come from America's history of slavery, segregation, and racism, BUT...having grown up a fat, nerdy, non-Mormon in Salt Lake City, Utah...I know a little somethin' 'bout the Blues myself. As the Harlem harmonica master, Sugar Blue, said, "Everybody's welcome in this house. Just don't forget who built it." The first time I heard Eric Clapton's cover of "Blues Before Sunrise" was a defining moment in my life. As much as it made me an immediate Clapton fan, it _also_ made me eager to dig into all the influences that brought _him_ to that point. While I still embrace _all_ musical styles, _that_ moment made me a Blues man, first and foremost, AND...more than any other genre...it has given voice to _my own_ "perspective on the human experience".
P.S. If you're a true and deep lover of the Blues, check out Satan & Adam (the band _and_ the documentary about them, currently available on Netflix). Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee is one of the greatest performers in the history of the Blues, and...for the most part...nobody knows a thing about him. The music he and his young, White harmonica protege brought to the world is not only a multi-instrumental master class; their friendship teaches a lesson that...frankly...an awful lot of people could stand to learn _today!_
Just watched Satan and Adam. Great story, great music
I'm so happy that I watch this. I have played the acoustic guitars for decades and didn't know almost everything in this documentary. I started playing finger picking blues and discovered it.
Thanks for the video
I am so pleased that I managed to see Bee live at least once in my life... what a beautiful spirit and talented man. He had the crowd laughing from his first words, on side and in the palm of his hand. I will remember that gig all of my life, the late Gary Moore in support.
Agreed. This is the best blues documentary I've ever seen. F a n t a s t i c
After I was broken in many pieces, the Blues put me back together.... how my life was never the same is a mystery I don't care I can't stop playing or listening to them ....it's all I want to hear now😎
Excellent presentation! FILLED with gems of music, tidbits and sadness for those who struggle. Thank you
Great documentary, one of the better ones I've seen. So glad they actually had a small segment talking about Mississippi John Hurt. He is so often neglected and forgotten about in blues documentaries.
I first heard him on a Saturday on a small local station. always sounded like he had a cold. great stuff!
MISSISSIPPI!!!!! DELTA!!!! IS! THE! BIRTH!!!! PLACE! HEART!!!! OF! THE! BLUES!!!!!!! IF! YOU REALLY! WANT! TO BE HONEST! ITS! THE ! FOUNDATION!!! OF! MUSIC! & SO MUCH!!!!! MORE!
So glad they made this documentary. It is one of the best, if not the best, about the blues. In a way it's both timely and sad that not so long after they made this documentary most artists appeared here passed away. Thank you for this superb work.
I AGREE! 1000%!
Made at the right time.
This music is great because it's real. They lived these songs and this music.
And we ALL do, in our own ways. That's why the blues is all right.
This should have been longer. I learned a lot but I think I learned how much we’re the same on a deeper level.
This is one very important historical document.
Buddy guy if u c this thanks for the music love you and your blues BEST blues player in world
Buddy's the Guy! 👍
This reminds me of so many memories of driven with my father on a Saturday or Sunday. He would put on NPR news radio. I loved every guitar sound, harmonica, and piano played. It was so beautiful... that's the first time hearing the blues.
There's nothing more beautiful more real than a bleeding soul put into beautiful art known as music 🎶💕❤❤❤❤❤Can anyone relate?
Everybody who loves the blues should watch this video, well done and learned a lot, def feel more connected after watching this. Thank you to all the blues warriors and especially the ones that slept on the rope
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In the end we’re all from Africa. Facts.
This music is without bias and color blind. Struggle has no color. Be kind to eachother. ❤
What a gem to stumble across during black history month.
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This music and Era Iv been looking for many years. Just happened to fall on it, this lady definitely left an incredible story and gift behind. Thankyou God for her evangelism and blues. Where's there a way there is a will.
Thankyou Jesus. Xx
I am a filipino, born to be a blues guitar of my own cause i am and was a frustrated guitarist... I'd be happy playin the blues, it gives me joy and life satisfaction.. Zamboanga City, Philippines, Mindanao Island.
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Hit me up on instagram @lulsouthside666 i would like to have a chance to talk to you about the blues 🤘🏽
Come on man, we need to introduce this to younger generations. Blues will never die, not on my watch!
I will play the blues until I can't anymore. Period.
me too!
I love it!
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YOU KEEP ON PLAYING LIFE!! THAT'S WHAT THE BLUES IS! LIVING! IT'S METAPHYSICAL!!
Amen
Oh to play as effortlessly as Pinetop.
This done got deep down in my soul, dang!
I started with the blues, got sideways but came back home. I'll die with it in my soul.
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What an awesome documentary...
Thanks 👍✌️❤
This is fascinating and beautiful - I want to learn as much as I can about the Blues, and this is just superb. Thank you so much for this.
Absolutely awesome....the music, the stories, the people, the production....!
I could listen to Hubert Sumlin all day long. What a great storyteller he was :-)
God bless y'all so Much! I'm getting ready to Go Country... Big shows I pray🕊🍃🌷🍃🌷🍃🌷🍃🕊🎼🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏽🎼
Beautiful and fascinating documentary. The Blues is the basis behind all Rock and popular music .it will never die out .
I love the blues. So much it inspired me to start learning guitar.
I love this documentary. I'm a blues man for sure.
The best 1 hour 32 min. I spent with headphones on..Blues is here to stay.
Thank you for this amazing work. This record of history is an amazing tribute to these amazing people and the gifts they left for us all.
I'll Keep playing the B.L.U.E.S until I can't play the BLUES no more!
Great , yhnx for making the docu and posting
everything in popular music came from the southern farms. built from sweat and tears. current music lacks feeling because the artist never saw hard times. this music has to be preserved because out of a terrible time a beautiful art form was born.
1000%! CORRECT! MISSISSIPPI! DELTA! IS THE FOUNDATION!
Every genre of American music was created and originated by Black native people of this country
When musicians were 100% musicians. Great documentary.
Koko Taylor.... wow what a voice!
Love the Blues, the ol' guys that play it, 'cause they feel the blues. The old guitars, the naturalness of it. This is the foreunner to good ol' rock 'n' roll...Sun records, and then....Elvis!
Excellent video! I pray that when things are down, I'll have enough soul to play the blues to lift myself and others up. Great stuff, and superb contribution to music and humanity.
I appreciate these Blues people for this opportunity to hear their stories. I know all to well about the condition the treatment of poor slaves received. One can see the injustice Blacks received. But we as a people must look forward.
Slaves yeah...
But the sharecroppers! Damn! Those men got jobbed something fierce!
Stunning. Beautifully filmed and paced. Showcases these great legends and their music. Thank you.
i could listen to Hubert Sumlin talk all day long, love his voice and observations
This was a wonderful video! LOVED IT! I've been a blues fan all my entire life and I learned a lot watching this documentary. Very informative, entertaining and enlightening....
I love blues documentaries. I always learn something valuable.
What a wonderful documentary, told as it should be. Fantastic
I have lived the BLUES and I love the blues Robert Johnson is responsible for the BLUES I am a white man 70 years old and I have lived the BLUES and I love them😢