My perspective of this song is now forever changed :) Only knew the Gillian Welch version of this song. Ha! Love it. Starts so antiquated and proper, then gets very raunchy pretty quick.
He's probably trying to remember a song some 30-odd years after hearing it, these song were never part of his repertoire and he took some conniving to play these songs for Lomax as he was embarrassed by the raunchiness of these songs.
Thanks for uploading. What's the source of this? A lot of the raunchier material from the Alan Lomax sessions wasn't published till the 21st century -- I assume this piece is in that category! I suppose he's half-extemporising the verses, though it's true he did have a phenomenal memory. I assume the little breaks in the recording are due to Lomax changing cylinders. I think he had two recorders taking turns.
Kicking the piano to create that percussion effect. Don't know what the technical term is but it's a very old school technique. Remember drummers weren't a thing except for in marching bands in the late 19th early 20th century
he had a serious knife fight in the end of his life.the man against him was freemason Morton was of course a tough guy.this was a serious knife fight.not too long after fight Morton died.What a genius we lost.RIP.
"Murdered" is pretty debatable! He died about three years after the attack, of respiratory problems (and general ill health?) though it's very possible the stabbing was a contributory factor.
@@disillusioned165 ive never heard anything about freemasons doing it. it was a young drunk man that was being obnoxious, so jelly slapped him and went back to the piano. a few minutes later, the man stabbed morton in the back, and a fight ensued. the owner of the bar this took place at, the jungle in in washington dc, cordelia lyle, slammed a pot on the mans head. morton was sent to the hospital, where they let him sit around without help for hours, and he never healed fully. he died 3 years later, as a result of his weakened state.
And to think history class taught me in the 90's that this was a gentler time...
He was a pioneer and this clip almost gives me a "real glimpse" of the past. No wonder the church would have an issue with jazz.
Lmaooo yo he even made Alan Lomax laugh when he started getting sacrilegious 😂😂
My perspective of this song is now forever changed :) Only knew the Gillian Welch version of this song. Ha! Love it. Starts so antiquated and proper, then gets very raunchy pretty quick.
It's criminal that this has no less than a million views.
I might have to let the FBI know of such an atrocity. 😂
greatness
About the best song about a See You Next Tuesday. 😊👍
A masterpiece.
The best ever.
ode jelly may have passed on Yet Still alive with us , he's a funny guy R.I.P Jelly !
"Funny?"
The man was singing about LIFE, man...
he did it better than todays ...
Crikey! And I used to think George Formy was risque.....
steveparkes1 71
Extremely modern.
Hey Now ! Whoop
Sounds as if he's making up the words as he goes along to impress/alarm Alan Lomax.
You very well could be on to something. He's likely improvising on something he's already practiced improvising many times.
He's improvising, but not to impress Lomax. That's probably just the way it was done when he was working in the whorehouses
He's probably trying to remember a song some 30-odd years after hearing it, these song were never part of his repertoire and he took some conniving to play these songs for Lomax as he was embarrassed by the raunchiness of these songs.
Jelly Roll was know for his stories
Thanks for uploading. What's the source of this? A lot of the raunchier material from the Alan Lomax sessions wasn't published till the 21st century -- I assume this piece is in that category! I suppose he's half-extemporising the verses, though it's true he did have a phenomenal memory.
I assume the little breaks in the recording are due to Lomax changing cylinders. I think he had two recorders taking turns.
It's from the recordings he made for the Library of Congress in 1938.
@@DGardn100 Yes. What I meant was which of the many published releases of the those 1930s recordings.
Pallet on the floor , to stupid to REPEAT. 🤣🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Are they on a horse recording this or is that a metronome?
Kicking the piano to create that percussion effect. Don't know what the technical term is but it's a very old school technique. Remember drummers weren't a thing except for in marching bands in the late 19th early 20th century
8:06
could you give us some more data about JRM being murdered Lembit?
he had a serious knife fight in the end of his life.the man against him was freemason Morton was of course a tough guy.this was a serious knife fight.not too long after
fight Morton died.What a genius we lost.RIP.
"Murdered" is pretty debatable! He died about three years after the attack, of respiratory problems (and general ill health?) though it's very possible the stabbing was a contributory factor.
@@Pentagonshark666 Thanks Lembit.
raunchy but nice. i have a few covers of this on yt but my version is 100% g rated
+SteveonLI :( some of us came here to pitch peter.
Jelly Roll Morton was murdered by Freemasons.RIP.a true genius.
Not doubting you, but I can't find anything online about that. I am trying to learn more about him. Could you share what you know?
@@disillusioned165 ive never heard anything about freemasons doing it. it was a young drunk man that was being obnoxious, so jelly slapped him and went back to the piano. a few minutes later, the man stabbed morton in the back, and a fight ensued. the owner of the bar this took place at, the jungle in in washington dc, cordelia lyle, slammed a pot on the mans head. morton was sent to the hospital, where they let him sit around without help for hours, and he never healed fully. he died 3 years later, as a result of his weakened state.
no way this is real