This young lady sings and proclaims to the world in a very honest and unassuming way how the blues should be sung.No showbiz posing,no excessive facial expressions,no moving around the place for effect not overdressed (a compliment) She just stands there and sings as if she were at home and singing for her family and friends. She entertains,along with the band a 78year old Englishman immensely. keepit going Erica,and don`t change your style
this is gold! Erica voice amplified only by the street and hard buildings. It must be magical to see her on Royal Street bending her back to belt out the song. National treasure!
Great music and pure talent without any stupid effects. That's the "original" America" as it is appreciated and admired. My compliments, and applause from Europe.
This just so epitomises the 1920's these kids have nailed it for sure just like some kind of ''Back to the future'' accordance has just happened. Love it,,
I challenge any of the big stars of the modern era to stand on a street corner and project, in tune, like Erika in this video. Every member of the band brings something special. This is the basis for so much of today’s music.
I'm so grateful for these wonderful performance videos it seems Tuba Skinny has cooperated with. Too many times young people with this kind of inspiration are herded into a studio and fit into some preexisting category.
Thank you Tuba Skinny Band Members for playing " Back to Basic" Music. No fancy stuff. Just instrumental and a beautiful voice. I try to play along with my Soprano Recorder . Especially on "Going Back Home". I have an Alto Sax, but you've inspired me to take up the Clarinet . I'm in my third week of self taught mode. I'm in the process of cleaning up my Chromatic Scale. It will take time to work out the squeaks, honks and silent puff sounds. But I have the time. I'm still breaking in my Embrocher. I Thank You for your music. God Bless You All. ❤😋
Music has no age and that's what's wonderful. I marvel at music that is over 100 years old, and Erika's interpretation is excellent, just like the jazz band Tuba Skinny. A life without music is hell. Thanks, thanks to Tuba Skinny who makes me find my soul of child at more than seventy four years.
That moment just after 5:36 is so subtly but powerfully beautiful, when Erika sings up to a G# and then the clarinet, cornet and trombone join in, and the guy in the back with the cap nods like saying "Yeah, this is what life should be like". Thank you to whoever recorded this!!!
You cats can just play outside my window and let me fall asleep to beautiful music. Then come back and wake me up to these beautiful rhythms. I don't ask for much. Glad to see all that brass hasn't gone to waste -- viva la dixie!
Yes, YES ! This is the music that changed EVERYTHING ! And my word, what a performance ! It's not easy to "busk" in New Orleans - but you sure do learn your "chops," and that is amply evident in the "sound" of this band. TIGHT and RIGHT ! Too many superlatives to express - I am SO Filled with Joy just from knowing they Exist ! Man.......
Love the way Erika sings, and she blows the notes over the air in a majestic way.... thanks Tuba Skinny and Digitalalexa to share this beautiful music and make my heart happy-- greetings from Chile.
+Ted Ehrhard How about just enjoying the video? Seeing a minute of the lead up to the count off, is interesting to anybody who knows this music. If you were there , seeing this live, would you put on a blindfold and wear ear plugs for that first minute? Yeah, I guess you might.
The whole band is great. I am truly smitten with their authenticity and devotion to the music they so obviously love. Wish I could go see them live! Come to LA!
A Bessie Smith song, written by W.C. Handy Ever since Miss Susie Johnson Lost her jockey Lee There has been much excitement And more to be You can hear her moanin Moanin night and morn She's wonderin' where her Easy rider's gone Cablegrams goes off in sympathy Telegrams goes off in inquiry Letters came from down in Bam Everywhere that Uncle Sam Is the ruler of delivery All day the phone rings, it's not for me At last good tidings fills my heart with glee This message came from Tennessee Dear Sue, your easy rider struck this burg today On a southbound rattler beside the Pullman car I seen him there and he was on the hog Oh, you easy rider's got to stay away She had to vamp it but the hike ain't far He's gone where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog
Erika really out does herself on this Bessie Smith classic. Damn, she's good! And Shaye has the most beautiful tone and phrasing on the cornet. Damn, she's good too! I can see why this has more than 125,000 views.
I Love Erika and the BAND >Mark just stole my comment below...... kidding ....To be able to project your voice like that is AMAZING ...To get your voice out over a brass band is Amazing all by it self and she has that something ...Casting folks need to take HARD look at her ..Not a whole lot of market for this music now but I love the Whole Band . ......Executive Producer TEM Studios Productions
Trapped in a beautiful vacuum in time with this incredible band. Erika is a blues angel. I am a happy soul.
My favorite jazz band and I love the singer. She should be famous.
This young lady sings and proclaims to the world in a very honest and unassuming way how the blues should be sung.No showbiz posing,no excessive facial expressions,no moving around the place for effect not overdressed (a compliment) She just stands there and sings as if she were at home and singing for her family and friends. She entertains,along with the band a 78year old Englishman immensely. keepit going Erica,and don`t change your style
the whole group just gets it.
Erika is the real deal alright.
@@mikegee729 Erika Lewis.
This 68 year old American could not have put it better, thanks Max ............
@@omarks Please don't forget Shaye Cohn, who keeps the band together! Compliments to Erica and the others in the band!
Erica is the best blues singer alive today.
Sweet Jesus this girl and that band are as close to heaven on earth as you can get.
Can that lady sing or what? What a voice, great backing band, love their sound. Beats the hell out of most rubbish you hear today.
I second that
Erika is a great singer, but she's just one part of Tuba Skinny. Every member of the band is very talented. It's hardly a "backing band."
Just became addicted to this band. Can't stop, don't want to stop.
12 years later, they are still together, and still sounding great!
Are they still doing these live shows?
this is gold! Erica voice amplified only by the street and hard buildings. It must be magical to see her on Royal Street bending her back to belt out the song. National treasure!
No outlandish light show,no bizarre makeup or costumes, just great music.
Not even a bright sport coat & tie, w/ straw hat ... just ridiculously great music - and only "1 yr. old" at this point ....
True quality doesn't need frivolous decoration!
Great music and pure talent without any stupid effects. That's the "original" America" as it is appreciated and admired. My compliments, and applause from Europe.
Really like the "New-Orleans-Jazz" of the 1920-iger jears, played and sung(?) by today's young people .
Wonderfull !
no twerking! what, no twerking???!!!!
Think of how great this sounds, especially here voice. Then think of how it was recorded: A cell phone in the middle of a busy street. Incredible.
What a gifted singer. She blows my mind. No Amp just power. Amazing.
“Where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog ( the Yazoo Delta )”
So much talent with accomplished musicians on a corner street! Erica, Shaye, Barnabus and Kiowa I have been a great fan of your for many.. many years
Erika Lewis has such a perfect voice for the blues, I❤LOVE IT. Thank you guys for the great music! ❤🇺🇸🇵🇷🎵🎵🎵❤
Thanks! @@fredo1945 👍😊🇺🇸🇵🇷🎵🎵🎵
This just so epitomises the 1920's these kids have nailed it for sure just like some kind of ''Back to the future'' accordance has just happened. Love it,,
Erika is just magic........Gawd knows what the lyrics are.........just love the way she sings 'em.......bloody marvelous!
See if you can find the recording of Bessie Smith doing the song. The Yellow Dog of the lyrics was the Yazoo Delta Railroad.
Wow I’m 56 live in nj just heard this band for the first time I’m hooked love this music, this is one good thing that happen to me in 2020
They are playing in Philly on Aug. 14, 2021. You should come over...
well, in 2021 you got an upvote :)
She has the perfect, and I mean PERFECT voice. IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN THIS!
Yup! And NO ****** mike!
Ouais , moi aussi j,adore sa voix .
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Эрика лучшая,в традиционном джазовом вокале ей нет равных.
Wonder who the SOB was that broke her heart -- otherwise she couldn't sing the Blues as she does. That is, so we'll...and so truly.
That voice! No amplifier. Whatta great set of lungs. Perfect tone.
Erica’s voice envelopes the listener, resounding and soaring.
This is music as it's meant to be.RAW and real!!!!
Esto es lo que esperas y quieres encontrar en Nueva Orleans y helo aquí ...felicidades hermosa banda y cantante.
Love this group .🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Man but that girl can sing, just so good to listen too
I could not agree more. When I do a search on UA-cam I always look for ones where she is singing. She does a great job and I enjoy her voice.
Everybody is oozing with talent! Just great!
Thats one hell of a talented band to be seeing on the street..for free !
I challenge any of the big stars of the modern era to stand on a street corner and project, in tune, like Erika in this video. Every member of the band brings something special. This is the basis for so much of today’s music.
Agree,is true
I do too!
Yes, the reasons I am becoming a big fan
Why would you challenge them fake ass jax
Simply the best
Dad n grand dad we loved these tunes . As would I n so on god bless em with that smooth days of gone bye tunes of them times.👍👍👍👍✌️👌👌👌👌❤️
And they just get better with time….the best !
If I were riding by here on my way to work, I would take the day off and stay
You would be happy, but would your boss?
I'm so grateful for these wonderful performance videos it seems Tuba Skinny has cooperated with. Too many times young people with this kind of inspiration are herded into a studio and fit into some preexisting category.
she should be a big, big star, making millions upon millions of dollars with that voice.
The best song I have ever listened to, and again, and again,..
Discovered them here on youtube and enjoy them so much that we're planning a trip to New Orleans just to see them.
Long time since I went to New Orleans, but tbc brass band are amazing. Check them out too if they still play 👍
Right on brother - so are we !
some guy yes
We were too, until the virus hit.
Her voice is so cool!! If this band were a cake, she'd be the ICING!!
I didn't even like Jazz until I heard this group. Each member is genuinely talented in their own right 😎
There are many kinds of jazz, but NOLA jazz is the best.
And I love juzz very much, because it has so interesting improvisation!
Don’t you just wish you had half of their talent🥰👏
It’s more Dixieland jazz than it is traditional modern jazz.
@@LouieNeira Truly. As the original.
Thank you Tuba Skinny Band Members for playing " Back to Basic" Music. No fancy stuff. Just instrumental and a beautiful voice. I try to play along with my Soprano Recorder . Especially on "Going Back Home". I have an Alto Sax, but you've inspired me to take up the Clarinet . I'm in my third week of self taught mode. I'm in the process of cleaning up my Chromatic Scale. It will take time to work out the squeaks, honks and silent puff sounds. But I have the time. I'm still breaking in my Embrocher. I Thank You for your music. God Bless You All. ❤😋
Erica brilliant as always!
Young people singing and playing the old songs...so cool!!
Oh my! These folks are soul warming...Shaye "leads" the group well but her solos are stirring and excellent...Erika is terrific!
Walter Schuett
So natural together, vocalist and band. Love this group.
The players & vocals compliment each other perfectly !
cant believe it took me so long to discover such an amazingl;y talented and entertaining colection of musical geniuses
Terrific! This is one of the best contempo bands I've seen on UA-cam. Go, Erika!
Music has no age and that's what's wonderful.
I marvel at music that is over 100 years old, and Erika's interpretation is excellent, just like the jazz band Tuba Skinny.
A life without music is hell.
Thanks, thanks to Tuba Skinny who makes me find my soul of child at more than seventy four years.
Norbert Tartempion she is the reincarnation of Ottilie Patterson and they are as good as Chris Barbers early bands
That moment just after 5:36 is so subtly but powerfully beautiful, when Erika sings up to a G# and then the clarinet, cornet and trombone join in, and the guy in the back with the cap nods like saying "Yeah, this is what life should be like". Thank you to whoever recorded this!!!
Glad you are enjoying our TS videos.
incredible, Erka! Great big sweet pipes and so inspired! Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters..and more more! wow!
Wow! Erika Lewis is exceptional! I can't stop listening to this song!
So do I !
9 years ago! this singer, Erika Lewis sounds just as good today, and just a beguiling as ever she was 🥰
@@mountjoyv 0
Ah, just so danged good. Sweet!
You cats can just play outside my window and let me fall asleep to beautiful music. Then come back and wake me up to these beautiful rhythms. I don't ask for much.
Glad to see all that brass hasn't gone to waste -- viva la dixie!
Yes, YES ! This is the music that changed EVERYTHING ! And my word, what a performance ! It's not easy to "busk" in New Orleans - but you sure do learn your "chops," and that is amply evident in the "sound" of this band. TIGHT and RIGHT !
Too many superlatives to express - I am SO Filled with Joy just from knowing they Exist ! Man.......
TUBA SKINNY Y'ALL ROCK 💯💯🎷⚘⚘💯 But MAN! Erica's voice is pure GOLD !!! 🔥👌💯
TubaSkinny -I discovered your videos last week and you have got to come to Chrsitchurch New Zealand. Fantastic. Erika's voice is amazing.
Erika Lewis is an eargasm for me...I could listen to her all day.
The amazing Erica ................ simply the best.
Who needs a microphone when you have a voice like that!
What pipes! What horns! What an incredible group!
Love the way Erika sings, and she blows the notes over the air in a majestic way.... thanks Tuba Skinny and Digitalalexa to share this beautiful music and make my heart happy-- greetings from Chile.
Glad you are enjoying the videos of TS.
digitalalexa How about lopping off the first minute or so?
+Ted Ehrhard How about just enjoying the video? Seeing a minute of the lead up to the count off, is interesting to anybody who knows this music. If you were there , seeing this live, would you put on a blindfold and wear ear plugs for that first minute? Yeah, I guess you might.
+Marathonracer
yep
what a voice! what a band! what a trumpeter! What joy, thank you
Even the birds add to the music.
Thanks for posting so many videos. I have watched many and have not run out. A real pleasure.
One of the great classic songs done beautifully.
Thanks y'all.
These guys are getting a reputation as the best band of its kind.
Ronald Fitch I think it’s more that they got that reputation than they are getting.
Just perfection!
this group should be invited to the Danville Kentucky Brass Band Festival. They would b e a great hit.
I'm from Pike Co, but work in Lexington half the time, i would definitely love to see them invited to play, I would be there... BRILLIANT BAND!
Beautiful and positive girls & guys!
See what can happen when you defy mama's order not to play in the street!
This is probably the best version of this song one could ever hear. These guys and girls are GREAT!
she has a tremendous soul, wondering if that ain't an old one , awesome , multiple thumps up
thought i'd listen to one song, now 45 min later...tuba is the antidote to the rona! Thank you TS, birthdays coming, gonna get me some
oh the singer gives me chills, i love your work so much (Ole Tuba Skinny)
Fantastic! Wowza!😅
What a fantastic sound they have this nailed.
Don't know how anyone can resist running up and embracing that lovely woman.
Ok..... I will say it- they are a National Treasure .... Best Jazz Band today - hands down!!!!
The whole band is great. I am truly smitten with their authenticity and devotion to the music they so obviously love. Wish I could go see them live! Come to LA!
If God decided to form a Jazz Band ...... This would be it!!! Luv them!!
Люблю вас,вы такие настоящие и на мой взгляд очень талантливые,успеха и всех благ.
Наши - ВЕЗДЕ !!!
по моему у них каждый - экстра класса музыкант !
Ну, а ЭриКА -! фантастиКА!!!
Ваще ГОЛОСИЩЕ ...
Can't really make out what Erika sings but she is great melodically and with a great rhythm. Should go far with a voice like this. Excellent.
A Bessie Smith song, written by W.C. Handy
Ever since Miss Susie Johnson
Lost her jockey Lee
There has been much excitement
And more to be
You can hear her moanin
Moanin night and morn
She's wonderin' where her
Easy rider's gone
Cablegrams goes off in sympathy
Telegrams goes off in inquiry
Letters came from down in Bam
Everywhere that Uncle Sam
Is the ruler of delivery
All day the phone rings, it's not for me
At last good tidings fills my heart with glee
This message came from Tennessee
Dear Sue, your easy rider struck this burg today
On a southbound rattler beside the Pullman car
I seen him there and he was on the hog
Oh, you easy rider's got to stay away
She had to vamp it but the hike ain't far
He's gone where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog
I would enjoy listening to this group on the streets of New Orleans. What a treat.
Great, amazing, beautiful ... love this band, love Erika and her fascinating voice, her perfect performance, her stage charisma, her smile ...
I just love Tuba Skinny. Please Erika one to Christchurch New Zealand. We love you.
I love the trumpet, starting around 4:26, really good!
How can people just walk by this without stopping?
Yes you wonder what they're made of????
Because they can hear it every day on the streets of NOLA.
Just discovered Tuba Skinny a week or 2 ago thanks to youtube - these guys are a *National Treasure* !!!
How have not heard of this band until now?!
Seriously, where does that voice come from? The whole band is amazing, and that voice just compliments the band so well.
Stephen Cramer mn. U
Stephen Cramer complements?
Tuba Skinny and Erika may come to the Netherlands. What a very pleasant discovery.
Love, love. I can’t believe some people can just walk past, and I wouldn’t be able to stand still and listen to music like that.
Just listened to this ...again and still in awe of a great band with a superb singer. Outstanding!!!
Erika really out does herself on this Bessie Smith classic. Damn, she's good!
And Shaye has the most beautiful tone and phrasing on the cornet. Damn, she's good too!
I can see why this has more than 125,000 views.
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James Sterling aa
Saw them in Sydney a few years back. Great beyond great in my estimation.
Love Dixieland Jazz, and these guys/gals are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just pure and clean New Orleans jazz at its best! Such talent.
I might agree with you to an extent. There is so much exquisite music from that era.
Flipping thru youtube and ran across this.. some skinny woman singing in the street... Oh me oh my... shes an ok singer I guess. Love the horns!
Again some tears came down. What a feeling!
They are just sooooo good! And Erila Lewis is sensational. I'd love to see the live. :-)
I Love Erika and the BAND >Mark just stole my comment below...... kidding ....To be able to project your voice like that is AMAZING ...To get your voice out over a brass band is Amazing all by it self and she has that something ...Casting folks need to take HARD look at her ..Not a whole lot of market for this music now but I love the Whole Band . ......Executive Producer TEM Studios Productions
What I admire about Erica is she sings on the street with great projection and no amp! of course I also admire her voice and singing.
I'm in love with Erika Lewis! and tuba skinny -best band in this world! drive on, drive on...