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
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 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!
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.
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.
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.......
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!
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. ❤😋
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.
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!!!
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
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.
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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My favorite jazz band and I love the singer. She should be famous.
Sweet Jesus this girl and that band are as close to heaven on earth as you can get.
Trapped in a beautiful vacuum in time with this incredible band. Erika is a blues angel. I am a happy soul.
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."
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!
Erika really knows how to belt out a tune! Go girl go!
12 years later, they are still together, and still sounding great!
Are they still doing these live shows?
@@matty161 Yes, they still perform in the streets of New Orleans, but Erika is not often with them, though she joins in their tours.
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???!!!!
Don't know how anyone can resist running up and embracing that lovely woman.
Erica is the best blues singer alive today.
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.
That voice! No amplifier. Whatta great set of lungs. Perfect tone.
What a gifted singer. She blows my mind. No Amp just power. Amazing.
“Where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog ( the Yazoo Delta )”
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.
Just became addicted to this band. Can't stop, don't want to stop.
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.
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.
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?
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 :)
Love this group .🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Erica’s voice envelopes the listener, resounding and soaring.
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!
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,,
And they just get better with time….the best !
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.
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
she should be a big, big star, making millions upon millions of dollars with that voice.
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.
The best song I have ever listened to, and again, and again,..
Thats one hell of a talented band to be seeing on the street..for free !
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.
9 years ago! this singer, Erika Lewis sounds just as good today, and just a beguiling as ever she was 🥰
@@mountjoyv 0
Erika Lewis has such a perfect voice for the blues, I❤LOVE IT. Thank you guys for the great music! ❤🇺🇸🇵🇷🎵🎵🎵❤
Thanks! @@fredo1945 👍😊🇺🇸🇵🇷🎵🎵🎵
Even the birds add to the music.
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.👍👍👍👍✌️👌👌👌👌❤️
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
Her voice is so cool!! If this band were a cake, she'd be the ICING!!
Walter Schuett
So natural together, vocalist and band. Love this group.
Oh my! These folks are soul warming...Shaye "leads" the group well but her solos are stirring and excellent...Erika is terrific!
Erica brilliant as always!
Everybody is oozing with talent! Just great!
I just love Tuba Skinny. Please Erika one to Christchurch New Zealand. We love you.
I would enjoy listening to this group on the streets of New Orleans. What a treat.
Ah, just so danged good. Sweet!
Young people singing and playing the old songs...so cool!!
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!
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.
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.
Erika Lewis is an eargasm for me...I could listen to her all day.
Erica you Lovely Lady!❤
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
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.......
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!
Who needs a microphone when you have a voice like that!
The players & vocals compliment each other perfectly !
Wow! Erika Lewis is exceptional! I can't stop listening to this song!
So do I !
TUBA SKINNY Y'ALL ROCK 💯💯🎷⚘⚘💯 But MAN! Erica's voice is pure GOLD !!! 🔥👌💯
This is probably the best version of this song one could ever hear. These guys and girls are GREAT!
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.
cant believe it took me so long to discover such an amazingl;y talented and entertaining colection of musical geniuses
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. ❤😋
If God decided to form a Jazz Band ...... This would be it!!! Luv them!!
Her voice is a. Perfect fit.
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
The amazing Erica ................ simply the best.
oh the singer gives me chills, i love your work so much (Ole Tuba Skinny)
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.
There is lady that can sing as great old Hank!!!!
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.
I love the trumpet, starting around 4:26, really good!
You guys make me happy. Best solution for PTSD -- Detroit viet nam here. Thank you.
what a voice! what a band! what a trumpeter! What joy, thank you
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
incredible, Erka! Great big sweet pipes and so inspired! Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters..and more more! wow!
Just perfection!
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.
Just listened to this ...again and still in awe of a great band with a superb singer. Outstanding!!!
FIVE stars...Great Band!!!
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
she has a tremendous soul, wondering if that ain't an old one , awesome , multiple thumps up
Best advert for Browns Dairy I ever seen.💃
TubaSkinny -I discovered your videos last week and you have got to come to Chrsitchurch New Zealand. Fantastic. Erika's voice is amazing.
Terrific! This is one of the best contempo bands I've seen on UA-cam. Go, Erika!
every city in the world deserves this beauty by its streets
Fantastic! Wowza!😅
Great Erika
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 ...
Beautiful and positive girls & guys!
Ok..... I will say it- they are a National Treasure .... Best Jazz Band today - hands down!!!!
How have not heard of this band until now?!
So much better than anything shown at the 2020 music awards..
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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One of the great classic songs done beautifully.
Thanks y'all.
Tuba Skinny and Erika may come to the Netherlands. What a very pleasant discovery.
What a fantastic sound they have this nailed.
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.
They are just sooooo good! And Erila Lewis is sensational. I'd love to see the live. :-)
great singer
Absolutely love this music.
What can one say but WOW!