The very great Rory Gallagher told me about this tall dark handsome man, Scrapper Blackwell, excellent player/very great singer/storyteller, Rory knew what he was talking about when he told people about this great man. Thank you Rory & thank you Scrapper for your music and the stories you told us
@ 4:16 VERY IMPRESSIVE and INNOVATIVE picking. That strumming of a chord while playing emphasized triplets over the top is on my new bucket list. I must learn that. It sounds so damn good to me. Wow!
Girl, I'm goin' where the Monon crosses the Yellow Dog Lord, I'm goin' where the Monon crosses the Yellow Dog Lord, they treat me like a possum, I would be out in the log Lord, you be good to me, and I'll sure be good to you Lord, be good to me, and I'll sure be good to you Girl, that's the kind of way, I caused you want to do I laid last night a-sleepin', Lord, a-thinkin' to myself I laid last night a-thinkin', oh my God, a-thinkin' to myself Lord, if you wanted someone, I guess you wanted someone else SOLO (Spoken: Oh, I know what's the matter now) What's the matter with you, child? You cryin' every day What's the matter with you, child? You cryin' every day Lord, that's all right, I'll hold your head wherever you lay I cooked your breakfast, I brought it to your little bed Lord, I cooked your breakfast, Lord, I brought it to your bed I was a man enough to hold your little old achin' head
Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903[1] - October 7, 1962[2]) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles. Some critics have noted that he veered towards jazz. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapper_Blackwell
I think the first line and title should be "Going where the M&O crosses the Yellow Dog". Like W.C. Handy's Yellow Dog Blues, the title and first verse may be locating the song based on old Mississippi railroads. The Yellow Dog was the Yazoo and Delta Railroad. The M&O was the Mobile and Ohio railroad which later merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio.
Where exactly that happens is an open question due ti changes in rr lines and ownership.. See "Where the Southern Crosses the Yellow Dog" by Louis Decimus Rubin. More blues do use "Southern" rather than "M&O" since the Southern RR was a larger system and the 2 syllables scan better.
There actually was a smaller railroad company called the Monon Railroad. It ran through parts of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana, where Scrapper Blackwell lived for a number of years after moving north. He also died there, killed by a mugger.
Even as the southern ( railroad ) crosses the Yellow Dog river in Mississippi,Tutwiller,1903 she Handy heard the " strangest music he ever heard played with a knife" CHRIS YOUNG LOVE THIS TUNE!
Standard. The trick is playing the multiple layers simultaneously. Guys like Scrapper Blackwell, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, etc. are guitarists that formed the framework for Jimi Hendrix's style of playing
@@yuridanylko I've been in touch with the historians of the Monon RR. They report that the Monon was strictly an Indiana operation and never made it anywhere near the delta. Since the Yellow Dog, or correctly the Yazoo Delta RR, was exclusively located in mid-Mississippi, it is hard to understand what Scrapper was singing about unless it was a metaphor for a non-actual condition. And since he was murdered soon after this 1961 session, perhaps we can guess what he meant. Perhaps not.
Uh, thanks Yuri. Perhaps this one on UA-cam. It at least gets the geography right: I'm Going Where The Southern Cross The Dog by Henry Sloan. Unlike the Monon, The Southern RR did cross the Yazoo Delta RR.
Is it just me or does this fella play the everloving shit out his guitar? This is fantastic
They don’t make em like this no more. Thank you scrapper for the tasty jams.
Scrapper Blackwell carries me to another dimension, a dimension where every emotion is intensified past itself. The man was pure genius.
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@@pgroove163 definitely, i've listened to tonne of obscure old blues. doesn't sound like his guitar's in any tune and sounds amazing
@@ProTobagganistI think the sound of the tape has degraded over the years and it has gotten microtonal
The very great Rory Gallagher told me about this tall dark handsome man, Scrapper Blackwell, excellent player/very great singer/storyteller, Rory knew what he was talking about when he told people about this great man. Thank you Rory & thank you Scrapper for your music and the stories you told us
Now that is one guitar playin son of a gun
yep,sounds like there is three of him
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The same with Robert Johnson.
Incredible playing...!
Inspirational. A light in this dark modern world.
Blues music at the roots. Beautiful stuff.
@ 4:16 VERY IMPRESSIVE and INNOVATIVE picking. That strumming of a chord while playing emphasized triplets over the top is on my new bucket list. I must learn that. It sounds so damn good to me. Wow!
It's so cool. I just came across this by accident and I'm amazed at how good this man is. Thanks
Check out his recordings with Leroy Carr.
Great guitar player, great singer too.
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Flipping excellent !!
magnificent.
That was truly an outstanding performance
thank you Scrapper Blackwell
Great blues!
I've spent so much time on the Monon trail in Indiana, used to be a railway
Girl, I'm goin' where the Monon crosses the Yellow Dog
Lord, I'm goin' where the Monon crosses the Yellow Dog
Lord, they treat me like a possum, I would be out in the log
Lord, you be good to me, and I'll sure be good to you
Lord, be good to me, and I'll sure be good to you
Girl, that's the kind of way, I caused you want to do
I laid last night a-sleepin', Lord, a-thinkin' to myself
I laid last night a-thinkin', oh my God, a-thinkin' to myself
Lord, if you wanted someone, I guess you wanted someone else
SOLO (Spoken: Oh, I know what's the matter now)
What's the matter with you, child? You cryin' every day
What's the matter with you, child? You cryin' every day
Lord, that's all right, I'll hold your head wherever you lay
I cooked your breakfast, I brought it to your little bed
Lord, I cooked your breakfast, Lord, I brought it to your bed
I was a man enough to hold your little old achin' head
Thanks.👍
That voice is one of the finest i heared....lawdy...!
Lucky me for findin' this !
Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903[1] - October 7, 1962[2]) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles. Some critics have noted that he veered towards jazz. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapper_Blackwell
Killed in ally mugging in Indianapolis, Indiana where he lived.
Wow
My all time favourite blues track, Parchman Farm by Bukka White comes a close second! Great Post thanks
wow! that voice. scrapper "goat" blackwell has a ring to it
素晴らしい！！！
wow !! wonderful , awesome !!
Played the strings off that gitty...Damn..
The lesser of two weevils. Thanks for the upload.
That's boll, ain't it!
More Please.
SUPERB
" THIS IS TRUE BLEUS ".
I think the first line and title should be "Going where the M&O crosses the Yellow Dog". Like W.C. Handy's Yellow Dog Blues, the title and first verse may be locating the song based on old Mississippi railroads. The Yellow Dog was the Yazoo and Delta Railroad. The M&O was the Mobile and Ohio railroad which later merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio.
Where exactly that happens is an open question due ti changes in rr lines and ownership.. See "Where the Southern Crosses the Yellow Dog" by Louis Decimus Rubin. More blues do use "Southern" rather than "M&O" since the Southern RR was a larger system and the 2 syllables scan better.
There actually was a smaller railroad company called the Monon Railroad. It ran through parts of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana, where Scrapper Blackwell lived for a number of years after moving north. He also died there, killed by a mugger.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monon_Railroad
There's nothing wrong with the lyrics that he sings.
The crossroads is in Greenwood Ms, where the Southern meets the dog. I've been there all the way from southern France and fell down on my knees
@@TheRealDadfad Right when he was getting rediscovered. The blues magicians had that kind of luck...
Que gran bluesman!
Even as the southern ( railroad ) crosses the Yellow Dog river in Mississippi,Tutwiller,1903 she Handy heard the " strangest music he ever heard played with a knife" CHRIS YOUNG LOVE THIS TUNE!
Yellow Dog has been interpreted as the Yazoo & Delta (another rail line)
Kneel down to the God of the Bluesguitar!
cleanest blues player ever... guitar is tight! love his voice.... too bad he only put out a couple of lps
Check out Bessie Smith --Yellow Dog Blues. Louis Armstrong has a version too. This is the best though.
hallelujah
Local freight train lines in the Delta.
Taj Mahal did one on "Natural Blues" called "She Caught The Katy, And Left Me A Mule To Ride"
wow channel
thank you
Scrapper lived in Naptown ind. Monon was a rail road line in indiana. I worked with his son for twenty years.
Scrapper got a baby powder voice,All Right now!!!!!
Eyy yaa
dang
the picture above looks like he's playing a standard D chord with his thumb hooked overthe F# bass
chris t Your point being?
Yuri Danylko his point being that thumbing the second fret on the low e string while fingering a d chord is a beautiful blues sound.Try it.
chris t only way to play a proper D chord my friend
The 15 dislikers should be banned.
Great playing.
As they used to say, "Knock a hole in it!"
12 people don't know what real music is
Haha your comment .
Blackwell was shot to death a year after this recording.
caus he was him
There was a Monon Railroad. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monon_Railroad
I think I just found the source of the Mississippi, or at least the Nile.
Anyone know the tuning of this? I have to learn this piece
Standard. The trick is playing the multiple layers simultaneously. Guys like Scrapper Blackwell, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, etc. are guitarists that formed the framework for Jimi Hendrix's style of playing
Monon?
does someone know where is possible to find the lyrics?
clowntrooper61 Thank you very much!!
Fabrizio Cirillo You're welcome
bluesbricklayer hey..Did you ever learn the song?
What's a monon?
The voice is from Sony boy williamson II I think
No, it is not.
No, it's Scrapper Blackwell
This sounds alot more like lightnin hopkins then scrapper. Js
Perhaps two train lines in the delta, perhaps a metaphysical condition. Shortly after this he was murdered in an Indianapolis alley.
CroatAndNettles Interesting. Doesn't sound like someone would have a reason to.
@@yuridanylko I've been in touch with the historians of the Monon RR. They report that the Monon was strictly an Indiana operation and never made it anywhere near the delta. Since the Yellow Dog, or correctly the Yazoo Delta RR, was exclusively located in mid-Mississippi, it is hard to understand what Scrapper was singing about unless it was a metaphor for a non-actual condition. And since he was murdered soon after this 1961 session, perhaps we can guess what he meant. Perhaps not.
@@CroatAndNettles RR?
Uh, thanks Yuri. Perhaps this one on UA-cam. It at least gets the geography right: I'm Going Where The Southern Cross The Dog by Henry Sloan. Unlike the Monon, The Southern RR did cross the Yazoo Delta RR.
who else under the age of 20 on this beautiful shit
i guess you wanted someone else...
The line from Nettie More by Bob Dylan came from somewhere.