this is one of the most outstanding things i have ever seen a kid that young to play the blues with that much feeling is incredible not to mention that is it is a robert johnson song outstanding
Jimmy You've always been th BEST in the WORLD...even long before your voice broke. Come to Australia...I'm still tryin to get you here and i wont give up til' ya do! all the Best Jayme 107.3fm West Oz Radio
All you really need to know about this video is that it is a 12 year old boy singing one of his hero's songs live and straight from the soul. I think it's uncanny. His natural interpritation of the song is amazing for one so young.
Man,,, this is the first time in my life to hear a cover for Mr. Johnson that is really better than the original !!!!! Even Clapton could not do it that good!!!!
I normally don't dig thses youngster clips because it's usually not as good as the parents think. Don't forget, there are a lot of great musicians by that age. But this kid is excellent and he has soul. I saw Kenny Wayne Sheppard when he was 15 and he was outrageous. Keep it up young brother and maybe I'll see you at 15 too!
you dont have to experience a traumatic event to play blues..its an emotion..that you yourself can release by playing the music...true he is like 10 here..but damn good...
i like this kid know he's like my age 22 he's outstanding on guitar and a wonderful musician but i do enjoy his voice better as a child but he still sounds good it just has more of that like neil young sound to it but still not bad what do you expect from puberty ... i hope the best for this kid though..
he DOES understand the music ... he wouldn't be have the love and devotion to the music and the people behind the music if he didn't ... check out the clip from "smalltownstrings" called "Truly Local People (Cogeco) Jimmy Bowskill" ... this is an interview with Jimmy. Check him out live, if he ever comes to your town. I've just seen him at Healey's Roadhouse ... a 3 hour performance! He explores his music thoroughly! He's trying out Rock n Reggae now, and mixing his blues in there, too.
I just went and listened to COB's version. They have written a new song and called it Hellhound On My Trail, but it isn't the same song as Robert Johnson sang. They probably called it Hellhound... as a tribute to Robert Johnson, but it's an entirely different song. Chabelo182, you should listen to the original. Anyone who likes rock or blues owes a thanks to folks like Robert and should be familiar with the early pioneers of this music. I guarantee you that the members of COB are.
i don't know much bout Robert Johnson's fame or awesomeness as some of others have suggested I just heard this kid singing this song not even two minutes after hearing the original and I admit the kids got talent and no he isn't poor or black(oh well?) but i liked this version, not as much as the "O.G" or Eric Clapton's ver. but it's definitely up their in mah favorites
thank you sophistikittenlin, I thought I was alone in thinking that. wonder if/when this kid hits puberty if he'll lose his way high pitched voice? lol.
This boy got a great set of pipes, but he is singing it way too over the top. It's a bit campy. I'm not sure if listeners are able to connect emotionally. It is very difficult to capture RJ, but I know if this boy continues to sing the Blues, life will teach him everything he needs to know. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Wonderful.
Must be one of his first gigs and he played the blues as if he got it from his mother's milk! And his voice is "a little bit" older now, but still fucking great!
how is it that there are currently 24 people on this planet that disliked this?? i have nearly lost faith in humanity. i give massive props to any 12 year old kid who has any idea who the hell robert johnson is, nevermind a 12 year old kid who can balls-out play a cover of hellhound.
Who cares if this kid is white or not poor or whatever. The blues has nothing to do with your background, colour or money. Wealth isn't a measure of how much cash you have. You can be rich but still have the blues. Sure this kid might not understand the full meaning of the song but that will come with time. His guitar playing and feel for the music is out of this world. I wish after the many years of playing I have that I could be this good.
No one should fully understand the blues. It hurts too much. His father played him a Robert Johnson album when he was ten just like mine did with Hank Williams at six years old. I didn`t fully understand any of the lyrics at the time either. I just dug Jambalaya and Hey Good Lookin` cause they jumped. You have to start somewhere. Making money at it this young, well that`s a whole other deal.
It sounds like he's passing a kidney stone. Hopefully he'll grow up and calm down a little, because right now it sounds like he's about to bust a blood vessel, and it doesn't exactly make the song sound better.
what kinda blues has he experianced??? TIMEOUT!?!?! MOMMY SENT YOU TO BED WITHOUT DINNER??? I mean he's like six. he better be an orphan or something terrible like that.
Are you serious? This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read. You can't categorize an entire age group and say all 12 year olds want to play whatever is being played on MTV. It's perfectly reasonable to say this kid chose to play the blues on his own.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This kid is not just good for a kid, he's a REALLY GREAT MUSICIAN at all! WAY WAY better then 90% of famous musicians nowadays. Hey kid from this video (now an adult haha) please keep on your AMAZING work. You'll help save the good music along with Robert Randolph, Poppa Chubby, Danny Knowles, John Bonamassa, Mofro and some other ones that plays modern versions of old school good music.
this is one of the most outstanding things i have ever seen a kid that young to play the blues with that much feeling is incredible not to mention that is it is a robert johnson song outstanding
I couldn`t agree more.
The Blues is more a state of mind than a state of geography.
Jimmy
You've always been th BEST in the WORLD...even long before your voice broke.
Come to Australia...I'm still tryin to get you here and i wont give up til' ya do!
all the Best
Jayme
107.3fm
West Oz Radio
This kid got on such a young age already the feeling of blues!
All you really need to know about this video is that it is a 12 year old boy singing one of his hero's songs live and straight from the soul. I think it's uncanny. His natural interpritation of the song is amazing for one so young.
Man,,, this is the first time in my life to hear a cover for Mr. Johnson that is really better than the original !!!!!
Even Clapton could not do it that good!!!!
Best Robert johnson cover I've ever heard and I've been a Robert Johnson fan for about 16 years!!
Agree
he's got it. he's living that song. I hope we hear a lot more from this kid - let's hope his voice doesn't break too soon!
downloaded this and threw it on my mp3. listen to it almost everyday lol
haha, this was 6 years ago.
I went to school with him back in the day.
Soooo, sooooooo soulful!!!
those guys performed at my school last week,and i actually got to ask the vocalist 2 questions,im so honored xD
INf****nCREDIBLE!!!!! Hatts off to Talent!
I saw him Bancroft, Ontario not too long ago. AMAZING!!!
Just fantastic
Last summer, he was at the montreal jazz fest. Amazing !
This guy is unbelievable - I live in Canada and never heard of him. This kid is spooky.
Kids this young should never be so damn BLUE!!!
You gots a serious case of them Blues. What a great gift. I Hope to hear more.
I normally don't dig thses youngster clips because it's usually not as good as the parents think. Don't forget, there are a lot of great musicians by that age. But this kid is excellent and he has soul. I saw Kenny Wayne Sheppard when he was 15 and he was outrageous. Keep it up young brother and maybe I'll see you at 15 too!
any one that can sing an rj song like that
is great in my books
he has the growl raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. so so so so so so so so so goood. did i mention how good this is
You go boy...I 2nd that!!!!!!
spillede på FOA, fehmarn 4-9 -2010.
Det var bare Awsome
you dont have to experience a traumatic event to play blues..its an emotion..that you yourself can release by playing the music...true he is like 10 here..but damn good...
I cried
Wow. He's really good!
this kid has got it
Super Talent
i like this kid know he's like my age 22 he's outstanding on guitar and a wonderful musician but i do enjoy his voice better as a child but he still sounds good it just has more of that like neil young sound to it but still not bad what do you expect from puberty ... i hope the best for this kid though..
Yeah!
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Classy!
yeaaaaah
he DOES understand the music ... he wouldn't be have the love and devotion to the music and the people behind the music if he didn't ... check out the clip from "smalltownstrings" called "Truly Local People (Cogeco) Jimmy Bowskill" ... this is an interview with Jimmy. Check him out live, if he ever comes to your town. I've just seen him at Healey's Roadhouse ... a 3 hour performance! He explores his music thoroughly! He's trying out Rock n Reggae now, and mixing his blues in there, too.
I just went and listened to COB's version. They have written a new song and called it Hellhound On My Trail, but it isn't the same song as Robert Johnson sang. They probably called it Hellhound... as a tribute to Robert Johnson, but it's an entirely different song.
Chabelo182, you should listen to the original. Anyone who likes rock or blues owes a thanks to folks like Robert and should be familiar with the early pioneers of this music. I guarantee you that the members of COB are.
I was this boy's vocal coach, from the age 11 to 12… until Jeff took him under his wing, and time and busy separated us.
Cool!!!!!
he goes to my cuzin skool hes a kool guy
HOLY SHIT thats how its done thats the kid right there. hungry as shit. great alllllll thee way arounds.
OH my god thatwas fuckin unreal!!!
I'll be buying everything I can of yours!
damn.
a musical savant!!!
i don't know much bout Robert Johnson's fame or awesomeness as some of others have suggested I just heard this kid singing this song not even two minutes after hearing the original and I admit the kids got talent and no he isn't poor or black(oh well?) but i liked this version, not as much as the "O.G" or Eric Clapton's ver. but it's definitely up their in mah favorites
thank you sophistikittenlin, I thought I was alone in thinking that. wonder if/when this kid hits puberty if he'll lose his way high pitched voice? lol.
Holy smokes.
This boy got a great set of pipes, but he is singing it way too over the top. It's a bit campy. I'm not sure if listeners are able to connect emotionally. It is very difficult to capture RJ, but I know if this boy continues to sing the Blues, life will teach him everything he needs to know. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Wonderful.
sweet jeebus what is this kid doing nowadays. Id like to see him live yaknow!
Johnson Did use a slide. And this kid does amazing things here. True talent over that american idol bullshit
yeesh....
solid cover. i just want to know of the people putting this kid down; would you rather he turn to emo?
nice ,
i tryed to catch jimmy when he came through peter patch but he cancled the show er somthing
Must be one of his first gigs and he played the blues as if he got it from his mother's milk! And his voice is "a little bit" older now, but still fucking great!
how is it that there are currently 24 people on this planet that disliked this?? i have nearly lost faith in humanity. i give massive props to any 12 year old kid who has any idea who the hell robert johnson is, nevermind a 12 year old kid who can balls-out play a cover of hellhound.
“lost faith in humanity” lol...
Who cares if this kid is white or not poor or whatever. The blues has nothing to do with your background, colour or money. Wealth isn't a measure of how much cash you have. You can be rich but still have the blues. Sure this kid might not understand the full meaning of the song but that will come with time. His guitar playing and feel for the music is out of this world. I wish after the many years of playing I have that I could be this good.
sheet !! so little but so great mdr ;)
No one should fully understand the blues. It hurts too much. His father played him a Robert Johnson album when he was ten just like mine did with Hank Williams at six years old. I didn`t fully understand any of the lyrics at the time either. I just dug Jambalaya and Hey Good Lookin` cause they jumped. You have to start somewhere. Making money at it this young, well that`s a whole other deal.
HAHA same here, but ya its nice :P
even eric clapton stated that it's damn hard to sing and play robert johnsons songs
haters gonna hate
Yeah you know robert johnson used a bottle right?
How do you know what he used? Some folks seem to think it was a bone.
It sounds like he's passing a kidney stone. Hopefully he'll grow up and calm down a little, because right now it sounds like he's about to bust a blood vessel, and it doesn't exactly make the song sound better.
i was expecting children of bodom, damn. gay. but nice.
what kinda blues has he experianced??? TIMEOUT!?!?! MOMMY SENT YOU TO BED WITHOUT DINNER??? I mean he's like six. he better be an orphan or something terrible like that.
Children of Scrodom sucks
Are you serious? This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read. You can't categorize an entire age group and say all 12 year olds want to play whatever is being played on MTV. It's perfectly reasonable to say this kid chose to play the blues on his own.
you should be embarassed for writing such a mean comment. go back to bed.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This kid is not just good for a kid, he's a REALLY GREAT MUSICIAN at all! WAY WAY better then 90% of famous musicians nowadays.
Hey kid from this video (now an adult haha) please keep on your AMAZING work. You'll help save the good music along with Robert Randolph, Poppa Chubby, Danny Knowles, John Bonamassa, Mofro and some other ones that plays modern versions of old school good music.