The St. James Infirmary Blues

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
  • Song by Louis Armstrong.
    Crucial Thanks to:
    BE @ Mercury Messenger Men
    Jon O & Jeff A
    Sweet Baby Jesus AKA Mojo AKA Dark Chocolate AKA Pope John Paul II & his Lovely Assistant @ FX McRory's
    Young Joolze, for letting me film her even though she hated every second of it. Don't tell her I put this on youtube.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 191

  • @TheEnd-vn9rb
    @TheEnd-vn9rb 6 років тому +90

    My grandpa used to sing this on his guitar to me all the time. He died last week. All I could think about was this song. Sad but loving. I felt the real blues for the first time.

    • @taffyman6089
      @taffyman6089 3 роки тому +3

      Let us not forget Son House -Death Letter Blues.

    • @demccll
      @demccll Рік тому +2

      my Dad's favorite. Went to Preservation Hall, NOLA- sang to myself and cried thru the whole song they played....cried happy tears.

    • @rafiqueahmedsadhozae8085
      @rafiqueahmedsadhozae8085 Рік тому +4

      Those people had rich taste of music. Such music piece doesn't die.

    • @deborahchasteen3206
      @deborahchasteen3206 3 місяці тому +1

      Hello, I'm just coming across this. I'm sorry for your loss; of course you still think of him.

  • @roninreturns
    @roninreturns 4 роки тому +6

    Oh my, what more can I say but "Oh my!', This is some fat NOLA jazz and blues, and an important song. This is the heritage to hear, if you are new, and learning the history. You will never forget this song and version, it will be in your heart and soul.

  • @marielaveau6362
    @marielaveau6362 4 роки тому +23

    I like this version as much as I like the Cab Calloway one. Both are legends.

    • @chrisflaherty8991
      @chrisflaherty8991 2 роки тому +2

      Eponymous with the New Orleans voodoo priestess.

  • @lmunson1946
    @lmunson1946 12 років тому +17

    Armstrong really had the feel of the time, wonderful version of this classic.

  • @chardtomp
    @chardtomp 14 років тому +12

    No one sang that tune like Satchmo. God Bless him.

  • @thejunglevip8839
    @thejunglevip8839 11 років тому +62

    Sad, Deep, and Beautiful

    • @TheElegantShadow
      @TheElegantShadow 10 років тому +2

      So could, so sweet, so fair.

    • @Lenniiii
      @Lenniiii 7 років тому +1

      The jungle VIP I can be human too.

  • @commonsense9474
    @commonsense9474 8 років тому +46

    Heard this for the first time yesterday at a blues event absolutely awesome young people should not let this sort of music be forgotten. I want this played at my funeral.

    • @siddals7920
      @siddals7920 7 років тому

      I am young and I love the blues!Thanks.

    • @PseudoRobot
      @PseudoRobot 5 років тому +1

      Trust me we won't

    • @jacobthemaster66
      @jacobthemaster66 3 роки тому +1

      It would be nice if sheet music for it actually existed

    • @stewartfenton7660
      @stewartfenton7660 2 роки тому

      @@siddals7920 this is not the blues. I love early jazz, and I love the blues. Jazz musicians have an incorrect idea of what the blues is, and Alan Lomax himself will back me up on this.

  • @secretidentitynetwork3085
    @secretidentitynetwork3085 3 роки тому +8

    Louis' vocals are so crisp and clear. The sound on this is fucking unreal and that's on my phone- thx!

  • @eviljesusproductions
    @eviljesusproductions 11 років тому +9

    Its nice to see people still appreciate good music

  • @miroslavveselka3327
    @miroslavveselka3327 9 років тому +4

    Tak to je zatím nejkrásnější verze této nádherné bluesové klasiky. Díky moc za ni !!!

  • @3dg323dg3
    @3dg323dg3 9 місяців тому +2

    So many versions of this classic out there. Satchmo!!!!
    Unbelievably the version by Hugh Laurie (yes, that’s House, that’s Prince Regent) is also beyond outstanding.

    • @deborahchasteen3206
      @deborahchasteen3206 3 місяці тому

      It is! Check out Jon Batiste, and Tom Jones and Rhianna Giddens together for stellar versions.

  • @franm.k.5832
    @franm.k.5832 6 років тому +2

    I had this in an old traditional songbook going back to the 1800's when I was a kid. My version said, 'l went down to St James Infirmary, I saw my baby there. She looked so broken and downhearted. She used to be mine" Wish I'd kept that book!

  • @tonycarton8054
    @tonycarton8054 4 роки тому +2

    possibly one of the loveliest songs i ve ever heard .It is like an Irish lament slainte from Ireland

  • @male3339
    @male3339 3 роки тому +5

    Now this is the Blues.

  • @dextercooper3090
    @dextercooper3090 Рік тому

    BEAUTIFUL ❤️‼️
    POIGNANTLY BEAUTIFUL 💛💚💜🤜🏾🤛🏻

  • @kyfriedmomma
    @kyfriedmomma 13 років тому +5

    the best video of "St.James Infirmary" I've seen.

  • @CravenWolf1986
    @CravenWolf1986 15 років тому +3

    Words cannot express...
    5/5 and Favorite.
    I wish I could rate it more than once.

  • @Gabyblues04
    @Gabyblues04 13 років тому +4

    The most beautiful version of the blues of all the blues. GREAT !!!

  • @123must
    @123must 12 років тому +11

    Absolutely beautiful !
    Thanks a lot

  • @dizrim
    @dizrim 14 років тому +2

    i like how out of all the bands in the world the white stripes did a cover on this and didnt make it sound like crap. but still this is great to

  • @Anikamism
    @Anikamism 12 років тому +4

    J'ai un petit faible pour la version de l'Omer Simeon trio, la première en fait que j'ai entendue. Mais celle de Sachtmo est elle aussi magnifique. Et la vidéo est superbe. Musique et vidéo sont bouleversantes.

  • @newfful
    @newfful 12 років тому +3

    Wow. Not only the song but the video is very well done.

  • @allen6924
    @allen6924 Рік тому +1

    Wow that was epic Blue mood of spirit. The film really captures the blues when someone you have loved is gone.

  • @LeahVictoriaBleich
    @LeahVictoriaBleich 11 років тому +2

    I just saw a show at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival called "The Unfortunates", which is based on this song, and the effect that music can have on people's lives. It was absolutely stunning, and it's helped me to appreciate this truly wonderful song.

  • @tired_of_u_ppl7985
    @tired_of_u_ppl7985 3 роки тому +1

    I love this video so much I’ve watched it quite a few times over the span of about 10 years 😌🤍🕊

  • @xyon9090
    @xyon9090 7 років тому +3

    I've watched and listened to more than 4 versions already and I won't stop at that.

  • @marionnewberry9736
    @marionnewberry9736 9 років тому +8

    I learned to love good jazz early in life - my father had a better recording of this on a 78. Hopefully I've still got it his 78's on tape....... He used to go to Foyle's Book Shop in London and swapped 78's with Chris Barber ( nicknamed Stuttery Sam?). Dad wanted 'Ramblin' for his funeral - Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if the women don't get you - the liquor must! He'd hold Jazz Nights in our Pub mid-week in the 60's and it was like standing room only!! House of the Rising Sun? - Check out the original Josh White recording (B side Strange Fruit),

  • @Anikamism
    @Anikamism 8 років тому +5

    J'adore ! sublime interprétation, vidéo intéressante.

  • @buddyzroadie
    @buddyzroadie 14 років тому +4

    Awesome job on that video!!! I love that song and you made it even better! I especially liked the couple dancing above it all at the end, and the open locket by the headstones! :-)

  • @esmeraldaslifefandango7594
    @esmeraldaslifefandango7594 7 років тому +3

    My favorite by Satchmo. Love the video. Thanks for posting.

  • @arnoldwegstern5124
    @arnoldwegstern5124 4 роки тому +1

    Marvellous. The warm clarinet-sound of Martin Schmidt-Hahn could fit in as well

  • @jackogreen23
    @jackogreen23 14 років тому +1

    I've been hooked on the van ronk version for some time now, and thanks to youtube I now found this and the calloway version and the white stripes one... seems to be one of those songs I just can't get enough of (same with Amsterdam, Wayfaring stranger, ...)

  • @DirkjeA
    @DirkjeA 2 роки тому +2

    Touched me deeply. Can't express in words what this song did to me other than it gave me goosebumps all over, as a great song can do.

  • @yosoydeyarumal
    @yosoydeyarumal 7 років тому +3

    best of the best.... Ever.... With that wonferful clarinet.......

  • @Visitkarte
    @Visitkarte 13 років тому +3

    This is such a beautiful video, absolutely brilliant, and the sweet voice of Luis Armstrong! Aaach, if I could wish to have one single man back from the dead, it would be him!

  • @vivianacompiano5999
    @vivianacompiano5999 3 роки тому +1

    Definitely beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

  • @jannemann04107
    @jannemann04107 13 років тому +1

    Very great creative work. Thanks!
    Regards from Germany

  • @Tantalus52
    @Tantalus52 13 років тому +2

    This video was a labor of love! Thanks for your hard work and creativity.

  • @MyMoppet52
    @MyMoppet52 14 років тому +2

    A great video to go with the great song. This is a masterpiece!!!

  • @Blindianboy
    @Blindianboy 14 років тому +3

    wow! i haven't heard this version of the song. a bit more up tempo and playful than the other. can't say which is better (and that's a good thing)
    great video too!!

  • @paulwallis8437
    @paulwallis8437 9 років тому +4

    you who put this together... really nice!

  • @klausmair2807
    @klausmair2807 9 років тому +7

    G r e a t Luis Amrstrong - so cold, so sweet, so faer _ ist`s amazing !
    WOW. Not only the song but the video is very well; thanks .

  • @michaelbabinski9030
    @michaelbabinski9030 9 років тому +1

    What a great Video! Of course the song is the best... but you really did it justice.

  • @mony0cukero
    @mony0cukero 8 років тому

    soo gooooood =))) i really love Earl Hines playing this

  • @ovans7
    @ovans7 14 років тому

    what a video. Bravo. The music we know and love

  • @gahan101
    @gahan101 11 років тому +3

    Tremendous version,very emotional.

  • @dimitrispapagounas7955
    @dimitrispapagounas7955 6 років тому

    A very nice and sweet song ....

  • @123voltereta
    @123voltereta 12 років тому +1

    great job. well done,guys

  • @Protomanbeawsome
    @Protomanbeawsome 11 років тому +2

    If you did not know that was Cab Calloway, another famous jazz artist. He was in The Blues Brothers movie too.

  • @jeanettearseneault100
    @jeanettearseneault100 11 місяців тому

    Wonderful!

  • @derekking7738
    @derekking7738 2 роки тому

    Well done. Ya got it!

  • @Romeowasbleeding1
    @Romeowasbleeding1 12 років тому

    Shivers all over.

  • @_OkayC
    @_OkayC 7 років тому

    I love this song, I will always appreciate old music

  • @aureliodasilva4160
    @aureliodasilva4160 Рік тому +1

    Linda canção, estranha despedida da amada.

  • @aureliodasilva4160
    @aureliodasilva4160 Рік тому

    Belo e trágico!!!

  • @ideoteqa
    @ideoteqa 13 років тому +3

    I want this at my funeral

  • @robinmark64
    @robinmark64 13 років тому +1

    The song, the video, awesome!

  • @ediennega7880
    @ediennega7880 9 років тому +3

    This is homework for me I have to listen to it and learn it and play it on my violin but other then that it's a nice smooth song

  • @Kimarnic
    @Kimarnic 7 років тому +1

    Came from Don't mess with King Dice, this is some good calm music

    • @Aureovulpes
      @Aureovulpes 7 років тому

      it's oddly nostalgic and depressing but incredibly beautiful, i'm here for cuphead too!

  • @samreayable
    @samreayable 13 років тому +1

    Pure Magic.

  • @elfishimp
    @elfishimp 14 років тому +1

    Awesome

  • @Martel4
    @Martel4 13 років тому

    Great video too by the way.

  • @martinjanssjanss5905
    @martinjanssjanss5905 11 років тому +2

    this song is originally from holland ; johannes snoeker wrote it in 1888 because of the opening of a new hospital

  • @jazzjanne1
    @jazzjanne1 13 років тому

    Outstanding!

  • @A1l2l2e2n4
    @A1l2l2e2n4 12 років тому

    I've heard it said "You don't sing the blues to get the blues; you sing the blues to get rid of the blues."

  • @robertcoyle1532
    @robertcoyle1532 Рік тому +1

    Still the best ever!!!!!

  • @sheebacat9
    @sheebacat9 6 років тому +1

    I LOVE THIS MAN.

  • @richardmoon1852
    @richardmoon1852 8 років тому

    Thanks a bunch.

  • @yaelpalombo4093
    @yaelpalombo4093 2 роки тому +1

    Meraviglia assoluta❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @robertlivingstone442
    @robertlivingstone442 Рік тому

    Great!

  • @perrogris9646
    @perrogris9646 8 років тому

    Gracias por compartirlo!

  • @zondy2009
    @zondy2009 12 років тому

    Thats good. Happy for ya!!!!

  • @ohyeah81
    @ohyeah81  14 років тому +2

    thanks everyone for the positive feedback.
    this version of the song came from the "Satchmo Plays King Oliver" album; you can follow the iTunes link above if you'd like to purchase a copy :)

    • @smokakoka
      @smokakoka 3 роки тому +1

      box-back suit, double breasted…rare lyrics…like it better then Statson hat

  • @richardmoon1852
    @richardmoon1852 8 років тому +1

    Thanks again.

  • @Prof.MuriloPereiraDias
    @Prof.MuriloPereiraDias 14 років тому +1

    perfeito....lindo!!!! muito lindo!!!!!

  • @lilrolterBigBluesMama
    @lilrolterBigBluesMama 14 років тому

    Extraordinaire vidéo !!!!!
    BigMama §:-)

  • @alaindaubresse2161
    @alaindaubresse2161 Рік тому

    Sublime

  • @Volgeblanc
    @Volgeblanc 13 років тому

    WOW!!! speechless

  • @Medusawithglasses
    @Medusawithglasses 8 років тому

    Ufff your the man, Pops

  • @ЦветанД
    @ЦветанД 6 років тому

    so simply,so right,so fair

  • @jbily0
    @jbily0 13 років тому

    i smiled so hard at this i cried

  • @LRBMusic1
    @LRBMusic1 11 років тому

    Oh my! That trumpet!

  • @chrisflaherty8991
    @chrisflaherty8991 2 роки тому

    Louis Armstrong. Been a while since I've heard his music.

  • @francoisepianet8584
    @francoisepianet8584 7 років тому +2

    La musique que j'ai choisie, depuis plus de 40 ans, et inscrite dans mon "assurance cercueil", pour ma "crémation".

    • @mediathequedelattes1282
      @mediathequedelattes1282 Рік тому

      Le plus tard possible, Françoise...

    • @michelbatista9483
      @michelbatista9483 4 місяці тому

      Si Vous me le permettez, j'espère que Vous êtes tjs de ce Monde et qu'ainsi Vous pouvez tjs écouter ce
      magnifique morceau .

  • @Martel4
    @Martel4 13 років тому

    Amazing

  • @raulquiroz775
    @raulquiroz775 2 роки тому +1

    OCTOBER BLUES

  • @yaelpalombo4604
    @yaelpalombo4604 3 роки тому +1

    Magnifica versione di sempre💖💖💖💖

  • @philipchek
    @philipchek 14 років тому

    Superbe vidéo :)

  • @aboutashow
    @aboutashow 11 років тому +2

    I'm 18 and I like it. You asked if someone your age liked it, someone replied, and then instead of finding something in common with them you accused them of lying. Teen logic!?!?

  • @Elliottoes
    @Elliottoes 12 років тому +1

    Actually, no one knows where the song came from. It has strong roots in the US, but could even have originated in the UK. No one knows.
    But from my understanding, Louis Armstrong's version was a particularly iconic one. He voice was perfect for it, and allowed it to be sung in a way that (from what I know) no one had done before.
    I'm not a true Louis fan, but his gruff, houndish voice brings out something in the song that so many other musicians have tried to replicate or expand upon.

    • @andydunn5673
      @andydunn5673 Рік тому

      I didn’t actually know that. I thought all early blues and Jazz originated in the states. Certainly blues can be traced back to 1920 in the Deep South.

    • @Elliottoes
      @Elliottoes Рік тому

      @@andydunn5673 Hmm. I wrote that comment long ago, and was probably talking out of my behind. I guess I was suggesting that it could've originated from an English folk song or something - but if you look at the wikipedia page (including the section under "Theories about historical sources") it seems clear it came from an *_American_* folk song called "Gambler's Blues" and that the theories trying to connect that song to earlier folk songs seems a stretch?

    • @williamfagan7835
      @williamfagan7835 15 днів тому

      @@Elliottoes All previous recorded versions had been called Gambler's Blues before Louis recorded this as St James Infirmary in 1928 - the story is here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Infirmary_Blues. The version on this video is from 1959. Despite the previous title, Louis was probably the first artist who could play and sing the blues to have recorded the tune.

  • @oughtssought1198
    @oughtssought1198 3 роки тому +2

    great video for a great version of a great song
    is there another song with such a wide range of very different versions?

  • @MelvinatorX
    @MelvinatorX 12 років тому

    opened it up not knowing who artist was. didnt even have to look once i heard the trumpet.
    also first time i heard this.

  • @PhaedraLuver4SoraFan
    @PhaedraLuver4SoraFan 13 років тому

    Cab Calloway also did this song. I love Danny's rendition of it. FZpt2, FORBIDDEN GALAXY is being released this yr & Danny is reprising his role as SATAN! DOING THIS SONG! CANT WAIT!!! My fav by far is SQUEEZIT THE MOOCHER! Danny is one sexy DEVIL in F.Z.pt1!!! LOOOVE HIM! [spiritquest]*acct share :p

  • @ohyeah81
    @ohyeah81  13 років тому

    @LittleQueenie55 It was Rudolph Valentino's funeral. The footage can be found on The Sheik/Son of the Sheik DVD, it's available off Netflix if you're interested.

  • @carolinarivas3889
    @carolinarivas3889 7 років тому +2

    que belleza

  • @MrTheLighter
    @MrTheLighter 14 років тому

    the blue spirits are in the room..

  • @Regressor13
    @Regressor13 14 років тому

    love it!

  • @MrJohnHelper
    @MrJohnHelper 11 років тому

    MACBA of Barcelona took me here

  • @HexifiedMusic
    @HexifiedMusic 8 років тому +62

    Koko the Clown :-)

  • @anl1943
    @anl1943 9 років тому

    Belo!!!