Shared a beer with him backstage after one of his sets at the 1975 New Orleans Blues and Heritage Festival. Spine tingling performance and a lovely man - very gentle and generous - swapped many stories. A never forgotten time.
This clip and Scrap Iron Blues are from a German documentary called Out of the Blues and Into the Blacks. It was put out on 2 VHS tapes by Yazoo in 1995. Out of print. Never made it to DVD. Glad to see this up here. The segment with Robert Pete is some of the most magical video I've seen. I don't think there's much more or any more of him in the film. Its all good though...
There was a series of 12 albums called The Legacy Of The Blues, compiled by Samuel Charters, with one dedicated to Robert Pete Williams. I had it when I was a kid. There was a song called "Woman You Ain't No Good" that was incredible. From Lousiana, the style is pure Delta Blues, like the heavier Robert Johnson, Son House or Charley Patton stuff. Breath-taking.
Hes never been underrated in my world.Been listening to him for 20 years.The way he combines peetie Wheatstraw and blind lemon jefferson tickels me to death.He had is own style
Amazing performance. This is from the documentary "Out of the Blacks and Into the Blues vol. I: Along the Old Man River." Williams also performs "Scrap Iron Blues" in the film which lupine22 has also posted. kudos. No DVD [yet?] of this doc but plenty of new & used VHS copies out there. Other performers who are shown in this 52 min. film are Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Roosevelt Sykes, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry.
ive found part of the documentary on youtube, its got s french dub ov the english parts but its a good doc none the less. its called en remontant le mississippi
Shared a beer with him backstage after one of his sets at the 1975 New Orleans Blues and Heritage Festival. Spine tingling performance and a lovely man - very gentle and generous - swapped many stories. A never forgotten time.
I love how he handles oxygen tanks with lit cigarette in his mouth... I do the same while working on gasoline engines and fuel lines open...
Robert Pete Williams, one of my very favourite bluesman of all time! So raw, so real. He had a very eerie sound, it haunts me.
what a bloke. what a bluesman. criminally under rated.
in my opinion one of the few post war blues musician who was any good.
wow... what a sound man, I dig this! f*** new music, man it makes me sad that it is so poor today...
great vid of a great bluesman.bluespower steered me to this
Robert Pete Williams, one of the greatest bluesman of all time! What more can one say?
Incredible holler. He was a great singer.
This clip and Scrap Iron Blues are from a German documentary called Out of the Blues and Into the Blacks. It was put out on 2 VHS tapes by Yazoo in 1995. Out of print. Never made it to DVD. Glad to see this up here. The segment with Robert Pete is some of the most magical video I've seen. I don't think there's much more or any more of him in the film. Its all good though...
The guitar playing is outstanding.
I just LOVE Robert Pete Williams music! Why is this stuff not available on DVD?!
This is great i was listening and i love his music .Real legend.
There was a series of 12 albums called The Legacy Of The Blues, compiled by Samuel Charters, with one dedicated to Robert Pete Williams. I had it when I was a kid. There was a song called "Woman You Ain't No Good" that was incredible. From Lousiana, the style is pure Delta Blues, like the heavier Robert Johnson, Son House or Charley Patton stuff. Breath-taking.
Hes never been underrated in my world.Been listening to him for 20 years.The way he combines peetie Wheatstraw and blind lemon jefferson tickels me to death.He had is own style
this is a guy i never heard of. wow! great movie and really cool music. what fantastic guitar.
dave
Heart touching ❤️
Still available, as "The Sonet Blues Story", as is "Free Again", another excellent album.
Lawdy Mercy........Mercy Lawd!!!
Cheers John at BP ,enjoyed this one
Amazing performance. This is from the documentary "Out of the Blacks and Into the Blues vol. I: Along the Old Man River." Williams also performs "Scrap Iron Blues" in the film which lupine22 has also posted. kudos.
No DVD [yet?] of this doc but plenty of new & used VHS copies out there. Other performers who are shown in this 52 min. film are Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Roosevelt Sykes, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry.
another favorite ,, thanks
This guy is really good.
Thanks
i used to have an album of his in rhe 70 s , i play a song off it with my band , it rocks out like a mofo
Hi Dave, Yes RPW was incredible. Check out his other video clip - Scrap Iron Blues - here on UA-cam.
old girl at my door
TED LIVES
genius
Slim Harpo died in 1970, this was filmed in '71.
And the connection between the two is ... ?
@@lupine22 to show how close we were to getting footage of Slim Harpo
He’s My brother in law Grandpa
Any idea what tuning RPW used?
Does this footage come from a movie? If so, is still available?
ive found part of the documentary on youtube, its got s french dub ov the english parts but its a good doc none the less. its called en remontant le mississippi
Sounds like Led Zeplin Back Door Man
really?