Rev. Gary Davis performance - 25mins

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  • @Kid_illithid
    @Kid_illithid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Let us take a moment to thank the internet for bringing old footage like this to people all over

    • @res555666a
      @res555666a 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes let us all bow down and say Thank You!

    • @alexvthooft
      @alexvthooft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All hail Tim Berners-Lee!! ❤

    • @arianf2904
      @arianf2904 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amen

    • @gostrum1
      @gostrum1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love you TH-cam ❤😢

    • @davescupper5789
      @davescupper5789 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks interweb😂

  • @PepperDaniels1
    @PepperDaniels1 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I count myself extremely lucky to have seen Gary Davis up close and personal many times at the Ash Grove in the mid 60s. His singing made my hair stand on end, and his guitar playing left me gasping in awe. So glad these videos still exist.

  • @1canyonguy
    @1canyonguy ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have found that for over 50 years my worst days always get better after listening to the REV.

  • @martynspooner5822
    @martynspooner5822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The brilliance of the man, long may he be remembered.

  • @francfroma688
    @francfroma688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What a legend sent by the lord.

  • @levinton1
    @levinton1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This is likely the greatest video to see Gary Davis as the great artist he was. His chord progressions and finger picking are superb. His voicing always perfectly in synch with his playing. Both voice and guitar equally strong and mutually reinforcing. He has no equal as an original country blues picker. I was lucky to hear him in his apartment. I have never forgotten that evening, and we have seen so many young New Yorkers who dedicated themselves to his style of performance and became great in their own different ways. Dave Van Ronk, Steve James, Jorma Kaukonen, Happy Traum and so many more.

    • @Updike999
      @Updike999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He gave lessons in his Jamaica apartment. My dear late friend Allan Evans studied with him and spread the word.

  • @johnhi47
    @johnhi47 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This is whole next level difficult, sophisticated and brilliant. Few recognise the greatness of Rev Gary Davis, no one alive can do anything remotely near this!!!

  • @ianmcgeachy
    @ianmcgeachy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Remarkable, incredibly important footage of one of the worlds most influential guitarists.

  • @freedomisntfree2089
    @freedomisntfree2089 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We need the rev Davis back these days

  • @edburner6258
    @edburner6258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Twelve Gates to the City, Sampson and Delia(If I Had my Way), Cincinnati Flow Rag, Candyman, Sally where'd you get your liquor from, Buck Dance, She wouldnt say quit, Oh Glory, How Happy I Am, I heard the angels singing,

  • @EricFlatpick
    @EricFlatpick 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is fantastic. Thanks so much for posting. Bless the cameraman who gave us such a great view of the Rev's hands in action.

  • @Corto8530
    @Corto8530 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Che fuoriclasse. Ti voglio bene Reverendo. Your spirit is alive

  • @talister106
    @talister106 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His music will last long after were all gone. Thank you Rev.,!

  • @bokehintheussr5033
    @bokehintheussr5033 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My guitar teacher when I was 18 introduced me to Gary Davis as the greatest player of all time. I believe the first song he played me was either "I'll Fly Away" or "Samson and Delilah". I didn't get it for the first however many bars, but after a while I got swept away by his groove, and his cascading polyrhythms. I think my teacher was right. In many respects the Rev. was the GOAT.

    • @stevechanning497
      @stevechanning497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hmmm. What does " the Rev was the GOAT " mean exactly ?! I used to keep goats and I'm buggered if I can see any similarity at all...

    • @metalmarks04
      @metalmarks04 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@stevechanning497its an acronym-‘Greatest Of All Time’

  • @1canyonguy
    @1canyonguy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Rev. Gary Davis, Gary Davis, Blind Gary Davis, Blind Rev Gary or just Gary - Its all good. Never got to hear him live but did get to see him with Annie Davis at their home in Queens after his passing she gave my friend and myself each one of his harps. When I feel the blues all I have to do is listen to him.

  • @Plarocks
    @Plarocks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This brought tears to my eyes.

  • @kaecake9575
    @kaecake9575 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Modern Music is like a dust molecule compared to Southern Black men. Blind fuller and Blind Blake still amazes me with their sounds:)
    Welcome to the good side of TH-cam ✨

  • @peterpedersen1641
    @peterpedersen1641 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great to see this video. Watching David Bromberg play makes me see how we took so much from his lessons with the Rev. Gary Davis to heart. This guy basically invented this style of picking. Practice Practice Practice. Love this stuff!

  • @kazzcyanmusic
    @kazzcyanmusic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I always feel something very important from his play. I think it beyond playing technic
    or genre and it always appeals to my heart deeply.

    • @johnegan4762
      @johnegan4762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, I know exactly what you mean. Stirs me deep inside. Something very important is what I hear too.

  • @gfreeman9843
    @gfreeman9843 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Death don't have no mercy in this land. Great song too.

  • @bluesguy1977
    @bluesguy1977 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He is, and always will be, da boss

  • @gabrielpeachey1589
    @gabrielpeachey1589 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saw Gary Davis at Cambridge folk festival in the 70s I think it was.
    One of the best

  • @Martin-uz3tj
    @Martin-uz3tj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just listened to an interview with David Bromberg. He took guitar lessons from Gary Davis. Had to come here and listen. So glad i did. Never heard of him before, now, albeit late, I'm a fan. Thanks for sharing!

  • @jsun6396
    @jsun6396 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thank you for posting this. I am Currently listening to and watching this while paying my respects at his final resting spot. Kudos man.

    • @Chrisjwhit
      @Chrisjwhit  ปีที่แล้ว

      You're very welcome

    • @1canyonguy
      @1canyonguy ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your posting- such an inspiration he will remain.

    • @funisnumberone1
      @funisnumberone1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Where is that? So nice of you to recognize and visit and share that pretty thought.

  • @Justin-rm8fz
    @Justin-rm8fz ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I once had a dream that I was hanging out with him

  • @calvincooper2669
    @calvincooper2669 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    2:50 - Samsun and Delilah
    5:43 - Cincinnati Flow Rag

    • @jakollee
      @jakollee ปีที่แล้ว +11

      0:32 Twelve Gates to the City
      7:33 Candyman
      12:27 Buck Dance
      14:29 She Wouldn’t Say Quit

  • @TheLordChiefRocka
    @TheLordChiefRocka หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    he sounds like if you put a microphone to a broken heart

  • @wizardoftoys
    @wizardoftoys ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shure hope someone gets a time machine runnin soon ,coz I'd love to go back and give this fella ALL THE CREDIT AND AWARDS HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN and a GREAT BIG HUG! ( Am Shure The Maker gave Him Everything and more, in THE KINGDOM in The Sky!)

  • @GaryPhelps-dx7rt
    @GaryPhelps-dx7rt ปีที่แล้ว +10

    he taught stephan grossman, influenced jorma kaukanen he was a real important man in music

  •  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a talented musician he was ! Strong and still Folk...

  • @marikatecarlisle3988
    @marikatecarlisle3988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Incredible syncopation plays "Mrs. Gibson" like a pianist. So hard to condense his life into an essay for school.

  • @marcoantoniodeluca19
    @marcoantoniodeluca19 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    genial!! gracias desde argentina, tierra del nuevo blues!!!

  • @HEADSUPBERKELEY
    @HEADSUPBERKELEY 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow Rev Davis looks like he is related to Samuel L.. Thanks this PURE TREASURE

  • @robertgraves3215
    @robertgraves3215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Holy shit. I didn't know there was FOOTAGE!!!!

  • @tpatton6773
    @tpatton6773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    🤗 AMEN THANK YOU!

  • @silcas
    @silcas 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember driving him to some gigs in London way back. When he was in my house, he would just sit alone playing. Unfortunately I didn't know how famous he was at the time!

    • @silcas
      @silcas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Acoustic blues information. To be honest, he was just very ordinary. A bit quiet, but friendly.

    • @deino1121
      @deino1121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      what do you do now?

    • @Zb_Calisthenic
      @Zb_Calisthenic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's cool!

  • @thomasjust2663
    @thomasjust2663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    People in those days were more down to earth, not like today were everyone wants attention and thinks she/he is the greatest thing to be born to god's green earth

  • @JazzMessenger1218
    @JazzMessenger1218 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You then must have seen the great Lightning Hopkins who played the Ash often. That’s a gift my friend.

  • @emlyngriffith5846
    @emlyngriffith5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Amazing playing using just the thumb and index finger……this is a gem 👍

    • @roberthamlin6638
      @roberthamlin6638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He taught many aspiring musicians in the NYC area on how to play in his style. Most notably the guitar player with Hot Tuna. I can’t spell his name. Another one was Stephan Grossman. Stephan later taught folks like me with instructional cassette tapes. I learned how to play a few of Rev. Davis tunes. This was back in the nineties when I learned these songs.

    • @emlyngriffith5846
      @emlyngriffith5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@roberthamlin6638 ….yes I too learnt a lot from Grossman and his Kicking Mule albums back in those days when the records came with a tab book….long before TH-cam etc….and I still play them now, including some of the Rev Gary Davis songs….I use more than one finger though! (and I’ve never liked using a thumbpick).

    • @roberthamlin6638
      @roberthamlin6638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@emlyngriffith5846 yes I pick in a hybrid style. Pick in my thumb and index finger and also use my middle and ring finger. I had one of those books that came with the square nylon record. It was an instructional book called Traditional, country bottleneck blues guitar by Arlen Roth. I learned so good stuff from it.

    • @edburner6258
      @edburner6258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@roberthamlin6638 Jorma Kaukonen, was also the guitarist in Jefferson Airplane

    • @roberthamlin6638
      @roberthamlin6638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ed burner never knew that. Thanks Ed.

  • @saullouis
    @saullouis 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow. There is no one like him.

  • @BlueFinch
    @BlueFinch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He was born in Laurens County, SC

  • @MichelLelongMusicHouse
    @MichelLelongMusicHouse 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A true master and genius...

  • @scottparmenter5783
    @scottparmenter5783 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A great man, great player. Very difficult to copy. Ernie Hawkins is the best Rev. Davis player

  • @Moe_Lester_fromUptwn
    @Moe_Lester_fromUptwn ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man look like he felt the Blues n walked the Crossroads.
    🔥🔥🔥

    • @simonedavis2398
      @simonedavis2398 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He rejected the devil, his soul was not for sale! Today’s artists have much to learn from him…

  • @tpatton6773
    @tpatton6773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well...this is where we have the great ones that listened... hum 🤗

  • @nyronut
    @nyronut ปีที่แล้ว +13

    real deal blues

  • @kaecake9575
    @kaecake9575 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    18:08 amazing sounds

  • @DeltaJazzUK
    @DeltaJazzUK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    No one can syncopate like Rev Davis. No one.

  • @Jamesy5725
    @Jamesy5725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I loved to see him play 'Candyman' (starting about 7:32). Was hoping he'd sing it but he just kept picking and didn't open his flytrap. Anyway thanks very much for posting this, really enjoyed it.

    • @davespeight4426
      @davespeight4426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He would never sing 'profane' songs Ted - his wife would give him hell :-) Then I hear him sing 'she wouldn't say quit' - I bet he was given a hard time about that one!!! Sat at his feet in '66 and heard so many stories - made a massive impression on me

  • @ZeroFretGuitar
    @ZeroFretGuitar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If I had my way - 2:51

  • @MrJoelyms
    @MrJoelyms 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My mom used to sing in a folk group in the '60's and one of the fellas used to sing "Twelve Gates to the City". I never knew Davis sang it and certainly never thought I'd ever see a video of him performing it. More like testifying it. Thank you very much for posting this.

    • @Dulcimerea
      @Dulcimerea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pete Seeger did it on his old in concert album. Hallelujah!

  • @TomDoesUtube
    @TomDoesUtube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glory Halloo Brother!

  • @roadrunnerzendejas333
    @roadrunnerzendejas333 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Happy birthday man

  • @eddiedawkins19
    @eddiedawkins19 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think hes playing a J200 Gibson guitar

  • @jimdowling1591
    @jimdowling1591 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great Guitarist. Leadbelly too.

  • @slepycitron
    @slepycitron 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for putting this on. Magic.

  • @YesOfCourse90
    @YesOfCourse90 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing....

  • @hannahbellaphotography1928
    @hannahbellaphotography1928 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely musical treasure, thanks for posting :)

  • @adrianomarramirez
    @adrianomarramirez 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you... beautiful! :D

  • @patzimmusic
    @patzimmusic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    lovely

  • @thescoobymike
    @thescoobymike 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    5:22 this made me freak out

    • @TheBirdBrigade
      @TheBirdBrigade 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I feel ya.....

  • @JG-sq7it
    @JG-sq7it 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Born in Lawrence County, NC??? What? There's no such thing. He was born in LAURENS County in SOUTH Carolina.

  • @theonemodifier
    @theonemodifier ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The REAL deal

  • @AndrewLe97
    @AndrewLe97 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This whole time i thought the dead wrote Samson and Delilah

  • @ClaudioFiammenghi
    @ClaudioFiammenghi 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic.

  • @theblueridgerounders3710
    @theblueridgerounders3710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Rev. was born in Laurens County South Carolina just to set the record straight.

    • @franklinbumgartener1323
      @franklinbumgartener1323 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      False. You're thinking of Rev. Jerry "Bathmat Jenkins" Davis. Rev. Gary Davis, on the other hand was definitely from NC.

  • @jaywalker2005
    @jaywalker2005 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yes the bisness

  • @reichardt16baron97
    @reichardt16baron97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just saw movie Harlem Street Preacher.Really worthwhile experience. Great inspiration.

  • @nicholaiginovaef4861
    @nicholaiginovaef4861 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Note to self: 2:50 rock that shit, brother

    • @Justin-rm8fz
      @Justin-rm8fz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Apparently he was once quoted saying 'bar chords are for pussies'

  • @mikemestas9835
    @mikemestas9835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    whatever that woman could get her hands on---she threw......we're thru i said

  • @richardirmler435
    @richardirmler435 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou

    • @Chrisjwhit
      @Chrisjwhit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re welcome 😊

  • @jeremyyoung5546
    @jeremyyoung5546 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Blind rev Gary Davis

  • @russelsheartinacage
    @russelsheartinacage 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my GOLLY GOSH!

  • @mgmityu
    @mgmityu 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jesus! Wonderfull.
    What is the song from 21 minute ? Beautiful.

    • @lionelstoodley
      @lionelstoodley 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's called "I heard the angels singing" - as you say, beautiful

  • @5barkerstreet
    @5barkerstreet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    nice guitar

  • @budharpey
    @budharpey 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, thanks!

  • @pootbutta
    @pootbutta 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    where Dave Van Ronk got his stuff!!

    • @ABevs
      @ABevs 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      *****
      Great folk singer from the 60's. He is the loose basis for the new Coen Brothers movie.

    • @mysteryjesus
      @mysteryjesus 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ABevs1 i have it on good sources that there is nothing remotely similar between Van Ronk and the main character of Inside Llywen Davis.

    • @ABevs
      @ABevs 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mysteryjesus That may be true but the people who made the movie said that was their loose basis.

    • @mysteryjesus
      @mysteryjesus 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I should also state that they were pretty pissed off about it. Because the guy is nothing like Van Ronk. They used Van Ronk's book as the basis. But the character, who is essentially messing up, is nothing like him. Some people are not impressed by the Coen Bros saying that. They hated the movie as a result. These are people who were actually there in the village in the early 60's.

    • @abianchi0226
      @abianchi0226 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mysteryjesus I was a student in those days right there in Greenwich Village and it was a joyful, optimistic time of musical revival of American roots music. People were into traditional folk and blues and we were all trying to emulate Rev. Davis, Merle Travis, Dave Van Ronk, John Hammond Jr. and all the other great finger pickers. The Coen Bros got it completely wrong with that stinker-roo of a movie that failed to capture the spirit of those great days..

  • @johnegan4762
    @johnegan4762 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Put your dictionaries away ladies and gentleman. This is the definition of 'salt of the Earth'.

  • @Alex_Willis
    @Alex_Willis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Born in SOUTH CAROLINA not NC. He did live in NC as an adult before moving to NY.

  • @Dulcimerea
    @Dulcimerea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    CANDY MAN
    Album : Fairytale
    Donovan
    Candy man, he's been and gone
    My Candy man, he's been and gone
    My Candy man, he's been and gone.
    Now I love everything in this Godalmighty world
    God knows I do.
    Peppermint stick got a little brass band
    I got a peppermint stick I got a little brass band
    I got a peppermint stick I got a little brass band
    And I'm goin' down to the gate to score the Candy man stand.
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    'Cause I love everything in this Godalmighty world
    God knows I do.
    Candy man, he's been and gone
    My Candy man and his name was John
    My Candy man he's Morocco bound
    Now I'd give everything in this Godalmighty world
    To bring my Candy man home.
    Black skin man give me some bad brew
    Oh black skin man give me some bad brew
    Oh black skin man give me some bad brew
    Now I'd give everything in this Godalmighty world
    To bring me my Candy man home.
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer
    'Cause I love everything in this Godalmighty world
    God knows I do.
    Candy man, I love the man,
    Yeah the Candy man, he gets me high
    My Candy man, yeah I love the man,
    And I'd give everything in this Godalmighty world
    To bring my Candy man home

    • @PIPEHEAD
      @PIPEHEAD 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I don't know if you are taking these down yourself, or got them elsewhere ? It's " Black skin man give me bad deal " a reference to the poor treatment dealt out to punks like him in London in the 60s, when shopping for inspiration. I'm going to check the baby line in a minute, and if you are wrong about that too, there will be trouble .....
      Good one, I'd never heard that - I have only known it for about fifty five years !
      I heard " fetch a pitcher kid, and bring some beer " .

    • @MrEclecticity
      @MrEclecticity ปีที่แล้ว

      Donovan! Here? FFS!

  • @davidleeson3704
    @davidleeson3704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    well believe this or not I was his roadie just before he died and guess what I am white but what did it matter he was blind

    • @anton1990
      @anton1990 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why would that have mattered, anyway?…

    • @CKANE1952
      @CKANE1952 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      “There was a time when I was blind.” RGD

    • @CasimirMandli
      @CasimirMandli 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As soon as you opened your mouth and said "yes sir" he probably knew what your color was.

    • @CasimirMandli
      @CasimirMandli 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When I was young and impatient I had to listen to rock and did not listen to stuff like this. I started playing guitar at about ten years old. I'm 71 now. I have so much respect for performers like this. I had turntables to work with to get my music. The performers of his Era had nothing to listen to. There is such a small percentage of guitar players that can kind of close to what he's playing.

  • @jonblizaze
    @jonblizaze 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!

  • @ronnieblanchet4072
    @ronnieblanchet4072 ปีที่แล้ว

    SOLI DEO GLORIA
    -Ronnie

  • @whackamole
    @whackamole 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Totally legit. End of chat.

  • @PanamaRed920
    @PanamaRed920 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only problem is i cant find a good version of 'i heard the angels singing'

  • @thescoobymike
    @thescoobymike 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s a shame that the audio cut

  • @bardolph01
    @bardolph01 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's fascinating to see how the art of the guitar has developed over the decades. Compare Davis' playing with one of the current geniuses, an extremely odd fellow who calls himself 'Buckethead' -- Here is an introduction to his playing. The music is atrocious but try to watch it once through just to appreciate what he can do with his fingers and his mind: Young Buckethead is God

  • @pupusaslordking5617
    @pupusaslordking5617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    he has to be the best guitar player ever ?

    • @Justin-rm8fz
      @Justin-rm8fz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had a dream that I was hanging out with him once

    • @ValleyoftheRogue
      @ValleyoftheRogue ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is right up there with Blind Blake, who is slightly better. Rev. Davis was the guitarist's guitarist. Any top guitarist, certainly all of the electric guitar gods of the sixties and seventies, were well aware of this man and his acoustic blues contemporaries. Some were even taught by him. He and the others were hugely influential.

  • @SuperOlds88
    @SuperOlds88 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonder who owns that old jumbo now?

    • @edwrdricrrd1490
      @edwrdricrrd1490 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hopefully it is being played, not just on show in a case somewhere.

  • @lucaslopespereira1666
    @lucaslopespereira1666 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    3: 33 butterfly borboleta

  • @AUSROTTENY2K
    @AUSROTTENY2K 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    21:23

  • @seamusbrowne4909
    @seamusbrowne4909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🙂🙂🙂

  • @samandhaydenmusic
    @samandhaydenmusic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:18 :D

  • @PanamaRed920
    @PanamaRed920 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whats the song before 'heard the angels singing'? I need it

    • @kenjikent
      @kenjikent 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its called "Oh glory, how happy i am".

  • @grahamt33
    @grahamt33 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He is so primitive but then, all the great blues men were

    • @RichACBlues
      @RichACBlues ปีที่แล้ว +20

      advanced and skillful music but done in a very raw manner I think is a better term. Which always comes off realer and more soulful to me.

    • @grahamt33
      @grahamt33 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RichACBlues The Pure Truth !

    • @Ayo.Ajisafe
      @Ayo.Ajisafe ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Primitive you know!!😂😂😂
      Do you know how many modern blues players this man taught. It's disrespectful.
      I can't think of one bluesman that deserves the title primitive...what the f@@@? There is more sophistication in his right hand alone than most modern players that can only use a pick.
      In his left hand he effortlessly weaves bass riffs chords and melody while singing with more soul and conviction than 99.9% of the population. All while being blind...
      Primitive...
      Charlie Patton
      Blind Blake
      Blind Willie Mctell
      Son House
      Primitive?
      Is Stevie Ray Vaughan also primitive?
      Eric Clapton?

    • @Oberdober1
      @Oberdober1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You weren't paying attention for Samson and Delilah my man just ripped it

    • @fenomenoooo
      @fenomenoooo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      shut UP

  • @bloby31
    @bloby31 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this mf looks like he is going to create the avengers

    • @alainsoubrier1609
      @alainsoubrier1609 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😊

    • @IndyDefense
      @IndyDefense 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He did. Go look at all the great guitar players he inspired.

    • @Dan-vd2vp
      @Dan-vd2vp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      great way of putting it @@IndyDefense

  • @kevindean6600
    @kevindean6600 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder what his guitar is tuned to

    • @thFaust
      @thFaust ปีที่แล้ว +10

      it is all standard tuning. isn't it amazing? sounds as full as open tunings, he was a great master for sure

    • @user-fr2hv3ip6f
      @user-fr2hv3ip6f ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Standard tuning but very precisely out of key. Dave Van Ronk wrote that he used to try to sneak around Davis when he wasn't looking and tune his guitar correctly, and Davis would recognize it immediately and tune it back just ever so slightly to get that dissonance.

    • @thFaust
      @thFaust ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@user-fr2hv3ip6f There is no way to tune a Guitar so all chord shapes sound correctly (according to the overtone series) anyways, a tuning in 12 steps will always be a compromise when it comes to that. You can temper standard tuning so either the C,A,G,E or D shape chord sounds more harmonious, making the others more "off". Bluesman like the Reverend often played with a slightly flat 3rd of the chord (playing around the E chord, thats the G string). If one plays with vibrato it can also make sense to have one string slightly flat, because bending can only bring the note up. If the starting pitch is slightly flat, one can go through and around the target note like a singer would. When there is no flat note to start with, you can only do such a vibrato starting in a bend, which is quite difficult, or violin style, which can't really be done slowly. Electric guitarists have their trusty tremolo bar for those kinds of notes.. :D

    • @stevechanning497
      @stevechanning497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thFaust Thanks very much for this well written and really useful explanation.

  • @PanamaRed920
    @PanamaRed920 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I looked on itunes but there is nothing

    • @denxero
      @denxero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      f*ck itunes. It's capitalist cancer

  • @tpatton6773
    @tpatton6773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doesn't this diddy sound ...?

  • @tedscott1478
    @tedscott1478 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Highly revered and overrated...

    • @MisterNiles
      @MisterNiles 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Can you site a few accurately rated guitarists

    • @douggarrison8432
      @douggarrison8432 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      One of the dumbest comments I've seen all week on the internet regarding any topic.

    • @Plarocks
      @Plarocks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And we also have to thank the internet for the amplification of stupidity.

    • @funisnumberone1
      @funisnumberone1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@MisterNiles Of course you received no reply from this foolish poster (poser)! Thanks for scaring it away.