Drop dead blues - Tourist actually stops to listen and asks why I'm on the street
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- This never happens. People walk by and then....actually stop to listen. I was overwhelmed with emotion! I walked towards them to show that I saw them. We talked for five minutes afterwards. Now I can say that I'm finally fulfilled. 4/25/19
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1) Street playing is not all fun and games and dancing kids. Doing this for 7 years. I regularly face not only verbal abuse, but physical assault as I work a few blocks from downtown eastside Vancouver. I'm surrounded by addicts, drunks, and people who should be in mental homes.
2) I'm a musician that writes his own music for 20 years. Check out my bandcamp page to see what I can really do with a guitar. 500 albums of original instrumentals.
3) I get asked this 100 times a day so here's the answer: I play on the street and not in a band because all the clubs closed years ago. I used to lead many bands from 2006 to 2018. That's all gone. It's also a lot more hassle, and less money, to run a band than play by myself.
4) I get asked this 100 times a day. "Why don't you try a better spot?" THIS is the best spot. How do I know? I've tried all of them. This spot is even better than Granville Island which is all tourists. Vancouver does not have many spots to play. Maybe 3 downtown. I have to go where traffic is heaviest or you make no money. Playing on beaches and parks or near homes, condos, apt buildings, is forbidden. This is the main transit hub of trains/seabus and also walkway for the convention centre as well as heavily touristed gastown. - เพลง
I have been playing guitar for 46+ years and because I understand the depth and consistency of effort and commitment to achieve his level of musicianship, I would stop, listen throw a few bucks into his case and convey my high regard for his playing which is absolutely beautiful. He deserves all good things life has to offer.
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I would stop and listen to you anytime.
Me too!
So would I. I'm a sucker for tasty guitar playing, particularly bluesy.
I'm almost never carrying cash of an size though, probably the same for many in this day and age.
Hope you locate yourself near an ATM :)
I usually have a bag of popcorn so you can have half. But I never go outside the continental US so -
You are 1 in million by the looks of it 😆 but guessing if he was in street where people where stopping and listening to him he wouldn't tip so good lol .
Me too, that was awesome could literally listen to you all day.
Kind woman and appreciates good music .
Props to someone who actually appreciates someone pouring our their soul on thin metal strings..
What a talented man .... Every city should have someone playing music on the street .
Most of them do but most buskers can't carry a tune in a bucket with a forklift!
This guy is brilliant. Some great playing. 👍🏻🎸❤️
Wonder if he played with Gaye Delorme…
Yeah i wish busking were more popular! These days in my city its mostly just homeless with ducket drums. Sometimes its very good, but most of the time I wish they had some different instruments!
@@rickcoona I saw some in New York with a whole drum set made of buckets and a band electric instruments and amps. Multiple buckets of different pitches can carry tunes.
Damn! This guy can play! I can't believe all these people walking by and not even acknowledging he is even there, much less stop to listen. I could sit and listen to this guy as long as he would play, then come back the next day and do it all over again! Can't believe he is not playing backup in some big recording studio as he can play so many different styles. But, I got to say, he is Kick Ass playing the blues! Please keep it up!!!!!
Me too, he's fabulous, me and my rocking shoulders are feelin' it.
Thats the life of a busker.
Right! Throw him a fuckin’ thumbs up or somethin’!
HE HAS A TALENT YOU JUST CANT EGNORE. WOW. i WOULD SPEND ALL AFTERNOON LISTENING TO THIS GUTY. SUPERB
Or as I like to call it… he is a real genuine Elon Busk.
It's unbelievable that people walk by like he's not even there
Only a few people “hear” music. Most don’t have the gift. And it is a gift. If you have a bunch of the gift, you can do what this fine guitarist does.
It's deciding to learn music, grabbing a guitar and practicing your ass off for years. almost amyone can do it if you are of sound body and mind.
@@skyeditor1740 Well, here we are, disagreeing on TH-cam, right in front of God and everybody. :)
@@garywhitt98 That's never happened before.
Some concert performers have put me in extreme awe. There is almost nothing like the experience.
Gary Whitt, Absolutely! Well said.
How anyone could walk by this guy without listening to his artful playing is beyond me. Great musician.
Even if your in a hurry at least drop a buck.
Here's the thing...noodling the blues requires skill but it's been heard a thousand times before. People are jaded. It's background music, albeit background music that requires a lifetime of practice.
@@elmoblatch9787 Did you forget not all blues sound the same, finding a tone can make the difference. And I play!
Poor taste in this genre of music
phenomenal and people just pass by- I would have to pull up a chair and sit back and take this all in!
Me too
Yeah, lawn chair, a beer, and a nice long toke.
How can they not stop and listen?
You’re a chair
Fast food life , its our world today ...
Southern charm! She's so sweet. Music can make people "feel" so they run from that vulnerability but they also love it. What a paradox.
The blues are timeless and your playing is masterful. Thank you for letting us all hear it.
I've found that the blues calm me, mesmerize me.
@Gunnar Jeremy I don't use ig. Never have, never will.
Thank you.
The thrill is ON. B.B King would definitely have approved of this rendition of his classic tune.
Listened to this guy many times. He's one of the greatest guitarists you could ever listen too. Legend.
Some years ago I saw a busker playing my favourite Eagles tune and I stood and listened to the whole thing before giving the lady all my change. She burst into tears because I had taken the time to stop, which she said, was almost as good as the money so I know how you feel. And you can play blues all day long in my opinion.
If you don't love the sound , you're not human !
Thanks for sharing !
I'm not human but I love music I just don't like this Floyd pub blues he's playing .Headache inducing. High pitched whine.
@@batmscot6149 🙄
This music only appeals to the godly, it’s no surprise those who don’t live so, would not enjoy so.
This was an amazing piece, this man is amazing.
Love is a battlefield.
I’m disheartened by those who hate, but I am never defeated by them. I only hold enough space, so they may see “how it could be” for them.
Some souls will never be saved. 🤷🏼♂️
He's incredible, I wish I was there, I would stop and listen for ages. People walking past don't know they're born.
Glad to see that SOMEBODY paid attention and gave praise, but they weren't Canadians I believe !! Beautiful playing as ever.
-Arkansas USA. "Arkancide" claim (countless early 'demisings' of associates] to fame, for the Clinton family, of presidential renown ;}
@@blogengeezer4507 Well, how 'bout that...one of us "backwards Hillbillies" from Arkansas appreciated his talent and perseverance out there on the streets enough to take a few minutes and talk with him... and left more than just a few coins...to show her admiration. Way to go, mam...!! And yea, I live here near the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and I also appreciate excellent musical skills. what I DO NOT like is having this lovely State being only known for...uugghh...bill clinton and hitlery herself. Arkansas is predominately Conservative now and we detest the damage the Democrats, and particularly the clintons ( I do not even give them the usual respect to capitalize the name...!!! ), have done here.
It's a shame everyone is in such a rush. If I ever find my way there I'll be pulling up a lawn chair and pulling out a few $20s.
@John Jordan, and I’ll sit with you! I’ll even bring the snacks and cold drinks 🥤. 👍
@@TexasRose50 fellow Texan right there with you. People are people, no matter where you go.
This is whats SO UNFAIR...a REAL TALELTED guy not making any money doing what he does so well! I hope some one local can help. I really enjoyed his music, and want more! Thank you.
Meanwhile, some 18-year-old thug with gold teeth is mumbling his way with autotune to a fortune being promoted by the "music industry"... Sad.
@@kma3647 It's easy to say that it doesn't take skill or that it isn't real music to songs/genres that you don't like. But in reality any kind of music takes skill to become popular.
@@lemmefeelyerjibblets8856 word. takes just as much work especially if not talent.
@@lemmefeelyerjibblets8856 the rappers you see now have been working with word play from the time they were little kids, lots of them have spent their whole life messing around with rhymes, beats, different rhythms, ect. Just as this guitarist has spent his life dedicating his time to learning how to play sick as music. I hate seeing the ignorance of people like K MA because that attitude is what killed rock.
fuck the music industry.
You are the sweetest young ladies from Arkansas to stop and say such inspiration for this man who is working hard for a living. Such talent. My heart goes out to musicians all over the world right now!! God Bless You All. Nice chops Shatner! great blues tune.
We all need to stop and listen to more music it's good for the soul.
Damm real people in that sea of pods
"People don't care about live music anymore." What a tragically correct statement.
I's hard for me to believe that so many "walking dead" people just strolled by this awesome music like they were deaf. If I had walked past this guy my day would have stopped long enough to listen to the whole performance. Sounds like an epic version of B.B. King's "The Thrill is Gone." -- this is heavy stuff, y'all.
Just to think that thousands of people would buy tickets to hear this caliber of talent, yet most people aren’t showing any signs of interest whatsoever.
Doesn’t look like many people even give a courteous thumbs up, or a nod of appreciation while passing, let alone stopping to listen. Mind boggling.
You’re truly a professional and deserve much praise for your work. Hats off to you, sir!
this happens so often in music and in life, people buy the gimmick more than the quality of the product...
Man, you've got a bunch of good licks. Awfully good. That's what playing most everyday will do... but you gotta have a little bit of a gift from God.
God , you mean early Clapton?
@@alanthomson7770 The other God.
@@alanthomson7770 😂
Did Clapton send him something?
@Jayden You lost me on the first paragraph.
Leave it to some "Southern Belles" to appreciate the blues...especially if one comes from the state of the late, great, Stevie Ray Vaughn.
I feel privileged to have been born in an era where live bands, great singers and meaningful lyrics, usually with a story to tell, were as common as bread and butter. Now there's auto tune, lip-synching, scrubbing, computer-generated sounds and filthy lyrics I wouldn't dream of singing along to. Keep rockin'!
now all they got are thousands of sports bars up & down the block.!.. what a waste
Oh yeeeeeaaaaah. Felt my heartrate slow.....felt my inner chill rise. Started swaying a bit and feeling that deep smooth groove. I've noticed blues is audience participation. Everyone present rises and falls together. We all feel it because we've all had it. If only we let our selves go and allow the blues-smith to take us there together. We all sense and feel the emotion together.... and then he/she brings us back home safely when its time.
Love how blues chords resolve. We anticipate the chord change, but we are still taken by the beauty and smooth swell like a lazy wave passing under a boat. Just so very well performed, very nice tempo. Not rushed. Juuuuust right....
If I heard you on the street I would never leave! Unbelievable!
In Adelaide, South Australia, every busker has a ring of people that stopped to listen, it's just how it is!
some of the best blues sounds I've ever heard.....incredibly good !
There is better music on a street in Vancouver than on any radio channel where I live. You're very good, sir.
Holy Moly! This guy is a Kick Ass blues guitar player! Such a shame the passers by have no appreciation for him playing his heart out! Come on people, put some money in his guitar case!
They have someplace else to be, I guess.
That guy is a master jedi of blues!
How in the hell can people just keep walking by let you are not there?!!!! I would stand there all day listening to you. You feel the music you put out. Keep rocking !
If you can touch somebody emotionally when you play that means you have great feel : ) as musicians we never look at how good we are we just play. You have great feel and timing .. your light and shade in your playing is great I'm really enjoying the videos they keep popping up on my TH-cam now I've subscribed. I don't usually comment on stuff but credit where credits due, your doing a great job : )
Astute comment. thanks very much!
Shane: i burn thru ton of data listening to him......lol worth it. When i figure out how to order his cd's on his website i'll pizz off my phone carrier.
@@terywetherlow7970 he's worth listening to alright it takes balls to do what he does ..
It's a little scary seeing so many people walk by as if you're not there, like they are deaf or something. Dead more like, I mean ok, if you have a time appointment you can't stop, but surely at least acknowledge/respect what a musician is doing to try and earn a living. Australian music scene also decimated by CV....but I reckon you'd get a damn fine audience crowding around you, it happens all the time here in Byron Bay, good buskers are not ignored, they're honoured with 50 or more people crowing around for the show!
its awesome seeing the crowds build up over there!
Yea but cmon i see all these comments why doesnt anyone stop. You cant be mad because someone doesnt like something that sounds entitled as fuck like oh shit nobody is stopping and im playing so good. Well yea thats the point you cant force people to like something.
@@n1troni That's very true. Just because us musicians honour other musicians for the efforts they/we make, it doesn't mean everyone has to have that same attitude. Point taken.
LOVE, how music, brings people together,( regardless), of race, creed, lr beliefs, 😃
I would literally get a beach chair and watch this dude all f-ing day. I get some people probably have places to be but nobody is phased by this talent at all 🤦🏻♂️
THIS IS WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS RIGHT NOW !
Just love listening! Thanks
If I were there, I would bring a chair along and sit and listen the whole day, and then come back the next day listen again. people are walking past a master a the guitar like he is invisible. I pity them most. You are amazing. Watching from Cape Town South Africa.
Man. I've been listening to & playing blues (at home) for over 30 years. This guy is next level. So much variety in his technique & sound. And extra credit for mixing in the Spanish feel throughout. Excellence!
Your playing is 'scary' good! I think people have the idea you're a covert well known professional with a famous group, can't remember your name and are too embarrassed to interact and ask you.
I enjoy your blues playing the most. It's quite stirring. You're an artist.
The city should pay him for the free entertainment he is providing and the quality of it is amazing. Sad world
There’s nothing better than live music ❤️
I was getting tingles from listening to your masterful playing. It was taking me to another level. It was nice to get acknowledged by the ladies from Arkansas and Texas.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You really are amazing!!!!
I straight up would not be able to walk by, sir you are talented, the world needs more of what you are dealing out.
she is so sweet, she gave him 20$ now that's good people who like to help and notice really good music.
Nice to see there are some people with a hart and sole.
You never fail.... every video is ear candy, what an accomplished musician you are... much love
My wife is a bit younger than me. She had never even heard of the Blues, so I shared some of my favorite songs with her. She was blown away. She said that she wished she had known about it when she was younger... but she still listens to the current stuff more than anything else. Go figure. (Side comment - in the right environment, and the right people, a good blues guitarist can "move" everyone in the crowd. It touches our souls.)
Excellent man.
🌬🎸🎵🎶🎶🎵👉👈
Some people understand and love music 🎶🎶🎶🎶
Play on, PLEASE !😉😉
TheCrazywiener she stopped because her son plays guitar.
Reminds me of years ago when I'd hang out at The Yale to kill some time waiting to get the last ferry back to the island. Listened to lots of blues there while sipping on Blue! Play on!
Anyone else just casually listen to these videos over and over again for the great music?
Vancouverites do not acknowledge that other people are on the sidewalk , if they don’t see it, it doesn’t exist ! Homelessness as an example!
I could hang out with this dude all day. Whenever I listen to him, I feel it deep down in my very soul. Thank you mate.
Thanks for listening
Sweet ! ya gotta love those Arkies ! My Dad is from Flippin , Arkansas 8 ) I'm sure the ladies will know where that is. Love anything blues , that was Great Robin !
WH...Hello, I'm one of those "Arkies"...lol...and I live near Batesville. Your Dad and those ladies know where that is....and probably you too?
I’m from Texas and there is nothing as pleasing as southern rock and blues. Respect to this master musician.
I'm a Canadian living in Austin Tx. Love hearing good blues wherever I go. This man has got some mad talent.
The amount of unworthy people just passing you by without even looking makes me sick man, you'd have my upmost respect if I was there.
so sad how people just walk on and dont even acknowledge this incredible talent
love watching you do your thing Robin!
Oh me, oh my... I have heard you play so many beautiful songs - but this just soares to the sky... Absolutely phenomenal... Keep the notes flying, Robin.
you are the best. i. can listen to you all day
bless you. take care.
The Arkansas Gals seemed very nice down to earth ,freindly ,bless um 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇦
Gosh! I have to says it, that lady is very attractive! And to be someone who appreciates decent guitar play, well, There's a lucky person somewhere that might call her their 'wife'.
Man, you are something else! I would have stopped and listened to you for quite a while. Love the way you interpret the music! All the best😎👍🇦🇺
You are luckier than me. My spouse listened to me for 5 seconds while she was watching a TV show. I was beyond shocked!
I just found this channel and I'm all for it. I'm glad that you show what buskers go through all the time, the good and the bad. I hope you never stop doing what you love. We need all the live music we can get right now. Stay safe
Brilliant! Man! 🎼🎸🎶🇮🇪
I can tell you I would have stopped, the wife probably not so much. Awesome tune.
Oh man! No way could I have walked past, my inner soul wouldn't let me, finger style playing very cool, nice one guy.
Every city has a guy like this! We all listen, but only a lucky few ever hear them!
Only just found you on tube.You are a master guitar player. Such talent. You know most people don't know good music if it hit them in the face. I'm 70 and between 1966 and the late 90's I've been to hundreds of shows in bars here in Montreal. The jazz festival of course also. Today because of my illness I rely on my music library and now you tube. I can't believe that you aren't playing in a band and showing people your mastery.
was in lots of bands. all my own. live music died here years ago.
God gave you a big gift, don`t stop playing!
As a young man growing up in Edinburgh, the Jazz and Blues Festival was a huge part of my development as a human being.
You take me back there somehow.
Thank you.
Seeing people walking by…like casting pearls before swines! Geez! You’re amazing- brilliant!
That was absolutely top drawer!
Just beautiful!
I notice a lot of adults who stop by have a kid or close family member that plays music. They understand the passion!
You are also riffing on "The Thrill is Gone", aren't you? Just beautiful! B.B. King, R.I.P. (Glad you are alive, though!)
Great playing.
I’m with her even if symbolically. I could listen to your playing all day. Wait! I do! I have your discography :>
The thrill definitely isn't gone with this lick! I could listen to this for hours. Smooth. Just pure smooth.
We need more people who appreciate art. It would make this world a better place.
Maybe "The Thrill Is Gone", and so is BB King, (R.I.P.), but you can be sure he is smiling, knowing that you play that so well!!!
WOW! Okay...this one got my attention. Reminds me of the hours I used to spend at The Zoo Bar in Lincoln Nebraska when I was in school. This has taken the top spot in my shatnershairpiece music library including the stuff I bought from bandcamp. Long live the Blues!!!
WOW - if this was in the States there would be a crowd gathered.No doubt. Love this guy
I would stop and sit down on the floor to listen to you play. Just amazing !
Back for my daily therapy, lovely piece that and i'm not talking about Shatner's hair piece, lol ! Hey she was a bit tasty as well , lovely lady that appreciates music. Well played Maestro, come to London when possible but either way I hope to see you live one day!
Yes Robin, come to London or anywhere in the UK if possible !
Ten months ago we where in lockdown in the US would have loved stopping and listening to you, you’re so awesome 😎
Excellent jamming! City people always in a hurry to get nowhere!
Dang, stop and hear the music 🎵🎶!
Musicians who play like this just blow me away! I cannot grasp the quantity of talent that id displayed here
One of your strongest pieces, Robin, and I don't say that lightly as you pretty much rock everything that you play. But your take on this one is so awesome: the tone, phrasing, feel. Somewhere, Mr. B.B. King has a huge smile on his face. Keep the tasty stuff coming!
You're fantastic, I really enjoy your music , you're truly talented, I pray you go far in life
get outta Vancouver !..no live music 🎵
One of the few beacons of artistic light left in " no fun " Vancouver.
I could sit in a club and listen to this all evening, Very talented.