B. B. King played Lowell Fulson's records while he was a Dee Jay for WDIA in Memphis and later recorded one of them, "Three O'clock Blues." Ray Charles, when he was a teenager, played for Mr. Fulson's studio and road bands and started his decades-long recording career as his label mate on Jack Lauderdale's Swing Time records. And that's just two little reasons why this guy is one of the most important bluesmen in history.
this music is old classic that i grew up listening to;my father and mother were earley riser ;i grew up listening to the best of the blues! i hope i have found somebody else who loves the blues!
yesterday was my first time finding these old songs on youtube, they bring back so many memories of my childhood. this is the music i grew up with. this is real music.
Heard him live at a club in London ,England back in 1969 I was a student from the Caribbean and this was the first time I heard a"bluesman"live. It was worth the time and money
I used to listen to this song in Oakland in the early 60's. My Uncle is still alive in Oakland. He introduced me to this music. He had all the 45 records too. We got them from REIDS RECORDS on Alcatraz in Berkeley, or House Of Music on 79th and Bancroft in Oakland. And of course KDIA radio played it night and day too. I still remember all the words. What a wonderful way to remember the past.
Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCrackin were Bay Area favorites and my aunt and uncle and others used to dance to this music on the living room floor on weekends. It was truly the best of times.. We were so happy then, and we had such a large family, there was always plenty of food, drink for the adults and partying like no tomorrow. SO MUCH LOVE .. I have my memories and I'm so happy for that.
The Coldest Blues song ever recorded. My mom brought this home in 1965, I was 7 at that time & this song reached me even then. I knew of him from ever christmas, when they wore out Lonesome Christmas by him Parts 1 & 2. But this! Damn its 2023 & this is still the coldest Bluse song ever recorded!!!
it was my g'parents as well and they did NOT care hoow u felt about listening to this type of music,,,and and it was a45 as well and we had to keep starting it over and over...been in love ever since
Yes that's the one!! I have been searching for this song,my mom loved the blues and i grew up on it.thanks for the lesson,today's music could never compare!!
I played with him in Bakersfield, CA circa, 1962. The Cotton Club on Lakeview Ave. The Johnny Otis Band had just broken up for the nth time and his guitarist Pete Lewis was living there. Good days!
@@veronica0902 Yes they were. Bakersfield was a major stop on the chittlin circuit back then, and most of the black population's ancestry including many of themselves, were from the Delta, Georgia and Alabama, and blues was the music of choice. Every blues man living came through there. There were four black night clubs that could accommodate large crowds and all of them sold southern food, alcohol and dope, and pretty women and hustlers of all sorts hung out in them. I was fortunate enough to play in all their house bands, I'd play in one club one week, and then in another the next week while jumping back and forth between them during weeknights. I was the most requested pianist and bass player in the black part of town, and when an entertainer came to town and one of their musicians got too drunk to play or OD'd as they often did, and it was either a bass player or piano man, they'd call me up to the stage and ask me to sit in, and they'd pay me too. At the time I was everybit the ripe old age of 16.
I don't believe he was under rated . Everyone who listened to blues would have known his status as a top blues man . Sorry , you're wrong with the "Under rated " cliche
I interviewed Lowell up in Palmdale, Cal. at Tina Mayfield's house about 1993 for Southland Blues. He came out to the den in white silk pajamas, a dressing gown, slippers and was holding a long cigarette holder. He brought out that blond Gretsch and played some stuff for me without an amp and it was the coolest interview I ever did...I still have the tape. I love this song...
I am sure others have told you... Put up the tape on TH-cam ! Now I know why I was always partial the Gretsch gits ! Passed on a couple and every time I kick myself for it ! Great image, great story. The duke of palmdale. Too fucking funny.
I love this kind of music it puts you in the groove I've been listening to good music all night tonight ain't been asleep yet but I don't have to go to work until 5 tomorrow afternoon and get off at 9 I get my work done by listening to good music especially this kind of music
Man, when I'm into grilling some steaks, hamburgers or que I put this'un on and every time my baby'll jump up and start in on the bump.By the way it was produced by Maxwell Davis. Keeep that in mind
@mississippisheik1 Why dont you post it? Or at least I hope you convert it to digital before the noise floor on the tape becomes louder than the signal. Analog tape only last so long.
Capt Larry Well, you can credit Oakland but only in part. "Uncle Lo" (as he was called by certain family members) grew up in Oklahoma and traveled several places--influenced by them all but mostly west coast blues--before becoming partial to Los Angeles and settling here in his 30s, on (the cooking was just too good!). R.I.P. cousin
+Antonyo L. much respect to your and your cousin. Ive been playing the guitar for 10 years and hearing Mr. Fulson's playing for the first time left me speechless and dying to grab my guitar. His music lives on in worldwide.
You could sit out on the front porch leave your door open you windows up and at night the Stars would shine so bright they were you lying not to mention when the moon came out at night not anymore a very few Stars you see in the sky nowadays
This was written by my dear friend John Raymond Hymes, who called it his "golden record"- Earle Elie (?) Records recorded it in early 50s and then sold it to Lowell Fulson in Shreveport, LA. They gave Raymond $57.00 total for his record. And the copy they gave to him to keep was blank. Today is Raymond's 84th birthday.
Amy, that's the music business for you. Even the people working for the USA Copyright office will steal and sell your stuff and destroy your copyright application and copyright records. Even with today's digital, electronic copyright system they can still rob you. Cutthroat world this business.
@@captlarry-3525 I know. But I'd have loved to grow up in the 50s. Everything seemed so much cooler back then, music, cars, fashion. A simpler time not controlled by technology
That's My Jam And Get Down Mr Lowell Fulson This Bring back so many Good memories I'm old school all The way
B. B. King played Lowell Fulson's records while he was a Dee Jay for WDIA in Memphis and later recorded one of them, "Three O'clock Blues." Ray Charles, when he was a teenager, played for Mr. Fulson's studio and road bands and started his decades-long recording career as his label mate on Jack Lauderdale's Swing Time records. And that's just two little reasons why this guy is one of the most important bluesmen in history.
Oakland Blues... LA Blues. our local thang...sweet funky low down dangerous. Have another beer.... enjoy this home grown classic: Lowell Fulson !
27 and would much rather listen to this than modern music. Love some horns in a song.
Hear, hear! 30 myself and can't stand what's coming out as popular nowadays.
I agree.
15
new music is fine m8 you can definitely find some great blues artists now
Look up Johnny Nicholas!!
WHAT A TREASURE. This Was My Mama Song!!! She Played It While She Washed The Clothes. Just Singing...And Snapping Her Fingers. ❤🎶❤🎶❤🎶❤🎶❤🎶❤🎶❤😊
I miss those old folks ! They loved him and now I do too
my did too
my home as a child was filled music and happiness,my mother and father were the best parents!!!!!!!!!
this music is old classic that i grew up listening to;my father and mother were earley riser ;i grew up listening to the best of the blues! i hope i have found somebody else who loves the blues!
Real music!!! Like a plate of fried fish, greens, potato salad and a Falstaff beer or three and good company.
So happy I found this grew up listening to this song it was my mom's favorite
Jacqia Galle
Oh my God , it was my Mothers favorite to . She played this every Friday night . Good Memories !
Jacqia Galle ~ yes loved to see the ‘old’ folks having a good time - but Now WE are the OLD Folks🤣
Sandy Sandy ~ 🙋🏾♀️had two cousins that were crazy about this one👍🏽👍🏽
@@grammyj17988
Cool !!! :)
@@grammyj17988
Haaaaaaaaaaaa, yea !!
been looking for this song forever! Used to belt it out on my way home from work, walking through the dark night . . . thanks!!!!
I like this song it takes you back when good times were really good times
yesterday was my first time finding these old songs on youtube, they bring back so many memories of my childhood. this is the music i grew up with. this is real music.
Heard him live at a club in London ,England back in 1969 I was a student from the Caribbean and this was the first time I heard a"bluesman"live. It was worth the time and money
Lucky you !! :)
Great stuff!!!! Lowell Fulson is THE MAN!!!!
What a voice… what a tone…❤
THIS SONG WAS ON MY MOTHER'S "MAD AT MY DADDY" PLAYLIST
hahaha...love it!!!
That's a great song well done grew up on that
that's the stuff I grew up on in the 50's & 60.s. In my hometown Plain Dealing, La.
this was my grandfathers song along w/ scratch my back ...and he would play them over and over again...on 45's.....
Scratch My Back by Slim Harpo- fine sound also
Lowell is getting down with that guitar !!! love it !!
I used to listen to this song in Oakland in the early 60's. My Uncle is still alive in Oakland. He introduced me to this music. He had all the 45 records too. We got them from REIDS RECORDS on Alcatraz in Berkeley, or House Of Music on 79th and Bancroft in Oakland.
And of course KDIA radio played it night and day too. I still remember all the words. What a wonderful way to remember the past.
great local memories !
Watching. Blessings
And Melrose Records on Fillmore in San Francisco ! Great memories
Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCrackin were Bay Area favorites and my aunt and uncle and others used to dance to this music on the living room floor on weekends. It was truly the best of times..
We were so happy then, and we had such a large family, there was always plenty of food, drink for the adults and partying like no tomorrow. SO MUCH LOVE ..
I have my memories and I'm so happy for that.
@@GREATTECH1~ yes indeed ~ WhatEVER Happened to those STRUGGLE Years😭
The Coldest Blues song ever recorded.
My mom brought this home in 1965, I was 7 at that time & this song reached me even then. I knew of him from ever christmas, when they wore out Lonesome Christmas by him Parts 1 & 2. But this! Damn its 2023 & this is still the coldest Bluse song ever recorded!!!
This was one of my fathers favorite songs how I miss him so and he has only been a month since you left us.
Grown folks music right here
Man, this just bleeds SOUL!
Hey let the kids call it what they want as long as they listen and love it.
I feel you. My grandma had this song on a 45 record. reissued label by the name of Modern oldies...
it was my g'parents as well and they did NOT care hoow u felt about listening to this type of music,,,and and it was a45 as well and we had to keep starting it over and over...been in love ever since
this is part of my childhood …….
Yes that's the one!! I have been searching for this song,my mom loved the blues and i grew up on it.thanks for the lesson,today's music could never compare!!
I played with him in Bakersfield, CA circa, 1962. The Cotton Club on Lakeview Ave. The Johnny Otis Band had just broken up for the nth time and his guitarist Pete Lewis was living there. Good days!
m. saint Wow! that's so awesome! I wasn't born. But I know that those were good old days.
@@veronica0902 Yes they were. Bakersfield was a major stop on the chittlin circuit back then, and most of the black population's ancestry including many of themselves, were from the Delta, Georgia and Alabama, and blues was the music of choice. Every blues man living came through there. There were four black night clubs that could accommodate large crowds and all of them sold southern food, alcohol and dope, and pretty women and hustlers of all sorts hung out in them. I was fortunate enough to play in all their house bands, I'd play in one club one week, and then in another the next week while jumping back and forth between them during weeknights. I was the most requested pianist and bass player in the black part of town, and when an entertainer came to town and one of their musicians got too drunk to play or OD'd as they often did, and it was either a bass player or piano man, they'd call me up to the stage and ask me to sit in, and they'd pay me too. At the time I was everybit the ripe old age of 16.
My Uncle favorite song. Mark Burse RIP
The best of Blues!!! I loved..
Thanks! One of my fave Lowell Fulson albums and songs. Saw him on TV YEARS ago...part of a Otis style blues revue...
otis rush or johhny otis ?
UNDERATEDED!! One Of The Greatest.
Indeed.
@@stacyblue1980 Indeeded! 😁
I don't believe he was under rated . Everyone who listened to blues would have known his status as a top blues man . Sorry , you're wrong with the "Under rated " cliche
I LOVE THIS SONG
I interviewed Lowell up in Palmdale, Cal. at Tina Mayfield's house about 1993 for Southland Blues. He came out to the den in white silk pajamas, a dressing gown, slippers and was holding a long cigarette holder. He brought out that blond Gretsch and played some stuff for me without an amp and it was the coolest interview I ever did...I still have the tape. I love this song...
I am sure others have told you... Put up the tape on TH-cam ! Now I know why I was always partial the Gretsch gits ! Passed on a couple and every time I kick myself for it ! Great image, great story. The duke of palmdale. Too fucking funny.
Good music with a lot of seasoning
Brings back memories real deal
Sounds.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
thanks blues boy.... i never knew how famous my great-uncle was until i noticed looked on youtube...
three o'clock blues is one of the best songs ever
you got family stories Justin ? Let us have 'em.
My Mother And Her Sister And Uncle And Daddy Love Some Lowell Fulson And Me Too RIP
Womderful
I love the blues ❤
In the pocket. great song, great artist
".... AND I MEAN FIRMLY IN THE POCKET, AND MOVING ALONG QUITE NICELY TOO"
Great Song! Love it.
:) Im glad you'll loved my Great-Uncle's music. Thank you'all for your compliments.
Lowell Fulson deserves so much more credit!
We’re not related son that is not your great uncle stop false claiming. Who ever told you that they lied.
I love this kind of music it puts you in the groove I've been listening to good music all night tonight ain't been asleep yet but I don't have to go to work until 5 tomorrow afternoon and get off at 9 I get my work done by listening to good music especially this kind of music
This music reminds me of my grandpa Mexican Blues fan you don't find many of those
i love this song!!!!!! brilliant!!!!
BEST BLUES MAN. ..I EVER WORKED FOR .
excellent
thanks bluesboy
Back then you could sit out on the front porch go to sleep leave the doors open the windows up and the Stars will shine
Hard blues right here, man, I love this stuff.
A treassure. Brilliant.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING,
The best of all times
Absolutely 💓🖤💗 THIS !
Years ago I missed his outdoor concert at a cool local steel mill venue. Been kicking myself ever since! ❤️‼️
Oh my lord, my mother would roll her stomach on this song. Lol
Slow and easy is how the best of the best play the blues. In my opinion. Not a wrinkle
in the whole thing. This man is so good. So so good.
I Love Me Lowell Fulson And One Of Favorite Ong. To Make Go Through Black R2
love this
Hey 👋 this is the real Blueprint! follow along with the real music 🎵🎶
Damn good selection.
Good drinkin' music.
You said a mouth full, jack Daniel.
love it!!
Ira Jackson he was one of best
Great song. Takes me back to 45rpm records when they played this on repeat all night.
Still beautiful
Man, when I'm into grilling some steaks, hamburgers or que I put this'un on and every time my baby'll jump up and start in on the bump.By the way it was produced by Maxwell Davis. Keeep that in mind
we love the background on these recordings, and the folks who made them...spill
Good music 🎶 🎵 🎸
swag before there was swag.
great song
1Bluesboy1 you did it this time! I absolutely love this song by Lowell Fulson. Thank you so very much!
You're Very Welcome!
Great!
WOW!!!!!
I think every famous blues player today needs to stop making records and just listen to this old time music until they see the path forward again.
Eat some rhubarb pie
KDIA played him in the 60's.
@msflo1926 My mom and dad played this music as well.
2024 still a hit with me
The Best!
Lowell FULSOM is his name, let's show him respect.
What can you say about Lowell Fulson ?His music was awesome
Dorothy Edwards
One of Frank Zappa's favorite guitar players.
Nice ❤️
@mississippisheik1 Why dont you post it? Or at least I hope you convert it to digital before the noise floor on the tape becomes louder than the signal. Analog tape only last so long.
Let's hear it for Oakland ! While L.A's R&B scene was going full speed ahead.. Oakland gave us Lowell Fulson..... Alright !
Capt Larry Well, you can credit Oakland but only in part. "Uncle Lo" (as he was called by certain family members) grew up in Oklahoma and traveled several places--influenced by them all but mostly west coast blues--before becoming partial to Los Angeles and settling here in his 30s, on (the cooking was just too good!).
R.I.P. cousin
Antonyo L. awright ! Thanks.. I'd like to know more about his life..and other folks probably would too ! Big Thumbs Up !
+Antonyo L. much respect to your and your cousin. Ive been playing the guitar for 10 years and hearing Mr. Fulson's playing for the first time left me speechless and dying to grab my guitar. His music lives on in worldwide.
@@antonyol.2489 thanks tonyo...thats what I want to hear.
@@nobodyyouknow222 amen !
es el blues ..solo asi..a lo eddy taylor..genial...que puedo decir..
..
la verdad
O Blues dos negros..o country dos brancos.
You could sit out on the front porch leave your door open you windows up and at night the Stars would shine so bright they were you lying not to mention when the moon came out at night not anymore a very few Stars you see in the sky nowadays
What songs did his character sing in the movie "Ray"...anybody know..?
@CoopDevine i have it still.......
Siis tosi makee!
This was written by my dear friend John Raymond Hymes, who called it his "golden record"- Earle Elie (?) Records recorded it in early 50s and then sold it to Lowell Fulson in Shreveport, LA. They gave Raymond $57.00 total for his record. And the copy they gave to him to keep was blank. Today is Raymond's 84th birthday.
Amy Johnston Sorry 2 Hear This Amy!!
I would be very interested in more information on John Raymond Hymes. I Googled him and wasn't able to find him. Did he record and write other songs?
Amy, that's the music business for you. Even the people working for the USA Copyright office will steal and sell your stuff and destroy your copyright application and copyright records. Even with today's digital, electronic copyright system they can still rob you. Cutthroat world this business.
If he is still living, get a video camera, and let us get to know him. He has story !
❤
18 knuckleheads.
I thought this was a version of Charles Brown's "Black Night".
I was born in the wrong era
Not if you live right, right now. This is a good start !
@@captlarry-3525 I know. But I'd have loved to grow up in the 50s. Everything seemed so much cooler back then, music, cars, fashion. A simpler time not controlled by technology