This man is an actual legend. No one touches his skill and humbleness. The only reason Mr. Russo isn't known is because he didn't want to be. He was a fantastic artist and claimed to be a "sign painter" a very humble soulful man.
MIke is playing a Harmony H1270..what a guitar player getting all that great sound from just his thumb and forefinger..I cant believe how fast his thumb is........this is some of the finest Folk blues playing iv seen.......what an amazing talent; his interpretation of "Gallows pole" is incredible
1:17 You Know She Had To Do It 4:32 Backwater Blues 8:06 The Gallis Pole 12:06 So Easy When You Know How these were the titles Mike mentioned, if i heard them right. Phenomenal playing🌟 and great singing too! Esp..glad the camera focused on his fretting hand so one can, (guitarists especially) easily see and read what he is doing there. Thank you Mike Russo! only place i have ever seen Galis Pole played and sounding just like the great Lead Belly.
I spent quite a bit of time with Mike in the 80's and 90's in Gearhart Oregon. He had grayed a little by then. Mike was one of the MOST talented people I ever met...and very humble about his talents. I knew him for years before I discovered he had been a musician doing shows in his past. After dinner at his house one night, I sat down at the big orange, upright piano in his living room to play a little. Mike sat down too and we played together for a few seconds before I realized not only was he way better than me.... he was a pro! I pried out of him details about his musical past and found he had been quite the performer and well known in the folk world. He borrowed my 12 string once to work on some music he was working on for an upcoming movie. He had been involved previously in the music for the movie 'Deliverance' and was not happy about how it turned out....some disagreement about "Dueling Banjos." Mike was a gifted artist with paint and a brush too and his parents had both been renowned painters (Sally Haley and Michael Russo). Mike, when I knew him, was a fantastic sign painter and made a living at it. We worked together on many commercial signs and he taught me a lot. I lost track of him when he and his wife Candi left Gearhart and moved back to Portland maybe sometime in the early- to -mid 2000's.
Hi Brian, my dad and Mike were friends back when they both went to Reed College. My dad played guitar very similar to this and eventually became a one man band in the 80s and 90s. I believe we visited Mike in Portland at some point when I was on tour with him down the west coast but I was pretty small and don't remember much. What a masterful player Mike was! Apparently his daughter is gathering stories from people who knew / know him: here is her text from a guitar forum: "I’m trying to reach people who may have personal recordings of the work of Mike Russo of Portland, Oregon. I’m trying to create a retrospective of his work for us, his family, and for those who knew him and those who enjoyed his musicianship. I’d appreciate anything, including photos, posters, and recordings made where he played with others. I will gratefully digitize any materials and return all items, of course. I will send my finished digitized archive to any who send me useful material. I can be reached at redheadinator@gmail.com. I’m sending out this request to any that are likely to have information on him. If you have any other suggestions I’d greatly appreciate it. And yes, he’s still alive at age 80. Sincerely - his daughter, Judith Russo
I loved reading your story Brian. Sadly, I’ve got no connection to Mike Russo and I envy you yours. What a cool guy though, eh ? He’s so self-effacing. I’ll bet you a pound to a penny he played the piano as well as he played the guitar. Edit: plays 😊
Brian, I envy you your time with Mike working on signs. He is a terrific signpainter - very old school. I have a small group of photos of his sign work (mostly trucks). You can always tell a Mike Russo sign. // After they moved back to Portland, Mike used to come by our signshop on SE Division "just to smell the paint" and to talk watercolors with Bill Park, a signpainter turning into an easel painter. Both ferocious talents. // The whole Russo clan is amazing...
I can't get enough of this master's tremendous playing in Lead Belly style, and I can't get over how I got all the way into the 21st century before I even knew he'd existed. He sure deserved more recognition.
I consider myself reasonably clued up on music, but I've only just become familiar with Mike Russo. Can't believe how good he is and what I've been missing out on all these years. Sadly, it seems he was and remains obscure and under-appreciated. There's very little about him on the internet, very few videos on TH-cam, nothing (that I can find) on audio streaming services and nothing available even from Amazon. So many thanks for posting up these gems that will hopefully take him to a wider audience.
under-appreciated is the right word. Without this video thousands would not know who he was. Imagen all the other amazing musicians that have simply been forgotten and never recorded
My goodness! This gave me the shivers to see Mike Russo after all these years. I was one of the regulars - meaning just about every weekend - at the 13th Avenue Gallery in the 1960s. When I started attending, the 13th Avenue Gallery was in a funky old industrial storefront under the Hawthorne Bridge. It was in the middle of the block. Up at the corner was Cafe Espresso where Dave Casseres (sp?) was playing like Dave Van Ronk.. Anyway, Mike almost always played with Ron Brentano, whose day job was as a furniture refinisher. Mike played 6- and 12-string guitar and piano. Ron played banjo and dobro guitar. The place was heated with an old potbellied stove and mulled cider was served at intermission. Later, the 13th Avenue Gallery moved to the Clinton Theater (on 26th Avenue!), and we thought we were way uptown. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, "I wish in vain that we could sit in that room again."
To most of us, this is a history lesson. I am getting older and I am having new point of view. I am thankful for your testimony. You make this more than a history lesson. You help me realize that this was a person that may have crossed paths with my self at some point.
Do you have any idea if he’s still alive? I’ve been looking for him and there’s nothing on him. I found contact info from 2001 so if I find out he’s still alive I think imma send him a post card
I, too, used to go see him play on weekends at the 13th Avenue Gallery in Portland, often playing with Ron Brentano on banjo, back in the early sixties. Great stuff. Thanks for posting this.
Ernest Goble wow where was I'm probably not even born yet you gentlemen I have had one hell of a time watching this guy if you can let me know what other songs you think I would appreciate it very much if not either way thank you for your story
This guy was obviously haunted by the spirit of Leadbelly. He too is the ancestor of people like Frank Fairfield, Blind Boy Paxton or the Downhill Strugglers. In the sixties, there where a lot of blues enthusiasts, but almost noone sung it in the "old way". He definetly grasped the old style.
Yeah, great stuff. He also used to play with a relative (can't remember the relation) in a trio called Russo, Russo, and Brentano. Both his parents, Mike Russo and Sally Haley, are well-known Northwest artists.
He did one LP for Arhoolie around 1970 and also backed Fred McDowell for the same label. I heard of him on Chris Strachwitz' radio show around 1970 and then sought him out when I moved to Portland. From 1971-mid 80s I saw him play around 10-12 times. The last time he opened for Brownie McGhee(piano only) One drawback to these videos: no piano.He plays piano like Jerry Lee Lewis. He also miscredits Backwater Blues to Ma Rainey. It's Bessie Smith.
David Mckee I am so envious of you David you are a very blessed man but I love this guy 20 years old from California not many people my age know who he is
Saw Mike several times back in the day. At University Friends Center if I recall right. I also saw Mississippi Fred McDowell there - dya have a tape of his performance? He intro'd by saying "I don't play no rock n roll!" Always a funny line because his stuff was what rock was built on...
That sure looks like the old Harmony that I once had. It was a close copy of Leadbelly's and sounded very close to it. Miss it. My Yamaha isn't quite the same. Mike does a great job of playing!
FS Gilbert h1270 is the guitar he is playing your right it sounds dam close to leadbelly's stella it's an absolutely amazing guitar they're highly sought-after at the same time they're cheap
And this is how to play a 12-string! It's tuned down and has that full baritone-bass feel! Wonder what brand of strings he used back then; I used to use Gibson Jumbos.
Whatever brand of strings they were, they couldn't always survive the enthusiasm with which Mike played. If he broke a string in the middle of a song, he would just pull it out of the way and keep on playing to the end. That always got a big ovation from the audience.
I've been watching Mike here on and off and playing guitar for about 12 years and just worked out how he does the gallows poll back and forth bit.. one of the highlights of my life, thought i might share in this ungodly hour
My dad and I used to listen to Mike Russo in Seattle when I was a kid. That may be the reason we went and bought a 12-string up in Victoria, BC. Which later got smashed. Mike was a nice influence on me, along with countless others. I used to have a cassette we recorded off the radio. I learned Titanic, that he did and a couple of others I can't recall now.
@dude bro Oh wait no, he's still alive. Its hard to contact him but it can be done through his daughter. He is in poor health right now. 83 years old I believe. Someone else had said he died at 95, but I don't think that's true
??? First time in my life that I've ever heard of this man !!! WOW . Phenomenal guitar player !!! ( and what really is amazing, is that apparently his 'real' instrument was the piano !!! ) ( I've been playing guitar for many years, and this just makes me want to kick the guitar under the bed and leave it there !!! )
There are some out there. He is a dynamite piano player! The record has guitar on one side and piano on the other. The record came out in 1969 and I can't find a digital version anywhere.
justin crimmins Yes, I've found it, and it's an awesome record. I found the vinyl on discogs and it was mint !! His guitar work is splendid!! it's available from "Arhoolie records" and it's number is 4003. Don't know if they have the digital version though. Hope this helps.
Cooper Hart I know leadbelly all too well friend. Love it, one of the most influential ones. First to record among others : Black betty (ram jam) Midnight special (ccr) where did you sleep last night (nirvana) house of the rising sun. Next to Robert Johnson who was also a big influence (d'uh) !!
C# Standard, same chords one would use in E Standard tuning but down 3 half steps/tones. I have a 12 string tuned the same way with Martin’s heavier 12 string set.
my guess is the 12 string is standard, but, as my wife says, what the hell do you know, you're just making that up! What I want to know is what are the strings that Mike is hammering on? Anyone?
As i believe it is originaly a leadbelly song but probably has later origins of which led zep made a cover of, and unlike when the levee breaks they were not credited as a led zep song
This man is an actual legend. No one touches his skill and humbleness. The only reason Mr. Russo isn't known is because he didn't want to be. He was a fantastic artist and claimed to be a "sign painter" a very humble soulful man.
MIke is playing a Harmony H1270..what a guitar player getting all that great sound from just his thumb and forefinger..I cant believe how fast his thumb is........this is some of the finest Folk blues playing iv seen.......what an amazing talent; his interpretation of "Gallows pole" is incredible
Incredible.
どうでもいいけど、アイドルの握手会で手をザーメンべっちょりにして意気揚々と握手！みたいな。ベタだけどおもしろいよな。金払ってＣＤやチケット買ってるならそれくらいはありだと思わないとファン失格だよな。アイドルもザーメンがついた手をおもむろにぺろぺろ舐めるくらいしないとプロ失格だよな。
1:17 You Know She Had To Do It
4:32 Backwater Blues
8:06 The Gallis Pole
12:06 So Easy When You Know How
these were the titles Mike mentioned, if i heard them right.
Phenomenal playing🌟
and great singing too!
Esp..glad the camera focused on his fretting hand so one can, (guitarists especially) easily see and read what he is doing there.
Thank you Mike Russo!
only place i have ever seen Galis Pole played and sounding just like the great Lead Belly.
I heard both Leadbelly's guitar playing and voice on that gallow pole cover. What an amazing performer
I spent quite a bit of time with Mike in the 80's and 90's in Gearhart Oregon. He had grayed a little by then. Mike was one of the MOST talented people I ever met...and very humble about his talents. I knew him for years before I discovered he had been a musician doing shows in his past. After dinner at his house one night, I sat down at the big orange, upright piano in his living room to play a little. Mike sat down too and we played together for a few seconds before I realized not only was he way better than me.... he was a pro! I pried out of him details about his musical past and found he had been quite the performer and well known in the folk world. He borrowed my 12 string once to work on some music he was working on for an upcoming movie. He had been involved previously in the music for the movie 'Deliverance' and was not happy about how it turned out....some disagreement about "Dueling Banjos." Mike was a gifted artist with paint and a brush too and his parents had both been renowned painters (Sally Haley and Michael Russo). Mike, when I knew him, was a fantastic sign painter and made a living at it. We worked together on many commercial signs and he taught me a lot. I lost track of him when he and his wife Candi left Gearhart and moved back to Portland maybe sometime in the early- to -mid 2000's.
Hi Brian, my dad and Mike were friends back when they both went to Reed College. My dad played guitar very similar to this and eventually became a one man band in the 80s and 90s. I believe we visited Mike in Portland at some point when I was on tour with him down the west coast but I was pretty small and don't remember much. What a masterful player Mike was! Apparently his daughter is gathering stories from people who knew / know him: here is her text from a guitar forum: "I’m trying to reach people who may have personal recordings of the work of Mike Russo of Portland, Oregon. I’m trying to create a retrospective of his work for us, his family, and for those who knew him and those who enjoyed his musicianship. I’d appreciate anything, including photos, posters, and recordings made where he played with others.
I will gratefully digitize any materials and return all items, of course. I will send my finished digitized archive to any who send me useful material.
I can be reached at redheadinator@gmail.com. I’m sending out this request to any that are likely to have information on him. If you have any other suggestions I’d greatly appreciate it. And yes, he’s still alive at age 80.
Sincerely - his daughter, Judith Russo
@@tnilemusic thanks for the info. I'm glad to know Mike is still alive!
I loved reading your story Brian. Sadly, I’ve got no connection to Mike Russo and I envy you yours. What a cool guy though, eh ? He’s so self-effacing. I’ll bet you a pound to a penny he played the piano as well as he played the guitar.
Edit: plays 😊
Brian, I envy you your time with Mike working on signs. He is a terrific signpainter - very old school. I have a small group of photos of his sign work (mostly trucks). You can always tell a Mike Russo sign. // After they moved back to Portland, Mike used to come by our signshop on SE Division "just to smell the paint" and to talk watercolors with Bill Park, a signpainter turning into an easel painter. Both ferocious talents. // The whole Russo clan is amazing...
@@leelittlewood4747 Wow, now that is cool. I'd love to see those pictures of his work, sounds very interesting.
I can't get enough of this master's tremendous playing in Lead Belly style, and I can't get over how I got all the way into the 21st century before I even knew he'd existed. He sure deserved more recognition.
I consider myself reasonably clued up on music, but I've only just become familiar with Mike Russo. Can't believe how good he is and what I've been missing out on all these years. Sadly, it seems he was and remains obscure and under-appreciated. There's very little about him on the internet, very few videos on TH-cam, nothing (that I can find) on audio streaming services and nothing available even from Amazon. So many thanks for posting up these gems that will hopefully take him to a wider audience.
Italians do it better, man..
Ahahah just kidding.
Thanks TH-cam
under-appreciated is the right word. Without this video thousands would not know who he was. Imagen all the other amazing musicians that have simply been forgotten and never recorded
Italians did their best wherever they were. Imagine they came to Argentina and created Tango! ;)
Check out a Mississippi Fred McDowell album with Mike Russo and others: Fred McDowell And His Blues Boys, 1969.
Actually… it’s amazing how brilliant his playing is … not many people pull so many moves on the fretboard, and he didn’t even go past the 5th fret 🙂👍🏻
Incredible playing and those Harmony 12 strings sound like an army of angels marching.
Just plain wow. Sure wish I'd known about him back then. An unsung Major Dude.
My goodness! This gave me the shivers to see Mike Russo after all these years. I was one of the regulars - meaning just about every weekend - at the 13th Avenue Gallery in the 1960s. When I started attending, the 13th Avenue Gallery was in a funky old industrial storefront under the Hawthorne Bridge. It was in the middle of the block. Up at the corner was Cafe Espresso where Dave Casseres (sp?) was playing like Dave Van Ronk.. Anyway, Mike almost always played with Ron Brentano, whose day job was as a furniture refinisher. Mike played 6- and 12-string guitar and piano. Ron played banjo and dobro guitar. The place was heated with an old potbellied stove and mulled cider was served at intermission. Later, the 13th Avenue Gallery moved to the Clinton Theater (on 26th Avenue!), and we thought we were way uptown. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, "I wish in vain that we could sit in that room again."
This is awesome 👏 and this must have been a great feeling for you sir
That's a beautiful story.
To most of us, this is a history lesson. I am getting older and I am having new point of view. I am thankful for your testimony.
You make this more than a history lesson. You help me realize that this was a person that may have crossed paths with my self at some point.
@@jj-eg5up These were great times! Makes me wonder if someone could organize a reunion of 13th Avenue Gallery alums.
Do you have any idea if he’s still alive? I’ve been looking for him and there’s nothing on him. I found contact info from 2001 so if I find out he’s still alive I think imma send him a post card
WHAT A GEM! And not one CD. Look what people are missing out on. Thanks so much for posting this.
There’s a killer record you can find on eBay. He plays piano and guitar on it. Kills it.
Mythic figure, he to me. One of the great mysteries of the blues; Thank you, Folk Seattle otherwise I would have never known.
i still love this. this guy is amazing
This is wonderful. Thanks for posting. I never heard of Mike and now am just blown away.
I, too, used to go see him play on weekends at the 13th Avenue Gallery in Portland, often playing with Ron Brentano on banjo, back in the early sixties. Great stuff. Thanks for posting this.
Ernest Goble wow where was I'm probably not even born yet you gentlemen I have had one hell of a time watching this guy if you can let me know what other songs you think I would appreciate it very much if not either way thank you for your story
Unsung Hero..Mr. Russo is fantastic!
This guy was obviously haunted by the spirit of Leadbelly. He too is the ancestor of people like Frank Fairfield, Blind Boy Paxton or the Downhill Strugglers. In the sixties, there where a lot of blues enthusiasts, but almost noone sung it in the "old way". He definetly grasped the old style.
makes me feel good to read all his good comments about him at least I know he didn't play in vain
I still have an LP he recorded in 1969.
God damn! That's what I call guitar playin'.
I’ve learned so much just from watching these videos with a guitar in my hand. Thank you FolkSeattle
its amazing, you can see how much inspiration he took from leadbelly, he definitely researched him religiously... cuz he sounds amazing.
Absolutely fantastic. A humble master.
Yeah, great stuff. He also used to play with a relative (can't remember the relation) in a trio called Russo, Russo, and Brentano. Both his parents, Mike Russo and Sally Haley, are well-known Northwest artists.
Obscure master, yet so much style and drive...
He did one LP for Arhoolie around 1970 and also backed Fred McDowell for the same label. I heard of him on Chris Strachwitz' radio show around 1970 and then sought him out when I moved to Portland. From 1971-mid 80s I saw him play around 10-12 times. The last time he opened for Brownie McGhee(piano only) One drawback to these videos: no piano.He plays piano like Jerry Lee Lewis. He also miscredits Backwater Blues to Ma Rainey. It's Bessie Smith.
David Mckee I am so envious of you David you are a very blessed man but I love this guy 20 years old from California not many people my age know who he is
Truly fantastic to watch…..brilliant upload thankyou..
After listening to Gallow’s Pole, I threw my guitar in the fireplace,. Now I’m happy
amazing, he makes that 12 string guitar sound like a full bluegrass band!
This gallows pole cover is just incredible.
This guy is fantastic 🤠🤠🎸🎸.
The best Gallis Pole ever, I hope to be able to play it like this some day
Thanks Mike Russo,
Thanks FolkSeattle...
thank you for posting this
Leadbelly would be impressed
Saw Mike several times back in the day. At University Friends Center if I recall right. I also saw Mississippi Fred McDowell there - dya have a tape of his performance? He intro'd by saying "I don't play no rock n roll!" Always a funny line because his stuff was what rock was built on...
That sure looks like the old Harmony that I once had. It was a close copy of Leadbelly's and sounded very close to it. Miss it. My Yamaha isn't quite the same.
Mike does a great job of playing!
FS Gilbert h1270 is the guitar he is playing your right it sounds dam close to leadbelly's stella it's an absolutely amazing guitar they're highly sought-after at the same time they're cheap
This man is a legend. Very inspiring to this day.
He occasionally squeaks on a 12 string and knocks it out the park with Gallows Pole? Other worldly talent for sure! Amazing.
And this is how to play a 12-string! It's tuned down and has that full baritone-bass feel! Wonder what brand of strings he used back then; I used to use Gibson Jumbos.
Whatever brand of strings they were, they couldn't always survive the enthusiasm with which Mike played. If he broke a string in the middle of a song, he would just pull it out of the way and keep on playing to the end. That always got a big ovation from the audience.
I've been watching Mike here on and off and playing guitar for about 12 years and just worked out how he does the gallows poll back and forth bit.. one of the highlights of my life, thought i might share in this ungodly hour
My dad and I used to listen to Mike Russo in Seattle when I was a kid. That may be the reason we went and bought a 12-string up in Victoria, BC. Which later got smashed. Mike was a nice influence on me, along with countless others. I used to have a cassette we recorded off the radio. I learned Titanic, that he did and a couple of others I can't recall now.
I'd sure like to hear that cassette lol
@@thatpickingguy For all i know, it might be these same recordings. . If I ever find the cassette and it's different, I'll let you know.
@@screamingpirhana That'd be great, thanks brother!
Please TH-cam, never remove this video. I’m ready to pay!!!
He was a local Portland Oregon guy. Don't know much else.
Well he got a whole lot of south blues power, I love it 👏
Mike joined Mississippi Fred McDowell on a 1969 Arhoolie LP, "Fred McDowell And His Blues Boys".
👏👏👏👏 a head of his time awesome
Um dos melhores intérpretes de leadbelly que já vi
Never heard a this guy he's a master really top dude
Does anyone know if he's still alive? And if so, maybe playing in the Portland area anymore? Just discovered him, amazing sound.
@dude bro died at the age of 95.
@dude bro Oh wait no, he's still alive. Its hard to contact him but it can be done through his daughter. He is in poor health right now. 83 years old I believe. Someone else had said he died at 95, but I don't think that's true
@@4kydzmy I read his father died at the age of 95
My God, they just don't make em like they used too, huh?
Another visit to this recording, I'm coming to the conclusion he is one of the greats for many reasons
Something for the Home folks in Portland (& northwest, generally)... a local treasure. ^..^
man thats last song is great
Mike proposed to my mom shortly after my folks divorced in '76...
And what did your mum answer?
Serious? lol. At least your new dad could play a mean guitar
You know Mike russo?
How many rare talent are hidding in America's shadow. Every day we discover a local music. Local in US is more than a country for an European.
I can't believe how good that gallows pole cover was
just love this,excellent.
Some people play guitar like alotta of people don't
amazing finger work.
Man his got soul power
Wonderful!!!
??? First time in my life that I've ever heard of this man !!! WOW . Phenomenal guitar player !!! ( and what really is amazing, is that apparently his 'real' instrument was the piano !!! ) ( I've been playing guitar for many years, and this just makes me want to kick the guitar under the bed and leave it there !!! )
I know Mike Russo opened for B.B. King on 01/08/72 Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR
wow how have i not heard this man
U were lost man! Welcome back!
@@ThisIsMyHandler ?
@@xXPanzerStalkerXx I don't get it either, but I love that it took 8 years for someone to tell you that you were lost.
awesome!
I NEED a record by this man, he's my all-time fave fingerpicker, but can't find anything by him. HEEEEEELP !!
Look up LeadBelly, hes the king of the 12 string, and wrote (first to record) some of these songs.
There are some out there. He is a dynamite piano player! The record has guitar on one side and piano on the other. The record came out in 1969 and I can't find a digital version anywhere.
justin crimmins Yes, I've found it, and it's an awesome record. I found the vinyl on discogs and it was mint !! His guitar work is splendid!! it's available from "Arhoolie records" and it's number is 4003. Don't know if they have the digital version though. Hope this helps.
Cooper Hart I know leadbelly all too well friend. Love it, one of the most influential ones. First to record among others : Black betty (ram jam) Midnight special (ccr) where did you sleep last night (nirvana) house of the rising sun. Next to Robert Johnson who was also a big influence (d'uh) !!
+Tom Rattler no one found him, sad
Highly underrated
So, so Good
Great! Thanks
Great stuff :)
Nice camera work. Any guitarist could benefit from watching Mike's minimalistic left hand. Better than most TH-camrs hawking their merch.
I would say the hardest part is his right hand. It moves hella fast
Just found about this guy. He's a Monster, exploiting G, A, E positions with a killer right hand.
Pure Badassery
I have to google the hell out of the mike russo name now
What tuning is this ??
C# Standard, same chords one would use in E Standard tuning but down 3 half steps/tones. I have a 12 string tuned the same way with Martin’s heavier 12 string set.
He wears the thumb pick directly over his knuckle. Interesting.
Looks like to me we're all equal amongst one another just skin color different.
❤❤👍
Mike Russo was a fine artist throughout his life. Music was more of a hobby. Damn overachievers. www.michaelrusso.us/
Wow.......
nice!!!!!
Holy shit!
what is the recording date of this film?
I failed to add that link to Mike Russo - th-cam.com/video/rm64F1qItg4/w-d-xo.html
My goodness!
👋👋👋👋✌💙
RESPECT
killer
anyone know what tuning hes using for the 6 string and 12 string?
my guess is the 12 string is standard, but, as my wife says, what the hell do you know, you're just making that up! What I want to know is what are the strings that Mike is hammering on? Anyone?
8:00
Goose skin...
7.58
So, at 8:06, is that where Led Zeppelin got inspired, when writing "Gallows Pole"?
+HenryGuibet Inspired? Writing? lol They just played their way....
As i believe it is originaly a leadbelly song but probably has later origins of which led zep made a cover of, and unlike when the levee breaks they were not credited as a led zep song
Wow yet another tune Led Zep ripped off. Gallows pole.
They didn't rip it off ... track listing shows 'Trad arr'. They no more ripped it off than Mike Russo does here.
I’d feel lucky if I only could have 1% of his tecnique 🥹