1968 very late at night. Very stoned on weed and reds starting to kick in. Allison Steele the Nightbird on WNEW fm in NY played this song. A 8 minute masterpiece. No imitators. Played this in RVN as an alternative Cloud Nine
A great and incrediibly unusual song that began a career that saw Dr. John become the greatest pianist I ever heard - Blues, Boogie Woogie, Jazz, Rock, and that great New Orleans sound. They loved him in his home town of N.O. What a send off they gave him at his funeral. RIP Mac
Attended Doctor John's performance one night around 1969 closing out Sly and the Family Stone. Mac talks us through the process of life -- marriage, imprisonment, regret, family -- in a series of songs, costumes and ceremony.
@@gaylinnek388 I saw and heard Dr John perform this tune in full regalia with ensemble at the Whiskey Au Go Go on Sunset Strip in September of 1969. Spectacular is a fine word to describe that show, although it transcended spectacle, and the simultaneous scene of what was going on throughout the venue was a profound setting for the stunning musical show on the stage, making the entire package spectacularly spectacular!
I especially love this song because many of the "Swamp Jambands" I tend to like nowadays (yes I made up a genre), like Widespread Panic, Government Mule, Allman Bro's, Marcus King, SoulLive, Anders Osborne, etc - all cover this song, & they all have their own unique interpretations. The best is when these bands are in the midst of a heavy dark swampy psychedelic jam & the riffs for Guilded Splinters start getting mixed into the jam, then they gradually transition into it. I'm usually the 1st one to hear the faint hints that then keep getting more obvious. Usually everyone around me is busy loudly talking about bass fishing on Long Island Sound cause, you know, Bud Lite Tall Boys don't go well with deep dark swampy psychedelic jam sessions . . .;)
my older cuz Lee (5 yr difference) went to Germany instead of da Nam and brought this vinyl home on a visit.......W.O.W.....quite fresh and diff. from what others were up to.... thus the education of a younger lad began. Seen and met him several years later @ a show In the round in shady grove (Gaithersburg ) Md. sad loss of a Great one RIP
Lived in southern Louisiana 1990-95, never wanted to leave it. Wished i was a bit older, would've made one of those coonass girls mine at the fais do-do 🙌🤠
what happens to the recording at 4:57?...it jumps for some reason... like some audio's missing... really irritating... i can't believe that a company as big as rhino who probably own the masters wouldn't put out a perfect copy of this song onto their youtube site.
If I hear correctly it's bass, percussion, sax, vocals, and maybe bass drum. No guitar/piano/keyboards. Different percussion tracks in each channel (left and right).
@@chetlund4465 you mean on user submitted lyrics sites? I have and i did once again and it proves us both to be correct. However i think i remember reading the Ti Alberta explanation in the Dr. John autobiography "Under a Hoodoo Moon", which give me the inclination that "till i burn up" is the misheard lyric, which is understandble considering Dr. John and his dialect.
1968 very late at night. Very stoned on weed and reds starting to kick in. Allison Steele the Nightbird on WNEW fm in NY played this song. A 8 minute masterpiece. No imitators. Played this in RVN as an alternative Cloud Nine
sounds like a perfect night.
Same experience but substitute Madison WisconSIN for NYC and speed for reds. LOL What a trip!!!
what were reds? i know about black beauties...................
@@thecapricorn11
Reds were Seconal and often some homemade crap. Always a nice to the night
That's all I ever did and yellow jackets. Candy coated reds too they came out with
1968 had Dr.John Jimi Hendrix Santana you had to be there Magic in the air for real
Stoned at night listening to WNEW-FM late at night in the 70s = my entire adolescence
A great and incrediibly unusual song that began a career that saw Dr. John become the greatest pianist I ever heard - Blues, Boogie Woogie, Jazz, Rock, and that great New Orleans sound. They loved him in his home town of N.O. What a send off they gave him at his funeral. RIP Mac
R.I.P. a connissuer truly ahead of his time. Walk Easy..
RIP To The Doctor ! He Was In The Right Place With His Amazing 🎶. A unique talent.
Rest easy Dr. John, you are truly walking on golden splinters.
Went on a Riverboat trip one night in NOLa...Rush week 1970. Dr. John was the featured music. A truly night tripping experience.
Heard this for the first time a couple of months ago. Incredible, hypnotic, beautiful, genius !
Attended Doctor John's performance one night around 1969 closing out Sly and the Family Stone. Mac talks us through the process of life -- marriage, imprisonment, regret, family -- in a series of songs, costumes and ceremony.
Clearly not a real doctor
Spectacular! 💥
i think I was there at the Warehouse
I read his biography. Really an interesting read! The REAL REAL.
@@gaylinnek388 I saw and heard Dr John perform this tune in full regalia with ensemble at the Whiskey Au Go Go on Sunset Strip in September of 1969. Spectacular is a fine word to describe that show, although it transcended spectacle, and the simultaneous scene of what was going on throughout the venue was a profound setting for the stunning musical show on the stage, making the entire package spectacularly spectacular!
I especially love this song because many of the "Swamp Jambands" I tend to like nowadays (yes I made up a genre), like Widespread Panic, Government Mule, Allman Bro's, Marcus King, SoulLive, Anders Osborne, etc - all cover this song, & they all have their own unique interpretations.
The best is when these bands are in the midst of a heavy dark swampy psychedelic jam & the riffs for Guilded Splinters start getting mixed into the jam, then they gradually transition into it. I'm usually the 1st one to hear the faint hints that then keep getting more obvious. Usually everyone around me is busy loudly talking about bass fishing on Long Island Sound cause, you know, Bud Lite Tall Boys don't go well with deep dark swampy psychedelic jam sessions . . .;)
Kindred spirits
Other people have tried to cover it, but there was no-one could do it like the Night Tripper, Dr. J.
A classic blast from the past. Love the bass and conga combination.
Perfect album to play on Halloween. I love the 3D sound of the backup singer ladies.
Walk through the fire, fly through the smoke. See my enemy at the end of De rope.
Saw him live twice. First heard this song on an Underground station out of Oak Park Illinois. 1968
Thank you Doctor!
the 13 people who disliked, gonna get that bad gris gris podnah. Better hurry up and know dat!
Haven't heard this in several decades!
my older cuz Lee (5 yr difference) went
to Germany instead of da Nam and brought
this vinyl home on a visit.......W.O.W.....quite fresh
and diff. from what others were up to....
thus the education of a younger lad began.
Seen and met him several years later @ a show
In the round in shady grove (Gaithersburg ) Md.
sad loss of a Great one RIP
Played at the Aragon in Chicago while CS&N and Joni Mitchell played their 1st concert at the Auditorium....gris gris& lassez les bon temps rouler!
Lived in southern Louisiana 1990-95, never wanted to leave it. Wished i was a bit older, would've made one of those coonass girls mine at the fais do-do 🙌🤠
gang gang papi
Aye aye
Ye doon yet?
Im goin up
On a fukin up escalator ❤
Aye.x
Watching Mia mixing up her GriGri, & so happy that someone watching 'Little Fires Everywhere'
Is hearing this for the first time!
im one of them
That’s just how arrived here1
@@jadesparrow6914 :
🙏🏻🌹🙏🏽
@@40freck :
🙏🏽🌹🙏🏻
Love it, and it's "gilded." It means coated with gold.
except the songwriter himself wrote it as guilded
Average wyt person thing to do , your ignorance is not stunning
Little fires everywhere brought me here
unique person alas i knew him not well his soul speaks still
Priceless
I had this on cassette tape pmsl
MISS U MAC!!!!
It's good
this is the best version
First of the world
I had this on cassette tape years ago. Cassettes don't last 20-30 years. I need a new copy.
i'm so old, got it on vinyl!
what's your venmo
Happy Halloween
Classic all time favourite- prefer to other versions, shame the levels were cocked up at one point but hey ho, still great
Sneaky…. Slinky…. Funky stuff right there my son !
♥️
anybody don't like this don't know nuthin
BRAZIL 🇧🇷
what happens
to the recording
at 4:57?...it jumps
for some reason...
like some
audio's missing...
really irritating...
i can't believe
that a company
as big as rhino
who probably
own the masters
wouldn't put out
a perfect copy
of this song onto
their youtube
site.
🙏
J'suis le Grand Zombie
Umm... Johnny Jenkins with Skydog on the slide sho 'nuff KILLS this song, being a cover an all... RIP Mac 🙏🙏🙏
If I hear correctly it's bass, percussion, sax, vocals, and maybe bass drum. No guitar/piano/keyboards. Different percussion tracks in each channel (left and right).
1000 Songs That Rock Your World by Dave Thompson brought me here.
Feckin terrifying.
I cant seem to locate a Dr John piece that has the line "..everybody's the same, same, same, same, same, same. same.."
Fucking cool man
-❤❤❤-
Great stuff...even when done by Humble Pie.
True
What do the backing singers say???
Kon killy, killy kon kon
Walk on guilded splinters.
Kon killy, killy kon kon
Walk on guilded splinters (oh yeah).
FIRST BRAZILIAN
am i dreaming?
Saw and met. Not seen and met. I am the grammar police. Smiles
Ti' Alberta!
Til I burn up...not Til Alberta !!
@@chetlund4465 i always heard that ti alberts was a phrase shouted in old Angola prison.
@@chaseferguson9419 Check written lyrics of song.
@@chetlund4465 you mean on user submitted lyrics sites? I have and i did once again and it proves us both to be correct. However i think i remember reading the Ti Alberta explanation in the Dr. John autobiography "Under a Hoodoo Moon", which give me the inclination that "till i burn up" is the misheard lyric, which is understandble considering Dr. John and his dialect.
I AWE OF THIS MAN'S TALENT saw him live twice Manchester England and Buxton
What is this song about? Please explain.
It's about voodoo magic...Casting spells, being an obeah man, cursing your enemies.
@@pogomole thank u.....i should be able to relate but?
Snowfall brought me here
Me asf literally rn lol I’m steamed rn too
Snowfall had a killer OST. Every episode I kept catching a bunch of my favorites.
This is for a Halloween party, no?
American Gods brought me here
Aint afraid of no Tom Cat
What is a Tom Cat?
Fill my brains with poison
No Paul Weller, is he?