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Still Livin' the Blues
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My name is John. This channel is about my life, and my loves... My music. The Blues. Guitars. Cigar Box Guitars. And so much more! Thanks for stopping by.
Koko Taylor - Talkin' About How She Got The Song, Wang Dang Doodle
This is a short clip of legendary blues singer Koko Taylor talking about how she got the opportunity to record her famous song, Wang Dang Doodle. She was chosen by Willie Dixon, the writer of the song.
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BB King - The Blues (with BB playing an Acoustic.)
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B.B. King - The Blues. In this clip, B.B. King is playing an acoustic guitar, and remembering about what the Blues was years ago.
Awesome Update on 4th Robert Johnson Photo - Who Has it Now?
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I have an awesome June update on that 4th Robert Johnson photo. The Smithsonian Institution inherited it when they were given Mack McCormick's "Monster" collection of music and writings he gathered over the years. It's been in their possession for awhile, yet they didn't publish it with his book about Johnson, "Biography of a Phantom". So, where is it? Where is that 4th photo of Robert Johnson?
The 11th Annual St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar Festival 2024
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The 11th Annual "ST. LOUIS CIGAR BOX GUITAR FESTIVAL" at the HWY 61 ROADHOUSE! Like every year, I had a blast! I had some problems with my camera/phone overheating in the St. Louis heat, but I think I was still able to get some good footage of a few musicians, and a bunch of he cool guitars out on display! If you haven't made it to one of these CBG festivals yet, then you really need to go!!! M...
A Random Day On Beale Street
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It's well known how busy Beale Street can be on Friday and Saturday nights, and during a concert or festival. However, just how busy is Beale St. during a regular mid-week day after lunch? For folks who would like to visit, but don't want to be around the busy crowds...this video should give you an idea what a typical weekday is like while visiting the popular music destination. It's undoubtabl...
Muddy Waters Invented Electricity - Clip from the film Crossroads
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This scene shows off the memorable line from the movie Crossroads… “Muddy Waters invented electricity!” I absolutely love the expression Eugene’s (Ralph Macchio) expression after Willie Brown (Joe Seneca) said this! Thanks for watching!
Updated Informational Video - The Confirmed Photos of Robert Johnson
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This is just a quick update from my previous video "The Confirmed Photos of Robert Johnson". In this, I just wanted to make mention of Carrie Thompson, and if it wasn't for her, we wouldn't have ANY photos of Robert Johnson. Also, I wanted to stress how the 4th photo does exist, which I didn't do in the last photo. I think everyone who was following the Mack McCormick situation knew about the 4...
Clips 2023 St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar Festival - Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats ft. Paula Crawford
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Here are some clips from the 10th annual St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar festival. My apologies on my lack of content this year. Between having a good time with friends, and some camera issues, I missed A LOT of stuff. Jeremiah Johnson and Unspecific Railroad also played this year, but I didn't get any video of them. I did get some video of Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats band. Plus, Paula Crawford ...
Brian May talking about Stevie Ray Vaughan - "...one of guitar playing's greatest champions!"
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One artist leans toward the style British-rock opera, while the other is straight up Texas blues. Regardless, both men are one of a kind. Complete originals. Although their styles are very different, I love to listen to both Brian May and Stevie Ray Vaughan play guitar. I can spend hours getting lost in the sound both men make with a guitar in their hands. Stevie mostly played No.1, which was a...
The 4th Robert Johnson Photo - Bad News
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This is a major bummer for Robert Johnson fans, but I do understand and respect the Smithsonian Institution's decision on the matter. Regardless of the photo, I still can't wait to read this book. The reviews are saying it's good...and it's something that both scholars, and Robert Johnson fans, need to have in their library. I cannot wait! #Biographyofaphantom #robertjohnson #smithsonian #mackm...
Bessie Smith and the Riverside Hotel - Blues Locations You Need to See!
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Bessie Smith was probably the worlds most famous female blues singer during her time. Sadly, in 1937, she was seriously injured in a car wreck near Clarksdale, MS. She was taken to the GT Thomas Hospital for African Americans, where she would soon pass away. Several years later, that hospital would be converted to the Riverside Hotel...where many of the best names in blues history would go on t...
Another Question - About the Man who Murdered Robert Johnson... - McCormick's New Book!
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The release date for Mack McCormick's book collecting his Robert Johnson research will be released on April 4th. It will be released by the Smithsonian Institute. Make sure you check out my previous video about the book, and the potential of it having a previously unreleased photo of Robert Johnson... Check it out here at this link... ruclips.net/video/Xb8gtrmiohQ/видео.html Links Peter Guralni...
The Unreleased Robert Johnson Photo at the Smithsonian Institution - The Mack McCormick Collection
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Timestamps for video. 00:00 - Beginning/Intro 00:19 - April 4th, 2023 - Mark this date! 00:50 - Who is Mack McCormick? 01:22 - McCormick/Thompson/Hines Agreement - 1st Photos of Robert Johnson 02:45 - What Happened to the Book? 03:16 - Carrie Thompson/Steve LaVere Agreement 04:21 - McCormick/LaVere Stalemate Begins 05:20 - Stalemate Ends. LaVere Moves Forward 06:51 - LaVere's Lawsuit For Mack's...
Tower Rock - The Island in the Mississippi River
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Timestamps for video. 00:00 - Beginning/Intro 00:14 - From a Distance - Tower Rock 01:41 - Turning Up in Historical Writings 02:41 - President Ulysses Grant Halted It's Descruction - 1871 02:56 - Taking a Look Around Tower Rock - Beautiful! 11:50 - Tower Rock from a Distance (Different Angles) 14:15 - Amazing Photos This is some video and photos of when my son and I recently visited the amazing...
King Biscuit Time - The First Blues Radio Show - Helena Arkansas
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The first broadcast of King Biscuit Time came on November 21, 1941. The radio station was KFFA in Helena, Arkansas. Since that date, King Biscuit Time has been playing the blues every week day. In 1990, King Biscuit Time began broadcasting at the Delta Cultural Center. Everyone is welcome to come visit, and listen in as the show airs live. Occasionally, live bands and musicians will sit in an p...
Musician's Gear Electric Guitar Case for Brian May Guitars - Red Special
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Musician's Gear Electric Guitar Case for Brian May Guitars - Red Special
Cairo, Illinois - Exploring Historic Cairo, Illinois
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Cairo, Illinois - Exploring Historic Cairo, Illinois
Livin at Lula The Town Where Son House Met Charley Patton
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Livin at Lula The Town Where Son House Met Charley Patton
Robert Johnson's History: Hirsberg's Drugstore - Better Visit It Soon!
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Robert Johnson's History: Hirsberg's Drugstore - Better Visit It Soon!
American Blues - Still Livin' the Blues ft. Heather Carter
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American Blues - Still Livin' the Blues ft. Heather Carter
2022 St Louis, Missouri - Cigar Box Guitar Festival - featuring Steve Arvey
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2022 St Louis, Missouri - Cigar Box Guitar Festival - featuring Steve Arvey
Visiting the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale MS - #1Blues Club in the Nation
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Visiting the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale MS - #1Blues Club in the Nation
Muddy Waters - Muddy's Home in Stovall Mississippi - Historical Marker
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Muddy Waters - Muddy's Home in Stovall Mississippi - Historical Marker
Visiting the Crossroads in Clarksdale Mississippi - Robert Johnson
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Visiting the Crossroads in Clarksdale Mississippi - Robert Johnson
Newspaper Clippings Remembering the 1986 Release of the Film, Crossroads
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Newspaper Clippings Remembering the 1986 Release of the Film, Crossroads
The Confirmed Photos of Robert Johnson - All Known Pictures
Просмотров 110 тыс.2 года назад
The Confirmed Photos of Robert Johnson - All Known Pictures
Did Muddy Waters Ever Meet Robert Johnson? - Two Blues Legends, and Son House
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Did Muddy Waters Ever Meet Robert Johnson? - Two Blues Legends, and Son House
Vintage Newspaper Clippings from the 1950's - The Fender Stratocaster Guitar
Просмотров 7422 года назад
Vintage Newspaper Clippings from the 1950's - The Fender Stratocaster Guitar
The Floods by John Seabaugh - Still Livin the Blues - Cigar Box Guitar Music
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The Floods by John Seabaugh - Still Livin the Blues - Cigar Box Guitar Music
Big Joe Williams and His Unique 9-String Guitar
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Big Joe Williams and His Unique 9-String Guitar
4th?
Just on the RUclipss lookin' at this and that. Then, I remembered the devil in Crossroads. After, "10 Things You Didn't Know About Crossroads" video (which was fun as well as educational), the algorithm threw this at me. HOLY SHITE!!! I'm missing out on a big chunk of music. I'm familiar with the blues but, it wasn't my thing. I have a HIGH appreciation for it though. It always seems to be played at the right time though. Anyhoo, I'm writing a movie and I kid you not, the Blues just became a part of the soundtrack! I wish I could use this! LOL Still, this was phenomenal playing. I look forward to learning more!!!
Lonnie Johnson's influence becomes quite evident when he plays acoustically..
Oh yeah it is.
Loving it
Love it! Great find! This is how he started!
That's It !!!
I LOVE KOKO. Golden Voice Taylor.
Koko is 100% the real deal…..
TOTALLY Agree. Koko is the definition of SOUL.
BB makes that acoustic guitar sounds electric .
After watching this video, I got out my guitar and wrote and recorded a song about the movie, but I changed the ending. I like my ending best. Wish I could upload my own recording here. I don't see a way. Let me know if anyone want's to see it. It's copyrighted and free to watch.
BB KING on acoustic guitar great stuff!
King forever 🎶
Wow! BB in his younger years, on a acoustic instead of a 335. Very impressive 😊
Muddy Waters‼️
it is written by Roberts step sister "Annye", in her book...that Roberts brother "Son" pawned his guitar in Memphis.a few years after Roberts death..there are quite a number of prewar Kalamazoo guitars still around...maybe someone still has it, unaware of its "Holy Grail" origins
That was the guitar Robert had at death. We don't know for sure if it was the Kalamazoo he bought in Southeast MO. There is no telling how many he owned during his lifetime. The one in this video is the Kalamazoo Johnny Shines said him and Robert bought down in Southest Missouri. This is how I understand it. Thanks!
The anecdote from Muddy about seeing Robert Johnson is good blues history. The slide lick that kept looping throughout the story became a distraction after seven minutes and should have been varied.
What finish on the trem arm did you get? Matt or polished
I believe mine is matt. Id have see the different because I don't think there was an option when I got mine.
Love this movie.
The jeweller’s newspaper ad includes info on Elgin watches. Walkin’ Blues contains the line ‘She got an Elgin movement…’
Hey! Good eye! Thanks for posting that!
I remember hearing another account which said that Muddy heard this guy on a street corner and he was sort of shaken by what he heard that he didn't make contact, he thought it was Johnson..
Yeah. He told that story. Muddy said it was down at Friars Point. It was at the Hirsburg store...which was a popular spot for blues musicians to play. Robert Johnson was known to play there often, and is who most people think about playing there. Muddy stated this long before this was commonly known, so he obviously knew about Johnson playing there. Thanks for posting! :) (Here is my visit to the building where Hirsburg's was.) ruclips.net/video/35qFE09J5IE/видео.html
superb
That fake photo, a couple of clicks back, had me gagging 10 seconds after I saw it. The Photoshop stretch on his left hand fingers is painful. At the time it was still under inspection, which I could not believe. I had used Photo Shop since it's beginning. 3- floppies in 1992. There is no question it was a very careless forgery. The masking and fake aging were also amateur city. BTW: I knew Johnny Shines briefly c. 1970. God, damn well near, stamped "Great Man" on his forehead. I grew up playing piano. Didn't switch to guitar until a band forced me...
Which fake photo? The one where he is supposedly with Shines? At this point in time, I'm pretty much convinced that there won't be anymore new photos of Robert with the exception of the one the Smithsonian recently gave back to Mrs. Anderson. All known photos in existence have come from Robert's family. (Carried Thompson, etc...) If anyone else shows up with a photo, claiming it to be Robert, I'll be skeptical because no one outside of his family have ever produced one.
Thank you so much. This movie changed my life. It’s a classic and makes everyone in it a legend in my book.
Nice to hear. I really like Quicksilver. Background music is way to much front music, Haha I just figured out the music was from my computer. Okay again. Thanks for the information.
Odd choice for background music on a page celebration Robert Johnson.
Thanks for posting! Looks like fun. I attended back in 2017. Too bad there are no CBG festivals on the West Coast.
Great video indeed sir and a lot of well versed research and effort gone into thos, too. From my understanding of what I have learned about Robert's life, the guitar that Robert lost in the fire at the hotel, was probably the guitar that he got from Ile Zinneman. Ike was known to be the best guitarist in the deep south and Robert lived with Ike and his family for about 8 months before returning to Robinsonville, but I have read from a few articles that Ike had given Robert his guitar to take and play with. I have heard a clip of Son House claiming that when Robert returned to Robinsonville after living and learning from Ike, the guitar had 7 strings on it instead of the traditional 6 strings. How much of Son House's claims to be true or not is a shot in the dark given that Son House also claimed that Robert wasn't any good on the guitar before meeting Ike and yet, it is known that Robert was already an average guitarist and was already playing some jook joints and hiuse parties for about 2 years before Son House moved to Robinsonville. It would be nice if it was possible to have a time machine and be able to go back and just observe what happened and have some way to record it on video so that it would help at least answer so many of the questions and mysteries about Robert's life. I do wonder if Robert may have been on the autism spectrum although being what's known as 'High Functioning' because there is clear evidence from Johnny Shines and others that account for Robert's Savant level ability to hear any piece of music just once and be able to play it on his guitar, while playing the guitar in a way that is more like a piano and not as a guitar would usually be played, plus Robert although was capable of having a regular conversation, but if he didn't like someone or didn't feel comfortable with them, he would tend to be quiet and just keep to himself. I can't help wonder that given that mental health in those days was barely known or talked about at all and there certainly wasn't as much known about mental health conditions as there are nowadays. Either way, it doesn't take anything away from how great Robert was as a musician, artist, composer and as a man, may he always be resting in eternal heaven 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The Smithsonian: The great hiders of real history.
I am looking forward to the release of the photo.
Loved this movie !! The Guitar battle between Macchio and Vai was SICK !!! 🤘But truth or fiction I'm going nowhere near any " Crossroads" !! EVER !! Yes I do believe !! ✌️
I patiently await a 4th photo and more family interviews when everything is ready and to the family's liking.
So cool, thank you for the update and the research
No cigarette or hat but guitar and smile
"...Mrs. Annye Anderson is the co-heir and executrix of both Carrie Thompson's and Bessie Hines's estates" - page 222. John Troutman. Editor notes. Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey
Great sounds! Thanks for posting (Blues fan in Australia)
Thank you for dropping a comment! :)
One of my favourite artists
That's awesome! Thanks for leaving a comment! :)
To be a good anything someone must be a good person to begin with. Mr. Johnson began as a good person and through long hours of hard work he rose to Greatness.
Stumpy Joe!
He plays hat washtub bass real good!
Awesome, John! It’s great to see you back at it!
This has been one of my favorite movies for years!
Mine too. I never tire of it. :)
This is a very underrated movie
It has been, and still is. I tend to think it is more popular today than in the past, but it's still overlooked.
Best movie I've EVER seen!
I can't argue with you! lol
Great research and extremely intriguing. Thankyou very much for your effort, John.
Thank you for watching and leaving a comment!
Robert Lockwood Jr learned how to play the guitar from Robert Johnson. He always said the crossroads story was BS. As a matter of fact, I don't ever remember Lockwood saying that Johnson ever mentioned the whole crossroads story. It was just a song he wrote. Johnson was in love with Lockwood's mother and Lockwood was a young teen and they spent a lot of time together playing music. Lockwood said that Johnson was a loner. He didn't really like being around people which probably led to the mystery. Having said all that, he did say Robert Johnson was a very good guitar player for his time.
Oh yeah! I completely agree. Personally, I don't believe in the Crossroads story, or even what a lot of people are now saying about Ike Zimmerman. For different reasons, folks just try to fill in the blanks of Johnson's history. with anything but facts... And sadly, the facts are probably already lost to time.
@@StillLivinTheBlues I agree with you. That's why I think that Lockwood is our best source of information. And truth be told, if you listen to Robert Lockwood Jr's music, I think he did Johnson style better than Johnson.
@@StillLivinTheBlues having said all that, I'm thinking about making a trip down to Clarksdale this summer. Going to stay at the shack inn. Anything you can recommend to make my trip better?
@@user-zm6yh3ux7l Whew, man. There are so many places to check out... The Delta Blues museum there is an absolute must see. It's there in Clarksdale, and is by Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero blues club. (Another stop) Stovall farm is close by, and that's where Muddy's cabin once resided. I liked seeing that. The cabin now resides in the Delta Blues Museum. Can you download apps? The Mississippi Blues Trial Mobile app is pretty cool...and it shows you a whole lot of different places to see in MS, TN, and even West Arkansas. You can pick and choose what you would like to see, and help you get there, etc... It's worth checking out. Robert's grave is further south in the state. I don't know if you are heading that far south. Check out that app, and let me know what you think about it. Is there any other blues musicians you like? Or, is your trip mostly going to be centered on Robert?
@@StillLivinTheBlues thank you very much. I'm going to screenshot this comment and put those all on the list. As far as my taste, I'm a lifelong musician and blues lover. My favorite blues musician is Chris Cain. However, I could go on and on about all my favorite blues artists.
I’m also 46 & this movie inspired me to pick up the guitar …it remains my favourite movie of all time 🔥 🔥🔥🔥
I’m 67 years old I watch this movie when it come out and I watch it about once a year
When I worked on the !st "Crossroads", which was to be a Broadway play, the Producer showed me that pic of RJ in the hat......several years before it really surfaced....was so exciting to finally see what he looked like! We were told not to tell anyone.....this was in 1979. This album is finally gonna be coming out soon....and of course, I ended up doing the Crossroads movie, with Macchio and Cooder, but it was a total coincidence!
Oh, wow. That's really cool. LeVere and McCormick got the pictures in the early 70's, so several folks had to have seen 'em. It's still amazing it took a decade or so for them to go public! Thank you posting! :)
Has everyone watched the Netflix show about Johnson
Yeah, it's pretty good. There are a few things I wish was different, but its still neat to watch.
Thomas Edison gave us electricity, Muddy Waters gave electricity soul...
Muddy said himself in an interview with Alan Lomax that he did not meet Robert J, but that he did meet and learn from Son House. 👍🏼🎸
Relisten to it. Muddy said he didn't know Robert personally... He's also said he saw him play in Friar's Point. He just didn't know the guitar on a personal level like he did Son House.
I Think there May Have Been Contact Between the Two. When You are a Serious and Up and Comming Musician, You Make it a Point to Get Out to See as Many of the Popular Musicians in The Genre You Love , For Pleasure and Part of Your Learning Experience!