i'm 69 and i have those Fred Mc Dowell vynil records since the mid sixties. But now i can see him playing on KZfaq, so this is amazing. KZfaq is a gift for people like me
@TheFolkandBluesVampire2599 жыл бұрын
For people like me it's a time capsule!
@paulsnider92088 жыл бұрын
KZfaq is a total fucking goldmine for music obsessives like us. We've got to make sure that fuckin millionaire artists like Taylor Swift and Jack White don't totally castrate the thing with their anti-youtube campaigning-- Jack, you think yer gettin ripped off? You live the life of fucking riley, takin the sound of people like R.L. Burnside straight to the bank. YOU fuckin OWE these guys money-- we don't owe you jack-squat, you patrician blues thief. And the less said about the likes of Taylor Swift, the better.
@pancake44258 жыл бұрын
Jack Who??
@peterjswayze7 жыл бұрын
Not sure what Jack White has to do with anything....seems likely that blues music was a communal thing that became a commercial thing. That's not Jack White's fault. You rarely hear great artists run other artists down. RL Burnside in phenomenal; Jack White should be commended for listening to and being influenced by great music!
@paulsnider92087 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, I only went after Jack White cause he's been quoted speaking out against KZfaq... I could just as easily have slagged Trent Reznor fer the same reason... these rich cats is taking the music industry's position on resources like KZfaq, when they should be backing it-- I've discovered SO MANY artists on KZfaq whose shows I have subsequently attended. And as fer great artists not runnin other artists down-- has there ever been a rock n roller so fond of slagging his fellow artists than Jack White... Jeez Christ, if'n he ain't insulting the Black Keys, he's pummelling the singer of the Von Bondies PHYSICALLY-- White has a looong history of being an asshole... however, I AM admittedly a fan of his music. Ultimately it matters little to me whether my fave artists are jerks in real life.
@supremetruth90325 жыл бұрын
HE'S PLAYING RYTHM, LEAD SLIDE AND SINGING SIMULTANEOUSLY !!! ... ... YES SIR !!!
@paulkruel10153 жыл бұрын
He needs some bass drums to play with his feet. Lol I bet he could of tho
@tomdadomdomdom10 жыл бұрын
We are fortunate to have these videos of master musicians such as Fred McDowell. I'm grateful to those who had the foresight to capture this priceless performance before it was too late.
@richardhalf51749 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@BrainDamageComedy5 жыл бұрын
true
@JoRei9537 жыл бұрын
as real as it gets. we owe so much to artists like Fred, Lightnin', Sister Rosetta.
@greatgambino Жыл бұрын
I was working on building a deck out side and decided to listen to some old blues. I hit Fred in a live concert at Gaslight on you tube and was blown away from the sound and wondered why I hadn't heard about him. He was the best and I just love the style and his gentle manner!!! And a Christian with no shame about it to boot.... I suppose if the devil came to me and said, "give me your soul and you will play just like Fred did" I just might say yes if I was drunk!
@tomgarlick48248 жыл бұрын
There aren't words to explain how cool this man was.
@DrBlowfins6 жыл бұрын
No words, but I have to say he may be tied with Lighnin' Hopkins as the coolest person ever.
@caniican3 жыл бұрын
This dude was Arctic cool. Your chilly baby! Lol :-)
@stewartfenton76603 жыл бұрын
@@DrBlowfins that was the name I thought of straight away
@tEhBoOn8 жыл бұрын
Jesus his style was just... I can't even describe it. Watching him play the guitar is magical. Mr McDowell was just simply amazing!
@Vanillablooos7 жыл бұрын
tEhBoOn I wish I was amazing as Mr. McDowell!! HE WAS AWSOME!!
@pancake44257 жыл бұрын
Those 4 thumbs down. My guess? Trump voters and-or Bieber fans.
@yvesjaggi34065 жыл бұрын
Elation! Period !
@jdschaller9084 жыл бұрын
Lord have mercy!!!!!
@Philo685 жыл бұрын
If I didn’t see this video and could only hear it, I’d swear it was Bukka White and Blind Willie Johnson having a jam together! This guy is a top tier bluesman. Thanks for the upload and keeping his memory alive.
@nathanaelkitchen8134 жыл бұрын
Mississippi Fred and Furry Lewis, my two new favorites
@areguapiri6 жыл бұрын
Fred McDowell and Son House are my favorites. Truly amazing, undescribable guitar players.
@pageyzoso8410 жыл бұрын
My God. What an absolute master of his craft! Looks like I'm getting into Fred McDowell now!
@jaimevera20165 жыл бұрын
Same here friend
@lowellcalavera60454 жыл бұрын
As well you should, my friend.
@aldito75864 жыл бұрын
Might as well !!!
@allenennis19733 жыл бұрын
I was working at Chris Strachwitz's Down Home Music store when this film first came out on a VHS tape. Someone put it on and all work came to a grinding halt as all of us stood mesmerized watching this consummate musician work his regal magic.
@randybeard60405 жыл бұрын
Live with the Blues and the Blues will Live with You, 72 years for me, How about You???
@davisworth51144 жыл бұрын
iT'S LOVED ALL OVER THE WORLD NOW.
@dennisdistant6 жыл бұрын
Just as great as the greatest.
@davew5167 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the wonderful music Fred. Such a gifted bluesman.
@wormcloud96036 жыл бұрын
every time I see pt1 and pt2. I feel great happiness, and jealousy. I comment every time. I notice things. masterful things. his speed. his accuracy, his sound and voice.
@j70cbr10 жыл бұрын
You and your guitar are awesome Fred.
@dariusjackson1423 жыл бұрын
too bad the blues isn’t about guitars....
@yungmr16323 жыл бұрын
@@dariusjackson142 l P Pl
@mns87323 жыл бұрын
I'm so thankful someone had the presence of mind to record Mississippi Fred on film. Most of white America couldn't have cared less.
@davisworth51143 жыл бұрын
black people never came to the Folklore Society concerts I helped promote, white people saved the blues, you should know that!
@wormcloud96036 жыл бұрын
the more I watch this.... the more I am mystified. not just as a guitar player. but... as a human. it seems an unassailable uniqueness, ala Robert Johnson, I feel like im in a church in a weird country, mesmerized by a strange guitar earth god.
@tomfreeman49506 жыл бұрын
I’m 76 and I also have these songs on vinyl, gettin, a little scratchy !!!!
@chadcanfield696610 жыл бұрын
Awesome sound ! Now listen too Roscoe Holcomb play the banjo. You will quickly hear the close relationship between the "white" mountain music and the blues of the same era. Good stuff.
@paulsnider92087 жыл бұрын
+ChadCanfield Amen!
@ps4shotsgaming5286 жыл бұрын
That Tone and the feeling, hits you like a freight train.This is Blues
@randybeard60406 жыл бұрын
Just SHOWS, Death Cannot Destroy Great Music--Master of the Slid Guitar--Fred McDowell-1906-1972...VIP...
@heathen0150 Жыл бұрын
I have listened to this song over and over over and then some. I for the life of me ...cannot find a mistake. Not anywhere. Not that I want to. But most songs have at least one or two Suttle mistakes you can hear if you listen close enough. I can't hear one in this song. I've watched his hand work. It's like his thumb and his forefinger have two separate brains working together. Added a third brain on the his neck hand. I dont play guitar. But I know enough to understand that what he has is an insane amount of talent. Talent that even today's so called artist don't posses. I'm not sure why this song isn't considered the best blues song ever made...but it damn well should be.
@lornebain38314 жыл бұрын
thank you for the music 👍👍..... it's a life saver
@nottavictim55 жыл бұрын
I love it when Fred let's the guitar sing for him
@mdejong1408 жыл бұрын
fred mcdowell gives me a eargasm
@joeprice932210 ай бұрын
He never got the credit he should have. Listen to the feeling in his guitar and voice , grate
@JackIgnacio.NahmiasАй бұрын
That transition to the last song... my God that was fine and smooth
@Anhaa010 жыл бұрын
Wow, words can not describe what I am experiencing right here on youtube!
@Anhaa06 жыл бұрын
2018 still watching
@ericsairaison89272 жыл бұрын
Tout simplement magnifique ! Que du plaisir à entendre malheureusement tout le malheur de l esclavage
@peregrine12221128 жыл бұрын
priceless footage
@brianhackert85136 жыл бұрын
what a groove, love the tone and rhythm
@johnnymorys4 жыл бұрын
Been into him since 1972....
@marciaewell26615 жыл бұрын
I love Fred McDowell!
@9thInfRecondo7612 жыл бұрын
Excellent!! Thank you for sharing all these awesome blues masters!!
@annekale1503 Жыл бұрын
I can see Keith Richards listening to this. Way way long time ago cause you know he did. ... Mick too....
@bigrobrooks68694 жыл бұрын
0:00-3:40 Spike Driver Blues 3:41-7:22 Mojo Hand 7:24-9:00:00 When I Lay My Burden Down.
@thebrazilianatlantis1654 жыл бұрын
0:00-3:40 John Henry
@bigrobrooks68694 жыл бұрын
Brazilian Atlantis technically same thing but preciate it
@roqueandreavilesmagana57204 жыл бұрын
6:00 min got damn Yezusss... Blues moon and spiritual trip
@valeriyblinov15735 жыл бұрын
Super Legend!!!! LOVE!!!!!
@jeffreymccomas32812 жыл бұрын
Can yall imagine what Blues heaven would be like with all the great ones up there jammin
@wallykoszyk2063 жыл бұрын
I have just awoken from a 9 min trance...
@adamchess45433 жыл бұрын
ya gotta respect the concentration and intensity with witch he plays!
@HadesMiscreant4 ай бұрын
this is some serious playing there !!!
@jasonhiggins89094 жыл бұрын
He was better than most blues men I have seen in my 45 years. Muddy waters and robert johnson have Nothing on him!
@spoookytooth2 жыл бұрын
They‘re all amazing. Very different styles between the three of them.
@ryanallen13968 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@tomnelson13404 ай бұрын
He don’t play no rock n roll ❤️
@wormcloud96036 жыл бұрын
that's an Italian guitar I believe. early Italian guitars and amps have a sharp and unique sound. the pedals from the 60s from Italy are fuzz gold
@jacoponotarberardino7554 жыл бұрын
wormcloud i am italian but i don’t know what is the brand that made it. Could you please tell me the name?! In Italy we have such a good tradition also for early echo machines, sound machines and like you said before fuzz and pedals, back in the days when music sounds were made by analog machines. Nowadays i miss that kind of analog stuff...
@joecolchic16202 жыл бұрын
I'm still wondering what guitar that might be. Anyone?
@rubydazhla5114 жыл бұрын
If I could *like* this vid a thousand times, i would! Stupendous, gets you right in the feels.
@wormcloud96036 жыл бұрын
can not get over his style. I wanna talk to bonnie raitt. guitar lessons may or may not help . this kind of shit comes from nature. totally mind blowing. still.
@ponnywarcat34783 жыл бұрын
That guy is a bad ass guitar player big time
@mr.theodore64897 жыл бұрын
Sounds like, about four guitars. It's amazing that there is only one.
@ethanhammond76156 жыл бұрын
Mr. Theodore yep he definitely had a very unique sound. Just blows my mind
@greatgambino Жыл бұрын
That is exactly what I thought. I listen to the live performance at Gaslight of him for first time and said I have to watch him o you tube on a different video where it shows him playing and see how many guitars are playing with him. He can't be making all that sound by himself, and so beautifully done.......
@gunnerfan19079 жыл бұрын
Damn. At the end I was crying.
@kennyguitarallen56623 жыл бұрын
just brilliant,loved it
@sonjadietz52974 жыл бұрын
So möchte ich gerne spielen. Genial !!!! RIP
@SlideToneKing12 жыл бұрын
Simply Great!!!
@petfireball9 жыл бұрын
Jimmi who? Jimi himself said Fred Mcdowell and Elmore James were two of his biggest influences
@jasonhiggins89094 жыл бұрын
I've never heard that.
@Ae0liann4 жыл бұрын
Don’t ever say “Jimi who” ever again in your life you know who he is pleb.
@JakobSeidl4 жыл бұрын
Absolute legend
@wormcloud96035 жыл бұрын
most inspiring/ flabbergasting ! few have a mojo hand. fred was born with it. very few come to mind as more amazing. Segovia, r.johnson, and fred McDowell. like Picasso monet van gogh.... you can only look up .... but cant reach.
@dolphinsdaydreams11 жыл бұрын
This is so awesome, really let the guitar sing.
@estremp Жыл бұрын
Music is love
@valentin8011 жыл бұрын
Instinctual blues (the best one).
@bobnpvine6 жыл бұрын
There's a cool KZfaq of Sherman Cooper (Como, Ms) talking about Fred... Look it up... It's cool... Sherman is pretty cool, too... He has a "Potato House" that stays a nice cool (without AC) in the hottest days of summer... Keith Richards stayed in it when he'd come to steal songs at Junior Kimbrough's Juke Joint before it burned down... Now as for what Fred is doing??? It's pretty much laying on the #1 chord and letting his thumb do most of the work... It's called North Mississippi Hill Country Blues, also known as the "hypnotic boogie"... He's like the grandfather of that style blues and people like R.L. Burnside learned it from him as did T-Model Ford, Kenny Brown and others... Fun groove...
@antonioalcides2653 Жыл бұрын
Me ensina atocar esse hino bem lento pra mim aprender prá mim tocar na igreja que lindo
@aldito75863 жыл бұрын
Just so good !!!
@liamardo0076 жыл бұрын
his eyes and lips twitch in time to the beat.. cool.
@mns87324 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see film of the Folk life festival of 74, 76 which was blues music on the Mall in DC. Anyone know if it's available
@christopherturpin37896 жыл бұрын
Awsome puts others in the shade,when he plays baby please dont go you need to be standing up because you cannot stand still
@kenthaandersson55424 жыл бұрын
Love this
@CU315745 жыл бұрын
Jesus, keep his fingers warm. For if I get to Heaven, it's his song I want to trumpet me home.
@utkukayaisk60123 жыл бұрын
One number fred mcdowell
@adrianmartin57803 жыл бұрын
Try some of this Elvis,can ya dig it.
@ericsairaison89272 жыл бұрын
Tout simplement un bijoux
@VanKommewaaijen8 жыл бұрын
The only way I play guitar now is with slide thanks to Fred.
@lokinbar12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, awesome slide guitar, you've got a great blies video collection
@RodentHunter6 жыл бұрын
Did I just die and go to heaven?
@tree72495 жыл бұрын
Eight years and only 80.000 views. The world is going the wrong direction.
@welcometoozzero2367 жыл бұрын
Great man
@russellcooper48482 жыл бұрын
Blown away
@antonioalcides2653 Жыл бұрын
O Rodrigo ensino nus a tocar esse hino grandioso és tu bem lento prá gente aprender ficarei muito grato
@FuzzyDancingBear4 жыл бұрын
I want to be him
@62471samuelwilson10 жыл бұрын
Who in their right mind would give thumbs down to this. That's a shame that some people just don't get it.
@brianhackert85136 жыл бұрын
they don't like his kentucky colonel tie
@hkhuhn15 жыл бұрын
Someone who can play the guitar better... of course.... (I hope you can detect the note of sarcasm)
@jimswainston4 жыл бұрын
0:00 John Henry 3:43 Goin' Down To Louisiana 7:20 When I Lay My Burden Down
@tommytramp3 жыл бұрын
i like how you made a little choice thing here ,,its cool
@gabrielaagusts98543 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@highlandervalasik92746 жыл бұрын
First record I got was 45 and came from Ernies record mart in Galantan Tenn played on WLAC radio station 50,000 watts.
@1deplatt4 жыл бұрын
Just great
@ugosmith75294 жыл бұрын
Why can't people record like this anymore (the camera angle) it's doing wonders for my understanding Fred's technique
@davisworth51143 жыл бұрын
It was recorded by ethnomusicologists at the Univ. of Washington for the Seattle Folklore Society. I think I was there for this, Fred was a very friendly, personable guy with some magnetism, he was basically a farmer and family man who loved music and learned from older men.
@wormcloud96035 жыл бұрын
im tempted to comment everytime I see this, why hold back? my bowels don't! - and let me clarify..... this is a benchmark in "one dude with guitar history"... go ahead study the best close ups of his playing ever recorded, and try to understand, this is a nearly UN-repeatable performance, first of all try to find that guitar, after watching this for 2 years and only now understanding a mojo hand is when you can fart all this business out without hitting a single sour note or sounding weird, and that's not to mention his oddly perfectly barked out and superbly timed singing which is a whole other topic. oh, to feel mediocre.
@JamesHunterRoss11 жыл бұрын
Top of the food chain right here. There is so much going on.
@starbird11115 жыл бұрын
These are the sounds of insufferable pain and heartache.
@greatgambino Жыл бұрын
I think so too.....but also a man who can endure all and still radiate love and giving
@ericsairaison89272 жыл бұрын
Ouaaaaaaah un dieux !
@MP-wb5yd2 жыл бұрын
What a masterpiece
@Tony_02 Жыл бұрын
I’m Convinced he sold his soul to the devil like Robert Johnson because holy shit his style is just indescribable.
@violetnewcomb11954 жыл бұрын
Hes got the world in his hands and dont know it
@danielkoehler57004 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fucking yes upon yes !
@patrickmccutcheon88603 жыл бұрын
Fried, dyed and laid to the side baby.
@SquiSac0112 жыл бұрын
folkseattle youre the man!
@davisworth51144 жыл бұрын
This was recorded at KTCS TV on the University of Washington campus in 1970, I believe. I was a concert promoter for the folklore society and we drove Fred to the studio. Fred was a real gentleman with a sardonic sence of humor. He was willing to show you his guitar moves, in open G he made his four chord by playing the C7 position. While some of the great bluesmen showed signs that they had been traumatised, Fred had a modern personality. We tried to get as many gigs as we could for these men so that they could go back South with $3-4K which was good money, especially in the country blues boom of that era. I never made a nickel doing this, I was just so blessed to be around and learn from the greats.
@totnamurvatnoye9993 Жыл бұрын
0:00 john henry 3:42 mojo hand blues
@angelozampieron5565 Жыл бұрын
COOL 👍
@cigdamagelungs4 жыл бұрын
2 finger freight train
@wormcloud96036 жыл бұрын
went to looozyanna. had a real hard time finding a mojo hand for sale.