Big Bill Broonzy 1957: 3 Songs

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Big Bill Broonzy 1957: 3 Songs

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The great country blues singer and guitarist Big Bill Broonzy performs "Worried Man Blues," "Hey, Hey" and "How You Want It Done."
From the DVD "A Musical Journey: The Films of Pete, Toshi and Dan Seeger." More info at www.guitarvide...

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@stevetessier6568 4 жыл бұрын

This was filmed the day before Bill, went into hospital, to be operated upon for the cancer.That took him away from us.My dad and Bill were extremely close and devoted friends. Bill was my beginning in blues sounds. He was the very very best man.As my Daddy often remarked. Rest in peace Bill.You were loved, and are loved by many many people always remembered.By those that you were so kind to.In this life.Especially by a little boy, who is now an old man, with a guitar singing your songs.To keep your legacy alive and vibrant....!!!!.

@celticbastardson2599 3 жыл бұрын

The "British Invasion" of British rock bands in the mid 1960s probably wouldn't have happened without Big Bill Broonzy's influence. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones always cites him as an influence, so does Eric Clapton, and others. Sounds like he happened to be a genuine, good man, even more importantly. Thanks for sharing that story with us. I'm blown away by the man's Delta blues style.

@robertm7071 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that touching and informative comment. It is always nice to have it confirmed that Bill coming across to me as a gentleman, was indeed true.

@globnomulous 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. Bless you.

@globnomulous 3 жыл бұрын

Also, is there anything else you'd be willing tell me (or us or the world or the internet) about yourself, your father, or Bill? There's so much history, so much that deserves to be remembered, and so little that's actually recorded. I've love to read anything you'd like to share.

@greglarry11 2 жыл бұрын

So glad someone filmed this and Big Bill took time to do it, though he may not have felt well.

@joebonen353 8 жыл бұрын

To me this is one of the most valuable videos on youtube.

@awadaawada6738 8 жыл бұрын

definitley is

@gerbo17 7 жыл бұрын

Too few people realize how valuable..

@brentboggess3906 7 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more.

@cyrillewis8747 7 жыл бұрын

Brent Boggess totally agree

@elvisthunders3529 6 жыл бұрын

Amen

@peterellis6494 4 жыл бұрын

I was thirteen and I was there at Circle Pines when Big Bill played this. Pete Seeger was there too. It's still reverberating sixty three years later, how good sound can sound....

@dalelenat9936 4 жыл бұрын

My friend Bob Shafritz from Philly was at Circle Pines that summer as well; do you remember him? He passed away about 20 years ago, so I would love to talk to someone who knew him. I knew his whole family many years ago--we were very close during high school and beyond. Richard Lenatsky

@ivanleiva3428 2 жыл бұрын

IM A CAMPER AT CPC RN. I see all the photos of big bill on the wall and after seeing this it really makes me wish I’d been able to see him play live. Great artist.

@ajkaye5719 Жыл бұрын

Yeeehhaaaa

@jbeezy8952 Жыл бұрын

You weren’t there!

@petermoss208 Жыл бұрын

you guys are insane, that’s probably the craziest comments i’ve ever seen on youtube, Big Bill live…😳

@vivis5616 10 жыл бұрын

Although it was the day before his throat-cancer surgery, on that day he sang with a smile. He requested Pete Seegar(folk singer and the author of this video) who was visiting the tourist camp he was staying, to record him. Maybe he thought he would lose his voice after.... And he most likely did. The last performance of the Big B,

@paulnebenzahl702 5 жыл бұрын

Not a tourist camp, Circle Pines Center has been a center for cooperative education since 1938.

@stanleymowatt3829 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting information :)

@ewin_skytech 4 жыл бұрын

blabla . enjoy the music

@Banzo_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@ewin_skytech the fact you took the time to scroll down to read comments and then actually commenting kinda contradicts your comment. Just saying

@66tas95 4 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the little snippets of information you tube viewers give such as this performance and Big Bill's surgery. I have been a fan for forty years and didn't know this about Bill. Keep it coming, cheers from Australia.

@NottMacRuairi 5 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that he was in his mid fifties in this video, he looks much younger. Sadly he actually died just a year after this recording, from throat cancer.

@stevemurdock7540 2 жыл бұрын

Kind of Ironic to thumbs up your comment.. I didn’t know that’s how he went, nor when... and damn, that’s ironic too, what took him... being the singer he was just a year prior. what a natural bluesman he was and will always be to me. Thanks for the information.

@stephen25uk 8 жыл бұрын

Thank the Lord that the Seegers recorded this great musician.

@Vaga365 2 жыл бұрын

The Rainbow series Pete put together is great too. You can easily find it here.

@Beholderguitars 14 күн бұрын

This is my favourite thing on youtube right now. Wow, what a talent!

@TheBlankpaiges 10 жыл бұрын

Wow! This audio is CLEAN for a late '50s field recording. Nice job, Pete Seeger, R.I.P.

@FBlackRules 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Sir!

@juana1483 3 жыл бұрын

Is that a type of vodka? Any good or worth trying?

@MrChris76ize 2 жыл бұрын

Trebble is just awful, but it might just be my computer.

@jimswainston 4 жыл бұрын

0:00 Worried Man Blues (aka Stump Blues) 2:43 Hey, Hey 4:10 How You Want It Done

@alvykauffmann2356 4 жыл бұрын

The first song is “Stump Blues,” featured on The Big Bill Broonzy Story, recorded in ‘57. Dialogue tracks of the conversations between Big Bill and Bill Randle have a fantastic description of the song and it’s history

@jimswainston 4 жыл бұрын

@@alvykauffmann2356 Thanks

@hannahstaelens6873 5 жыл бұрын

After a hard days work this music brings me rest and peace in my mind. Blues is the most genuine and honest music.

@gijsbertuslaurensvandevooren 2 жыл бұрын

Folk to, try it. Maybe Jean Richie?

@gorillaz111268 2 ай бұрын

I love your songs and I play in my guitars( Clapton style) greeting from caracas venezuela.

@mcampbell5158 3 жыл бұрын

For all of us old people who lived most of their lives without KZfaq. This is the stuff we were missing out on. Thank God for KZfaq!! Awesome video.

@user-mv7to6kt8j 9 жыл бұрын

This guy does not muck about with the guitar. Particularly in the second song, you can see that he makes it do whatever he wants. He has the idea and the guitar complies. Good man.

@johncrow51 9 жыл бұрын

Sam Smith Clapton must have been influenced by musicians like Big Bill. The guitar on Hey Hey is the exact same as Eric does it.

@johncrow51 9 жыл бұрын

Zach, I think there is mention of Eric's influences in an interview with Guitar Player or Rolling Stone. I am not really sure which one though.

@danielmorris3687 9 жыл бұрын

+Zachary Auster-Mehr I just finished Claptons autobiograghy and he talks about Broonzy and the big influence that he had on his playing. Keith Richards does the same in his autobioraghy too. In fact almost every English guitar player from that time who was into American blues looked up to and studied Broonzys music.

@johncrow51 9 жыл бұрын

WOW!!!

@jct6895 9 жыл бұрын

+Bernard John That's because it's the exact same song. Clapton covered it.

@samkitty5894 Ай бұрын

Why didn't I discover this amazing artist already?

@dtestify 6 жыл бұрын

I've probably watched this 500 times since it was uploaded

@robsgirl6465 7 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, considering he was 64 years old when the film was shot (he doesn't look a day over 40), and suffering from cancer, with only one year left to live, yet he sounds so perfectly wonderful. Simply amazing.

@brunotitton 11 жыл бұрын

i really hope that the 4 dislikes are because not all 3 songs are complete in the video. i dont see no other reason why someone could dislike this pure and true expression of music

@awadaawada6738 7 жыл бұрын

the most underrated blues man, a true legend

@arnauc.6986 7 жыл бұрын

Along with Lonnie Johnson i would say. I hear Lonnie's last job was as a dishwasher...

@awadaawada6738 7 жыл бұрын

Arnau C. Definitely lonnie johnson too, it's so sad, i never heard that about him

@NS1. 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if non guitar players understand how impressive this actually is. His right hand is blowing my mind.

@PowerOfSubmission 3 жыл бұрын

I started listening to Big Bill Broonzy while I was on my first roadtrip after a while. My girlfriend was sitting next to me while we travelled across the country for the first time together. His music touched my heart and it makes me so happy that music can do this, no matter how old the song. Thank you Bill

@rievans57 13 жыл бұрын

How humble and unassuming he is. Sitting on a porch, flies buzzing 'round his head while he lays down some incredible blues. No bling, bling just passion, artistry and talent. One of the fathers of modern music. Today's artists should tip their caps to artists like Big Bill Broonzy. Long may he live and long live the blues.

@zeus-mt7wx 6 жыл бұрын

This is a era of music that is rapidly disappearing,I just dream of these guys sitting on the porch playing cooking crawdads drinking whiskey & beer. Ohh how wish I could have been there. Thank you.

@gedsoft3793 5 жыл бұрын

Man these were professional musicians ... OK Robert Johnson & co had to be like hobos, but later but Bill, Minnie, Tampa, those ones, they were not rich but were full time. If you want your romantic ideal :) yes they existed too ... Peg Leg Howell, Little Hat Jones, Nappy Brown, King Solomon Hill, the fantastic great players who recorded a few sides and vanished again.

@timothylee6859 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing quality, sounds and looks great. we are lucky to have it.

@gmaildad2087 6 жыл бұрын

This is so f..king good words can't describe

@CretinMike27 11 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this. Beautiful, relaxed performance. A glimpse at how Big Bill played for himself and family and friends. Love it. I wish I could play or sing 1/4 that well.

@bornfedslaughter 11 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad this video is online. He's one of the cleanest blues players in voice and technical ability.

@Sabbatius527 10 жыл бұрын

Whatching and listening Broonzy is a feast for my soul!

@barristanselmy2758 10 жыл бұрын

He's pretty solid aye.

@indiegemsthatjam3986 6 жыл бұрын

So glad that Pete got a great view of the fretboard ... and left it there on Hey, Hey ... what a treasure

@davidwilcox4258 5 жыл бұрын

That flat picking had me rocking.

@edouardcarre4123 9 жыл бұрын

For me, the greatest blues singer, with Lightning Hopkins!

@carmelcrowley158 4 жыл бұрын

5 six pens on. Almost crying, old folks starting to howling , I'm a big boy

@seanbateson3398 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute blues god amongst men.

@seanbateson3398 2 жыл бұрын

This guy - Big Bill Broonzy is amongst my greatest of personal heroes. he is an absolute Magician of the blues.

@seanbateson3398 2 жыл бұрын

Amen brotha , till we die tomorrow my brotha...

@l2string 10 жыл бұрын

Alvin Lee said when he first heard Big Bill he knew he wanted to play the guitar...and put down the clarinet!

@tomn9094 2 жыл бұрын

A chat with Ronny Wood sent me here. Cheers.

@drbekken 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome guitar playing by a master musician.

@giacomopandiani6290 Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard like an hour and a half long interview with songs. I think he must’ve been a really good man other than an incredible musician. Looks like a performance filmed in some place in heaven. Blessed footage of this massive bluesman. Reading the comments it’s also super interesting. Please, never delete this. It’s one of my favorite videos on YT. Knowing that this was filmed by Pete Seeger it’s unbelievable. I was looking for gold and I found diamonds. I often come back here.

@715Tyler 2 жыл бұрын

The way he plays the guitar has such a comforting sound, something even deeper than blues just pure emotion. Thanks for sharing

@ajkaye5719 Жыл бұрын

Wow.. 😲😲😲

@wendyandgeoffpattison2610 Жыл бұрын

This is magical. What a great talent he was. Just a simple acoustic guitar and he makes it sing. Thanks for uploading.

@pauldriver123 14 жыл бұрын

There is only one word for this " Awsome" others can only aspire to be this great!

@maxwellescobar3089 5 жыл бұрын

Big bill was amazing, one of my favourite guitarist..a man way ahead of his time.

@thomasforeman2162 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@usmessenger649 5 жыл бұрын

ONE OF THE GREATEST BLUESMAN EVER,GUITARIST ,MUSICIANS WILL ALWAYS RESPECT,AND LEARN FROM THIS GREAT MUSIC.🎸😎🔊BOB.RIP BBB.

@tommytramp 3 жыл бұрын

LOOK AT THAT THUMB GO !!! What an inspiration this man has been to my self and soooo many others!!!

@bnhamilton 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and they never did get to do him like they done poor Shine!

@Funz2022 12 жыл бұрын

The tune that Bill is playing at the end of the video, 'How You Want It Done?' was one he first recorded in 1930 (27 yrs earlier) & it's so great that we have this candid footage of him trying to remember one of his old tunes & stumbling a bit in the process . . . gold!

@davisworth5114 2 жыл бұрын

I think he stumbled because he doesn't do a lot of flat-picked tunes.

@cosmicjohn09 10 жыл бұрын

nice very nice.finger picking good.x.

@dezertfox3130 Жыл бұрын

Thank god this was captured on film.

@barrywalker5118 Жыл бұрын

One of the best singers and blues guitarist of all time fantastic you don’t see these singers anymore sadly missed 😢❤❤

@mancebo7 Жыл бұрын

The tone, the touch, the raw talent...

@HowlinWilf13 11 жыл бұрын

I love the music of Big Bill. I play my blues records to my 3 year old son, and he loves them too, especially Big Bill, Leadbelly and Memphis Slim!

@thehauntedfisherman1792 8 жыл бұрын

oh man, still loving this!!!!!! if you're feet aren't a tappin'.. and your heart ain't a saggin'.. welp then, this is the wrong place for you to be. True Guitar.

@josephgrady2129 5 жыл бұрын

Worried man blues... been trying to play this one for ages now, he makes it look so simple

@nathaniel.7172 2 жыл бұрын

Where you at now? I actually play something about note for note the main thing in e, I didn't realize it's like the same, I worked it out from rising river blues by George carter an to my revelation its like the exact same thing basically, trying to work out the rest of what he's doin, looks simple but under the hood there's some technique goin on

@josephgrady2129 29 күн бұрын

@nathaniel.7172 seeing this 2 years on, I've progressed loads, it's all in the thumb of your string playing hand, you gotta have rhythm but more importantly feeling

@ricky6565 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible acoustic blues.

@ziggystardust48 12 жыл бұрын

A Giant Amongst The Original Delta Blues Talents. Magnificent.

@BruceSeesall 5 ай бұрын

Amazing..Love..Blues...

@Sabiniscool23 Жыл бұрын

So talented! Wish I could have heard him play in person:(

@9903kateyes 13 жыл бұрын

Another classic from Broonsy ; I love this medley.

@MezzMcGillicuddy1 11 жыл бұрын

Why is it whenever I find a great, inspiring video on KZfaq, I always make the mistake of reading the comments section. Seems that many people have not yet learned to simply enjoy life, they have to constantly make comparisons. They cannot praise one, without knocking another. They cannot experience something positive, without a big dose of something negative. And here I thought music was supposed to have something to do with feeling good.

@dayc5933 2 жыл бұрын

The 3/4 guitar is so cool looking this video inspired me to get one

@MusicGeekmcgrath 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a geat upload he was a brilliant guitarist 🙂

@NancyEMcGill 10 жыл бұрын

I never tire of this.

@abkodo2 8 жыл бұрын

I discover this genius musician, when I was student in Florence, Italy, in the early '60. My appreciation of his performance today is like it was 52/3 years ago!

@bilrux 8 жыл бұрын

I discovered Big Bill many years ago on a bargain LP, and he's been one of my main blues guitar heroes ever since. This set of three is a good selection. "Hey, Hey" is basically what he plays behind his "Walkin' Mules Blues" as he tells the story (KZfaq it) . The third selection is a rather rare example of his use of a pick instead of his more frequent fingerstyle. Nobody had a steadier right thumb than Big Bill. What makes this set even cooler is the informal front porch setting, and Bill is clearly having fun.

@gangrel_76 3 жыл бұрын

His smile is everything.

@divassiprosound3112 9 жыл бұрын

Big Bill Broonzy was really the BLUES! Great video. Those Blues roots sometimes makes me feel I do not belong to this age. Thank you.

@gedsoft3793 5 жыл бұрын

Memphis Minnie was better heheh ... she beat Bill head to head in Chi town. But I love Big Bill.

@dantelyonheart6483 2 жыл бұрын

Recorded this with throat cancer, absolutely a legend

@leer.2137 Жыл бұрын

🙏 ~ Amen Big Bill • I would have loved to have sat there, listening to whatever you had to sing about

@threeg6966 Жыл бұрын

Much love ❤️ and appreciation🎧 for blues 💙 legend, Big Bill Broonzy. 🎸

@Merlo_77 7 жыл бұрын

Watching him play this priceless rendition of "Hey Hey" I just realized that his left hand frettings are a lot simpler that the ones in all the transcriptions you can find around. His right hand picking is REALLY intricate, instead.

@keithklassen5320 7 жыл бұрын

Right hand is the fuckin key to the world!

@joeolismith 13 жыл бұрын

this man was is and forever will be such an inspiration. honest true soul.... music is the purest form of communication and this man nailed it!!!speaks volumes.thankyou mr broonzy.

@robinspat 10 жыл бұрын

at 3:45' ish he looks at the camera fleetingly, raises his eyebrows, he looks so damn 'cool' in that moment

@kless001 5 жыл бұрын

Pat Robins good eye. He just dominated at this delta style of the blues!

@rudigerabshalomdalitwestph2267 Жыл бұрын

just great - always great

@flfisch 5 жыл бұрын

This is immortal. God bless Big Bill for sitting out on his porch that day and bearing the flies to preserve his techniques for all-- and thank the people who had the foresight to record and preserve it. This footage belongs in a museum theater of the blues. I wish there were more Big Bill Broonzy live videos. Lightnin' Hopkins is well preserved on KZfaq, another blues master I have been thankful to see over and over.

@coffek74 6 жыл бұрын

Love how he's probably played this song hundred and hundreds of time, but he still starts grinning while he's playing it

@anugupta9008 Жыл бұрын

Masterful playing - hypnotizing

@LaurelRidgeRodsPA 12 жыл бұрын

amazing finger-style blues guitar. This guy was one of the best.

@markmarsh27 6 жыл бұрын

The Towering Greats like Broonzy are the reason I'm shy about playing and singing The Blues. ... This is TRULY A High Art at this level and you've GOT TO have the credibility to be real. .... Not enough of us realize the Total Mastery and Genius Of The Artist being expressed here. ...a MIND BLOWING HISTORICAL RECORDING.

@jamesbond4633 6 жыл бұрын

The talent of this guy is unbelievable. What a player and entertainer. Just don't see this anymore....this is coming out of his soul...nothing to do with rock star ego. Great stuff!! Watching this is like touching the flame.

@boygsmanjr8033 10 жыл бұрын

God this is so amazing.

@bonitapuercita3889 6 күн бұрын

He strikes me as a kind of genius I want to pair with Mississippi John Hurt. He has the ability to fill the world with his guitar and voice and an entirely original style that has a lot of heritage to it.

@BrianWMay 7 жыл бұрын

I play a 000-28 and those strings he's got look powerful strong !!

@oreally8605 3 жыл бұрын

Probably 12 gauge

@dagnabbit6187 Ай бұрын

I hate to use that cliche but Big Bill Broonzy is an underrated Artist !

@onetontex7615 6 жыл бұрын

This video is priceless. It's as if you showed up at his house unannounced and asked "Bill, can you come out on the porch steps and play a couple songs? And he dropped whatever he was doing and obliged. Gotta love the pen in the shirt pocket too.

@pjk 2 жыл бұрын

If you love a groove that is just pure balls to the wall, there aint much better than Big Bill. This style of playing is just propelled by the right thumb. Jorma Kaukonen is fond of saying, "your left hand is what you know; your right hand is who you are." And after being propelled by that incredible groove, Big Bill proves that he can do it with a flatpick too. I love how he is really digging in with that flatpick with this right hand. He has moved his right hand back towards the bridge which gives it that great tone.

@JK-tq5cu 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent selection which encapsulate his peculiar style and talent well.

@spoonful1018 4 жыл бұрын

My old friend Big Bill - one of the best guitarists ever

@caioaugusto6819 11 жыл бұрын

You can play like this if you want, You just need to try, to have patience and practice a lot! greetings from Brazil, strings brother.

@gregtaras7789 9 ай бұрын

Incredible.

@dtestify 12 жыл бұрын

Perfect.

@adcockbob 10 жыл бұрын

My old Vietnam buddy Meadows, RIP, introduced me to Big Bill in 1967, I've been a fan ever since!

@juiellineau 10 жыл бұрын

this man was so influential to my favorites. Johnny Winter who died two days ago was my all time fav and I can hear Big Bills sound in Johnny. I just luv Bills melody lines, they got so much feel to them. thanx for the upload-peace,bro

@DeclanPoehler 10 жыл бұрын

Met Johnny at a local record store last year. I bet I was the only 16 year old there. Sadly I passed up on the opportunity to see his show later that night. RIP

@juiellineau 10 жыл бұрын

You've met the greatest blues guitar player to ever pick up an electric guitar.

@jpruggieri1207 3 жыл бұрын

His right hand was insane. What a beautiful human

@sebastianscoular-stajic9658 10 жыл бұрын

Great music. I wish the people knew what good music was when they heard it this type of music should be on the radio

@natebalcerak1659 6 жыл бұрын

Depending on where you are located, you could try 89.5 - FM ; the station's call letters are WPKN, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They used to have long sets with a lot of blues music, the good stuff. Worth a try, anyway.

@MarcBrewer 12 жыл бұрын

Beautiful post. Watching this it is hard to believe he would be dead in 400 days, so he must have already been sick.

@crankbv1 10 жыл бұрын

Big Bill's playing at about 2-45 is nothing short of awesome. I'm sure I once heard him playing it on a 12 string guitar many years ago although l could be mistaken.

@mistervicenteblues 14 жыл бұрын

big bill was genial!

@victorneysanchez7400 Жыл бұрын

no de los mas grandes guitarristas de la historia de la musica. Virtuosismo ,sentimiento y calidad interpretativa se unen en este musico genial. Descanse en paz querido Bill, tu legado permanecera por siempre en los amantes de la buena musica.