Mississippi Fred Mcdowell Good Morning Little School Girl

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Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 -- July 3, 1972) known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues singer and guitar player in the North Mississippi style

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@davisworth5114 4 жыл бұрын

I was blessed to be able to meet and play with Fred in 1971 in Seattle. I prefer his acoustic recordings. Fred was a very upbeat, kind, good-natured person and a real gentleman. As a concert promoter for the Seattle Folklore Society I was blessed to meet so many of the original bluesmen. The Stones recorded his version of "you Got to Move".

@dennisdistant 4 жыл бұрын

Did you meet and got to hear and see Son House play too?

@davisworth5114 4 жыл бұрын

@@dennisdistant No, but he played in Seattle before I was involved, Skip James also played in Seattle via the Folklore Society, also Lightnin' Hopkins, Doc Watson, Bukka White, Rev. Gary Davis, and many more. Like I say, I feel truly blessed to meet and learn from the greats, thanks.

@Aphrodite_ErosLuvChild214-80 2 жыл бұрын

Them Mississippi men are gentlemen.. my hubby still opens doors, walks an umbrella around to my side if the car , holds door sort of thing ... I love being treated like a lady ... he's so sweet to me .

@eduardoleon2936 Жыл бұрын

How is he?

@stevetrivago Жыл бұрын

Awesomeness

@deano9979 Жыл бұрын

"The Blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll".

@billgonzales8978 Ай бұрын

Elvis

@cadjs Жыл бұрын

I am a very white middle class British man...but this fantastic music stirs something deep inside me...awesome!

@canesvenatici4259 Жыл бұрын

A lotta white middle class Brits liked the blues back in the day and still today! Your not unique!

@patvickers8189 Жыл бұрын

Hey! Don't forget that one of you Brits jad a project much like Alan Lomax! They traveled the south and hunted down and recorded blues men also! But I've still got a couple on ya! I've walked the streets of Como barefooted! And I had an illegal immigrant friend by the name of South. Yup! He was South Hampton! 😂 Better yet, he worked at the Union Jax Pub in Memphis Tennessee! I miss him and I miss the pub!

@giannibiancocircus 2 жыл бұрын

Don't let this music die !

@fackinmidgietook6953 11 ай бұрын

pick it up and help

@TheLsigala 11 ай бұрын

Please don't!

@MirnaTorreszuniga-ze1ek 9 ай бұрын

The BEST Will never die ,It could be forget for some time but It Will reborn,cause It IS really goog became from the deepest of eeuu people's soul(sorry x my bad english)

@johnoverthrow206 3 ай бұрын

First time l met the blues..l was walking down the street..Good mornin' good mornin' Mr blues..how do you do?..lol

@Earthdogbonzo3 4 жыл бұрын

Real music, raw and authentic. no bullshit, for real people by real people.

@stevetrivago Жыл бұрын

Amen…. 🫡

@MrMaxonian206 4 жыл бұрын

Who are the 289 deaf people who don't like it?

@KRYSZTOVIEZHKiY.VOZENiLEK Ай бұрын

Back when we can see the dislike ratio

@michaelfrink9128 Ай бұрын

WOKE

@Jr-sn7qd Жыл бұрын

First time hearing this my mind is blown.

@robertlisternicholls 2 күн бұрын

Fred and others like him did not receive the recognition they deserved. Others used their songs and made a fortune.

@billhilliard5454 5 жыл бұрын

For all the BS click-bait on KZfaq, you can always find gems like this.

@markharris5771 5 жыл бұрын

bill Hilliard I have to say the recommendations I get for "Blues" have been consistently good, but for most other topic there’s some real dross.

@John-tg5vn 5 жыл бұрын

The blues don’t clickbait!

@John-tg5vn 5 жыл бұрын

Danny Walker o ya!

@cyndygough4107 4 жыл бұрын

@Danny Walker Wahahaha. Pretty good. Can you pick??

@gonzalosotofernandez5985 4 жыл бұрын

Muy bueno! Mucha calidez, aquí les comparto algunas melodías Patagonicas kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7OBpqSgqZPGpZ8.html espero que les guste, Saludos desde el Sur :D

@ernestodelaserna9494 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know how old this version is but a thousand years from now it will still be stomping everyone's ass into the ground.

@Ellenslife851 5 жыл бұрын

Ernesto De La Serna this is original artist who wrote this I believe. This is blues back when blues meant somethin. Mostly poor people grew up on farms with nothin some tried to make it big. But there wasn’t much money in serculation back then. Some of these artist were recorded on the farm were they stayed and lived

@robertmgross29 5 жыл бұрын

1964

@kenjones2706 5 жыл бұрын

A good friend turned me on to Mississippi Fred McDowell in the early 1970s. This song is on his Capital album called, "I Do Not Play No Rock & Roll," that I bought back then. It was one of two of his albums that I think were released posthumously. The other is called, "Somebody Keeps Calling Me," which was released on the Antilles label in 1976. I bought these vinyl LPs and one other one that was released on the Arhoolie label in 1964, and I'm still enjoying them.

@Fribby8 5 жыл бұрын

Yep 🤗

@janitorbill7654 5 жыл бұрын

Sonny Boy Williamson is the original recording. Who the fuck knows who actually wrote it

@LaurenceHuntKenora_Ontario 4 жыл бұрын

I saw him live three times, and not long before he died. He did not appear sickly at all. These were concerts I didn't want to end. He was also a true gentleman, quite humble.

@timhallas4275 5 жыл бұрын

You listen to this long enough, you will hear hundreds of your favorite guitarists and blues singers. This is like the common ancestor of a million tunes.

@perrinenzo607 3 жыл бұрын

Ten Years After turned that song into a popular rock song

@choclochonclo 3 жыл бұрын

Always thought they had wrote it First time hearing this version. Cool

@randybeard6040 3 жыл бұрын

MISSISSIPPI--Home of the Blues--49/61 Crossroads....

@dombat61 11 ай бұрын

It's incredible that he did with an acoustic guitar ! This man was a genius, and his music modern at his time !

@billgonzales8978 7 ай бұрын

dont insult him and call himn a genius

@prissiwilson9156 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this........I am 76 years old born and raised in Jackson Ms. I love this sound, a treasure. Sound is fantastic.

@marshalmichael129 5 жыл бұрын

Right there with you...Murrah High 1972

@dufus2273 4 жыл бұрын

D'lo

@markcarboon7008 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it Ms./Miss Wilson.

@eileenjohnson2462 Жыл бұрын

What a treasure❤

@user-nc5tb5go3d 3 ай бұрын

Hope you are still with us and enjoying the music by the way I'm 72.

@daduck100 5 жыл бұрын

I went into my regular record store in about 1968 to buy my usual rock 'n roll type album, but the salesman who knew me as a regular customer,said, "forget about that stuff,try this one instead" and handed me "I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll" by this blues genius. I still thank him to this day. This is the real thing.

@tomlund4951 5 жыл бұрын

daduck100 any other suggestions you’d like to share please let me know

@daveconleyportfolio5192 4 жыл бұрын

My brother had it on 8-track. For years we'd play it just to get a rise out of his wife, who absolutely hated it.

@markcarboon7008 4 жыл бұрын

@ Great story bro.

@timyoung5812 5 жыл бұрын

This groove and instrumentation is so authentic it takes me to another place in time.

@ChrisieChavonelle 11 ай бұрын

ME too!

@darkoak40 5 жыл бұрын

I could listen to guys like him all day. Both the guitar playing, and his voice are wonderful.

@rabokarabekian409 4 жыл бұрын

Da Bach of da blues. Just Fred's face alone.......

@harleysailor06 5 жыл бұрын

GREAT music!! it's a shame kids today will never hear beautiful music like this.

@HatlessAtlasHA Жыл бұрын

That's the thing, though. We live in the digital age, and can enjoy oldies like this if we choose to. I've been listening to Fred since I was a teenager. I'm now 31.

@VonBlade Жыл бұрын

You know this is on KZfaq right? I mean.. it's NEVER been easier to hear music like this. No hoping someone in your class liked the blues and had a record. No wishing your dead end record store had it on the shelf. It's a search away. Man I wish the internet had been around when I was a boy wearing out the same old four or five LPs.

@stefanclarkowski9694 Жыл бұрын

im 17 and i love this music. robert johnson, Mississippi Fred, and t-bone walker are my favorites. this music means so much more than vapid modern music

@btrninic1 Жыл бұрын

@@HatlessAtlasHA. Lucky you !😍

@ppmppm7010 6 ай бұрын

They will hear it but they won't listen to it

@vincentbuccieri9305 2 жыл бұрын

I am Thankful that Mr. Lomax Recognized this Man's Talent! Now it is Preserved as Music History!

@patvickers8189 Жыл бұрын

Mr Lomax taught us so much of our heritage that defined rural America. These men and women described the emotions of their era.

@msjoanofthearc 4 жыл бұрын

Always been a fan of this most incredible performer, wowza such a magnificent guitarist, and a powerful voice ...so very genuine and soul inspiring.

@yellowjackboots2624 5 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder on all the great songs that were never recorded, are lost forever.

@mitseraffej5812 5 жыл бұрын

Don’t fret, Taylor Swift, Katie Perry and the likes will record shit that will be unearthed thousands of years after our civilisation has ended and that’s what will define us. Might go shoot myself now.

@cyndygough4107 4 жыл бұрын

Lord have mercy!!! This gave me chills up & down my spine. Absolutely amazing!! This here, folks, is The Blues. Period. End of subject.

@tdsims1963 4 жыл бұрын

I heard ya! I think the early stuff (pre-1940) is the best. Happy hunting!

@cyndygough4107 4 жыл бұрын

@@tdsims1963 is this pre 1940?????

@jaapklein1600 4 жыл бұрын

My dad , he was from 1920...born* in "de Jordaan' in Amsterdam,,,always say:"The Stones are good , but they 'stole a lot , from the old bluessingers" after hear this,,,I thougt: yes dad you where right...that time in the sixties😉

@cyndygough4107 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaapklein1600 actually I don't think the Stones stole it. I think they did blues songs to honor the Blues men. 😊

@chipmusick682 3 жыл бұрын

@@cyndygough4107 Fred McDowell loved the Stones...He Said their covering "you gotta move" was the best payday he had ever got up till then.

@johngulino2651 10 ай бұрын

I’ve been into The Blues for 50+ years. Mississippi Fred McDowell is outtasight. 😆😀

@jamesbueker11 8 күн бұрын

Thank you Johnny Winter for bringing attention to this great song. If only you could play it like Fred. He’s the master. All other guitarists just wish they had his magic fingers and deep soul.

@Steven_Rowe 4 жыл бұрын

Only one word sums it up BRILLIANT.

@sunlion8866 4 жыл бұрын

Blues is like American Express, I don't leave home without it.

@jurivlk5433 4 жыл бұрын

The real good stuff! So many times covered and yet the original is the best of them! Authentic Mississippi Blues.

@TomRoudebush 10 жыл бұрын

Ironically, the guitar he's playing, if sold today, might be worth more than he made in his whole life!....great guitar slide work!!....the Stones must of been listening.

@wildthistle535 10 жыл бұрын

The Stones were absolutely listening.

@TomRoudebush 10 жыл бұрын

Chad Thorne Good Wikipedia on him....Bonnie Raitt learned slide techniques from him and the Stones covered "You Gotta Move" on sticky fingers...he passed away in 1972. Rounder recorded him, along with several other labels...I think I'll go to the record store today....

@ATXviIIIe 10 жыл бұрын

Yardbirds were

@Dragon15c 9 жыл бұрын

Wyldwood Studio, which guitar is he playing on this song?

@TomRoudebush 9 жыл бұрын

Dragon15c Might be an old Harmony or Silvertone, not sure. If you showed this video at the right auction today and THAT guitar was up for bid, might go for over $500,000 perhaps! Some original handwritten lyrics written by Lennon or McCartney (or both) have sold for over $1,000,000.

@thomashall9182 4 жыл бұрын

Listening again, loving every note, how the hell has this music been lost to generations? And replaced by bubblegum shite.

@sharontalley2155 Жыл бұрын

Love this song. I have lots of family from Mississippi and we all love Fred McDowell.

@AtlasRapture 4 жыл бұрын

This man’s music was one of my main go to’s when I briefly stayed in Louisiana.

@JosephBoot-ln7mw Жыл бұрын

Mothers milk to me. We have the only degree in southern blues music in America here @the University of Mississippi/Ole Miss. My sweet home.

@user-nc5tb5go3d 3 ай бұрын

I first heard this song on a Ten years after album in the 1970's Alvin Lee did it justice and this is effing great.

@billsstudio2528 7 жыл бұрын

His singing reboots my soul.

@snilloc52 5 жыл бұрын

A debt of gratitude is owed for this quintessential american musical treasure.Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

@randymcquinn1722 4 жыл бұрын

A great singer.from the most important time. And under appreciated singers!!

@dennisdistant 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best blues recordings.

@jpcpm1340 5 жыл бұрын

Back when cassette tape was the usual medium for people sharing music, a friend sent me a mix tape of old blues with a lot of Fred McDowell. Shake 'em On Down, You Got To Move...so many incredible songs recorded by Fred.

@guidorollard2944 4 жыл бұрын

Mainly very humble down to earth people they were.who really played out of their heart Not like modern pushed, promoted wannabe's.

@donkemp8151 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the Mississippi Delta, home of the Blues. You had to go to Juke Joints to hear music like this.

@shanghunter7697 5 жыл бұрын

@Greg Gregory You wrote all this and not ONE person will read it. Only the weak and insane follow politics......people will read my comment though !!

@jameswestmoreland9717 5 жыл бұрын

From Tchula myself but it was more country in the blues.

@jamessilver6429 5 жыл бұрын

@Greg Gregory virtually the whle oboma admin. belong on prison .g d willing they'll be behind bars soon.

@jamessilver6429 5 жыл бұрын

@@shanghunter7697 and mine

@pierrepetry5734 5 жыл бұрын

Don Kemp-I wish i could go to a juke joint!We never had any in France!I was born in the wtong country!Lol!

@dph22013 5 жыл бұрын

I give thanks daily for people like Mississippi Fred and the blues.

@jaquesperes2171 4 жыл бұрын

Muito show

@QuistJam 12 жыл бұрын

pure awesome, thanks

@zoku1018 5 жыл бұрын

7 years later ;)

@dustincharles3210 3 жыл бұрын

i know it's quite off topic but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

@jaxtynbrycen2160 3 жыл бұрын

@Dustin Charles I watch on Flixportal. Just google for it =)

@greysoneduardo471 3 жыл бұрын

@Jaxtyn Brycen Yup, I've been using flixportal for since march myself :)

@dustincharles3210 3 жыл бұрын

@Jaxtyn Brycen thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I appreciate it !!

@joenock3466 4 жыл бұрын

first time i heard him, just watched bb king, his friend, this man is magical

@johnkeato9339 10 ай бұрын

As long as people get the blues, there will be blues, after all music is an expression of the musicians thoughts and feelings

@lberthelon 7 жыл бұрын

Gone but sound will always be around. Don't make em like this any more,.

@roberthorton6619 4 жыл бұрын

He look like my grandmother

@roberthorton6619 4 жыл бұрын

@Lord Jagged u gonna get old one day if u live

@timhill6054 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Fred is one of our our Delta kings.

@nevilledarman8n21 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome 👌😍😍😍🇦🇺

@guillermovidela2252 5 жыл бұрын

I'M FROM ARGENTINA: I LOVE BLUES. THANKS FOR IT PEOPLE FROM MISSISIPPI.

@1blastman 5 жыл бұрын

Mississippi gets a bad rap for being the poorest, most undereducated state in America, but wow, has it produced some incredible blues musicians.

@Odin029 5 жыл бұрын

"Mississippi" Fred was born and raised in my home state of Tennessee but I guess Mississippi Fred sounded better

@1blastman 4 жыл бұрын

@Duke Of Prunes As a general unscientific observation, Southern talent gets overlooked and undervalued by people living outside the South. But as a Southern resident since 1972 [Alabama, Louisiana], I've seen a wealth of talent come out of the South.

@1blastman 4 жыл бұрын

@Duke Of Prunes Tru' Dat! James Booker, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Leadbelly and many more - all received greater acclaim across the pond than at home. I'm thankful for the British Blues explosion in the early 1960's for bringing so many of these great musicians to our ears.

@1blastman 4 жыл бұрын

@Duke Of Prunes Speaking of Fred McDowell, check out this rare live cut with Fred playing with the late, great, Jo Anne Kelly. Fred was much revered in English blues circles. RIP both. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZqldgMV_rsjGdJ8.html

@lawrenceklein4918 5 жыл бұрын

Been a fan since 1970...

@pauldavis143 5 жыл бұрын

I remember the Yardbirds recorded their version of this about 1965.... but Mississippi Fred is the motherlode.... brilliant fingerwork.

@anthonyklavinger797 6 жыл бұрын

This cat was great! My musical horizons have just expanded.

@scrapplepig 4 жыл бұрын

This still sounds fresh.

@ednaatluxton4918 4 жыл бұрын

Love this. I'm from Ontario Canada and tend to listen to blues from southern american stations online. Now this is what real blues is. Although I love all kinds of music even guitar rock and jazz alot of blues is now just guitar rock. This to me is true unadulterated blues.

@3340steve 4 жыл бұрын

If you enjoy this music, you might also enjoy Sleepy John Estes. It is also the real authentic blues.

@MrFobob 4 жыл бұрын

THIS IS THE REAL DEAL BLUES ! ALTHOUGH I LOVE TEN YEARS AFTERS VERSION TOO.

@erikgraveleau8320 4 жыл бұрын

"Groovy man, very groovy!" J.S.Bach to Fred Macdowell.

@bretzwashington6064 5 жыл бұрын

I love old school blues make me think about the sharecroppers

@slavkocosic5553 5 жыл бұрын

Which Master - "Mississippi" Fred Mcdowell

@raymondparsley7442 5 жыл бұрын

Great sounds, just one more thing that sets America apart and special... In Slidell, Louisiana we once had black blues artist by the name of Gatemouth Brown, he played guitar and other instrument, his singing was something to behold... A treasured now gone but never forgotten.... I once saw him and a fellow musician taking dinner at Denny's there in Slidell... only wish I had ask for an autograph. Also love hearing the truly great... black blues harmonic players... A sound one never forgets.

@bmphil3400 5 жыл бұрын

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was a great blues and zeideco player......he made the rounds pretty well and was an influence on several........I think I have a CD of his around here......

@patvickers8189 Жыл бұрын

Good gosh! Summers at my Great Aunt's out on a slough near Slidell. Hot has another meaning. My Granddad helped clear some of those drainage ditches down there. To hear about that hugh ancient equipment work is just humbling.

@eddaw6522 3 ай бұрын

I saw him in Bellbuckle Tennessee, with my Dad, who was a musicologist from England. He spotted the gig advertised in a local Tennessee paper and made us drive to Bellbuckle. He played lots of stuff, including a number called Blue gummed, Catahoula, alligator eating dog…we loved it.

@peterjongsma2754 5 жыл бұрын

All you need in life : Good friends,good food and good music.

@lyssat5260 5 жыл бұрын

And a bottle of Kane-tucky's finest. ...Jus Saein

@smfvmd 5 жыл бұрын

This song was Rod Stewart's first single. The Yardbirds (with Eric Clapton) had a very different version out at the same time. I bought them both.

@petraklein8170 4 жыл бұрын

😘😘😘

@birdmanz49 9 жыл бұрын

What a great tune-that guitar work is magic!

@briantrend1812 5 жыл бұрын

a tune is everything nomatter what bieb barbies tell you

@diratsahae8517 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a little schoolboy too ... got the original album where he just plays guitar.

@bencharman1396 Жыл бұрын

I know that this was a different time, but I can't help but wonder how young this school girl was.

@billgonzales8978 6 ай бұрын

@mitchellwodach2215 6 жыл бұрын

love this style of blues!!

@gatewaymofreight 4 жыл бұрын

Damn good stuff!!!! The heart of rock is the soul of sweet music called the blues!!!

@daviddragavon7555 9 ай бұрын

Thanks to those that posted this!

@stunodd8701 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe for putting this out there! Loved it! Thanks Fred for your work!! RIP

@gonde21 10 жыл бұрын

One of my greatest heroes!! He nailed it with the other musicians and this song :)

@carltaylor4942 5 жыл бұрын

Just found out that I share my birthday with Mississippi Fred! Made my day!

@Tonyconner74 5 жыл бұрын

Lucky you!....😊

@carltaylor4942 5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgrosser1657 - Not the same year, just the same date.

@michaelgrosser1657 5 жыл бұрын

@@carltaylor4942 Yeah, just trying to be phunny..all the best to you sir.....

@popeye9475 6 жыл бұрын

I love the raw, gravely voiced authenticity of Country Blues...

@jchis9852 5 жыл бұрын

This is Mississippi Blues not Country Blues.

@SunnyDaysooXxO 5 жыл бұрын

My man is Jammin !! Great pickin

@sartainja 3 жыл бұрын

Pure as driven snow. Superb.

@relaxationstation7374 2 ай бұрын

The Mississippi delta definitely has its own sound.

@fubarsnafu4994 5 жыл бұрын

Been covered many many times but this is slammin’... Pigpen brought me here ;-)) GBTGD!!!

@cabrinaeve 11 жыл бұрын

Johnny Lang did an awesome version of this back in 1997, nothing compares to the real shit though.

@rudewayz1413 6 ай бұрын

THAT WAS FREAKIN' AWESOME ❤ NEVER HEARD NO ONE PLAY LIKE HE DOES THERE 💯😎

@jeffmead2935 5 жыл бұрын

absolute toetapper... cheers Mr JJ

@tomireland8468 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I found this. Beautiful guitar work. I'm in awe of anyone that can play the guitar like this.

@pierrepetry5734 5 жыл бұрын

These day you can't talk to a schoolgirl this way!!!Lol!!

@Jake-dh9qk 5 жыл бұрын

you can if youre with the right group ;)

@Jake-dh9qk 5 жыл бұрын

@Scary Hobo No, just talking bout the pedo groups that operate on chaturbate who make a business out of selling pedo porn. its crazy

@lovernotfighter 5 жыл бұрын

5 will get you 10

@MrJimmysez 4 жыл бұрын

@Scary Hobo Catholic priests

@Po1itica11yNcorrect 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrJimmysez It says school GIRLS...not school BOYS.

@williamjarvis3473 4 жыл бұрын

My uncle used a old Alka-Seltzer bottle to get a sound like this. He was a truck driver in the early 50s and carried his Gibson L1 with him. Wish I had that guitar.

@gerwynevans2729 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard this in forty years. It's just as I remembered - thrilling and brilliant. Thanks for uploading.

@Brembelia 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, that was good. As much as I tried to keep my feet quiet, they just insisted on tapping along. :)

@soulvaccination8679 5 жыл бұрын

Damn this is some good stuff.

@MegaMary1952 4 жыл бұрын

This music will Out live us all timeless

@aldito7586 3 жыл бұрын

"Mississippi Fred McDowell". What can I or anyone else say ? "This man kills it !!!"

@stevenwalker2558 6 жыл бұрын

talk about feelings and emotions this is it! It's what music is all about not about how many records you sell not about how many Grammys you won for me it s about soothing the spirit for me it's emotional without that there's no connection.This is a great song!!!

@Wheyooo 5 жыл бұрын

Damn im happy i found this, it makes me dance naturaly :D

@joechiles949 3 жыл бұрын

This Is Beautiful

@Sinisa599 4 жыл бұрын

Can see the blues..on face, fingers, tune....soul.

@wesleyc.4937 4 жыл бұрын

The first two phrases just kills it... yea!

@RackwitzG 4 жыл бұрын

Life was hard but simple back then. This sound is great! Has me foottappin' - and I don't tap my foot very often. If you listen carefully you can hear a steam engine slowly puffing its way to speed.