This amazing man was a genius of the guitar. He was an orchestra all by himself.
@WhenHariMetKari Жыл бұрын
I love this particular film. And of course Big Bill Broonzy.
@mikelease85256 жыл бұрын
This is an astounding piece of film. It really captures the atmosphere of the performance and setting, in the same way that Billie Holiday's "Fine & Mellow" footage does. Some of the comments on this page are unbelievably crass. The cigarettes, ash trays, booze,. etc., significantly add to the ambience of the event, creating an authentic backdrop that was almost always the case in jazz, blues and even folk clubs of that era ....
@iwright621Ай бұрын
Those slides are … from another time !
@Broonzied5 жыл бұрын
I love how the band come off stage and immediately turn around to watch Bill perform.
@natezomby10 жыл бұрын
I am only human. But you are so divine. When did you leave heaven? Little angel mine. Great music, great performance.
@joeyscruggs51803 жыл бұрын
That’s right!
@natezomby3 жыл бұрын
@@joeyscruggs5180 Hey man thanks for replying to my 7 year old comment so I could come here and watch this again!
@vincentbuccieri930511 ай бұрын
Broonzy in His Prime! And Very Interesting Video, I Believe Maybe Early 40's Look! Like an Old Bogart Movie!
@georgestevens15023 жыл бұрын
Besides the quintessence of soul that is his voice, his guitar playing is chock full of runs and phrases that are still models of modern licks. Rory Gallagher had to have been a student of Big Bill.
@robertweed19762 жыл бұрын
What the band name of the last in video
@georgestevens15022 жыл бұрын
@@robertweed1976 Bodasch and the Feetwarmers?
@dannyrabin2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful! I'm learning that first tune. Love Big Bill and his songs.
@Broonzied5 жыл бұрын
So glad this is still here for all to view. It is precious, a treasure to be revered.
@vasudevjadhav101 Жыл бұрын
This is a priceless video. India
@Broonzied9 жыл бұрын
I would happily choke on the smoke just to have been there.
@user-gn7tx6ty1k2 ай бұрын
Настоящий блюз!
@worldwide_ghosts4 ай бұрын
Man, that was something else! Bill really on top form. I feel sorry for the jazz band having to go back on after him. The woman woman pressing the keys tickled him. What a gem of a vid!
@eduardocarrochio63265 жыл бұрын
the first King Of Chicago Big City Blues made a nice transition to authentic folk musician
@barbaravanwhy4564 Жыл бұрын
Awesome thank you
@robkopp7 жыл бұрын
This documentary is mentioned in Mojo magazine #280 of March 2017 in the interview with Ray Davies, sorry ... Sir Ray Davies. Page 75 says: "a defining moment of inspiration came once again via a film, this time when Low Light And Blue Smoke, a 1956 Belgian documentar y about American country blues man Big Bill Broonzy, was televised."
@Contact_Info5 жыл бұрын
Belgians love the blues
@RL-pers232 жыл бұрын
Dutch people do, too!
@Rory99M2 жыл бұрын
What a truely remarkable musician. A true legend. His impact on all music after him is massively underestimated and forgotten. This video is a treasure. Thanks.
@berryj.greene70909 ай бұрын
Not forgotten. A remarkable man & musician. Played for both Black & White audiences but tailored his material to suit.
@duelenigma77326 ай бұрын
never underestimated and by who . He and Sunnyland Slim were there in Chicago early and helped the new arrivals from the south to get into the music business . All blues people know of his music and importance in general .
@mirrortime3 жыл бұрын
MIND-BLOWING!
@CharlesDavidPollock9 жыл бұрын
A great shade of blue.
@leemitchellmusic4 жыл бұрын
Sheer, Sheer genius...Always moving...
@qxpxqx6 жыл бұрын
All finger-style, smoke blown into his face, ultimate rudeness, cramped circumstances; BROONZY still shines like a goddamned diamond in the sun.
@jacobphillips177210 жыл бұрын
i love the way this was shot and Big BIll is amazing in it
@glenrotchin55233 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@IslandMia11 жыл бұрын
Just so Good!
@blueslegends40885 жыл бұрын
Recorded in Brussels, in a cave-club place des Brigittines
@davidbenpark10 жыл бұрын
WOWZERS
@ballinvillon8 жыл бұрын
most guitar players watch this for Bill's shuffle.However,I think the real gem,is Just a Dream.Don't pass it by. Whatever,it's probably the best film footage of any of the original country blues greats. Thank god, someone had the incentive to film it.He's pumped up,European tour and film crew,his playing is much sharper than the informal porch film,which I think is a year or so later....there's certainly not a guitar player alive,that could come close,to his playing on this set.....and he can sing a bit too.
@Whatsisface48 жыл бұрын
I can only agree. Claptons version of hey Hey, good though it is, lacks vitality compared to this original by Bill.
@DannyBoyPhelan7 жыл бұрын
Did you know Pete Seeger filmed that little session on the porch?
@tymiklic64634 жыл бұрын
totally agree..of all the country bluesmen who lived long enough to be filmed he was the most formidable and unique..playing blues in piano keys and not the regular e..all those great eiders of bills were the same...mctell/blake/jefferson etc...he and lightning are my favs of the last old boys
@NatMyersYall3 жыл бұрын
Idk I watch it for that lady
@NatMyersYall3 жыл бұрын
Idk I watch it for that lady
@randyt35588 жыл бұрын
I found the direction, editing, and extraneous shots to be, in the current vernacular - on fleek...great piece.
@user-ld7jn1el2m11 жыл бұрын
Super!
@adamkesingland9684 жыл бұрын
So few live pictures recordings of Big Bill
@stephenmatchamАй бұрын
Oh to have been there! Don't you wish you could time travel?
@drafe00710 жыл бұрын
love it!!
@David53D2 жыл бұрын
Beatnick culture at it's best and so good for the cigarette industry.
@photonotavailable79365 жыл бұрын
Dave Davies, The Kinks, brought me here.
@davidwilliams73978 жыл бұрын
For you Joe
@FlintyCobblestone Жыл бұрын
Anyone know when in 1956 this would be? Just curious.
@terminatorx25456 жыл бұрын
Poisoning oneself back then was in style.
@gorax211 жыл бұрын
J Club - Brussels - 1956
@relicroy5 жыл бұрын
J'avais 5 ans …. un peu jeune pour apprécier … :-(
@gamma688 жыл бұрын
What was the name of the club where this was filmed? What is there today?
@hlewerenz5 жыл бұрын
Looks like Aux Trois Mailletz in Paris but I’m not quite sure
@kempielaptop65982 жыл бұрын
@@hlewerenz Nope it's Bruxelles, in a club called Brigittines.
@gabenandrea12 жыл бұрын
Was this originally made as a silent film? I have no audio.
@paulocezar70392 жыл бұрын
666 olha só quantas curtidas essa música do diabo tem
@felixbur8 жыл бұрын
great man. Another genius killed by tabacco industry
@dirkooijkaas8 жыл бұрын
well.......he would have died anyway!!
@dirkooijkaas8 жыл бұрын
nobody gets out alive!
@dirkooijkaas8 жыл бұрын
At least he did something great before he went
@terminatorx25456 жыл бұрын
He made the choice to smoke. He may have stuck around a few more years if he never did.
@tymiklic64634 жыл бұрын
@@dirkooijkaas i thought he died of tb...before the song feelin bad he has a coughing fit...very sad
@lazypokerblues5 ай бұрын
Lousy quality, dude - there are WAY better uploads of this very footage out there! 🤥