Mississippi Fred McDowell - When I Lay My Burden Down

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Mississippi Fred McDowell - When I Lay My Burden Down

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Scott Grant

Күн бұрын

McDowell playing a short electric version of "When I Lay My Burden Down"

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@richardholland3571 7 ай бұрын

Don’t care what anyone says, you can’t beat raw old blues, one happy old white boy listening to the best music of all.

@user-ni9qx3iy5u Ай бұрын

Hey I'm in that same boat lol love this

@epicoutdoorracin2010 11 жыл бұрын

That guitar by itself can sing better then anyone I could think of today. Amazing.

@ethanhammond7615 6 жыл бұрын

Cody Moraga do you hear the colored women singing the lyrics to this song?

@ethanhammond7615 6 жыл бұрын

Once you hear it you'll cry at the beauty

@samirbelkadi7734 11 ай бұрын

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@liljimitwofeatherz9735 9 ай бұрын

@@ethanhammond7615no color or blk ppl they are a nation of tribes

@scottcooksey5284 8 ай бұрын

Make no mistakes, this is Gospel. This man took us to Church and he felt every word. Lord , Lord. RIP

@stueystuey1962 6 ай бұрын

he was always one of my absolute go to's for years and years and years and some 40 years later i still feel this mans music. A true genius he was. He is such apart of me that whenever i drift into listening to blues music i may take in an RJ song or two, Howlin Wolf etc, but when i just let the music play song after song after song it's usually Mississippi Fred that is streaming. He embodies for me any way the very best of all of my favorite blues players. John Lee Hookers trance like feel, RJ's demonic energy, Mississippi Fred Hurts lyricism and long limbed melodies, and a bit of Elmo James stinging slide.

@dozer1189 12 жыл бұрын

His eyes look sad when he plays...I can only imagine what his life must have been like as a black man from the south back then. As talented as he was, life still must have been hard.

@CarrieGerenScogginsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

He was respected more than a lot of people, because he had talent.

@Aphrodite_ErosLuvChild214-80 2 жыл бұрын

Mississippi is a rough state even to this day .. my beautiful black husband is from there.. it's a poor state for sure .. roads are rough , low wages .. nice homes for the low , but if live there gotta do some home base job to find the income .. racism is still really bad there and very much talked about .. I'm just up state in Tn and it's different here .. but to be real life is hard no matter how you look at it .

@itamarlacerda7859 11 ай бұрын

@@Aphrodite_ErosLuvChild214-80p

@cinders302 11 ай бұрын

I can't even imagine the depth of hardship in the deep south, but the impoverished struggles gave us the bare boned delta blues. I love it! "Hard times had a baby and called it the blues."

@FunkySabbath 10 ай бұрын

Imagination can not fathom what he must have endured and it’s what made the music to later become rock n roll

@josephpashka7369 Жыл бұрын

Mr. McDowell played that Crucianelli Elite 335 when performing in the 1970-71 era.

@rustyHooksnChains 12 жыл бұрын

Truely awesome. The sad thing is we are never going to see the likes of Mississippi Fred again. Truely Legend.

@1okanaganguy 10 ай бұрын

Oh, they're out there. You just gotta find the right bars

@josephlemko3027 3 ай бұрын

This man deserves more recognition . I can listen to Mississippi Fred play all day.

@BlackDogBlues4961 2 ай бұрын

Amen!

@josephlemko3027 2 ай бұрын

@@BlackDogBlues4961: Thanks for the complement ✌️.

@wanderingsemantics7266 9 жыл бұрын

Just listen to that I mean it doesn't really get any better legend real music

@geezerdombroadcast 8 жыл бұрын

+Samantha Breecher Just keep sharing it with people as much as you can, even people you might not think would like it. They might get hooked.

@ethanhammond7615 6 жыл бұрын

People dont have an ear for real music any more.

@Farrah118 5 жыл бұрын

flying knee Se

@griffinmoore6819 Жыл бұрын

The greatest recording I've ever found on the internet. A masterpiece of gospel blues.

@coravisser3846 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant i do love all of his blues.He was a super talent and his Blues will be always going on and on happenly.

@raymondsummers8046 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Yesuha for starting my day with this.

@stacyblue1980 Жыл бұрын

"..no more troubles...over yonder.. when I lay my burden down..." PRAISE be to God. Blessed be to the Lord. Whomever your Lord may be. .. love to everyone.🙏❤

@Istaysmoking 15 жыл бұрын

moving footage of fred is to rare, thanks for this one!

@CherylGriffithHHAPMI Жыл бұрын

So Beautiful i cannot even express it in Words. I love this so much.

@againsthesky 13 жыл бұрын

He looks almost as if he's about to cry towards the end. Wouldn't surprise me if he actually was, as most of the older blues musicians suffered real hardship.

@NapalmWeed 13 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite bluesmen always a pleasure listen to Fred thanks for the upload

@lennietristanojazz 13 жыл бұрын

"This man was the most haunting & rawest slide player that ever lived." Son House anyone?

@peterfreeman6677 Жыл бұрын

Son House did a John Peel session in the early 70s. That's where I first heard him play.

@martynewsome6881 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@ethanhammond7615 6 жыл бұрын

How is this so perfect and beautiful? Some will try forever to harmonize with them selves and the world like this. But it won't happen, only Fred could play this Raunch!

@spectrech 14 жыл бұрын

Incredible...thanks for sharing!

@francescaemc2 15 жыл бұрын

Capolavoro. Grazie mille.

@Panos835 14 жыл бұрын

authentic inspiration and feeling 100%

@apsdh340 13 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, this is phenomenal

@kyledavis828 Жыл бұрын

total legend 🤟🔥🗣

@billgonzales8978 2 ай бұрын

Amazing

@gyrofoam1 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he say's as much on the 'Don't play no rock'n'roll' album - Fred's great! Blind Willie Johnson had a nice thing going - all reels, like this one.

@markclarke6428 Жыл бұрын

Holy god. This is another level.

@kaecake9575 9 ай бұрын

The Blues is not about playing to make you feel good, instead it's about making them feel bad just as much as you.

@user-hi2nj5qy7w 11 ай бұрын

Man he can make that thing sing no more music like this

@ettoregelli6834 Жыл бұрын

Ehy FRED!! YOU are a LEGEND

@ahmadkarriem3900 11 жыл бұрын

Real Music!!!!!

@kstewintheart4u 13 жыл бұрын

Glory Glory !

@jsilence418 13 жыл бұрын

thanks for the post.

@blakkkman 9 жыл бұрын

Deep roots... thx for share this one !

@leonardzimmer4077 11 ай бұрын

so a great bluesman,so a great guitar plaer.

@BordiniBlues85 13 жыл бұрын

whow play the Blues for the LORD

@agoofypolishguycalled5ive Жыл бұрын

The good old days - old man

@groove40 13 жыл бұрын

Great stuff in here !!!

@0325JAMES 14 жыл бұрын

That was great stuff from a classic blues master. Thanks for posting!

@klondike316 3 ай бұрын

Awesome

@kstewintheart4u 13 жыл бұрын

Glory Glory Glory!!!

@Fr3derick 13 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!! Thanks for the share:) Grandma mary

@intenseartist 14 жыл бұрын

Fred was what I love about deep blues, the kind with just a man and a guitar and what he can do with it. Everything else (drums, harmonica, bass, etc...) are just distractions, Fred proves that.

@philjit1 12 жыл бұрын

if anyone did sell there soul it was this man , respect .........

@Man777Alive 6 жыл бұрын

Phil Noel Stop talking nonsense. This ain't about selling your soul it's about laying your shit at the cross and leaving it there. Incidentally because of Christ's forgiveness and mercy there is always a way back from what you've done.

@dianeregan4848 7 жыл бұрын

The REAL DEAL. WOW

@ethanhammond7615 6 жыл бұрын

Diane Regan oh yeah

@marcustraore545 6 жыл бұрын

This is good stuff.

@jdsol1938 5 жыл бұрын

i like this very much i also like the version by john hurt

@98SLABRIDER 15 жыл бұрын

man, i'm glad this is back...there was another post same song, but it had a woman singing the back up..it seemed slower as well. classic. this is just as great tho. thanx!

@petermietus1893 4 жыл бұрын

That woman was Fred wife-Annie Mae McDowell!!

@blindirene 4 жыл бұрын

He makes it look so easy

@tennesseetank1540 11 жыл бұрын

guitar god

@Sheindie 13 жыл бұрын

Otha Turner's version on his fife was amazing!

@papalegbaful 11 жыл бұрын

top drawer class!

@AmpdResonator 13 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Fred. If you like Fred, check out so RL Burnside too...

@TraustiLaufdal 14 жыл бұрын

wow

@tomnelson1340 4 ай бұрын

❤

@yvamarquer 14 жыл бұрын

@nightingalerider me too - and let's not forget mississippi john hurt!

@Diegoluthier 3 жыл бұрын

100% bluesman.

@taylor12martin 13 жыл бұрын

@panbread89 I was just wondering if it was open E or open Em...then I saw your comment...cool...thanks...

@Guitarist80 14 жыл бұрын

He could really make that guitar sing.

@liveinkindnesslivewi 11 жыл бұрын

fucking awesome

@taylor12martin 13 жыл бұрын

@busessuck1 Much obliged for the answer and quick review. Otha Turner? Funny. As in "No brother, I'm not Ike Turner, I'm the Otha Turner"

@cartoonfelix 11 жыл бұрын

Le Delta BLUES à son meilleur!!

@ronbobele8996 5 жыл бұрын

THIS IS HILL COUNTRY BLUES ... not Delta BUT AWESOME !!

@busessuck1 13 жыл бұрын

@taylor12martin Hey dude... the film's called Feel Like Going Home, it comes on a boxset of 7 blues documentaries and mediocre fiction films and the flautist is called Otha Turner i think there's the video of him on youtube as well

@adnukum 13 жыл бұрын

goddamn godamn

@jamiepenney4707 12 жыл бұрын

LISTEN TO BULLDOG BLUES HE DID IT IN HIS HOUSE ITS AN EARLY ONE BUT AWESOME TUNE

@mrallcz 14 жыл бұрын

!!!

@smoothoperator7023 8 ай бұрын

👋🏾😔

@Yrr666 8 жыл бұрын

Better than chicken fried in bacon grease. Gut bucket blues.

@joes4292 2 жыл бұрын

He don't do no rocking except in a chair

@rlar00000 12 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else find it weird when they saw Johnny Depp's reaction when told he's shy at the end of the video?

@randybeard6040 3 жыл бұрын

Don't Feel Sorry for this Guy as He had a Talent that kept him out of the Cotton Fields, he was a Master of the Slide Guitar, many Black Bluesmen followed the same Route, it was an escape from the Hard Times on the Farm. Many from Both Races had to Endure the Hardships and Hard Life because Work was All they Knew!!!

@roberttompkins6489 Жыл бұрын

You must know much of his history-he worked picking cotton and many other manual labor jobs most of his life. He only gained noterity enough to make some small amount money playing music later in life.

@builderphill1361 11 ай бұрын

How ignorant....

@EliPrythero 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone recognize this guitar brand and model ?

@theodoretheelder6248 4 жыл бұрын

Fred's guitar speaks English.

@aidanmaxwell1019 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know when or where this is from?

@smoothoperator7023 Жыл бұрын

Aug 1969- its on Blues & Folk 1960's You Tube channel -

@taylor12martin 13 жыл бұрын

@AnarAtragin Hello. Could you tell me what the title of the martin scorsese film is?

@X3noic 11 жыл бұрын

@Chad Corey

@C861986 6 жыл бұрын

I like this at 0.75x speed

@christaylor2070 5 жыл бұрын

same tune as Will the Circle be Unbroken

@ethanhammond7615 6 жыл бұрын

What kind of guitar is this

@StrummingSparrow 12 жыл бұрын

I don't see how that fact is especially upsetting because you could say that voice is an instrument too. definitely with songs you wouldn't know what words you could land on or what could come out of you. Could get away with saying things through singing that are far less easy to say, or to say in the way you would when singing. That coupled with the sound of singing is almost like a speaking in tongues kind of thing but in a clearer way.

@matthewtj887 13 жыл бұрын

whats the tuning? G?

@alexandrehavez2510 6 жыл бұрын

open e

@greghale6272 Жыл бұрын

Another great blues man. Abused and denied in his life. "Yes you can play in here, but come in thru the back door, the one marked for " coloured" people." The land of the free! Land if racists.

@smoothoperator7023 Жыл бұрын

Thus, you have the blues. Look up Howlin' Wolf / Shindig with Rolling Stones. He couldnt even play with his band....😡