Steven Seagal - The Mojo Priest Pt. 1 | The Search for the World's Most Important Blues Guitars

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THE MOJO PRIEST PT. 1
Many actors and movie stars have attempted music careers, but few have had as odd of a go at it as disgraced 90s action icon Steven Seagal.
While vying for blues-rock stardom, Seagal amassed an unprecedented collection of holy grail American guitars once belonging to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, and Muddy Waters --- and then he suddenly disappeared to Russia.
'The Mojo Priest' is an ongoing search for some of the most iconic blues guitars in American history, and a wholehearted attempt to find out the truth - and the lies - about one of the more absurd and forgotten moments in recent music history.
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Written, Directed and Edited by Casey Hopkins
Additional Editing by Ryan Barger
"Mac Yasuda" VO by Butthole University

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@traversharty 7 ай бұрын

"You merely adopted the blues. I was born into it." -Steven Seagal

@Samurai78420 6 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 What a waste of a Soldano head.

@liamsandal6360 6 ай бұрын

I've been a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter for over 30 years. Don't waste your cash on expensive guitars. Just practice and play every day. It all comes down to YOU - your commitment, dedication and good taste.

@TheWhippingPost 4 ай бұрын

Should I give myself a ridiculous nickname?

@Goldie_Hawn_Solo 3 ай бұрын

Buy the guitars that are right for you. Inspiration matters a lot. 1 professional instrument will save you a ton of money on nickel and dimeing yourself.

@nelsonhibbert5267 3 ай бұрын

@@TheWhippingPostBlind Billy Bollocks and the Back Street Knob Jockeys

@williardbillmore5713 6 ай бұрын

Steven proves that he is the real deal when it comes to collecting priceless guitars owned by the royalty of the kingdom of the Blues. He demonstrates that he understands that the best way to display these priceless musical artifacts is outdoors on a damp lawn. ...And don't forget kids that Steven Seagal is the guy who taught Jimi Hendrix how to sing like a black man , waaaaay back in 1971. Seagal has some real history behind him. He isn't just all talk.

@selfactualizer2099 8 ай бұрын

"I was the only white man who could sound like those people" lol what a legend

@speedy692 10 ай бұрын

If Steven Seagull & Hulk Hogan ever meet, we'd need Chuck Norris to stop the Earth collapsing under the weight of all the bullshit.

@davidsonofyisrael 5 ай бұрын

Lol that was good.

@adafrost6276 11 ай бұрын

Steven Seagal is pretty much Kim Jong Un without the dictatorship/power.

@edpoe1108 7 ай бұрын

That's probably closer to the truth than we know...

@PythagorasBeyond 24 күн бұрын

Music is no laughing metah.....

@davexenos9196 10 ай бұрын

Well! there is a waste of 300 guitars.

@blackmondayy1 Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@GasStationReceipts Жыл бұрын

This is an important cultural document. Our country’s finest aikido blues master.

@baybeegravy Жыл бұрын

The mystery of the Mojo Priest continues...

@okolepuka3134 5 ай бұрын

greatest entertainer EVER.... i cant get enough --Steven Seagal

@ghostfunkorchestra Жыл бұрын

Remarkable. Bring on part 2!

@trashmediausa Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mcorsig Жыл бұрын

Everything surrounding Seagal is always just off kilter. Thanks for making this. Enjoyed!

@Islandswamp 8 ай бұрын

This deserves 1M views

@jordanmurphy4156 Жыл бұрын

3:00 "I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!"

@speedy692 10 ай бұрын

You're the dude who don't know what dude he is!

@laartwork 8 ай бұрын

His heritage is in his name. It's a very common Jewish name (he just changed the pronunciation) but he is in fact Jewish and Irish from a middle class family. No gangs or blues players on his porch.

@_gw33do_ 3 ай бұрын

I love that his best acting is when he’s being serious

@bmminc3001 8 ай бұрын

He learned on the porch...in the mid 50's..from the greats..when he was 5...too D@#N funny..😂😂😂

@marxmanjj Жыл бұрын

Well this was disturbing.

@danielbuffalo8370 10 ай бұрын

ugh..he puts them in the GRASS outside

@jcmac7709 8 ай бұрын

“Imma imma imma musician” “I was the only one who wasn’t blaaaack that played like THEM” 🤔😒

@SuperCreativeHandle Жыл бұрын

When's part 2!? You should have called this "Blues Clues" but that would probably mess with the algo lol.

@nathanwhitmer7395 9 күн бұрын

I love that he suddenly gets a bit of an accent when talking about "the blues". That's how you know it's the mojo priest speaking

@MinkJu Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, you got yourself a new sub. Looking forward to part 2

@Exigentable 7 ай бұрын

Another banger IMO. I respect the writing chops, it shows big time in the quality of the video overall.

@jkonrad Жыл бұрын

Came from Reddit. Nice doc!

@trashmediausa Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@johnnybrace 5 ай бұрын

been watchin so much of his stuff lately and I'm not lying he's incredible person...just barefacedly moving forward with full blind courage, amazing!

@jarnosaarinen4583 6 ай бұрын

Born in 1952 started playing in the 50's? What 8 years old & in a all Black Band!

@SagaciousFrank 2 ай бұрын

The value of those collector's guitars plummeted after Steven Seagal 'played' them.

@blackmondayy1 Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@oldclassics7437 17 күн бұрын

I would bet I know how he met and got to play with some of the greats, and it isn't because Segal is great. More like money bought his way in. You left someone out who I would guess is the reason. I also play, since 1969 (Age 5). I have been playing (Poorly) for a very long time. Lived in Mississippi 22 years and have been in every MS Blues joint you can think of and some you can't. Played in a couple. One year I was in Clarksdale at the Blues Festival and went for a night in Ground Zero. Saw this guy play who has been my favorite Delta Blues guitarist since. He is great, ad he has played with all the living greats. Including B.B. King. Me and Morgan Freeman have something in common. I like Ground Zero, he is co-owner of Ground Zero. And both of our favorite Musician is James "Superchiken" Johnson. The guy up on stage with the acrylic guitar, killing it that night was Superchiken Johnson. The next day he was back up there but playing a gas can guitar. Right outside (And up the street) on stage next to the B..B. King Blues Museum, B.B. King was playing. How many of your viewers know who Superchiken Johnson is? Not many I'd guess. Well Steven Segal knowns him. He hired him as a backup guitarist. Segal hired one of the top Delta Blues Guitarists in the nation to be his backup. But Morgan Freeman hired him long before Segal as a regular at Ground Zero. I doubt Segal with his mediocre playing, would have ever been able to get onstage with the greats if not for knowing the right people. The fact that he signed Superchiken Johnson to be his"backup" guitarist, someone that plays about a thousand times better than him, tells me he has been to Ground Zero, likely knows Morgan Freeman, and likely became self ingratiated with those greats through Freeman and Superchiken Johnson. Just my theory. The only way Johnson became his backup was because of big $$$. Johnson is so many levels of talent above Segal they arent even in the same universe. You have Blues questions about Segal, maybe ask James "Superchiken" Johnson, I hear he is not too hard to get hold of.

@davexenos9196 10 ай бұрын

Let`s be honest if he wasn`t a movie star those great musicians would have had nothing to do with him. His musicianship is mediocre at best. It would be great to be famous.

@rikirex2162 Ай бұрын

yeah...let's be honest...if u would have been him...u still would have done nothing...spend some time in trying to bearly understand what Art is rather than vomit stupid comments on u.t.

@PythagorasBeyond 24 күн бұрын

It's like in sports, you know it must've been done better but you cannot do it, not just yet.

@grandfathergeek 6 ай бұрын

You have to stop or I’m gonna pee myself.

@Moonless6491 3 ай бұрын

He flew submarines over Fallujah in WW2

@blackmondayy1 Ай бұрын

OMG !?!??! That was Steven too !?!??!

@ThriftyPictures Жыл бұрын

Yes! More of this! Whens pt 2 dropping?

@trashmediausa Жыл бұрын

Within the next month or so! Going to be posting some more stuff in the meantime.

@Apogee02UK 10 ай бұрын

I hear Chuck Norris is crazy good on the kazoo.

@Deontjie Ай бұрын

Didgeridoo.

@TheTaskmaster 10 ай бұрын

True - he can play at least a couple blues songs well (after getting rich you can get anyone on stage with you)

@joebadgley3630 8 ай бұрын

BB King also said one of the greatest actors, right there...DISCREDITED BB King!!!

@fluorosco 6 ай бұрын

BB King's off his tits then

@SagaciousFrank 2 ай бұрын

He must've been reading from a line Seagal wrote about himself.

@besonderein Жыл бұрын

Great work!

@trashmediausa Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@opinionsforsale 26 күн бұрын

Note to Self: Put Phone on Mute while Recording Phone Call for Documentary 😂

@trashmediausa 26 күн бұрын

@@opinionsforsale You live and you learn!

@augs008 7 ай бұрын

I need part 2! 🤓🌚

@yasuke9317 9 ай бұрын

We need more reggae from Mr. Mojo man person guy.

@Type1adventures 8 ай бұрын

I dont know if you ever heard the song Strut by Steven Segall but I think hes a little Jamaican as well.

@trashmediausa 8 ай бұрын

Oh I have…. There’s a whole story around that album too. Considering covering that as well.

@jcmac7709 8 ай бұрын

When the girls start to strut You could look at their butt You shouldn't do that The gyal dress is just as pretty Not just there to cover her kitty

@user-lx6oj4mx3i 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I remember back when Steven was giving Chuck Berry pointers I think he really helped a lot with Johnny B Goode

@michaelb.42112 6 ай бұрын

90's movies were some of the BEST in my opinion as far as creativity, taking chances, story telling, unlike everything in 2024 where opening weekend profits is the ONLY goal, which is sad.

@jcmac7709 8 ай бұрын

Haha just like his fig scenes, he even sits down for his musical performances.

@AlmostAndre777 10 ай бұрын

Ok part 2 is necessary

@barrykarpowich731 Ай бұрын

MOJO PRIEST HE HE USES THE MEDS CALLED FULLOFSHIT ,UNBELIEVABLE 😂😂😂

@RamonAlegria-cu1bt 7 ай бұрын

Solo tes preguntas,tres es la respuesta de bueno como suena.un abrazo monci

@rikirex2162 Ай бұрын

too many people throwing shit that doesn't stick at this guy and he persist in being great.

@juergenubl8238 7 ай бұрын

I have his CD Mojo Priest since years and this is a really fine record.

@vincentsubmarinismo774 10 ай бұрын

There is no one like him, for sure.

@fluorosco 6 ай бұрын

I want Seagal's Audio Book - Autobiography read by Him I'd buy it I would buy it It would be thee most High-Larious thing ever in the history of everything

@offmerocker1467 5 ай бұрын

Last night, an Italian Asian Russian mohawk man tried to sell me loads of guitars 😮

@aperezdeal 9 ай бұрын

Welcome friend.

@j.s.3297 5 ай бұрын

I heard that he invented the internet..😂

@paulst1 4 ай бұрын

He did, right after he beat up Chuck Norris.

@blackmondayy1 Ай бұрын

@@paulst1 Alright, alright ... let´s get one thing clear .... NO ONE BEAT´S CHUCK NORRIS !!!

@davidsonofyisrael 5 ай бұрын

Lol i do not care what anyone says, i like Steven. He is one of a kind.

@barrykarpowich731 Ай бұрын

THE MOJO BLUES MAN ,HE TAKES THE MEDS CALLED FULLOFSHIT, HE GETS HIS MOJO FROM THE MEDS CALLED FULLOFSHIT LISTINE THAT VOICE NOW WHAT AN ACCENT TELL A STORY WTF 😂😂

@alphaomerta9477 4 ай бұрын

1 Guitar worth ah million dollars Steven SeaGal!!!🥋 I Grew up PlayinG with These Artist Steven Seal 🥋 I was raised with Yakuza in Japan playing the Blues Steven SeaGal 🥷🎸

@tommymarsh9257 Жыл бұрын

This is better than any Garth Brooks docs could be

@dannyleiva5703 10 ай бұрын

I love his guitar playing. I've been in a few bands in my life and Steven is a very talented performer.

@davexenos9196 10 ай бұрын

WHAT!!!

@samhaycraft2409 10 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@stevenm78 10 ай бұрын

I’m make better music in the bathroom. Steven is a terrible guitar player who is completely self absorbed and totally full of 💩!!!

@director2bob 9 ай бұрын

You need to do standup comedy because thats some funny ass shit.

@jcmac7709 8 ай бұрын

Nasty comment bro. Uncle Chael nasty.

@angeloreyes357 10 ай бұрын

Seagull is very colorful individual..

@TheRange7 3 ай бұрын

I think mojo priest is the wrong name. I'm kinda feeling the king of carbs or the unblues blues priest

@matsis01 Жыл бұрын

change the battery in your smoke detector before you record

@trashmediausa Жыл бұрын

I did that about halfway through, but thank you.

@ryanbarger5465 Жыл бұрын

hey man it's called Trash Media for a reason

@masonhancock5350 3 ай бұрын

Ladies and Gentlemen, let‘s hear it for Blues Hammer!

@manicmechanic24 6 күн бұрын

Steven Segall, Jack Black and Johnny Depp, should start an all star Rock band. They could call it -"the knuckleheads"

@anarchic_ramblings 11 ай бұрын

Ross Kemp in Extras. SUPER ARMY SOLDIERS

@divingduck1970 7 ай бұрын

The montages of his various claims concerning his lineage and street cred in the blues world was hilarious. Oh, and as a musician he's a really bad joke who no one takes seriously, but $ talks, and all those legends were taking it.

@user-lu1bi6tz1m 2 ай бұрын

Well at the end of the day if Segal does have these guitars they are his to do with as he pleases..if he wants to use them for firewood that's his business...and the thing with vintage guitars is if you don't keep them up and take care of them they can become worthless pretty quick like...they would have to be stored in a climate controlled environment and have maintenance done to them...I had a buddy who had a pre CBS Stratocaster and he kept it in a very dry environment and it warped the neck really badly and it separated the fretboard from the neck....😮😮

@andrewjones5795 5 ай бұрын

Is there a part 2 to this gem?

@trashmediausa 5 ай бұрын

Not yet!

@andrewjones5795 5 ай бұрын

@@trashmediausaThank you. It's a really interesting watch. Both humorous and quite sad really that someone with so much still felt the need to be a bit of a Walter Mitty. Deep down he's just seeking love and respect, so the world's response to him in later years probably hit him hard causing his drastic relocation.

@GingerWaters 7 ай бұрын

People who are collecting tools of creativity away from the hands of creative people, should reconsider if what they are doing is right thing to do.

@user-wc2sp9df8f 2 ай бұрын

He's the best Blues guitarist in history

@spencercross3867 7 ай бұрын

Anybody know why Ritchie did Bobby Lupo?

@trashmediausa 7 ай бұрын

Nice

@316redflash 8 ай бұрын

This is comedy or parody right.......this cant be real?? 😂😂

@Sum-Ting-Wong71 10 ай бұрын

Nizza' please!

@felixfranzen7318 10 ай бұрын

The different ethnic backgrounds thing is funny. Can you really be part Italian, Mohawk, African-American, vaguely Asian and Russian-Mongol and Jewish (which he really is I read somewhere) at the same time? I'm going to claim I'm Uzbek-Tasmanian and part Tuareg from now on, sounds cool.

@trashmediausa 10 ай бұрын

Seagal is clearly an anomaly!

@markiangooley 9 ай бұрын

My DNA test has been so disappointing…

@trashmediausa 9 ай бұрын

@@markiangooley Same…

@fluorosco 6 ай бұрын

@@trashmediausaThen he's from the country of Anomal ? I'll google it

@Deontjie Ай бұрын

Weird, but some American men claim they are women. And some women claim they are cats.

@thenobullshtchannel8768 8 ай бұрын

Where does Steven live? I need his address

@trashmediausa 8 ай бұрын

Moscow apparently!

@nelsonhibbert5267 3 ай бұрын

McDonalds.

@Deontjie Ай бұрын

34°11'39.02" S 18°57'42.25" E That is the entrance to his secret bunker. Just south of it is his shooting range. Don't tell anybody.

@PUNKWALIA 2 ай бұрын

So many vids like this, I wanna just see 5 min of him actually playing well, everything is like 3 sec clips of like 3 notes

@trashmediausa 2 ай бұрын

Here’s the thing - if you give people too much of Seagal’s blues at once - you’ll die. It’s the purest of joyful noise.

@blitzblisser5677 3 ай бұрын

Who's Freddie Albert? Lol

@brucekriskovich4975 3 ай бұрын

"I am the only man who really walked with Jesus, and personally learned from him how to change water into wine". - Steven Seagull

@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын

Didn't Martin Guitars make him a signature D-28 ot OM & called it Mojo Preist!?! As for his collection, if hes bought the things, theyre his l spose? (Im not sticking up for his actions or acting.. definitely not!!). But there's collectors all over the world with famous 'American' guitarists guitars, as long as hes not giving em to Putin & his mates... what do ya do?

@trashmediausa 8 ай бұрын

Yeahhhh, it’s kind of a wash… it just sucks to think about.

@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын

@@trashmediausa Not wrong!! Some beautiful guitars he's got (l wonder what BB & others thought of his thumb style?)...hope they're not on a porch in that rough part of Detroit he 'grew up' in!

@sirwilliams3885 15 күн бұрын

According to Steven Seagal he invented the guitar.. yeah that’s the ticket

@VIRGONOMICS Ай бұрын

He and Joe Biden had a band back in Scranton .

@MyRecordPlayer 8 ай бұрын

One part Rudy Giuliani, dash of Quentin Belushi Travolta, a little Gene Simmons fontasy.. voilà

@MyRecordPlayer 8 ай бұрын

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@MyRecordPlayer 8 ай бұрын

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@HappyHermitt 8 ай бұрын

Haters gonna hate. Those guitars are his and he can do as he pleases.

@trashmediausa 8 ай бұрын

Sensei Seagal - is that you???

@FinnoUgric 10 ай бұрын

He's fluent in Japanese tho

@arturocontreras7565 Ай бұрын

Mmmm! Probably he does but as a guitarrist is a f'kn FAKE. just look how's using his right hand... Completely FAKE

@chaabimaroc 5 ай бұрын

Billie the kid career and scam.is almost the same

@jtompkins1277 11 ай бұрын

What a complicated individual.

@h4l414 25 күн бұрын

Is it possible to make the blues uncool? He does....

@fyc7116 8 ай бұрын

Performance artist? 🤣 Good euphemism for pathological liar.

@calescapee9642 10 ай бұрын

He's another Jeremy Dewitte

@warmtoiletseat5596 10 ай бұрын

I hope people making delusional comments aren't serious 😂

@jasonodell79er 10 ай бұрын

This is incredible. You can only get his sound and tone, if youve been to the crossroads. He learned from the masters. THIS GUY IS FUCKIN NUTS. Seriously though.....how does this happen????

@shaunpeters 6 ай бұрын

Fact check his b.s. Master of everything.LOL

@cesarcesar5129 7 ай бұрын

So weird

@samuelreno-uq9yv 11 күн бұрын

The Commie Beast would be more suited to the man!

@Trailrunner1978 8 ай бұрын

😂😆🤣

@user-qd9mm5mt4i 8 ай бұрын

We are all *Steven Seagull*

@brentjohnson5171 10 ай бұрын

Just got to the end of the video. I'm removing that comment because i don't want to jeopardize your ability to interview him should he actually see this. I might retell it after you get your interview. Good luck!