i met Duke Pearson the great jazz piano player who wrote "Christo Redemptor" at The Lighthouse jazz club in Hermosa Beach, California as a young kid at 21, it must have been around 72. We hit it off and were talking jazz. I mentioned to Duke that Charlie Musselwhite had recorded "Christo Redemtor " in the recent past on Vanguard records. In a word , Duke was shocked and astonished. He kept repeating "Charlie Musselwhite, the blues guy? Charlie Musselwhite, the harmonica player? ". I diligently replied yes Duke , Charlie Musselwhite. He looked at me with astonishment ! I can only conclude I was the first person n the world to let him know that. But all the best ,as I loved both those guys with my heart and soul.
I remember hearing Charlie blowing this song out at the Matrix in San Francisco back in, ugh, 1969. It blew me away then and it blows me away now. One of the top 100 tunes in the world's history of music. And geepereet: Thanks for sharing this fantasic rendition with all of us 8609 views. Where are all the blues fans....shit man there should be a million souls out there who have viewed this by now!
I first SAW Charlie Musselwhite in Southern California when I was 18 years old. I am now 62 and I, also, still get the chills when I play his music...especially C.R. this is the first time I have watched the video. It is now in my library.
I asked Charlie to dedicate this song to my mom on Mother's Day at the Top Hat in Missoula, Montana about 17 years ago. And he did. Christo Redemptor is one of her favorite pieces of music. It was great.
I saw him in Missoula, too, maybe it was the Top Hat, early 90s. Wasn't Mother's Day. I was the only one there, me and the bartender and this chick who danced for awhile and then left (you?). A cold, snowy, wintry Monday night, he sent the band back to the motel and played acoustic for me like it was Woodstock, guitar and harp. A true gent, and one classy guy to do the show for one. I once was the only one to show up for a Chambers Brothers gig in Angel's Camp, and they just cancelled the show. Hitched all the way over the river from Sonora to see them, too. Charlie even let me toot along with him on my Special 20, "Little Red Rooster". Never forget it.
Yeah, it's a great version of a great song. Living in NorCal, I've had the opportunity to see him perform many times and spoken with him briefly on a couple occasions. He is very much a gentleman and his live show has never disappointed.
@@tomaless Hi tomaless I drove from San Gabriel to Huntington Beach to the Golden Bear many a time with my kid brothers many a time to see great acts like Charlie and Paul Butterfield . I will never regret it. A magical time and place. DD
i love charlie as a musician and person..met him at a show in richmond va. he was very kind and humble...i love his album "ace of harps" and andrew "jr. boy" jones is a monster on guitar
I just saw him play CR this past weekend and got a chance to meet and chat with him a bit afterward. He is about the nicest guy you'll meet. I have to say that listening to this live gives me goosebumps.
my wife and i LOVE this song, a few years back he played the long version for my Wife at yoshis in Oakland, thx a lot Charlie, Best wishes Fritz and Sontayah
This is the best rendition I’ve ever heard of this. Andrew Jones is one badass guitar player too. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 When ya coming back home to Clarksdale, Mister Charlie? See ya at the Blues Chapel.
Daniela GS, Magic Dick. Richard Salwitz (born May 13, 1945), known as Magic Dick, is an American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J. Geils Band. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone. - ruclips.net/video/ASF5CpqP6HY/видео.html - I played a Blues Harp for years and never could come close to playing similar to these geniuses. I think a well played harmonica is the most fantastic and versatile instrument ever invented. I often soaked brand new Blues harps in melted butter in an attempt to emulate the greats that played them. I failed but had a good time trying.
The most difficult blues, or songs generally, to play well are the slow blues. On harp, it requires patience, subtlety, breath control and very controlled technique, and of course, soul. I recently heard Charlie play this with Hot Tuna and others on 02/26/2011, and every time it seems he gets better and better. BTW, it's "Cristo Redentor" (not 'redemptor'). It's a tune by Duke Pearson, inspired by the statue of Jesus called "Christ the Redeemer", which overlooks Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
@ifonlyeyeknew Totally I agree with you..... I heard this song first time in 1994 on a CD (Comin' Home To The Blues Vol.III.). That was a 1983 version....... Absolutely unique and unrepeatable style Charlie's "Christo"....... I love it very much!!!!!! I'm happy for this video, thx. for Geepereet !!!!!
@@Geepereet I'll get on my Harley and and my harmonica and ride 4 and 1/2 hours. To Clarksdale Mississippi and see if I can see Charlie in person I'm in West Kentucky
@bobbgeez I envy you if you've seen Charlie recently and he plays the piece any better than this version. I have to admit I've replayed it many times since first I found it. To me this is perfection, the band is in such sympathy with Charlie's playing. Everything is so finely judged and executed. I can only hope if he returns to the UK where I live he brings with him such a band and we have a little of your good fortune.
Tony the blues Edgcumbe : Absolute perfect how they let us feel and enjoy this, typical for a live version where everything seems to fit and all do their thing how they want to. A true gem of my collection which deserves lots of views, just to let others enjoy this.
If you like this version of crystal redemptor listen to the original off of stand back with Harvey Mandel it's beautiful also Harvey did a version of this song called Crystal redentor
takes me back to the Matrix in San Francisco, back in, ah, 1969. Blew us all away, which was what was happening in this city back then. Charlie is great! Search him with Barry Goldberg and you hear some great shit.
gotta be one of the sexiest performances ever...can only imagine what he's like in bed:)...have been a fan of CM for years...amazing talent..thanks for posting..ps guitar man knows his stuff, as well...didn't catch his name... this is why I support LIVE MUSIC...!
I should have noted that the title was misnamed on Musselwhites "Stand Back" album as well, calling it "Christo Redemptor". Since then, it is usually listed as "Christo Redentor", which is still not the song's original title, "Cristo Rendentor". So, I guess such mistakes carry on and on and on.... Oh, well.
Robert Thomas Harvey Mandel played guitar on this tune on Charlie’s first lp release in 1966. Charlie played on a couple tunes on Harvey’s 1968 masterpiece, ironically titled “Christo Redentor”. Check out “The Lark” from that record. Matter of fact, check out the whole thing. You won’t regret it.
i met Duke Pearson the great jazz piano player who wrote "Christo Redemptor" at The Lighthouse jazz club in Hermosa Beach, California as a young kid at 21, it must have been around 72. We hit it off and were talking jazz. I mentioned to Duke that Charlie Musselwhite had recorded "Christo Redemtor " in the recent past on Vanguard records. In a word , Duke was shocked and astonished. He kept repeating "Charlie Musselwhite, the blues guy? Charlie Musselwhite, the harmonica player? ". I diligently replied yes Duke , Charlie Musselwhite. He looked at me with astonishment ! I can only conclude I was the first person n the world to let him know that. But all the best ,as I loved both those guys with my heart and soul.
I thought Donald Byrd wrote it
@@robertsilverman3256 Duke Pearson wrote it , Donald Byrd played it on Bluenote Records.
Charlie is one of the all-time harp greats
Oh my word! This took my breath away! Beautiful!
I remember hearing Charlie blowing this song out at the Matrix in San Francisco back in, ugh, 1969. It blew me away then and it blows me away now. One of the top 100 tunes in the world's history of music. And geepereet: Thanks for sharing this fantasic rendition with all of us 8609 views. Where are all the blues fans....shit man there should be a million souls out there who have viewed this by now!
I first SAW Charlie Musselwhite in Southern California when I was 18 years old. I am now 62 and I, also, still get the chills when I play his music...especially C.R. this is the first time I have watched the video. It is now in my library.
Charlie Musselwhite one of the greatest blues harp players ever
I asked Charlie to dedicate this song to my mom on Mother's Day at the Top Hat in Missoula, Montana about 17 years ago. And he did. Christo Redemptor is one of her favorite pieces of music. It was great.
I saw him in Missoula, too, maybe it was the Top Hat, early 90s. Wasn't Mother's Day. I was the only one there, me and the bartender and this chick who danced for awhile and then left (you?). A cold, snowy, wintry Monday night, he sent the band back to the motel and played acoustic for me like it was Woodstock, guitar and harp. A true gent, and one classy guy to do the show for one. I once was the only one to show up for a Chambers Brothers gig in Angel's Camp, and they just cancelled the show. Hitched all the way over the river from Sonora to see them, too. Charlie even let me toot along with him on my Special 20, "Little Red Rooster".
Never forget it.
Super musician and a really super nice person!!!!! Saw him at WC Handy Blues festival in Henderson Ky. and he blew the crowd away.
Never gets old. Saw him live.......awesome!!
Yeah, it's a great version of a great song. Living in NorCal, I've had the opportunity to see him perform many times and spoken with him briefly on a couple occasions. He is very much a gentleman and his live show has never disappointed.
Good ol Charlie. :) Ace guitar playing too!
THE BEST EVER I SAW HIM IN HUNTINGTON BEACH CALIF IN ABOUT 1968 IN A TAVERN NEVER FORGOT
James, was the place called the Golden Bear? A lot of big names played there.
@@tomaless Hi tomaless I drove from San Gabriel to Huntington Beach to the Golden Bear many a time with my kid brothers many a time to see great acts like Charlie and Paul Butterfield . I will never regret it. A magical time and place. DD
At this moment there are 12,094 views of this video. 11,000 of them are mine AND I still get the chills every time I watch it. Stunningly beautiful.
Dude, my beer got warm, I did not remember to drink! What a performance !
Never get tired of hearing this, it still rips my heart out!
i love charlie as a musician and person..met him at a show in richmond va. he was very kind and humble...i love his album "ace of harps" and andrew "jr. boy" jones is a monster on guitar
Never heard of him...now I'm his biggest fan
War damals Live dabei in Baden Baden, Vorband war John Hammond jun....War ein Hammer Konzert!
Beautiful , Soulful , Inspirational , Wholesome , never get tired of listening to , kind of music that I really can get into !!
i love this guy been listening to charlie for decades.arohanui,aotearoa,(big love from new zealand)
Charlie has a “shack” in my hometown, Clarksdale, Mississippi. In see him around there a lot. Beautiful! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Do believe he lives in Sonoma County north of sf. Raised up in Tennessee. Don't doubt your veracity, though.
@@alekkoomanoff7281 he has a “shack” and spends a lot of time there, but he has other homes too.
🎵🎶💫💝🎤💜 thank you Charlie ❤️ Musselwhite
Always love Charlie, his band and my Band played at Monterey club some 30 years ago. Fantastic night !!
I just saw him play CR this past weekend and got a chance to meet and chat with him a bit afterward. He is about the nicest guy you'll meet. I have to say that listening to this live gives me goosebumps.
Charlie is the nicest guy in the world,,,knows all the great harp players,,,been there and back again,,and still a nice guy,,,,a journeyman,,,
listening to him recorded gives me goose bumps!
my wife and i LOVE this song, a few years back he played the long version for my Wife at yoshis in Oakland,
thx a lot Charlie,
Best wishes Fritz and Sontayah
it will be one of the best songs forever
Right on Rogerrubin, those were the golden days of music, we were lucky to grow up in S.F. then.
Like feeling a cool breeze on a sunny morning....leaves you with goosebumps....Beautiful !
MASTERS AT WORK...GREAT...
One of the best songs in the world, his harmonic is the most soothing sounds ever.
Love this one cary the tune and just gently stroke the chin, so gently ... Mr.
Just this weekend I saw Canned Heat and they played this.Just beautiful
Al Boisvert, I didn't realize that Canned Heat was still together after the death of Bob Hite.
Gives me the shivers and not only me. We've a tuxedocat that likes it too much too ;-)
Thanks again for sharing
I am listening to it for the first time. It’s so good!
Take care, its addictive
Thanks Charlie & a great band
That double note he gets, wow such a craftsman
This is the best rendition I’ve ever heard of this. Andrew Jones is one badass guitar player too. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 When ya coming back home to Clarksdale, Mister Charlie? See ya at the Blues Chapel.
Charlie always delivers,,,,
Mammamia come è bello questo pezzo!
Watching from Ireland
Saw Charlie live a couple years ago in Tucson. He was fabulous!
best harmonica player in the world!
Daniela GS, Magic Dick. Richard Salwitz (born May 13, 1945), known as Magic Dick, is an American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J. Geils Band. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) and saxophone. - ruclips.net/video/ASF5CpqP6HY/видео.html - I played a Blues Harp for years and never could come close to playing similar to these geniuses. I think a well played harmonica is the most fantastic and versatile instrument ever invented. I often soaked brand new Blues harps in melted butter in an attempt to emulate the greats that played them. I failed but had a good time trying.
Goosebumps!!
i heard this song yesterday and it was love at 1st hear... totally awsome blue's......... I LOVE IT !!!!!
Great album he made with Ben Harper too if you get the chance to get it do so.Its brilliant.Jim.Liverpool.
The most difficult blues, or songs generally, to play well are the slow blues. On harp, it requires patience, subtlety, breath control and very controlled technique, and of course, soul. I recently heard Charlie play this with Hot Tuna and others on 02/26/2011, and every time it seems he gets better and better. BTW, it's "Cristo Redentor" (not 'redemptor'). It's a tune by Duke Pearson, inspired by the statue of Jesus called "Christ the Redeemer", which overlooks Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Awesome performance!
@ifonlyeyeknew Totally I agree with you..... I heard this song first time in 1994 on a CD (Comin' Home To The Blues Vol.III.). That was a 1983 version....... Absolutely unique and unrepeatable style Charlie's "Christo"....... I love it very much!!!!!! I'm happy for this video, thx. for Geepereet !!!!!
Awesome performance and copy of the song. "Christo Redemptor".
😅 love them 😅
Great!!!🎉
I like it twice I hear it again 🎶🎵🇺🇸
And that, although its a long vid but sure, it bounds
@@Geepereet I'll get on my Harley and and my harmonica and ride 4 and 1/2 hours. To Clarksdale Mississippi and see if I can see Charlie in person I'm in West Kentucky
Magnificent!
@bobbgeez I envy you if you've seen Charlie recently and he plays the piece any better than this version. I have to admit I've replayed it many times since first I found it. To me this is perfection, the band is in such sympathy with Charlie's playing. Everything is so finely judged and executed. I can only hope if he returns to the UK where I live he brings with him such a band and we have a little of your good fortune.
AUUUUU-SUPER!
Brilliant
Tony the blues Edgcumbe : Absolute perfect how they let us feel and enjoy this, typical for a live version where everything seems to fit and all do their thing how they want to. A true gem of my collection which deserves lots of views, just to let others enjoy this.
The iconic Mr Charles Douglas Musslewhite III Kosciso Miss.
perfect!
Terri H, I wish I could play my Blues Harp anywhere near as good as Charlie Musselwhite. I played for years and never got close to his magic.
PADRISIMO!!!!!!!
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@Thirsty58 It's a Bb played in the key of C since it's a third position song.
awesome
Oh, Harvey Mandel's version from about the same era, maybe a couple of years later, is superb also.
If you like this version of crystal redemptor listen to the original off of stand back with Harvey Mandel it's beautiful also Harvey did a version of this song called Crystal redentor
fuckin awsome!!!!!!!
♥♥♥
takes me back to the Matrix in San Francisco, back in, ah, 1969. Blew us all away, which was what was happening in this city back then. Charlie is great! Search him with Barry Goldberg and you hear some great shit.
A fucking jam! Play on Charlie!
Who plays the guitar? Amazing guitarist! Amazing song! Thanks
Andrew Jones....
gotta be one of the sexiest performances ever...can only imagine what he's like in bed:)...have been a fan of CM for years...amazing talent..thanks for posting..ps guitar man knows his stuff, as well...didn't catch his name...
this is why I support LIVE MUSIC...!
I should have noted that the title was misnamed on Musselwhites "Stand Back" album as well, calling it "Christo Redemptor". Since then, it is usually listed as "Christo Redentor", which is still not the song's original title, "Cristo Rendentor". So, I guess such mistakes carry on and on and on.... Oh, well.
Any one know what key harp he's using?
Cómo se llama el guitarrista?
the 1 person that disliked the video clicked dislike by accident
@bwhlsify thank you my friend.
3rd position? As opposed to cross-harp you mean? Playing the 3rd instead of the fourth? Wouldn't that make it E? Straighten me out friend. thanks!
what's the name this song? someone know?
+Viktor Campos re-read the title. then listen to the first 20 seconds of video. "Christo Redemptor"
+Viktor Campos re-read the title. then listen to the first 20 seconds of video. "Christo Redemptor"
@Karcsubey Thanks.
Harvey Mandell did great version 1968
Robert Thomas Harvey Mandel played guitar on this tune on Charlie’s first lp release in 1966. Charlie played on a couple tunes on Harvey’s 1968 masterpiece, ironically titled “Christo Redentor”. Check out “The Lark” from that record. Matter of fact, check out the whole thing. You won’t regret it.
he still owes me five bucks
@knoke5 LOL........
no Better
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