He came to my college around 69 or 70, and I was assigned to take him around for the day. We spent an hour with two guitars where he tried to show me how to play that chugging riff. I was inches from him and I still couldn't get it! Amazing! very nice guy though.
Between the complex plucking and the sliding, he's not only the melody, but his own friggin' rhythm section. No drums or bass needed folks, just ol' Fred. It's awesome.
This guy is so underrated it's unbelievable. They don't rank him in the top 100 guitarists or the top 30 blues guitarists. I'm put him near the top of each list.
I think so, too, it's the second Arhoolie album with a black and white cover, Fred in a suit wearing a ribbon tie, it has a Civil War era look, it is so swampy and hypnotic, I think his acoustic playing is much better than the electric he picked up, it was an arch top f-hole but I'm not sure the brand, it was ancient.
Saw Fred in 1965 at the American Folk Blues Festival along with J B Lenoir, Buddy Guy, Shaky Horton, Dr Ross & Big Mama Thornton. An experience that always will live in my memory as one of the greatest concerts of all time. Up there with the Band, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters & Sister Rosetta Tharpe. These guys didn't need autotune or any hype - they just played from the heart to touch the heart. Feel so priveleged to have been there & seen so many incredible musicians...
Fred was a magician, playing rhythm & lead simultaneously & making it work so well, & sounding like he was playing in a duo or trio with another guitarist or two instead of solo!
Mississippi Fred slide guitar is great they don't rank them high because he didn't sell a lot of records it's all about the almighty buck this guy is fantastic
Just heard of this Cat, holy jumping Moses, can't help but to move to this one, those strings look mighty thick and that double picking, what a player!
Fred is one of the best,man. He has done this mainly out of letting his soul free! Wow! Fred There are no words. I was introduced to the style of Bo Diddly but man. Man I wasted my life on playing people that took a who band to play what you do from the spirit . I am self taught. I leaned punk Rock first because all they had was that disco. The music like al Green was mainly vocales it had feeling . Then I was told listen to the Beatles because they were "so, musically inclined. I head them as a kind. Than I found out they learned from us. Then Led Zeppelin. It was Bluesy, however Robbed from American Rhythm & blues,man. Hendrix he had it all . Then after listening to you. I believe all them devils that rule the music recording labels need to give you guys wealth and repay your ken folks with their soul. I can not find an old bottle neck that I can make into a slide like the old Coke bottle that fit my size 13 ring, finger. .You guys are True innovators! I thought Chuck Berry, and Robert Johnson & Bodidly started it. You are my Guitar Herror.
Fair enough.Not into much folk myself except Dylan and The Corries but I can understand why you like it.Rock and blues will always be my thing though.Real music for real people I say.
Grinning from ear to ear because I've heard this song a thousand times from a thousand different musicians, but never THIS. Went down a hole that started with Foghat and got here.
For me when i am listening he is real a legend who did knew what he was doing.I should put him above the list with other great legends.But now he get of us only blesses because we are blessed with his blues.,Thank you for uploading Scott Grant.
Locks you in. Hypnotizes you. Takes you for a ride down the tracks. All the way home to the smell of supper on the table. Worth more than any rich mans gold could ever be. Your place is with the gods. Among the stars.
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He came to my college around 69 or 70, and I was assigned to take him around for the day. We spent an hour with two guitars where he tried to show me how to play that chugging riff. I was inches from him and I still couldn't get it! Amazing! very nice guy though.
Omg!!!! So jealous!!!!
I know that was a great experience....
so lucky...
Nice story, he's a legend now. Love his music.
What kinda guitar is that?
Between the complex plucking and the sliding, he's not only the melody, but his own friggin' rhythm section. No drums or bass needed folks, just ol' Fred. It's awesome.
His playing is infectious. Makes that guitar sound like a freight train
That's where blues guitar comes from, trains.
Horse trotting and scratching
repetitive, but never boring
i hope you'll reply because i wanted to know about your profile picture, something about that is just so cool.
This guy is so underrated it's unbelievable. They don't rank him in the top 100 guitarists or the top 30 blues guitarists. I'm put him near the top of each list.
couldn't agree more mate. lots of the old bluesmen get overlooked. skip James was amazing too. fucked around with weird tunnings.
Who doesn't rank him in the top?
Brett Douglas He is my favourite blues artist, mate. I can't believe how underrated he is. Best bluesman of all time!
Exactly
He was the real deal mang
im convinced that this is one of the best mississippi blues recordings ever made.
you know it is!
At least one of "em.😂
yes sir!
I think so, too, it's the second Arhoolie album with a black and white cover, Fred in a suit wearing a ribbon tie, it has a Civil War era look, it is so swampy and hypnotic, I think his acoustic playing is much better than the electric he picked up, it was an arch top f-hole but I'm not sure the brand, it was ancient.
what would be your top 3 ?
Saw Fred in 1965 at the American Folk Blues Festival along with J B Lenoir, Buddy Guy, Shaky Horton, Dr Ross & Big Mama Thornton. An experience that always will live in my memory as one of the greatest concerts of all time. Up there with the Band, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters & Sister Rosetta Tharpe. These guys didn't need autotune or any hype - they just played from the heart to touch the heart. Feel so priveleged to have been there & seen so many incredible musicians...
Only wish
I would give my left nut to have seen that. I would be even more jealous if they included “My Heavy Load” in the set.
Steve Fanger I would pay an obscene amount of money to of been there.
Show off!
OMG That's so WAY great !!! I saw EVH in July 1981 than a month later I saw Randy Rhodes. I had my mind blown away in just a few weeks !
what he's doing is technically amazing,playing rhythm and lead at the same time!!!
Fred was a magician, playing rhythm & lead simultaneously & making it work so well, & sounding like he was playing in a duo or trio with another guitarist or two instead of solo!
Yeah Mick Green and Wilko Johnson got the same trick but Fred was the original...whew like 3 players there
If this doesn't Get you Moving, You are Dead, Call the Undertaker
randy beard - 52👎people are dead and didn’t realize it yet😉
🥀💀🥀
This man could seriously play that guitar like it was a part of him. Good stuff!
Mississippi Fred slide guitar is great they don't rank them high because he didn't sell a lot of records it's all about the almighty buck this guy is fantastic
t'inquiète les vrais le reconnaisse
this guy is amazing!!!! cant believe i havnt heard him until now! he really deserves far more recognition👍🎸🎶🎤
his right hand is rock solid. that strum pattern is so intricate. amazing...
😲😍reacher brought me here!
who ever was the camera man thank you.
HWDFL12 must of been familiar with playing eh?
They also seemed to know Fred didn't like the camera in his face very much. Around the 2 minute mark he gets annoyed.
Alan Lomax is the man who film all this stuff in 50s n 60s
Alan lomax
Perfect camera job!👍
This man is not human...Honestly..just perfect.
This reminds me of a train. That sound keeps chugging along in perfect time.
If only the world listened to more Mississippi Fred
That riff has got an hypnotic quality you don't often get outside of Africa.
Or John Lee Hooker.
@@davisworth5114 John Lee Hooker was one of best as well you tripping
It’s about nature and honest primal energy. Every culture in touch with the earth and the essential human connection to it has this energy.
This is some of the most fluid slide I've ever heard
Those are some of the heaviest gauge strings I've ever seen! Great playing!
Those strings are like baling wire!
Stevie Ray did too
Just heard of this Cat, holy jumping Moses, can't help but to move to this one, those strings look mighty thick and that double picking, what a player!
Hand and head down, this man is the best guitar picker. This where it started, with these tunes
Great to hear an original.
One of the nicest, most brilliant performers I ever saw
This guy should have been in the hall of fame so long ago. Best guitarist to have walked earth if you ask me.
Hard to argue against that, I hear the roots of Rock and Roll right there
He's amazing.
I don't even know why these Hall of fame's exist in anything... Completely irrelevant to the music
Great guitar
This guy, RL Burnside, Magic Sam all loved ta boogie.
man they don't make em like that anymore.. absolutely incredible
Outstanding, and just plain f**king hypnotic....You're either nodding your head or tapping your feet or doing both while listening to this.
not a real blues fan, but this man was a player as good as any I've ever heard.
I love the blues...
Hot hot
Incredible. I'm blown away. That's talent.
Vigo Vigomand non scus my
Some things just can't be taught. Talent is truly a gift ❤
one beautiful guitar, one beautiful song, one beautiful soul!
He makes me cry.
*Nothing But Tha Blues* 💙
Respect from Ukraine! Awesome!!!
Fred is one of the best,man. He has done this mainly out of letting his soul free! Wow! Fred There are no words. I was introduced to the style of Bo Diddly but man. Man I wasted my life on playing people that took a who band to play what you do from the spirit . I am self taught. I leaned punk Rock first because all they had was that disco. The music like al Green was mainly vocales it had feeling . Then I was told listen to the Beatles because they were "so, musically inclined. I head them as a kind. Than I found out they learned from us. Then Led Zeppelin. It was Bluesy, however Robbed from American Rhythm & blues,man. Hendrix he had it all . Then after listening to you. I believe all them devils that rule the music recording labels need to give you guys wealth and repay your ken folks with their soul. I can not find an old bottle neck that I can make into a slide like the old Coke bottle that fit my size 13 ring, finger. .You guys are True innovators! I thought Chuck Berry, and Robert Johnson & Bodidly started it. You are my Guitar Herror.
Fair enough.Not into much folk myself except Dylan and The Corries but I can understand why you like it.Rock and blues will always be my thing though.Real music for real people I say.
roots of all music today :)
This is the birth of rock and roll. The Blues
This blows my mind.
His tone is amazing.
That tone on his slide riffs sound so bad ass
This is why I love youtube. Thanks for posting this.
These Blues guitarists are in an entirely different genre than rock and roll but in the Blues world he has to be the best.
"He don't play no rock and roll"
@@1blastman yeah ..;hahahaha
it s just the rock at his base
Man.. this is solid.
I cannot sit still in my chair while listening to this!
the closeup of him playing is a master class. ive been watching these particular recordings and theyre unique
king of the slide guitar.
Sherry McKee and elmore james?
Man, he just locks you into the groove. 1 man & 1 guitar @ that too.
That rhythm !! Fred McDowell is a powerhouse alone with his guitar, he dont need nothing else !
Never get tired of watching the conception of the blues, not to mention a hundred billion dollar rock and roll industry.
Thank you for focusing on his fingers, it's like watching a miracle
Holy Crap!! His eyes look humble and his hands are magic!!
He iss just trying to not look at the camera but his hands ARE magic
Seaventeares he's not looking away from the camera he's singing into the Mic clipped on his jacket
Original Blues on slide guitar...Light & Love...
Where has this music been all my life? Soul-wrenching is not the word . . .
Grinning from ear to ear because I've heard this song a thousand times from a thousand different musicians, but never THIS. Went down a hole that started with Foghat and got here.
AWEsome! Genius!
absolutely fabulous man
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The more I listen to the real bluesmen the less I bother with the rockers who copied them, and I grew up with the rock.
Right on! Went through that same transition when first getting into the blues many years ago.
What a pretentious comment.
The best rock musicians are great too. They took the idea and went in their own directions with it.
Incredible.....deep
@@bornwithawoodenleg A pretentious comment on a pretentious comment.
lord have mercy!
Beograd...
"If you pay attention - What I sing, the guitar sings too, and what the guitar says, I say."
Spoken like the true legend he is...
Amazingly underrated I’m glad we all know the truth top 10 guitarists ever
fred's lp "i do not play no rock'n'roll" is one of my fave blues lps of all time & it ROCKS!!!!!!! ENUFF SAID!
This is the top rocker of the lot!
The Great Great Great Mississippi Fred McDowell...one of the greatest Blues artist that has blessed the Blues.
Just that drone style, damn! Something to learn for all guitarists.
what a legend
I vote this the best video on youtube.
I'm speechless. One of my all-time favorite performances.
This exraordinary man is the real deal.
Just a talented man and his guitar. This is real music.
100% skills style class soul - perfection
that is some killer rhythm guitar playing right there.
The best riff man.
Love Fred McDowell's music .
Such a raw sound much better than the mess of music we hear today God bless this man such a talented soul
Pure magic.
He's Amazing!
This is so goodddddddddddd i do really love it ,respect for this music and legends
First time hearing this guy today fuck me what a genius where have I been?
Who needs a band when they can play like that.
This guy blows the rest away! SICK!
There's some fascinating right and left hand skills going on there...that buzz thing at the neck, and that rhythm thumb picking is a hoot!
Amazing
Lucky to have seen him live in Seattle, '69, in a very small setting.
Hi Rod, I was there too! Quaker Friends Center.
Wow ! He sure knows how to play!!!
For me when i am listening he is real a legend who did knew what he was doing.I should put him above the list with other great legends.But now he get of us only blesses because we are blessed with his blues.,Thank you for uploading Scott Grant.
Just put on the music...let others put these Legends above or below wherever they want
Ahh the sound
as pure as you can get
style and grace.
Now that's MUSIC!!!!!!!!
Locks you in. Hypnotizes you. Takes you for a ride down the tracks. All the way home to the smell of supper on the table. Worth more than any rich mans gold could ever be.
Your place is with the gods. Among the stars.
Out freaking standing!
Do you hear the sustain? Well, you would if it was on. I joke. This man's tone resonates. Truly beautiful. Nigel would be proud.
Yea he’s at the top of my list.... he was wicked on that slide... and his voice... pain in a bucket man! Great Bluesman
I've never heard of this guy before. He's great!
I got turned on to him back in the 60's when I was diving into Leadbelly and other Delta guitar players. His work is fascinating, plenty on youtube.
I love this song;shake 'em all down Mc Dowell✌
+Jeff Lightfoot check out R.L. Burnside's version. It something serious.
god he was great
LOVE THE CLOSEUPS!