Hound Dog and Brewer used to come to the University of Illinois Urbana campus fairly often during the late 60s. They could rock the house better than anyone else. I love to dance, and they could make Laura from Aurora and me cut a rug. Thanks for the memories!
Its such a shame that the Dog doesn't get the credit he deserves from the music industry. His influence is/was staggering. You can hear shades of the Dog's dirty blues slide in so many musicians that are/were more "commerically viable" like Page, Vaughn, Thorogood, Duane Allman, etc. Such a shame that legends like this are never appreciated until after they are gone.
I just want to thank everyone that puts video's like this up. This is what music was,is,and will always be. Kids put down your guitar Hero and pick up the real thing!
Hound Dog Taylor is nothing but a party. Wow! What a sound - like Elmore James on Sterno. This is dangerous music as it borders falling into utter chaos. He plays at blistering speed, sometimes out of sync with his drummer and base line but they manage to pull it off. And he does it playing cheap off the shelf Japanese guitars and Sears amps. There are more virtuoso blues players but no one matches his infectious spirit and enthusiasm.
Man, I sure dig Hound Dog; He could rock the blues with the best of'em! I oughta know I saw him a lot in Chicago at Florences, The ExpressWay, & Big Dukes, The Checkerboard too.!
Thank you so much for this video. Way too little of his work was recorded. He was dead within two years of this video...what a huge loss. Footage poor? No way, man. It is one of the most beautiful things on RUclips.
I rode with Hound Dog & His Sister Lucy to this Ann Arbor Gig.....He sure was soundin' good that day. If I remember right musician Doctor Ross was on the side of the stage dancing away. By the way before they got with Alligator Records Hound Dog, Brewer & Ted used to call themselves Hound Dog Taylor & The Bluerockers
Thanks for posting them I had one of his LP's in the 70's and had never heard of him before I bought it but he blew me away and I've been a fan ever since :)
Don't forget, the dog wears that slide on his sixth finger when he plays. The video quality doesn't show it well, but Hound Dog Taylor had six fingers on each hand...'
I was at this concert. All those old blues players were laying down the soundtrack of my soul in the background, but at 18 I had no appreciation for the blues like I do today, and had no idea of the musical history I was experiencing. Thanks, Schmorre, now I know what I was "missing." Do you have any video from Goose Lake Aug, 1970?
....Hey Bopalena,Way Back in the day... ...in the 60's...When I was at a Dance and A girl could really Dance, I would call HER, ....Bopalena...Havent heard the Word in A long time...BET U CAN Really Dance Too...............Ha Ha.........
HOUND DOG IS THE MAN! Clapton aint shit, and It may be out of tune but it is not off beat!!!! That funky mess is IN THE GROOVE. THIS IS THE BLUES, REPRESENT!!
@gageman70 There are photos that show clearly that Hound Dog played with the slide on his fifth finger--not the vestigial sixth. You can see it clearly on the photos on "Beware of the Dog"--at least on the LP version.
OOOOHHH! The ultimate blues-test. No Hound Dawg, no Chester C. Burnett = no blues in your heart! Clapton & Moore have never ever been close to these guys! Eat your minor hearts out.
any idea what guitar he's playing? I know he used teisco del rays but would this be virtually impossible to track down. really interested in the pickup switches.
Well, actually I'm a guy and I dance like a white boy which means not too good! Used the name Bopalena cuz it's the name of a great rockabilly song by Ronnie Self. It's on RUclips, so check it out! It's a BURNER!!!
..Sorry Bopalena,meant no offence... ...IT was just a term I used a long time ...ago, IT was a long time ago...When I was young and dumb...Ha Ha, .......
damn right... but id say that guitar has more tone than a lot of new gibsons, fenders and what have ya.. its just pure down home to the bone leave me alone and let me moan tone!
Or lack of tone. Regardless: It's off tune, offbeat and still one of the best recorded blues artist ever. On tune, and on beat blues (aka. Clapton) is as boring as music can be. Blues is low down and dirty, not a skill contest.
How is that racist at all? Blacks were persecuted a lot back then. They sang the blues because a lot of them had to live putting up with a lot of bullshit. Their music was full of soul hence the statement "true music". That's not racist to say at all.
there is nothin like this dirty old blues sound. It is raw and gutsy..the 3ay it is meant to be !
This is the real thing.
God bless Hound Dog and the Maxwell Street blues players.
Amen.
Yes, this is the king of blues, see you in heaven Hound Dog Taylor.
Hound Dog and Brewer used to come to the University of Illinois Urbana campus fairly often during the late 60s. They could rock the house better than anyone else. I love to dance, and they could make Laura from Aurora and me cut a rug. Thanks for the memories!
Blues like showers of rain. Look at the tears roll down the street.
Blues in it's rawest state.Don't ya just love it?
Its such a shame that the Dog doesn't get the credit he deserves from the music industry. His influence is/was staggering. You can hear shades of the Dog's dirty blues slide in so many musicians that are/were more "commerically viable" like Page, Vaughn, Thorogood, Duane Allman, etc. Such a shame that legends like this are never appreciated until after they are gone.
Rocked a whole show and never got out his chair. Amazing.
Raw chords Raw power, luv da dog.
Unreal. Hound Dog is the truth.
I love that song!
Hound Dog Taylor and John Lee Hooker are my heros!
pure raw blues at it's best. Thanks for posting
Howlin' the blues!!!
ohhhhh lawd have mercy..
i wants more hound dog..somebody get it for me,please.
I just want to thank everyone that puts video's like this up.
This is what music was,is,and will always be.
Kids put down your guitar Hero and pick up the real thing!
Absolute GOLD.
Aaaah Houndog I miss ya buddy :) You made the blues fun and good Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay for the Houndog :)
Yes,- this is priceless.
Hound Dog Taylor is nothing but a party. Wow! What a sound - like Elmore James on Sterno. This is dangerous music as it borders falling into utter chaos. He plays at blistering speed, sometimes out of sync with his drummer and base line but they manage to pull it off. And he does it playing cheap off the shelf Japanese guitars and Sears amps. There are more virtuoso blues players but no one matches his infectious spirit and enthusiasm.
Man, I sure dig Hound Dog; He could rock the blues with the best of'em! I oughta know I saw him a lot in Chicago at Florences, The ExpressWay, & Big Dukes, The Checkerboard too.!
Those teisco guitars have so much character.
Thank you so much for this video. Way too little of his work was recorded. He was dead within two years of this video...what a huge loss. Footage poor? No way, man. It is one of the most beautiful things on RUclips.
I rode with Hound Dog & His Sister Lucy to this Ann Arbor Gig.....He sure was
soundin' good that day. If I remember right musician Doctor Ross was on the side of the stage dancing away. By the way before they got with Alligator Records Hound
Dog, Brewer & Ted used to call themselves Hound Dog Taylor & The Bluerockers
So loose, so tight. The feel is soooooooooooo good.
I picked up Release the Hound by accident, and im soo glad i did.
I love listening to the Dog, you really feel it
its so good it makes me cry
Thanks for posting them I had one of his LP's in the 70's and had never heard of him before I bought it but he blew me away and I've been a fan ever since :)
Don't forget, the dog wears that slide on his sixth finger when he plays. The video quality doesn't show it well, but Hound Dog Taylor had six fingers on each hand...'
i love this blues sooooongs *-* nice work 5 stars
Amazing video ! Thank you for sharing .
A Beautiful performance.
i would kill to have these festivals back.
A2 needs it.
YES!!! Thanks so much!
talk about slide!
splendid!
America's own.
WHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This is fantastic!
My HERO!!!
Hound Dog is da bomb. Thanks for posting.
I play slide in hound dogs style now he's the best
Great stuff!
I was at this concert. All those old blues players were laying down the soundtrack of my soul in the background, but at 18 I had no appreciation for the blues like I do today, and had no idea of the musical history I was experiencing. Thanks, Schmorre, now I know what I was "missing." Do you have any video from Goose Lake Aug, 1970?
The best of the best. Down votes should be shipped off to their own island.
Sweet! - slide guitar bliss
this is actually an elmore james song, go listen to him and you can really hear where a lot of blues guys got some influence
not the notes u play it is how you hit them
HE'S THE MAN !!!
whoa
....Hey Bopalena,Way Back in the day...
...in the 60's...When I was at a Dance and A girl could really Dance, I would call HER,
....Bopalena...Havent heard the Word in A long time...BET U CAN Really Dance Too...............Ha Ha.........
I held my guitar last night, til everything was ALL-RIGHT!....yeah!
gotta get me a shot of bourbon after this.
fist time i take a listen to Hound Dog Taylor. pretty intense.
YYYYYYYEAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!
Tough as nails. Right on the money.
♥♥♥
Everybody know de Hound.
HOUND DOG IS THE MAN! Clapton aint shit, and It may be out of tune but it is not off beat!!!! That funky mess is IN THE GROOVE. THIS IS THE BLUES, REPRESENT!!
@gageman70 There are photos that show clearly that Hound Dog played with the slide on his fifth finger--not the vestigial sixth. You can see it clearly on the photos on "Beware of the Dog"--at least on the LP version.
Rock me baby version Lightnin and Hound dog Bravooh
...Yes I will check out Ronnie Self,Thanks.
...Sorry...no harm ,no foul...OK...Kool...
Hound dog was the baddest motherf%#ker in chicago since al capone.
Baddest in any place that loves blues ?. Plus the Houserockers.
What A -effin lineup he recites as. 'coming up.'
Take me there !!
OOOOHHH!
The ultimate blues-test. No Hound Dawg, no Chester C. Burnett = no blues in your heart!
Clapton & Moore have never ever been close to these guys! Eat your minor hearts out.
@joetaska Maybe you can write a mail to Alligator Records in Chicago U.S.A.
that was the Rec Comp of Hound Dog
WOW, is the other guitar player doing that increadible bass tone on a Regular electric guitar?
This makes ZZ Top sound like Barry Manilow.
jeremy spencer also does a great version
Mfs lik “dog gonnit if it don’t happen to me” bro 💀 long live the blues!!!!!
ah man that guitar is nasty.. old 60's japanese teisco del rey... cheap as chips back in the day.. gettin very popular now though... what a tone!
any idea what guitar he's playing? I know he used teisco del rays but would this be virtually impossible to track down. really interested in the pickup switches.
Great stuff even if he's sharp. Probably couldn't hear the other guitar.
Well, actually I'm a guy and I dance like a white boy which means not too good! Used the name Bopalena cuz it's the name of a great rockabilly song by Ronnie Self. It's on RUclips, so check it out! It's a BURNER!!!
amazing as it is, but i cant help but say that this would be perfect if they woulda got big w on the harp
what kind of guitar is that? Fender Jaguar.
+John Lane it's a Kawai guitar.
Hey you should have let someone else do it! Ha!
..Sorry Bopalena,meant no offence...
...IT was just a term I used a long time
...ago, IT was a long time ago...When I was young and dumb...Ha Ha, .......
damn right... but id say that guitar has more tone than a lot of new gibsons, fenders and what have ya.. its just pure down home to the bone leave me alone and let me moan tone!
Or lack of tone. Regardless: It's off tune, offbeat and still one of the best recorded blues artist ever. On tune, and on beat blues (aka. Clapton) is as boring as music can be.
Blues is low down and dirty, not a skill contest.
How is that racist at all? Blacks were persecuted a lot back then. They sang the blues because a lot of them had to live putting up with a lot of bullshit. Their music was full of soul hence the statement "true music". That's not racist to say at all.
hound dog is just imitating Elmore James and nothing more...