Ten Cool Facts about the Movie Crossroads - Ralph Macchio Joe Seneca

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  • Опубликовано: 7 авг 2021
  • Here are ten COOL facts I dug up about one of my all-time favorite movies... Crossroads!
    Arlen Roth's Soundcloud page (and unreleased tracks from Crossroads) can be found here...
    / arlen-roth
    On set impromptu live jam sessions can be found here...
    / jamming-in-miss-on-the...
    The original duel with Ry Cooder as Jack Butler can be found here...
    / crossroads-ist-origina...
    The original victory jam can be found here...
    / victory-jam
    The first duel can be found here...
    / 1st-duel-arlen-roth-ry...
    "Fried Chicken" - The "cuttin' heads" duel betwen Steve Vai (Jack Butler) and Shuggie Otis, can be found here... • Fried Chicken
    Staring
    Ralph Macchio
    Joe Seneca
    Jami Gertz
    Steve Vai.
    Music by Ry Cooder
    Arlen Roth
    Steve Vai
    Directed by Walter Hill.
    Written by John Fusco
    #Crossroads
    #RalphMacchio
    #RobertJohnson
    #JoeSeneca
    #JamiGertz
    #JoeMorton
    #WillieBrown
    #SteveVai
    #RyCooder
    #ArlenRoth
    #JackButler
    #EugeneMartone
    #LightningBoy
    #Scratch
    #legba
    #1986
    #CrossroadsSoundtrack
    #EugenesTrickBag
    #MuddyWatersInventedElectricity
    #KarateKid
    #CobraKai
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Комментарии • 943

  • @arlenroth8373
    @arlenroth8373 2 года назад +769

    I worked for 7 months on this film.....quite an experience!

    • @chucksguitarshop
      @chucksguitarshop 2 года назад +7

      Amazing!

    • @a.renato4912
      @a.renato4912 2 года назад +13

      So maybe you can help us to get the deleted scenes!
      What do you need for that?
      Let's do it!
      (Btw, subscribed to your unbelievable UNDERRATED channel).
      Wish you would be my guitar teacher.

    • @jasonstutz6547
      @jasonstutz6547 2 года назад +2

      I learned at school band,,drums n practiced just on 4 years with a band,,pubs Wednesday night n Friday nights,jam sessions every Saturday,,they invited me back,,we would jam,,,Johnny b Goode,highway to hell,eye of the tiger, can read music of ,,no secrets,,paranoid,,smoke on the water,whatever you want ,rockin all over the world,,

    • @jasonstutz6547
      @jasonstutz6547 2 года назад +2

      7 months,,good stuff,well deserved💪💪💋💋👍😇🇦🇺

    • @Mollins1980
      @Mollins1980 2 года назад +15

      This movie inspired me to learn guitar as a wee boy!

  • @nickbaldwin1668
    @nickbaldwin1668 7 месяцев назад +20

    Best acting part, the man who played Legba, “you looking for me, Willie Brown “

  • @Afurthyclays
    @Afurthyclays Год назад +21

    My favorite line in the movie, regarding relic guitars:
    "I bet you saw this thing in a music store & bought it, just because you thought it was beat up!"
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @GuitarBluesHury
    @GuitarBluesHury 2 года назад +90

    I'm 46. I have a family and I work as a Blues musician/teacher. Thanks to this movie Blues is my full time job.

  • @Chuck_has
    @Chuck_has 7 месяцев назад +10

    Blues, the greatest music ever made.

  • @buddhistpriest1357
    @buddhistpriest1357 Год назад +20

    I still have Crossroads on VHS! The late fees are probably at a million dollars by now!

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад

      Haha. Oh man, I still have a few VHS tapes overdue!

    • @LesterMoore
      @LesterMoore Месяц назад +1

      Legba can probably take care of that for you. For a price.👹☠️

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver Год назад +13

    The most horrifying thing in this film was a vintage Tele's neck out in the Tennessee downpour! The movie inspired to me to get a Pignose, however, which sits on amp here even after all these years ...

    • @trunkmonkey9417
      @trunkmonkey9417 Месяц назад +1

      I got a Pignose for my Tele and harps, only to have my youngest daughter steal it and use it for her electric metal cello!
      So, back to acoustic steel resonator and harp I went...

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver Месяц назад +1

      @@trunkmonkey9417 Zappa used the Pignose preamp feature. Now I use MXR pedals. The Fender Blues Junior Tweed is AMAZZZZING.

  • @ditchparrot19
    @ditchparrot19 Год назад +6

    I'd wanted to play the harmonica ever since seeing the old man's "Call Me Willie" tune in the juke joint when I was in college. About 35 years later, I finally took it up.

  • @bruceandt
    @bruceandt 4 месяца назад +4

    This film grabbed me my throat.
    I had been playing for only a few years.
    I purchased a guitar with my first paycheque. I struggled as I didn’t read music.
    The blues was what made me feel.
    I was just a white kid from Winnipeg.
    I learned what could and then discovered the slide. I did it all because of this film.
    You have no idea how many people could have been affected by this music.

  • @nickthompson8194
    @nickthompson8194 2 года назад +107

    Nice to see Arlen Roth getting some credit for his part in this .

  • @ray.a7343
    @ray.a7343 Год назад +8

    My favorite movie when it came out and still is!!!

  • @austinknowlton1783
    @austinknowlton1783 Год назад +70

    This movie meant everything to me when I was a young kid. Over 35 years later and I'm still playing blues. Thanks for giving Arlen Roth his due. Anyone who has never heard him should check him out.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад +5

      IMO, the movie wouldn't have been this good without Arlen's involvement!

    • @FaceTheFactsNews
      @FaceTheFactsNews Год назад +1

      @@StillLivinTheBlues I can hear a lot of where Keb Mo got his influence

    • @guitstikkustoms4448
      @guitstikkustoms4448 7 месяцев назад +1

      I have ton of Arlen Roth's tutorials. After 30 years, I still can't play worth a darn. No fault of Arlen Roth.

  • @bennetfox
    @bennetfox 6 месяцев назад +4

    Came across a RUclips short the other day and Ralph Macchio still has this yellow fender guitar and will not sell it. He said numerous musicians have offered him crazy amounts of money for it.

  • @dirtyhiggins5484
    @dirtyhiggins5484 Год назад +4

    When I was 17 this was my favorite movie. I learned to play Eugene's Trick Bag just in case I ever had to split heads with the devil lol

  • @pitchfordp
    @pitchfordp Год назад +11

    I wore my VHS copy of this film out and still think the lesson of what blues is "just a guy thinking about a woman he lost" is the most effective way to get into a mindset to play blues that heals the soul.
    A personal favourite

  • @blcouch
    @blcouch Год назад +4

    I went to the crossroads where the filming took place. Very unassuming place yet it has a definite feeling to it. Maybe it’s just because I know what it represents and not because of any real presence. I did, however, take my guitar and play a little there in the road.

  • @dementeddaniel666
    @dementeddaniel666 Год назад +22

    I saw it in the theater, owned it on VHS, then DVD, and now have the blu-ray. Just watched it again recently. It's one of my favorites. 🎸

  • @kotogray8335
    @kotogray8335 2 года назад +94

    I don't think that any guitarist that saw that movie disliked it. As a matter of fact, most guitarists I know say that they were inspired by it in many ways, and so was I. I was 21 when it came out and I was searching for my own sound at the time. Great memories

    • @RockinRobin411
      @RockinRobin411 Год назад +1

      My final semester of college, I took a history of blues class. My professor (who had formerly been head of the guitar department) said it was a horrible movie, except for the duel at the end. He said that the only reason to watch it is for that duel. I disagreed with him. I'll say that he was a great teacher in many other ways, and I learned a lot from that class.

    • @henrydiaz720
      @henrydiaz720 Год назад +1

      I'm a former professional guitarist. I started in 1964. And I thought the entire movie was cringeworthy. Embarrassing to watch. Each to his own, said the old lady as she kissed the cow.

    • @Don2Rich
      @Don2Rich Год назад +1

      I'm a trumpeter and I loved it. It's a musician's movie.

    • @davegallagher7428
      @davegallagher7428 Год назад +2

      I’m just seeing this video for the first time. I was 25 when it first came out and I put together the first band I was in not long after that. Myself and the other guitar player in the band were definitely inspired by this movie, those were some great days.

    • @pigpenclymer6098
      @pigpenclymer6098 Год назад

      Eric Clapton sure hated it. But he hates anyone that’s better than him, which is pretty much everyone.

  • @blackholerainbow3029
    @blackholerainbow3029 Год назад +17

    Crossroads is such a gem of a movie. I've introduced it to so many people over the years.

  • @bubbaandrayearl1678
    @bubbaandrayearl1678 Год назад +4

    I had the great honor and privilege to play the Blues in Mississippi with some old African American men. Lived there 10 years. Been to the crossroads. Something Erie about the Mississippi Delta. You can feel the energy ooze out of the ground. I recommend a trip there to the Blues museum in Clarksdale. Stay at The Shack Up Inn. Old sharecroppers shacks cleaned up as a Bed and Breakfast.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад

      I agree with you about there being an energy there. I've visited the area, and I thought the exact same thing. I did get to see the Museum while I was there. I loved it, and I would recommend it to everyone.

  • @nemo8416
    @nemo8416 Год назад +23

    Still one of my all time favourites. Such a masterpiece....I'm still crying when she's leaving and the "feeling bad blues" is played...

  • @pinballrobbie
    @pinballrobbie Год назад +5

    That black lady who danced on stage completely blew me away with her dancing.

  • @irishamerican4558
    @irishamerican4558 Год назад +5

    I knew this movie was a classic the very first time I watched it when it first came out.
    I'm w/the others that would love to see this movie with all the deleted scenes.

  • @loco4636
    @loco4636 Год назад +12

    My dad loved this movie, and so did I. I was a teenager then, and we watched it over and over again. We would often rewind to the cutting heads scene. I think the reason this movie gains affection is that it is from a time that we were not consumed with cell phones, computers, and social media. What I wouldn't give for those days again!!!! Thank you for sharing!

  • @tonyreid8244
    @tonyreid8244 7 месяцев назад +6

    "Sounds like bird shit" gets me every time. 😆

  • @eclecticx
    @eclecticx Год назад +12

    Movie was my introduction to Steve Vai. What an incredible guitarist.

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades 7 месяцев назад +3

      " Jack Butler's gonna like you..."

    • @eclecticx
      @eclecticx 7 месяцев назад

      @@vorpalbladesClassic line!

  • @bartpike441
    @bartpike441 Год назад +12

    Love to see Arlan Roth getting much deserve credit he is also a very kind man who's been through a lot. I met him through Danny gatton my mentor.

  • @bigsidable
    @bigsidable Год назад +3

    I just left Belzoni Mississippi. It’s between Clarksdale and Jackson. Off Hwy 49. The Delta Blues Hwy. bout ready to break in tears. I’m 67. My family is from there. I started playing seriously at 50. Never forget 2005. I’m in my trailer in Forrestville Ca. With my first electric guitar. Learning some Zep and Clapton. And on the TV. Was VH1 doing to documentary on the Delta Blues. How it travel North from right there where my roots are from. I saw all these black faces. That my dad listen too. But as a kid. I listen to the Southern Blues and rock from England. I said dad that’s Country blues. Had no ideal that bands lije Allman Bros and Skynard were listening to Delta Blues. One hell of a 360 degree connection. Playing my ass off today.

  • @stratocasterguy
    @stratocasterguy Год назад +12

    Love this movie. I always thought it was interesting that Ralph Machio always seemed to be playing slide blues in traditional open tuning (G or D) that is until he whipped out the classical piece that won the duel, his guitar somehow magically retuned itself to standard tuning...

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад +2

      Haha. It must have been that Mojo Hand Will Brown gave him before he went on stage. It's the winning boy's magic!

    • @adolpholiverbush2
      @adolpholiverbush2 7 месяцев назад

      Countless viewing, an obvious thing to us guitar guys, but I completely missed that. Wow. Mind blown.

  • @JoshuaDb_The_Witness
    @JoshuaDb_The_Witness Год назад +50

    I was 15 when this film came out, and had just started playing harmonica - this movie was everything to me as a kid. I went on to become a professional musician, bassist, for many years. I picked the harp back up five years ago. Haven't put it down since.❤

    • @seanfaherty
      @seanfaherty Год назад +1

      Haha
      it sounds like we went to different schools together.
      Nice to know I wasn’t the only one

    • @Theunknownshredder
      @Theunknownshredder Год назад

      I just watched the movie two days ago and I had a dream about it and I wanted to learn more about it

    • @judsonkr
      @judsonkr Год назад

      Cool.

    • @StandWatie1862
      @StandWatie1862 Год назад +1

      I was 3 and for 37 years Eugene's 5th caprice solo has been imprinted on me. One of my earliest memories is hearing it.

  • @christinacurrypoore7628
    @christinacurrypoore7628 2 года назад +22

    i was a young lady at the time that this was released almost 17, oh how i loved this film and i remember taking my younger brother to it and we had such a great time, i have loved the blues since i can remember but this movie made it come alive to me. all these years later after watching my youngest sons piano music ( self taught) Mr.Vonel it actually came up in his list after i listened to his piano music he is 15, my heart sang and skipped a beat when i saw the crossroads duel come up and that lead me to this wonderful review of one of my all time favorite movies. Thank you sir for your amazing work on pulling this all together. as a proud christian mama i always tell my son jack , you sit at that piano and before your fingers even touch those keys you give thanks to the Good Lord Almighty for your gifts and your talents. and a prayer of gratitude before you shut the piano cover over the keys. i have no talents except that of deep appreciation, to watch my son sit at my 200 year old piano that is frightfully out of tune and watch as his fingers dance n dive like a swallow picking at mayflies under an old iron bridge that sags sadly over a rushing stream i am amazed at the music that just flows from his soul, and the fact that he can repeat the same tune perfectly, blows my mind. again dear sir thank you for doing this video, i feel young if only for a moment before the crippling of time and a brain injury take over once again....... but for that moment i was free..... God bless and keep you.....

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад

      Thank you so very much for your post! Many blessings to you and your son! :)

  • @leeder92
    @leeder92 Год назад +3

    One of my top five favourite films. Superb

  • @luisvillarreal5262
    @luisvillarreal5262 Год назад +24

    Saw this movie at least 7 times during the time it was out in theaters. I kept telling my friends about how cool it was and I’d go see it with them. At the time, I was playing Randy Rhoads guitar licks and I was drawn to Classical guitar after hearing Randy’s “Dee” classical piece. Although it was a blues based style movie, the classical guitar and the duel at the end was what drew me in.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад +1

      Thank you!

    • @josephosullivan9506
      @josephosullivan9506 Год назад +2

      Yes, for me it was inspiration for classical and blues... 35 years later and I still have classical and blues in my playing!

  • @donaldroberts7055
    @donaldroberts7055 Год назад +8

    I saw this movie when it first came out. I loved it then, I love it now. Great music.

  • @blessedheavyelements8544
    @blessedheavyelements8544 Год назад +9

    I've carried this movie in my heart since it came out. A treasured memory.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад +2

      I know how you feel. The movie has been special to me also. Thank you for watching my video, and for leaving a comment!

  • @demonlust75
    @demonlust75 7 месяцев назад +3

    My all time favorite movie! I saw it at the movies when I was 12. Dad took us all to see it :) I’ve been a fan of every picker in this movie since!

  • @bez750
    @bez750 2 года назад +36

    Fantastic review for a great movie. I'm a fan of metal but metal wouldn't be the same without the blues

  • @richoverton493
    @richoverton493 10 месяцев назад +3

    I first seen this movie back in the 80’s fell in love with it and have watched it every time I stumbles across it.
    Definitely one of my all time favorites.

  • @s.williamc.
    @s.williamc. 7 дней назад +1

    Thank you so much. This movie changed my life. It’s a classic and makes everyone in it a legend in my book.

  • @seanpratt4843
    @seanpratt4843 Год назад +7

    I love this film. Words cannot express how much I enjoy watching it. I found it on VHS years ago and always made sure I had a copy (DVD, digital, etc.) readily available.
    Also, I tell people about it when we discuss hidden gem movies.
    Great movie. Great music. Great performances.

  • @markmcmyn8967
    @markmcmyn8967 Год назад +6

    Some great music was recorded in this movie.I can remember watching it when I was drunk ,with tears streamin' my face, hopin' no one could see the state I was in.

  • @entertainmentforall6609
    @entertainmentforall6609 Год назад +1

    My favorite Ralph Macchio movies hands down. I absolutely love this movie.

  • @KayakWisc
    @KayakWisc Год назад +2

    I took my teen sons to Beulah MS where the rural crossroad scene was filmed. Very cool to stand there and look at that clip of the film on my phone and match up the road and the trees, etc.
    A white pick up pulled up from the same direction as the black car in the movie and the farmer who lived nearby told us about working on the film as a young man, as well as how his wife later bought that car from an area dealer.

    • @arrongoodwin3339
      @arrongoodwin3339 Год назад

      Shame that some trees have grown up on the dead tree side. Still a cool place though, quite eerie

  • @bouquetchocolatesandconfec77
    @bouquetchocolatesandconfec77 2 года назад +4

    Love delta blues

  • @katohammond
    @katohammond 2 года назад +36

    I remember seeing this movie when it first came out about 35 years ago. And as a young guitar player myself at the time, I immediately fell in love with it and was very much inspired by it. I always used it as a reference piece. I mean, before I saw the movie, I had never even heard of Robert Johnson. But right after seeing it, I started doing research on him because I wanted to know so much more. And this is still one of my top favorite movies to this day.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад +5

      This is awesome to read. I am very much the same way. This movie really helped introduce to me Robert Johnson, and the blues. It doesn't get the credit it deserves on so many levels. It's a great film...but it's also so influential in the lives of many people. Thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment. Have a great one, man!

    • @briangisler1981
      @briangisler1981 2 года назад +2

      In my opinion one of the top three greatest movies ever made about music. I saw it 10 times and bought the DVD and I can watch it again and again.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад

      @@briangisler1981 Same here!

    • @lucassmith1319
      @lucassmith1319 2 года назад +2

      I honestly feel the same way you brothers do!! Much love real music never dies!!

    • @babytoshiro7014
      @babytoshiro7014 2 года назад +2

      I loved it but didn't understand like I do today as I was a kid... now I love it even more💖💯💯💯👏👏

  • @ricksmith7881
    @ricksmith7881 7 месяцев назад +2

    Arlen Roth and Shuggie Otis are two of my favorites

  • @donniearmstrong8390
    @donniearmstrong8390 2 года назад +11

    I remember seeing this movie in the early 90's and immediately fell in love with it because this movie proves that experience and good nature will always triumph over sinister evil in the end

  • @Brizzonator
    @Brizzonator 2 года назад +6

    Joe Seneca absolutely was the very heart of this movie, though all involved did a great job. When I think of the great acting in that scene when he asks the girl(if I recall, she later played the sister in The Color Purple) "somewhere 'round here, there's a real special place...a crossroads. You know the language I'm speakin'?" and that frightened, knowing look she gives him as she nods, it still emotionally effects me. Great, great movie.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад +1

      I completely agree!

    • @rustyaxelrod
      @rustyaxelrod Год назад +1

      Then she goes to the door and yells “Hollis,,,Hollis, take these fellas out Grange road past Dockerins” or somthing close to that. I haven’t watched the movie for several years but I know exactly what you are talking about…gave me chills the first time I saw it.

    • @usernameinvalid2675
      @usernameinvalid2675 Год назад +1

      Dat one wet the bed

  • @jerryvahnknight218
    @jerryvahnknight218 Год назад +7

    I saw this movie as a kid in the 80’s and not only am I still obsessed with Robert Johnson, Blues and Guitar; but I have never shut up about this film since! I make or try to make every one watch this movie!

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад +1

      Same here!

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 месяца назад +1

      Bluesman Roy Rogers, on Robert Johnson ruclips.net/video/Wsr6rn4TFbY/видео.htmlsi=9w1YPDC1QixW1y7f
      Roy Rogers - Avalancheruclips.net/video/iCdEjLupuAo/видео.htmlsi=JDrKveu8GyByHBDN

    • @jerryvahnknight218
      @jerryvahnknight218 2 месяца назад +2

      @@dsvet thanks for sharing the links. Roy is always amazing!

  • @jimmywheelz6721
    @jimmywheelz6721 6 месяцев назад +1

    My dad passed away 2 years ago and even though we did not have the best relationship….I still think of when we watched this together as I must have been 8yrs old. I sure do miss my dad now and would do a lot of things differently had I know he was leaving this earth early ….

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  6 месяцев назад

      I'm sorry to hear about you dad, but I'm really glad you had that moment together watching this film. I really miss my dad also. He passed away in 2020.

  • @luckylion2657
    @luckylion2657 Год назад +2

    This is awesome thanks to crossroads, my brother for shouting me to hear srv live in concert when I turned 15, and the starlicks vid Arlene Roth done on blues scales seems like yesterday. peace out n time sum skin brother.

  • @JohnStevenson1001
    @JohnStevenson1001 Год назад +13

    I am a certified fan. THIS movie was my ultimate inspiration to play how and what I play on guitar! I own this movie on multiple formats. I hope they one day release an extended cut with all the extras put back in. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @AOkie68
    @AOkie68 7 месяцев назад +3

    Cooter Vai Roth...winner! Love that flick

  • @Awaywrdson
    @Awaywrdson 14 дней назад +1

    Loved this movie !! The Guitar battle between Macchio and Vai was SICK !!! 🤘But truth or fiction I'm going nowhere near any " Crossroads" !! EVER !! Yes I do believe !! ✌️

  • @MrRockNRoll
    @MrRockNRoll Год назад +5

    Saw it in the theatre when it was released, still one of my all time favs. Never get tired of this movie. Hopefully one day we'll get to see those deleted scenes

  • @chrisreinhart2885
    @chrisreinhart2885 Год назад +9

    Been watching this movie since it came out in 86 still watch at least twice a year awesome ry cooder and Steve Vai are genius in their talent

  • @wasteyelo1
    @wasteyelo1 Год назад +3

    This is fabulous. Crossroads was one of favourite movies as kid. I even wore out the VHS, rewinding the cutting heads scene. 😀 I'd love to see those deleted scenes. Thanks a lot.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад

      I really hope those deleted scenes see the light of day! Thanks for the comment!

  • @robgonzo
    @robgonzo Год назад +6

    Some friends and I drove over from our small town to the big city of San Antonio to see a movie. When we got to the theater we couldn't decide on which one. 2 of my friends wanted to see Highlander but I was all about the guitar so me and another guy wanted to see Crossroads. I remember we all walked out of our theaters around the same time and yelled, "That was fantastic!"

    • @irishamerican4558
      @irishamerican4558 Год назад +1

      Exactly. Both of those movies are classics.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад

      I love both of those films. Own them both. Those were good times, and good movies!

  • @BigCarmine
    @BigCarmine Год назад +2

    this film, along with a small handful of films, is part of my must-watch-at-least-once-a-year (sometimes more) collection.

  • @treavorwilliams9553
    @treavorwilliams9553 2 года назад +12

    The guitar Steve via play in the movie he dropped is in Biloxi at hard rock just off the elevators. It has a crack running throughout the body from the fall

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад +1

      Oh, wow. I didn't know that, man. Thanks for the information!

    • @wd2518
      @wd2518 2 года назад

      Charvel

    • @Rikrik1138
      @Rikrik1138 Год назад +1

      It’s actually a Jackson.

    • @These_go_to_eleven_1959
      @These_go_to_eleven_1959 Год назад

      @@Rikrik1138 Correct. It had a white Jackson Logo that was covered by tape for the Movie.
      it was a red sparkle flake, two humbucker Jackson strat with a floyd rose.
      Jackson sold a replica of it for a limited time, called the Jack Butler guitar. the Gus G signature is very similar

  • @ricksunderland1421
    @ricksunderland1421 2 года назад +7

    I remember when I first saw the movie, when Willie made that Muddy Waters comment I whispered to my girlfriend “I think he means Charlie Christian.” Had to explain who both were after we left the theatre. We’re no longer together, obviously. Great video!

  • @mht525
    @mht525 Год назад +7

    Classic movie. RIP Robert Johnson The king of the delta blues. ✌️🤘🇦🇺

  • @timcarter7616
    @timcarter7616 7 месяцев назад +2

    Loved the movie but the way the kid could get all those creamy blues tones out of that Pignose- pure fantasy. There were some pedals involved there for sure. I had one.

  • @thor6580
    @thor6580 2 года назад +4

    I always thought that the look on Scratch's (The Devil) face when Eugene started playing was because he recognized it as the work of Paganini.

  • @corycole5677
    @corycole5677 Год назад +4

    @Arlen Roth Your guitar sound painted a picture in my mind that will never be erased. 💯

  • @Terminal-Vet
    @Terminal-Vet 7 месяцев назад +2

    Love this movie. Just watched it again the other day.

  • @dududidi8925
    @dududidi8925 2 года назад +5

    we all can agree on one thing
    we all love crossroads

  • @ukestudio3002
    @ukestudio3002 Год назад +5

    Saw this when it came out . One of my favorites. Always inspires me to play. Learned a few of the songs on it by ear. Not blues, but good jazz movie hiding out, is "Round Midnight" with Dexter Gordon .

  • @rickfry6031
    @rickfry6031 Год назад +4

    Fan of the movie. A big fan. I own the VHS, and no longer have a VHS player and will not part with it. It was a great story, well told, and beautifully photographed. A true classic in my mind.

    • @brucehayes7251
      @brucehayes7251 Год назад +2

      I relented and bought it on DVD but a tv repair man I worked for gave me a video player a few yrs ago so I'm still hanging on the oadt

  • @TheChef470
    @TheChef470 11 месяцев назад +2

    It remains one of those movies that when it comes up on some cable/streaming channel I have to watch it…..and the soundtrack is like fine wine. : )

  • @maingate7672
    @maingate7672 6 месяцев назад +3

    I have the two-disc set of '' The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson'' it' will remain in my collection, hell or high water cometh!

  • @amoruzz
    @amoruzz Год назад +5

    I had watched some Arlen Roth instructional videos many many years ago.
    Excellent teacher 👍
    Ry Cooder is phenominal!

  • @jacobpaint
    @jacobpaint Год назад +3

    This is up there as one of my most influential films. I watched this as young teenager and it inspired me to buy my first music album, the soundtrack. I listened to it for year's after and this is one of those little-known movies that has stuck with me over the years. There was another unfortunate film with the same title some years ago so even though most people I spoke to had never seen this, they were familiar with the pop star film. Now that Ralph has had a resurgence, it's good that Crossroads might find some younger viewers.

  • @elbob17
    @elbob17 Год назад +2

    I love this movie. I saw it as a kid and remember thinking it was cool. Saw it again tonight for the first time in probably 25-30 years and absolutely loved it. They don't make 'em like they used to.

  • @RuralRoute3
    @RuralRoute3 7 месяцев назад +2

    Such a great movie! THANK YOU for posting the links to additional music!!!

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching it and for leaving a message! :) Have a good one!

  • @babytoshiro7014
    @babytoshiro7014 2 года назад +52

    This movie is a hidden gem and actually supernatural and spiritual. Saw this as a kid but took me years to understand that everyone in that room, beside Ralph and the old man, was dead and in hell. Let that sink in... also I didn't know that it was the devil who walked in that room and was smiling wickedly😱😲
    Yes i was a kid and enjoy the movie but didn't know about the 'wishes', 'bargains', 'deals' and 'crossroads' lol
    Didn't understand why old Wiley was so eager to get to the Crossroads. Why he was so scared of death. I understand so much now.

    • @jimchumley7907
      @jimchumley7907 Год назад +7

      As a follower of Yeshua Hamashiach; believe me satan himself does not have that much authority and power. Like Jesus told Pilate; "You have no more authority than what God has given you". This really shook up Pilate.

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 Год назад +2

      😮 I didn't know that everybody else was supposed to be dead and in Hell. Are you sure? I don't think so? That Woman is sure having a good time in Hell, then ..

    • @JonathanMulderMarston
      @JonathanMulderMarston Год назад +3

      Thank you for your comment!
      I was 12 and a newbie guitar student when this came out.
      Your comment made me realize that I too, missed a whole lot of subtext due to my age.
      But I am going to rewatch it right now with curious eyes thanks to you. Cheers!

    • @babytoshiro7014
      @babytoshiro7014 Год назад +1

      @@JonathanMulderMarston ☺🙏🙏 You're welcome, cheers!

    • @austinknowlton1783
      @austinknowlton1783 Год назад +2

      I remember knowing that was supposed to be Satan, but not realizing that everyone else is in Hell at that age. No wonder Jack Butler was so pissed when he lost!

  • @DocM.
    @DocM. Год назад +5

    Just the fact you made a video about Crossroads is awesome! This was so much more awesome learning everything I did! Thank you so so much! ❤️
    Crossroads has been one of my most major inspirations for all of my music life, and so few people know about it. It's what made me a young guitar player like my Dad, and in highschool made me a harmonica player since 2011. I'm now Doc Patty & The Lickity Splitz, The One And Only Split Tongue Harmonica Player And Musician!

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад +2

      Wow! Thank you for the message. I really appreciate it! Keep on jamming!!!

    • @DocM.
      @DocM. Год назад

      @Still Livin' the Blues You're very welcome, thank you again! As soon as I saw the title I IMMEDIATELY hit play, liked, and subscribed 😂 I was even more excited and amazed after watching! If you have any more Crossroads related videos I want to see, especially if you find more facts, info, deleted scenes, anything Crossroads related, please post, I'm about it! 😁❤️

  • @ralph1269
    @ralph1269 8 месяцев назад +2

    Wonderful job. Never knew Arlen Roth was involved.

  • @cliffchilders5820
    @cliffchilders5820 29 дней назад +1

    This has been one of my favorite movies for years!

  • @izzy6string
    @izzy6string 2 года назад +5

    My Dad showed me this movie when I was just a lil' child, now here I am 20 years later making a living with a guitar. Love this movie.

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад

      That's really awesome to hear, man. Thanks for posting this. This movie means a lot to a lot of people!

    • @randyswanson6912
      @randyswanson6912 Год назад

      Ya how much u making.

  • @brain21
    @brain21 Год назад +3

    I've had this movie in every format and read everything I could, used to be able to play Eugene's Trick Bag, have the Elusive Sound CDs, and the soundtrack on cassette and CD. I've met Ralph Machio and got him to sign my movie poster. I've met Vai a few times and even briefly talked about the movie with him. I thought I knew most everything about the movie, and I still learned a bunch of stuff here! I really wish they would release this with ALL the cut scenes with an option to view the full, uncut version. Great video!
    A few more tidbits:
    The classical guitar parts played at Juliard by Ralph Machio (Mozarts Rondo alla Turka) and the girl that followed him (playing Bach) and Machio practicing Eugenes Trick bag, were actually played by classical guitarist William Kanengiser. There's and old issue of Guitar Player Magazine that came out after the movie where he talks about it.
    My understanding is that at the time of the movie there was no guitar program at Juliard, but after the movie they received so many inquiries about it that they created a program in 1989 with Sharon Isbin as the founder of the program.
    There is a great breakdown on who plays what on the wiki page here:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_film)#Music_chronology

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад

      Oh, man! Thank you for all of the added info! Also, I hadn't seen this link before...all of music information mapped out like this is something I'm glad to have. Again, thank you!
      Keep an eye out around Jan/Feb.... I have another Crossroads related video coming out, and fans who really love this movie WILL want to check this out. Take care!

  • @rstarkel1
    @rstarkel1 Год назад +2

    I bought the VHS when it came out. Wasn't a big Ralph fan but LOVE this movie! Bought the cassette tape and it is great, I am a big fan of Ry Cooder!

  • @animalspirit5504
    @animalspirit5504 7 месяцев назад +1

    I grew up with this movie me my dad would watch All The Time.

  • @TherevTBone
    @TherevTBone Год назад +3

    I have genuinely loved this movie since it came out when I was a kid. I had just started playing guitar. Watched it too many times to count. I quoted a line from this movie to one of my kids last night. “Muddy waters invented lectricity!” Great movie!

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад

      That is a great line! I've heard people quote it, not knowing that it came from this movie.

  • @arnaudnoar3345
    @arnaudnoar3345 2 года назад +6

    A movie that should be projected in all classroom all over thé World !! Many thanks ! Et je vais encore une fois le visionner!!

  • @redjacemory4404
    @redjacemory4404 7 месяцев назад +2

    I was a teenaged budding guitarist when this came out it was definitely worshipped by my entire circle of musician friends! :)

  • @creinicke1000
    @creinicke1000 2 месяца назад +1

    I just watched this movie! I really liked it.. music was great, acting was great.. Loved the guitar battle.

  • @larryhudspeth4072
    @larryhudspeth4072 Год назад +7

    I love this movie! Watched it numerous times! I'd love to see a version with all the cut scenes!!

  • @fherrivera951
    @fherrivera951 2 года назад +4

    I still put it on and enjoy it as it were my first time watching it,loved it ✌️

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад +1

      Me too! I even play it often for some simple background noise. It's just a great film!

  • @Michael-bl4no
    @Michael-bl4no Год назад +4

    Movie changed my playing completely. First it made me want to play like Vai, then, years later, went into the deep study of Robert Johnson. If you really want to learn Robert’s style, I highly recommend the DVDs by Tom Feldman. Invaluable!

  • @mattjorgensen2267
    @mattjorgensen2267 Год назад +2

    Needs a legacy sequel where Lightnin' Boy is now an older down on his luck musician who has made bad life decisions and gets a shot at redemption but has to take a journey back deep into the Mississippi.

  • @chemdog6387
    @chemdog6387 Год назад +2

    Like most, if not all of those who commented, I loved this film. I have a copy on VHS, and had a digital copy I’d recorded on my DISH Network receiver, but lost when the receiver failed. I found the film insightful, well done, informative and fun. My only criticism is the belief espoused by the music professor. He was convinced that European classical music was superior to the blues and any other music produced/created by “primitives”. His assertions seemed verified at the end during the “cutting heads” scene. It was one of those things that make you go, mmmmmmm.

  • @jazzram_
    @jazzram_ Год назад +3

    I remember watching this 2 years ago, I was 12. Fell in love with the blues since then

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  Год назад

      Awesome!

    • @lordmarshall642
      @lordmarshall642 Год назад

      Be very carefull with the folclore. Don't mess around with no crossroads or hoodoo charms. I wouldnt even listen to those songs if I were you. The devil is real.

    • @jazzram_
      @jazzram_ Год назад

      @@lordmarshall642 real.

  • @cavalierx6099
    @cavalierx6099 Год назад +3

    Walls covered in telecasters and a Pig Nose on top of the Marshall 4x10 Lead 100 Mosfet half stack. Thanks for this deep dive.

  • @jcat3409
    @jcat3409 7 месяцев назад +1

    This movie motivated me to play guitar.. and i still play to this day.

  • @travismiles5885
    @travismiles5885 2 года назад +5

    I've been hoping this other RUclipsr who does a 10 things you didn't know series would get to Crossroads but so far he hasn't. Thanks for posting. I learned a few new things about one of my favorite movies!

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад +3

      Thank you, man! Crossroads is one of my all-time favorite movies. Over the last year or so, I had collected some cool information about it, and just wanted to do something on RUclips sharing some of that info. So, I chose to do this. Had someone tell me the other day that other youtube channels will rip off my list. I guess we will wait and see. Anyway, have a good one!

  • @thorandmoljnir
    @thorandmoljnir 2 года назад +5

    I've loved this film since I originally saw it and have probably watched the guitar duel and "Feelin' Bad Blues" literally thousands of times. I did not know most of what is on this video. Amazing!
    I would LOVE to see this with all the deleted scenes, it would be insane. Thanks!

    • @StillLivinTheBlues
      @StillLivinTheBlues  2 года назад

      I'm right there with you about the film. I have no idea how many times I have watched those scenes, but it is a whole lot! Thanks for the comment! Have a good one!

  • @weejim48
    @weejim48 5 месяцев назад +1

    This was my old mate John Montgomerys favourite film . He loved the blues and tried to teach me some blues guitar but I was too much of a beginner to appreciate it. Although I’m not very good I like to have a go now and again. I’m sure he is up there playing along with the best of them. RIP mate. 🙏🙏👍

  • @rogerdevries7090
    @rogerdevries7090 Год назад +2

    I always felt that Eugene rejected that classical piece because he was bored with playing what he thought were just basic repetitions of the art but things came aound full circle when cuutin heads with Jack Butler and he ran out of ideas so returned to those basics with renewed understanding !!!!!

  • @markwilesmith5599
    @markwilesmith5599 2 года назад +5

    Tremendous! I've loved this movie since the eighties and blew me away to hear about such amazing stories involved in it's making. Great post!