My favoutite blues artist by long. Top singer, top guitar player, top composer, top performer and top charism. The result is overwhelming for my soul. Since I discovered him when I was 14 (and Im 46), he's the blues light in this obscure world...
Long live Folk Seattle! And many blessings on whoever was behind the camera (and/or whoever did the video editing), that person or persons is/are probably long gone, but may his or her progeny, and their progeny, and their progeny enjoy long and fruitful lives!
Long gone my ass, I was blessed to be a promoter for the Seattle Folklore Society, I play these blues every day and I work towards steady learning and the discipline required to learn this challenging music, and more important to play and sing them with enough true feeling to reach the jaded, it's your job to get people to tap their feet and dance, that's it so keep it simple and roll that groove out and pick up these numbers and write the lyrics down and strum if you can't pick, find the groove, talk the verses or moan the verses to ride the groove, take your time. John Lee was a pro and he has an arrangement for every number he did, he was disciplined, and singing helped him overcome a painful stutter.
@@thatpickingguy I was the concert promoter for the Seattle Folklore Society in the early 70's, and am so blessed to have met and played with so many of the American blues greats. There were a lot of fabulous musicians in that group, we had amazing all night jam sessions with dozens of musicians and music lovers. These vids. were recorded by ethnomusicologists at the UW in Seattle. John Lee was a humble man and a gentleman.
My favoutite blues artist by long. Top singer, top guitar player, top composer, top performer and top charism. The result is overwhelming for my soul. Since I discovered him when I was 14 (and Im 46), he's the blues light in this obscure world...
Good to see a close up of his right hand playing style.
THIS IS IS WHAT MADE ROCK N ROLL
correct.
Blues guitar & rhythm schoolin' right here
'Blues is not just for womens and mens.' Johnny Lee Hooker
He was the physical embodiment of "cool".
Naw that's Lightnin Hopkins, John Lee is swag
@@gnrdakota , I ain't gonna argue about who was "cooler", or "better". Muddy Waters put it best: " you can't be the best, you can only be a good 'un".
How can anybody give a thumbs down here? What is wrong with such people...
basement-dwelling Cheeto eater
blacks king of the blues j'aimes tous les bluesmans merci a vous
Yesterday Today Tomorrow John Lee Hooker is Still a Cool Cat Bluesman✌💙
Have mercy, John Lee!
Robert Tuss i know. I love how he says now watch this and digs in. Thought he was gonna break a string! Have mercyyy
Big influence on Jimi here
John Lee plays Dimples, aka Boom Boom Boom; and Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive. This here's the Real Deal, folks!
Dimples and boom boom are not the same song
similar ain't same
Like Van Morrison said the King of Blues,its a fact
Long live Folk Seattle! And many blessings on whoever was behind the camera (and/or whoever did the video editing), that person or persons is/are probably long gone, but may his or her progeny, and their progeny, and their progeny enjoy long and fruitful lives!
Long gone my ass, I was blessed to be a promoter for the Seattle Folklore Society, I play these blues every day and I work towards steady learning and the discipline required to learn this challenging music, and more important to play and sing them with enough true feeling to reach the jaded, it's your job to get people to tap their feet and dance, that's it so keep it simple and roll that groove out and pick up these numbers and write the lyrics down and strum if you can't pick, find the groove, talk the verses or moan the verses to ride the groove, take your time. John Lee was a pro and he has an arrangement for every number he did, he was disciplined, and singing helped him overcome a painful stutter.
@@davisworth5114 So I'm guessing you were in the background from some of these recordings?
@@thatpickingguy I was the concert promoter for the Seattle Folklore Society in the early 70's, and am so blessed to have met and played with so many of the American blues greats. There were a lot of fabulous musicians in that group, we had amazing all night jam sessions with dozens of musicians and music lovers. These vids. were recorded by ethnomusicologists at the UW in Seattle. John Lee was a humble man and a gentleman.
The blues coming for you
Thought we was gonna break a string on us fellas. John woulda used it to floss after dinner later though.
Love the kick drum...;)
That was his foot tapping, it's part of his sound.
@@davisworth5114 no, there was a kick drum there lol
I'm 26 and this is amazing.
@Robsie1 You should see all the other awesome videos on this channel.
Lord have mercy✋
Masterclass:HENDRIX,ZZ.TOP .
🙏❤️
That's like black people played at the past!
Was this filmed in Seattle at KCTS 9?
yes around 68-71, he gave concerts here many times.
@@davisworth5114 awesome
@@FuzzyDancingBear seriously it was, this kept me alive when I got back from Vietnam.
And that weird A tuning he used
It’s in standard tuning
@@Kosmo999 ya, I noticed that awhile later. But he did have that weird F and A tunings
Ether way, hello gentlemen:)
Whats the title of the 1st Song?
Boom Boom
@@BeachTreez thanks
This really starts cookin' at about 1:30
Boogey
What's the title of the second song?
Never get out of these blues alive