RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
This is why i love youtube. So many musical gems and brilliant talented artists of the past who get little or no radio-play can be enjoyed by the many of us who crave real talent and artistry. Excellent.
We're lucky to even have what we do. The depression killed record sales. If the blues revival hadn't happened and hadn't been helped by the English bands of the 60s, we wouldn't be able to enjoy performances like this at all
Probably the most underrepresented father of modern guitar playing ever. He played jazz in the early 30s. He played with Eddie Lang and Joe Vanute. He played with Louis Armstrong.
@@TheJ2effectOne of the true greats and by all accounts a very fine gentleman The much more often celebrated Robert Johnson, a more aggressive musician, often claimed to be related to him to impress people but though a Delta Blues icon, the two Lonnie imitations fall very short of the mark. The old Blues and Jazz cats I jammed with (b.1910/1923) told me : "Remember: you can't beat a man at his own game!" You must be proud to be related to such a giant. Tell those who don't know him to check out the man who inspired B.B. King. His early stuff like Blues for the West End Is sublime. 😮❤😊
He also played with Duke Ellington in The Mooche and Hot and Bothered. 12 string guitar no less!!! Not to mention his duets with Eddie Lang. Dude was a menace
Before my grandpa passed away he discovered RUclips. He told me how much he loved being able to jam out to his oldies in his living room❤️ he said, “can you believe I just saw Elvis and The Beatles on my screen, those younglings”☺️
Yes Well, another night to cry Baby, just cryin' over you Well, I've got another night to cry Another night to cry over you You hurt me so bad and so long And there's nothing I can do I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself Yes, I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself You laugh at my face when I say, I love you And walk away with somebody else You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself 'Cause your misusin' ways, baby Has drove me to somebody else Well, go on and have your fun Do anything you want to do Yes baby, go on and have your fun Do anything that you want to do 'Cause it's my last night to cry I'm really through with you
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
That is just pure sophisticated class and in my opinion a white man could sound close but never be as good as that ...........I'm a 51 year old white man for all the racists out there
This is downright surreal. The intro, the phantom vocal start, his playing, the camera cutting to the band, his abrupt finish, the all white audience in formal attire, the thank yous... I am baffled in the best possible way.
Lonnie was my first houseguest in London Ontario ( I bought a nice yellow brick home at 177 Central Av in 1966 $ 13,000 bucks) I think it was 1968 and Lonnie was the darling of the folk music set in Toronto. He was playing a very odd gig at a fleabitten old country/Western Bar. The audience was very unsure of what was happening on stage as Lonnie obviously had nothing in his repetoire to suit their tastes. The closest he could come was a number called "My Mother's Arms" (which he performed in every other set,I think. Noone there had any idea that this fellow was a living legend of the Jazz Guitar,having virtually invented it along with his friend Eddie Lang. Lonnie played with The Duke way back in '27
Keith McMahon Stories like this are gold ! Thanks... you can see he is playing a really cheap Kay guitar.. which would probably shred the fingers of most of the players watching this !
Capt Larry Kay, wow my first ever guitar was a Kay, bought it from a jumble sale for about £3 back in about 1985, I remember being surprised when I went to buy strings and they were more than I paid for the guitar :) it was an utter piece of shit, but I was so happy to have it :)
+zachary smith that is what Kay was famous for... utter POS.. but like all cheap guitars, if you work them over, and most poor players had to do it themselves... you got something you could play.. that was yours, and like nothing else. I had a string of Harmony guitars.. a cut up from silvertone or kay.. but not much... but we made those old boxes play... and damn if we didn't love 'em
@@wheninroamful Jimi WAS influenced by him...at least indirectly through Albert King. When I interviewed Albert I asked him who his influences were. Lonnie Johnson was the first name he mentioned.
This is an analog verb. Either spring 'verb or possibly a plate reverb. I know the plate verbs are usually used in a recording studio...springs are portable. They can be now, I don't know about then. Can't get around that nice analog sound.
Yes Well, another night to cry Baby, just cryin' over you Well, I've got another night to cry Another night to cry over you You hurt me so bad and so long And there's nothing I can do I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself Yes, I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself You laugh at my face when I say, I love you And walk away with somebody else You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself 'Cause your misusin' ways, baby Has drove me to somebody else Well, go on and have your fun Do anything you want to do Yes baby, go on and have your fun Do anything that you want to do 'Cause it's my last night to cry I'm really through with you
54 years old and still blown away by how much American music is rooted in songs by poor Black folk about just trying to survive. Yet, at the same time, the songs speak to a universal human experience.
@TonyS-i1e when you have nothing , a guitar and and honest heart can bring you millions , sadly back in the day these superstars gigged just 2 pay rent I'm 50yr old and never went hungry because of my beautiful dad and his side job It should have been his main job such a talented musician with a voice that could reach the heaven's and a childhood worthy of the blue's xxx He was offered a scholarship in music in the 60's but chose too help out at home on the farms too feed his sibling's I miss him so much , but my love for all music is thanks to him xxx
C'est pas de la simple musique mais une détresse des gens qui portent en eux une grande souffrance qu'ils essayent autant que peu de traduire avec une guitare. C'est un appel à l'aide d'homme brisé sans aucune identité culturelle quelconque et qui ont été parachuté dans un monde sans monde d'emploi pour pouvoir s'intégrer.
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
@@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц is this where you think the Muricans are hanging out? Lol In the comment section of Bluesmen? 🤣🤣 Try Ben Shapiros channel...you'll find what you're looking for there.
Blues is simultaneously super easy and unbelievably complex, there’s no way any one person could master all of the styles of blues. Don't let that discourage you though, look up some basic tutorials, you'll get a good starting point, but it's up to you to make it your own
Yes Well, another night to cry Baby, just cryin' over you Well, I've got another night to cry Another night to cry over you You hurt me so bad and so long And there's nothing I can do I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself Yes, I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself You laugh at my face when I say, I love you And walk away with somebody else You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself 'Cause your misusin' ways, baby Has drove me to somebody else Well, go on and have your fun Do anything you want to do Yes baby, go on and have your fun Do anything that you want to do 'Cause it's my last night to cry I'm really through with you
Dude no kidding I had to repeat that a couple time. I like to think it was a happy accident that the engineer had the EMT 140 reverb tank cranked and quickly cut it down with perfect execution
Lonnie Johnson was the father of virtually all modern blues, rock and jazz guitar, way of soloing, single lines and all. He recorded With Louis Armstrong in the twenties, toured with Bessie Smith and a lot of other stars, influenced Django, Charlie Christian, T-bne Walker, Robert Johnson... in his early records Elvis Presley imitated his way of singing and took a lot of his gestures, inflections, vibrato... Respect.
One of the songs Elvis recorded at SUN records but never released was a version of Lonnie Johnson's original "Tomorrow Night" - you could tell that Elvis heard Johnson's version when he lived in the Lauderdale Courts in Memphis as a young man.
I love the cat too, but he's dripping all right... From hard( and I do mean HARD...) liquor and drugs.. but how can ya blame the cat, man..he lived a hard life and went through/ put up with things it we could never imagine...
@@stephaniecarr6984 yah ....slavery and segregation a life in servitude will do that to ya ! ..i myself a 53 yr old australian ..just realized that i could NOT have made the music i make today in my 20s as i had not lived enough ...the sad part is that its the kicks a musician gets that can make him more profound . Yet , its the kicks that destroy us . Whilst i had none of his problems ...its all relative..when i see people half as competent / kind / respectful as me getting so much more ....i try not to be bitter , but its hard to take sometimes ...till i realize, hell yeh , ..i have been abandoned as a child , physically abused (all the ways ) ripped off and suffered ...i finally realized a white boy down the end of the earth can be just as much a bluesman ...which i define as !@#$ you....keep beating me - i"m gettin up everytime ...and come back harder at you (metaphor you understand )
A truly amazing artist and showman. It was so stragic he was hit by a car in my town Toronto, was badly injured and his life was cut short by it. Can hear Chuck Berry in his playing who got it from T-Bone Walker who was a disciple of Lonnie.
I must join the rows, appreciating the looking at a performance of this true god father of modern blues. Been listening to it for years, now there's more than the sleeve of a LP record..
My Dad pass away in November if 2023 and looking this giving me sweet remembering of him play the guitar 🎸 😢he use to play like this!!!! And he play in gospel quartet music gospel. The name of the group was called the Cumberland Rivers in the other group he used to play with was called Slim and The Morning Echoes. He had a special way of playing his guitars he was like an old style playing the Blues I'm listening to how to use the play is guitar in I'm thinking now that he used to play it just like the blues players but I believe he told me that somebody when he was younger talking about to play a good time when he was younger and the way he played it is like John Lee Hooker. That's how my father used to play the guitar when I was growing up . I remember when we used to go to my uncle's house and he used to have cookouts at his house. The kids have to go down in the basement in a grown-ups be upstairs. And they used to play the blues all night long. And when my cousin was asleep they used to wake him up to see him dancing to the funky chicken or whatever it was crazy they are working out of his sleep and they would brag about their son know how to dance and they will wake him out of his sleep to make him dance do funky chicken or whatever it was crazy . Now Father's Day is coming up and I feel some type of way.😢 but listening to the Blues bring black good memories of my father.😢😢😢😢😢
Sonny Boy is an amazing artist in his own right on harmonica, love his voice too, unique and unforgettable! God bless these amazing Blues players gone but not forgotten. Our broken world needs them to return and teach today's lost youth what real music and artistry truly is.
Lonnie Johnson was not only a virtuoso guitar player, who could play blues, ballads, and Jazz, but he was a wonderful singer. What a great voice! Notice that the many clips from this broadcast have the great Willie Dixon playing bass with most of these performers.
I love that comment about how good a singer Lonnie Johnson was. I read a jazz book that claimed he was some king of weak singer and I couldn't disagree with that more.
@@fredfinley4231 I did some research and there were two drummers listed for these blues festivals in Germany. One was Clifton James, and the other is Armand "Jump" Jackson. Pictures of either drummer do not look like the guy in the video. But his sunglasses make it hard to match him, plus he is only shown in profile.
This is simple guitar playing for today's fretboard wizards. They can copy the licks easily. The only thing they can't do is play them with conviction, and that is why people still listen to Lonnie Johnson.
I know what you mean is a positive response to the music but I just wanted to reiterate that making people feel an emotion is not as easy as copying licks and running all around the fretboard. It is to choose notes which have relevance to the mood and the message you're trying to push through. Also nowadays, if you look at pop music, it isn't as musically rich as this. There are changes, movements, a simple story, and man hear that piano in the background and the walking bassline. For a songwriter today to make this music, well I think they would have to hear his music. This is seamless integration of so many different elements, and also musically different stuff on the different instruments.
This was simple guitar playing for Lonnie Johnson. He was an accomplished jazz guitarist who played with Duke Ellington Eddie Lang Louis Armstrong and King Oliver. Remember each generation of musicians can draw upon the knowledge of previous generations.
@@MrSkeeja He was certainly ahead of his time. His sessions with the hot fives and sevens are amazing. A true prototype to modern day soloing. Would’ve loved to see Louis And Lonnie make a blues only record.
Charlie Christian and a small handful of others created the idiom of electric guitar in jazz. Aaron "T-Bone" Walker and Lonnie Johnson helped create the electric blues side of the house. The man - Johnson - was a real pioneer who probably didn't get recognized during his lifetime as the real giant of music he was.
By now, I must have watched this video of the legendary Lonnie Johnson over 100 times, and STILL learn some new guitar licks with each viewing. Lonnie has no equal when it comes to the real, deep blues. He influenced everyone from T-Bone Walker to B.B. King in both his singing AND guitar style! There will never be another one like him...a true blues man!
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
Adoro il blues 💖nell'adolescenza avevo un grande amico bluesman e ad ogni concerto lo seguivo ed ero sempre a casa sua ad ascoltarlo anche mentre suonava sul cesso😅Tito bluesman Grazie dal più profondo del mio cuore.💖I love blues💖
i love the blues, but i go long periods sometimes between listening... and then i hear something like this and it strikes me inside like it's a new revelation of beauty... damn i love the blues.
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
These classic blues players were/still are real musicians. Such a joy to hear them play music that is genuine and not garbage like way too much they plan on the air today. We need to bring an era back that respects and remembers music like this.
@@andrewlowe9969whats so sad is i see so many musicians who are still doing this music being ignored because people assume they don’t exist anymore. Even though they are right on RUclips. Some people get very caught up on what’s playing on the air thinking that’s all there is or that somehow that music erases the appreciation for this music. Music tastes change and many people have a habit of hating newer music. I remember some of my Grandparents not liking THIS music because it was different than what they grew up with. Fortunately, you can find hundreds of genres now and pick whatever you want as someone is always playing the type of music people like from all eras of music. I met a 17 year old years ago who only liked music from the 1700s. Luckily you can find that too. It’s all out there and it’s still being played or influencing new music.
This was my everyday them song i would play in car i was sleeping in when homeless.. i now have a studio apartment.. i did not give up and i wanted to. Look at me now. Back in Tha Race.. Thats Life.. I Love U Frankie
Yes Well, another night to cry Baby, just cryin' over you Well, I've got another night to cry Another night to cry over you You hurt me so bad and so long And there's nothing I can do I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself Yes, I'm so in love with you And you know it, and I can't help myself You laugh at my face when I say, I love you And walk away with somebody else You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself You can't keep on hurtin' me Unless you get hurt yourself 'Cause your misusin' ways, baby Has drove me to somebody else Well, go on and have your fun Do anything you want to do Yes baby, go on and have your fun Do anything that you want to do 'Cause it's my last night to cry I'm really through with you
Quelle belle musique cela me rappelle mes années passées à mou pays avec des amis.toutes mes pensées vont à ceux qui sont plus avec nous .Merci Don Covay
If you really love this stuff, this video comes off a wonderful DVD, The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 As old-fashioned as this may sound, it's worth buying the DVD ....Unless you've got a hole in your soul, you will NOT be disappointed. The other volumes of that DVD are worth getting as well. RUclips is great, but consider supporting the folks who go to the trouble to produce this great art by buying what they created .... at least sometimes!
Gareth it’s readily available from Amazon. I bought all of the volumes years ago and can vouch they are brilliant. Probably my favourite blues shows, I watch them again and again.
I was born in the wrong era. What I wouldn’t give to listen to this live. But thankfully this masterpiece has blessed my ears, heart and soul. God bless you Lonnie ❤️🙏❤️
Lonnie Johnson was a true maestro and a peerless gentleman, for whom clarity was everything. Observe the guitar licks, sharp and clean as a straight razor, and his precise enunciation. He wasn't a howler or jive-talker. He was a stylist to the bone, and would not pander to any audience.
whatever focus I choose to take in life, I could only hope I have this premium of a hype nan...that intro was ART, a pedestal...a golden frame leading the ear to a masterpiece. *finger kiss* MUAH
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His singing is so incredible and it is amazing how effortlessly he make it look
That paired with his immaculate guitar playing puts him in a league of his own.
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
@@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц okay
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Old music> new music is so bad.
This is why i love youtube. So many musical gems and brilliant talented artists of the past who get little or no radio-play can be enjoyed by the many of us who crave real talent and artistry. Excellent.
We're lucky to even have what we do. The depression killed record sales. If the blues revival hadn't happened and hadn't been helped by the English bands of the 60s, we wouldn't be able to enjoy performances like this at all
Very very true!
Well said.
I agree with you, Eric.
Amen
Probably the most underrepresented father of modern guitar playing ever. He played jazz in the early 30s. He played with Eddie Lang and Joe Vanute. He played with Louis Armstrong.
This is my great grandfather and I’m JUST learning about him. Cool to see back in history.
@@TheJ2effectOne of the true
greats and by all accounts a
very fine gentleman
The much more often
celebrated Robert Johnson, a
more aggressive musician,
often claimed to be related to
him to impress people but
though a Delta Blues icon, the
two Lonnie imitations fall very short of the mark. The
old Blues and Jazz cats I jammed with (b.1910/1923)
told me : "Remember: you can't
beat a man at his own game!"
You must be proud to be related to such a giant. Tell
those who don't know him to
check out the man who inspired B.B. King. His early
stuff like Blues for the West
End Is sublime. 😮❤😊
@@TheJ2effect a real pleasure to MEET HIM if only if it is on THE TUBE ,,,A VERY SAD ENDING TO HIS LIFE,,,RIP
He also played with Duke Ellington in The Mooche and Hot and Bothered. 12 string guitar no less!!! Not to mention his duets with Eddie Lang. Dude was a menace
He's incredible. That was a special time in music. @@TheJ2effect
You know you’re about to see something special when Sonny boy Williamson, one of the best harmonica players ever, introduces someone.
I wouldn't have thought _you_ knew that, Mr. Churchill.
If he introduces YOU then you're not going to see something special, you're gonna do something special.
MALZZZZification Yeah the grammar didn’t make much sense but I fixed it.
how about Willie Dixon on Bass!!!!!!!
Right on Winston 😉thanks for letting me know 💜
Before my grandpa passed away he discovered RUclips. He told me how much he loved being able to jam out to his oldies in his living room❤️ he said, “can you believe I just saw Elvis and The Beatles on my screen, those younglings”☺️
That’s so sooo sweet. What a beautiful memory to have. God bless you & I hope your week goes amazing.
Aw, thanks for sharing that.
i often thought yt would have helped my Father thru healing
Yes
Well, another night to cry
Baby, just cryin' over you
Well, I've got another night to cry
Another night to cry over you
You hurt me so bad and so long
And there's nothing I can do
I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
Yes, I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
You laugh at my face when I say, I love you
And walk away with somebody else
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
'Cause your misusin' ways, baby
Has drove me to somebody else
Well, go on and have your fun
Do anything you want to do
Yes baby, go on and have your fun
Do anything that you want to do
'Cause it's my last night to cry
I'm really through with you
On the screen only? :(
I want this man announcing me every time I enter a room
😁😁😁😁😁
I hope this man announcing you when you enter at the heaven ....
@@Fred-nt8jq I'm 19 so hopefully that's a while from now 😂, but yeah, that would be nice
@@jasonrich4940 A blink of an eye.
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
I absolutely love this era of black culture.
What does color have to do with it? The is pure Americana.
@@Lets_Go_CanesC'mon
@@Lets_Go_Canes it’s more than just a color. it’s black American pride.
@@Derrty-DANCE sorry. My perspective is different. It is American Pride. Lonnie was a great musician. No more adjectives needed.
Back when blacks didn’t bring each other down
You might be cool but you'll never be as cool as Sonny Boy Willliamson doing that intro.😎
That is so true that cat was smooth as silk..
Yeah you're right. That dude was cool as December wind........
If you even try you'll end up being half as cool as you thought you were when you started..
he is cute
Until Lonnie comes out silky smooth and steals the show.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the epitome of style, class and genuine talent.
That is just pure sophisticated class and in my opinion a white man could sound close but never be as good as that ...........I'm a 51 year old white man for all the racists out there
This is downright surreal. The intro, the phantom vocal start, his playing, the camera cutting to the band, his abrupt finish, the all white audience in formal attire, the thank yous... I am baffled in the best possible way.
If Lynch did music videos...
Doesn't he though?
Trevor Robinsonoo
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It is a blues tour Iin England.
Lonnie paved the way for folks like BB King and Muddy Waters. Such a natural talent at both vocals and guitar. Makes it look so effortless.
I did hear a little BB King there...
Ive heard he was one of if not the first to play single note melodic solos, realising what would be possible on the electric guitar
It's amazing how you can come across a gem like this when you go down the RUclips rabbit hole.
The man in the beginning has the coolest walk
The man in the beginning is the coolest guy I've ever seen
And the bigest hand😂
Man makes ice melt just by a simple 'hello how are ya?'....
Great. What ist the name of this man in the beginning?
Sonny Boy Williamson
Lonnie was my first houseguest in London Ontario ( I bought a nice yellow brick home at 177 Central Av in 1966 $ 13,000 bucks) I think it was 1968 and Lonnie was the darling of the folk music set in Toronto. He was playing a very odd gig at a fleabitten old country/Western Bar. The audience was very unsure of what was happening on stage as Lonnie obviously had nothing in his repetoire to suit their tastes. The closest he could come was a number called "My Mother's Arms" (which he performed in every other set,I think. Noone there had any idea that this fellow was a living legend of the Jazz Guitar,having virtually invented it along with his friend Eddie Lang. Lonnie played with The Duke way back in '27
nice story glad you could share it thank you
mectron63 ... I agree ... I wish I could have been there for breakfast ... and hang out with a legend ...
Keith McMahon Stories like this are gold ! Thanks... you can see he is playing a really cheap Kay guitar.. which would probably shred the fingers of most of the players watching this !
Capt Larry
Kay, wow my first ever guitar was a Kay, bought it from a jumble sale for about £3 back in about 1985, I remember being surprised when I went to buy strings and they were more than I paid for the guitar :) it was an utter piece of shit, but I was so happy to have it :)
+zachary smith that is what Kay was famous for... utter POS.. but like all cheap guitars, if you work them over, and most poor players had to do it themselves... you got something you could play.. that was yours, and like nothing else. I had a string of Harmony guitars.. a cut up from silvertone or kay.. but not much... but we made those old boxes play... and damn if we didn't love 'em
Audience has no idea it's Willie Dixon on bass, Otis Spann at the piano...man!!!
Got to see Willie perform back in the 80's.
Well spotted! Love me some Otis.
Myshelf on the silver hammer organ
@@shailendrasingh2016 ~ Put down the bottle, SS.
How come you re sure they had no idea?
I'm impressed by the quality of the footage. Those are the wrinkles of a man who been hurt and has become wiser for it.
Lonnie Johnson is not just an incredible singer & songwriter, but watch how he plays his guitar... smooth and flawless. The mark of a true artist!
When he was soloing; i was wondering if Jimi really listened to him and was influenced; i see some similar tricks/style...
@@wheninroamful Jimi WAS influenced by him...at least indirectly through Albert King. When I interviewed Albert I asked him who his influences were. Lonnie Johnson was the first name he mentioned.
He's a 💎
his guitar is his air
Not a wasted move
Holy shit the reverb on the vocals!!!! Way ahead of it’s time!
Glad you noticed it; quality reverb over a beautiful voice.
This is an analog verb. Either spring 'verb or possibly a plate reverb. I know the plate verbs are usually used in a recording studio...springs are portable. They can be now, I don't know about then.
Can't get around that nice analog sound.
America turned a blind eye to this heritage, took brits to awake interest in it.
That's why I like listening to Indian old is gold pop music - same reverb vocal secret
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 100% thats a spring reverb no doubt. I'm so used to that sound.
Who is here in 2024 🥺❤️
Y muchos años mas que vendran, tenlo asegurado amigo.
Me🔥🔥🔥🎧❣️
Here we are!
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I just love the introduction
Yes
Well, another night to cry
Baby, just cryin' over you
Well, I've got another night to cry
Another night to cry over you
You hurt me so bad and so long
And there's nothing I can do
I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
Yes, I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
You laugh at my face when I say, I love you
And walk away with somebody else
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
'Cause your misusin' ways, baby
Has drove me to somebody else
Well, go on and have your fun
Do anything you want to do
Yes baby, go on and have your fun
Do anything that you want to do
'Cause it's my last night to cry
I'm really through with you
I think he said "I'm really true with you" not "through"
@@marimyasser7854 Right? "I'm so in love with you, "I'm through with you?" WTF? Maybe a person who has been messed with.
@@marimyasser7854 Thank you. That makes a lot more sense.
@@marimyasser7854 Nah he said "I'm through with you"
Good, but you spelled 'hurt' wrong. It is clearly spelled 'hoyt'.
54 years old and still blown away by how much American music is rooted in songs by poor Black folk about just trying to survive. Yet, at the same time, the songs speak to a universal human experience.
Music has been always the universal connection between humans.
Thank God for the state of Kentucky: the origin of all blues, jazz and rap music. Ernest Hogan.
❤ hence the term music soothes the Savage beast
@TonyS-i1e when you have nothing , a guitar and and honest heart can bring you millions , sadly back in the day these superstars gigged just 2 pay rent
I'm 50yr old and never went hungry because of my beautiful dad and his side job
It should have been his main job such a talented musician with a voice that could reach the heaven's and a childhood worthy of the blue's xxx
He was offered a scholarship in music in the 60's but chose too help out at home on the farms too feed his sibling's
I miss him so much , but my love for all music is thanks to him xxx
Man, when Lonnie first opened his mouth to sing..that voice is something else.
That's sonny boy doing the introductions and the amazing Lonnie Johnson on guitar jeeeezzzz I'm in Heaven music History Right Here ! Thank You !!😊
I thought that was Sonny Boy. I was just listening to this incredible song and it hit me, that sounded like Sonny doing the intro!😂
sonny boy was on the h
@@sinkincones8130that never stopped anyone. 😎
Is that who I think it is on piano and bass?
@@muddywolfking dixon and perkins
Otis Spann on Piano, Willie Dixon on Bass, Fred Below on Drums- Some of the best in the Chess Records Stable!
Actually it's Billy Stepney I think on drums. Still top drum work though!
Clifton James on drums, not Fred Below
Damn what a lineup!
Blues royalty! Lonnie Johnson is one of those artists that bridge blues and jazz, I believe.
I think that the first recording I heard from him was blues FIDDLE... from the 1920s ^..^
The raw beauty of the real deal when music was pure!
Real music by real people. Unforgettable. Thank you Mr. Johnson and RUclips.
C'est pas de la simple musique mais une détresse des gens qui portent en eux une grande souffrance qu'ils essayent autant que peu de traduire avec une guitare.
C'est un appel à l'aide d'homme brisé sans aucune identité culturelle quelconque et qui ont été parachuté dans un monde sans monde d'emploi pour pouvoir s'intégrer.
This song is as smooth as silk.
What a wonderful voice.
Sonny Boy Williamson is the definition of cool. And there's nothing, absolutely nothing you can do about it.
El presentador quien es?. El abuelo de Eric Gale??
Damn right
@@sixtobuschiazzo8391 , hermano el presentador es el gran Sony Boy Williamson, maestro de la armónica, busca sus videos es formidable!
Sonny boy one of the greatest
Thanks, I was wondering who the presenter was.
I'm Brazilian and I love this musical style, I would love to play guitar like him
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
grab a guitar and check out some blues licks on youtube i bet youll find they are easier than you think!
@@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц is this where you think the Muricans are hanging out? Lol In the comment section of Bluesmen? 🤣🤣 Try Ben Shapiros channel...you'll find what you're looking for there.
@@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц you are a troll and a fool.
Blues is simultaneously super easy and unbelievably complex, there’s no way any one person could master all of the styles of blues. Don't let that discourage you though, look up some basic tutorials, you'll get a good starting point, but it's up to you to make it your own
This man is more talented than 99% of main streem music today.
01:50 that vocal opening is so chilling and perfectly delivered. What artist wouldn't kill to open every set with an effect like that
Yes
Well, another night to cry
Baby, just cryin' over you
Well, I've got another night to cry
Another night to cry over you
You hurt me so bad and so long
And there's nothing I can do
I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
Yes, I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
You laugh at my face when I say, I love you
And walk away with somebody else
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
'Cause your misusin' ways, baby
Has drove me to somebody else
Well, go on and have your fun
Do anything you want to do
Yes baby, go on and have your fun
Do anything that you want to do
'Cause it's my last night to cry
I'm really through with you
Dude no kidding I had to repeat that a couple time. I like to think it was a happy accident that the engineer had the EMT 140 reverb tank cranked and quickly cut it down with perfect execution
love it too
@Eimalokoeto Sonny Boy Williamson
😂I can't believe I really thought am the only one who fell in love with this opening,
Lonnie Johnson was the father of virtually all modern blues, rock and jazz guitar, way of soloing, single lines and all. He recorded With Louis Armstrong in the twenties, toured with Bessie Smith and a lot of other stars, influenced Django, Charlie Christian, T-bne Walker, Robert Johnson... in his early records Elvis Presley imitated his way of singing and took a lot of his gestures, inflections, vibrato...
Respect.
First to use a pick too.I think
That might be Eddie land.. not sure
Lang
One of the songs Elvis recorded at SUN records but never released was a version of Lonnie Johnson's original "Tomorrow Night" - you could tell that Elvis heard Johnson's version when he lived in the Lauderdale Courts in Memphis as a young man.
man i love the way Sonny Boy talks!!! :D he is fackin drippin with swag :D
it helps when ya drink moonshine at 900am,,Rice played rough and it worked him over
I love the cat too, but he's dripping all right... From hard( and I do mean HARD...) liquor and drugs.. but how can ya blame the cat, man..he lived a hard life and went through/ put up with things it we could never imagine...
@@stephaniecarr6984 yah ....slavery and segregation a life in servitude will do that to ya ! ..i myself a 53 yr old australian ..just realized that i could NOT have made the music i make today in my 20s as i had not lived enough ...the sad part is that its the kicks a musician gets that can make him more profound .
Yet , its the kicks that destroy us .
Whilst i had none of his problems ...its all relative..when i see people half as competent / kind / respectful as me getting so much more ....i try not to be bitter , but its hard to take sometimes ...till i realize, hell yeh , ..i have been abandoned as a child , physically abused (all the ways ) ripped off and suffered ...i finally realized a white boy down the end of the earth can be just as much a bluesman ...which i define as !@#$ you....keep beating me - i"m gettin up everytime ...and come back harder at you (metaphor you understand )
Nothing drips better than bad choices rung out over 40 years
today is not yesterday you my sir need to self educate
"When I mean Soul, I mean Soul"
😈
Ahah lol not everyone can afford to be introduced by Sir Sonny Boy Williamson II :D
It's right
Tha ol’ G’s soul was hiiiiigggghhhhhhhhh
Not to be confused with uhm soul music
a smooth cigar, a rockin chair, and some smooth lonnie music!!! 2024 blues is still one of the best sounding music, out there.
That anouncer is the smoothest cat around
Sonny Boy Williamson
II
he was a crook
@@bassreeves2410 damn straight, he steals my attention whenever he hits that harmonica
moon cat lol
his voice sounds just as beautiful and smooth as his guitar playing. Lonnie, guitar and soul all melt together.
also the boring crowd doesnt deseve him.
Hello nice meeting you
@@SP-mf9sh absolutely❤❤😊
An amazing smooth voice and great guitar playing too = awesome!
A truly amazing artist and showman. It was so stragic he was hit by a car in my town Toronto, was badly injured and his life was cut short by it. Can hear Chuck Berry in his playing who got it from T-Bone Walker who was a disciple of Lonnie.
I must join the rows, appreciating the looking at a performance of this true god father of modern blues. Been listening to it for years, now there's more than the sleeve of a LP record..
Good night you all !!
I love that he can't help himself to play...he just starts right away.
Had surgery 3 days ago..hearing this...I KNOW IM STILL ALIVE..and so happy now toi
With Goddess speedy recovery
My Dad pass away in November if 2023 and looking this giving me sweet remembering of him play the guitar 🎸 😢he use to play like this!!!! And he play in gospel quartet music gospel. The name of the group was called the Cumberland Rivers in the other group he used to play with was called Slim and The Morning Echoes. He had a special way of playing his guitars he was like an old style playing the Blues I'm listening to how to use the play is guitar in I'm thinking now that he used to play it just like the blues players but I believe he told me that somebody when he was younger talking about to play a good time when he was younger and the way he played it is like John Lee Hooker. That's how my father used to play the guitar when I was growing up . I remember when we used to go to my uncle's house and he used to have cookouts at his house. The kids have to go down in the basement in a grown-ups be upstairs. And they used to play the blues all night long. And when my cousin was asleep they used to wake him up to see him dancing to the funky chicken or whatever it was crazy they are working out of his sleep and they would brag about their son know how to dance and they will wake him out of his sleep to make him dance do funky chicken or whatever it was crazy . Now Father's Day is coming up and I feel some type of way.😢 but listening to the Blues bring black good memories of my father.😢😢😢😢😢
WOW, MAN, THIS IS MUSIC FOR REAL!
Sonny Boy is an amazing artist in his own right on harmonica, love his voice too, unique and unforgettable! God bless these amazing Blues players gone but not forgotten. Our broken world needs them to return and teach today's lost youth what real music and artistry truly is.
Good morning 🌞 Wishing you a blessed day.
What a starry night, Willy Dixon, Ottis Spann, and the real one and only Sonny boy Williamson to introduce Lonnie... WOW ❤️!
Who's on the drums?
I from El Salvador 🇸🇻 but I really love classic music for USA! I’m 36 years old but I really like this music
It's so nice and amazing wearing your headphones and listen to these amazing blues guitarrists 🫵🏻
Hallo, diese Stimme habe ich vorher noch nicht gehört. Absolut. Ganz toll. Soll in die Welt getragen werden.❤❤❤
Rock and roll owes its legacy to pioneers like this
Lonnie Johnson was not only a virtuoso guitar player, who could play blues, ballads, and Jazz, but he was a wonderful singer. What a great voice! Notice that the many clips from this broadcast have the great Willie Dixon playing bass with most of these performers.
I love that comment about how good a singer Lonnie Johnson was. I read a jazz book that claimed he was some king of weak singer and I couldn't disagree with that more.
WHO,S DRUMMIN ?
@@fredfinley4231 I did some research and there were two drummers listed for these blues festivals in Germany. One was Clifton James, and the other is Armand "Jump" Jackson. Pictures of either drummer do not look like the guy in the video. But his sunglasses make it hard to match him, plus he is only shown in profile.
@@soupbonep Bill Stepney
@@fredfinley4231 How did u find that info?
What a Great Musician, man that’s just wicked wicked bad ass!!! PAPA LIKEY!!!
This is simple guitar playing for today's fretboard wizards. They can copy the licks easily. The only thing they can't do is play them with conviction, and that is why people still listen to Lonnie Johnson.
I know what you mean is a positive response to the music but I just wanted to reiterate that making people feel an emotion is not as easy as copying licks and running all around the fretboard. It is to choose notes which have relevance to the mood and the message you're trying to push through.
Also nowadays, if you look at pop music, it isn't as musically rich as this. There are changes, movements, a simple story, and man hear that piano in the background and the walking bassline.
For a songwriter today to make this music, well I think they would have to hear his music.
This is seamless integration of so many different elements, and also musically different stuff on the different instruments.
BINGO
This was simple guitar playing for Lonnie Johnson. He was an accomplished jazz guitarist who played with Duke Ellington Eddie Lang Louis Armstrong and King Oliver.
Remember each generation of musicians can draw upon the knowledge of previous generations.
@@MrSkeeja He was certainly ahead of his time. His sessions with the hot fives and sevens are amazing. A true prototype to modern day soloing. Would’ve loved to see Louis And Lonnie make a blues only record.
@@carlosescalante1080 ruclips.net/video/DiNzXslovVk/видео.html
This is what you want.
Holy cow, the sound is freaking killer! Dude is living proof that a sterile guitar sounds fantastic if the guy behind it knows how to play!
preach
Well...it was Lonnie Johnson...
Nothing sterile about it. It's warm and pure, sounds like a real guitar.
Exactly! Sterile? Did you mean, clean?
The sound man back than knew what they were doin.
His face looks so peaceful while a powerful and strong voice comes from his mouth, amazing.
Creo que soy de los pocos que hablan español en éstos comentarios, esta canción me encanta por la gran interpretación
Maravilloso
Totalmente de acuerdo es fascinante la interpretación.
Nah, seen lots of Spanish comments on here, as well as Portuguese (I think) I can’t tell if it’s Portuguese.
Ya la he oído3 veces seguidas. Maravilloso.
Hombre de buen gustos
When this dude announces you ... you must be a legend!
Listen to that snare accent after he sings "I'm so in love with you" the second time. Floors me.
I love these old blues guys.everyday was a challenge and they still kept american music alive
Gosh damn !!!! Those were the days!!!! Absolutely Beautiful!!!!
Hello!!! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan... Stay Safe!
2019, Anyone?
The moment you realize their won't ever be music like this, ever.
Hola comoleva
@@juanbitiol9780 hola, bien gracias.
maybe, one day, they will return
@Brian Haney wait, what? whats is so stupid?
Cómoestábuenhombre?
Ladies & gents, the man who all but invented the guitar solo. Got chills when he started singing.
Yes...the most unsung of all the masters.
I thought it was Charlie Christian
no Charlie Christian's Idol!!
Charlie Christian and a small handful of others created the idiom of electric guitar in jazz. Aaron "T-Bone" Walker and Lonnie Johnson helped create the electric blues side of the house. The man - Johnson - was a real pioneer who probably didn't get recognized during his lifetime as the real giant of music he was.
And Eddie Lang of course.
What a voice! 1st tenor for sure. He got that Ray Charles sound and vocal range.
If Sonny Man Williamson is introducing you with such passion, you gonna know you’re doing just weelll.
Great intro from the lad, himself....
Boy
the host's movements and facial expressions impressed me as much as the beauty of the song. I felt like I was at the Oscar ceremony.
Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson II !
@@harryduck1 thanks bro for information
By now, I must have watched this video of the legendary Lonnie Johnson over 100 times, and STILL learn some new guitar licks with each viewing. Lonnie has no equal when it comes to the real, deep blues. He influenced everyone from T-Bone Walker to B.B. King in both his singing AND guitar style! There will never be another one like him...a true blues man!
Third artist today that ive never heard kf anf the onkynine worth the listen really
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
Adoro il blues 💖nell'adolescenza avevo un grande amico bluesman e ad ogni concerto lo seguivo ed ero sempre a casa sua ad ascoltarlo anche mentre suonava sul cesso😅Tito bluesman Grazie dal più profondo del mio cuore.💖I love blues💖
i love the blues, but i go long periods sometimes between listening... and then i hear something like this and it strikes me inside like it's a new revelation of beauty... damn i love the blues.
Man fuckin same ✊🏽
RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.
me too !
It's nice to be in the company of people who appreciate real music.
These classic blues players were/still are real musicians. Such a joy to hear them play music that is genuine and not garbage like way too much they plan on the air today. We need to bring an era back that respects and remembers music like this.
@@andrewlowe9969whats so sad is i see so many musicians who are still doing this music being ignored because people assume they don’t exist anymore. Even though they are right on RUclips. Some people get very caught up on what’s playing on the air thinking that’s all there is or that somehow that music erases the appreciation for this music. Music tastes change and many people have a habit of hating newer music. I remember some of my Grandparents not liking THIS music because it was different than what they grew up with. Fortunately, you can find hundreds of genres now and pick whatever you want as someone is always playing the type of music people like from all eras of music. I met a 17 year old years ago who only liked music from the 1700s. Luckily you can find that too. It’s all out there and it’s still being played or influencing new music.
60 years later and we are all still working that 1-4-5 . Awesome performance
So thankful my father taught me to listen and love the blues! I’ve been going through some hard times. As a Veteran, they uplift my spirit..
God bless you ❤
The one thing I like about RUclips is all the gems you might discover as you mindlessly search around. This video is a perfect example.
Legend. Another Night to Cry. Hot damn what a song. Love the way he approaches the instrument.
Moon landing? Sure. But of all human achievements, without a doubt, RUclips is the greatest, by far and away.
This was my everyday them song i would play in car i was sleeping in when homeless.. i now have a studio apartment.. i did not give up and i wanted to. Look at me now. Back in Tha Race.. Thats Life.. I Love U Frankie
That’s life and ya can’t deny it.
Thank you kind sir ❤. I feel this every single day, and every night. All soul.
No autotune , that is what makes this a gem masterpiece
It was a masterpiece before autotune was a twinkle in the oil finding software designers eye
Yes
Well, another night to cry
Baby, just cryin' over you
Well, I've got another night to cry
Another night to cry over you
You hurt me so bad and so long
And there's nothing I can do
I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
Yes, I'm so in love with you
And you know it, and I can't help myself
You laugh at my face when I say, I love you
And walk away with somebody else
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
You can't keep on hurtin' me
Unless you get hurt yourself
'Cause your misusin' ways, baby
Has drove me to somebody else
Well, go on and have your fun
Do anything you want to do
Yes baby, go on and have your fun
Do anything that you want to do
'Cause it's my last night to cry
I'm really through with you
singers like BB King & Little Richard would stand a foot or two back from the microphone
real skill
people of this age were so damn golden, in music, speech, attire and everything.
As soon as he started stroking that guitar I hit the like button! Blues speaks to me!
Its April 29 2024, but at this moment. I'm back in time. Simply listening, good music.
This is REAL Blues done the right way. REAL BLUES POWER!!! LIKE the immortal Brownie McGhee once said, BLUES IS TRUTH!!! YOU JUST HEARD SOME!!!🎸🎶💙
I'm throroughly surprised at how awesome this quality is. I've never heard a live performance be better than a recorded performance. This is top tier.
sHUT UP MORON MY SCROTE HAIRS NEED PLUCKING
Quelle belle musique cela me rappelle mes années passées à mou pays avec des amis.toutes mes pensées vont à ceux qui sont plus avec nous .Merci Don Covay
If you really love this stuff, this video comes off a wonderful DVD, The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 As old-fashioned as this may sound, it's worth buying the DVD ....Unless you've got a hole in your soul, you will NOT be disappointed. The other volumes of that DVD are worth getting as well. RUclips is great, but consider supporting the folks who go to the trouble to produce this great art by buying what they created .... at least sometimes!
Where can you buy it? Been looking everywhere
@@gareth4157 You can find Lonnie and other great blues musicians at Amazon or any good cd store.
Appreciate it.
Gareth it’s readily available from Amazon. I bought all of the volumes years ago and can vouch they are brilliant. Probably my favourite blues shows, I watch them again and again.
What a natural!
Isto é uma obra de arte ,que voz maravilhosa 🤙👏
I've been a blues freak. See BB and buddy guy and great SRV. But this guy is brilliant
sonny boys voice is so calming, peaceful and comforting omg
One of the most underrated guitar players ever lived the great Lonnie Johnson a forgotten bluesmaster!!
The DEFINITION OF COOL. Everywhere you look and listen here, from start to finish.
dreamtimej he probably invented cool. Born 1899.
His guitar sounds it's so unique and wonderful.
I was born in the wrong era. What I wouldn’t give to listen to this live. But thankfully this masterpiece has blessed my ears, heart and soul. God bless you Lonnie ❤️🙏❤️
Same here definitely born in the wrong era.
I was born in the right place - Louisiana - but the wrong decade and the wrong color. 😂😂
@@plenaryverbalist well 1 out of three isn’t bad 🤣
Lonnie Johnson was a true maestro and a peerless gentleman, for whom clarity was everything. Observe the guitar licks, sharp and clean as a straight razor, and his precise enunciation. He wasn't a howler or jive-talker. He was a stylist to the bone, and would not pander to any audience.
Don't let me forget this music...
He makes it appear effortless with a surprise ending-->😮
Que mistura de sensações senhores, fino, fino, fino👌🍷🗿
And then came fuzz and distortion.
Those Old Gee licks set the blue print for both Rock and Metal.
One pioneering legend of the blues introducing another original pioneer of the blues. Absolutely amazing. ❤
Sounds beautiful, his voice is too good
whatever focus I choose to take in life, I could only hope I have this premium of a hype nan...that intro was ART, a pedestal...a golden frame leading the ear to a masterpiece. *finger kiss* MUAH
HYPE **MAN yooooou know what I mean. be the HYPEMAN for your local purveyors of harmonious artistic decadence.
B u y A r t