Facinating story, Blind Blake should be cherished by the American people, so sad that we have to be searching for grave sites decades after these great blues artists have gone, good work, and thanks for posting.
I'm in the UK. I love this mans music. I play guitar and love trying to learn his amazing songs. He's one of my all time heros. Well done for finding the final resting place of this musical genius. He may not be honoured in his own country but he is by blues fans the world over. If you're passing put something on his grave on my behalf.
Wonderful, sad, moving story. Blind Blake was a simply astounding, master musician, who has never been equalled in his field. He should be celebrated and respected in his own country.
He deserves a posthumous medal of honour, surely...America, he is the best guitarist you've produced so far, if you doubt it, try playing his tunes with the zip and pizazz that he played them, his fingers jiving over the strings... thanks for recording some great songs and to youse who found his grave thanks so much.
God bless you for documenting American history. I’m 33 years old and I wish more people my age took the time to learn about the history of Blues , Country , and Jazz
Thanks for sharing some important history. Blind Blake was the master fingerstyle guitar player of his time and his music has influenced thousands of players. If only he could know that. We all owe him a debt of gratitude.
Rip 🙏 🕊 legend he is ! Thank you 😊 for doing this for him and your awesome for reminding us this us our history and roots!the Blues and Americana culture
Thank you for your service of spreading love, kindness, honor, respect, and education of our history. This music was for the People… if you know you know.
Has anyone else noticed that the photos of old bluesmen are generally signed in the same handwriting. My guess is that someone was using these in a publication or advert and wanted to create the impression that they were given to them personally...
Gary Davis said he heard that Blake had been killed by a street car in about 1930, also that Blake was the best that ever done it. Thanks for this! Crumb should add you two to his Hero’s of the Blues! Thanks again, been stunned by Blake for over 50 years
very interesting , well done ,but tell me please “ how come guys like paul oliver or the great record collectors from the 60s and players alike ,how come nobody found this before ,what i mean is ,lots of people tried to find records of Blakes demise decades ago ,howcome they didnt find his death cert papers please ?” im baffled ,
Do you know the location of Robert Johnson's gravesite ? There are many different rumored places, but I have never heard of any proof. Can you please take a look ? Thanks.🙏
I've been to 2 Robert Johnson graves. One is at a church on the edge of a cotton field with an elaborate 4 sided tombstone; the other is in an unmarked grave at a different church. The unmarked grave is most likely the real one; validated by the wife of the pastor at the time who also was a local mortician. The story goes Johnson had been poisoned by the husband of a girlfriend and he died and his body was taken to the pastor. As he prepped the body she walked in and asked if that was "That blues man" to which her husband said yes.
@@teresajohnson142 That's pretty cool information, Thanks. But WHERE were the sites ? Oh..... And Any relation ? Just kidding. You know, because your name is Johnson annnnd his name is Johnson.
@@c.blakerockhart1128 both were around Clarksdale Mississippi out of the town. My traveling companion bought a book that told where everyone that was anyone in the delta blues circuit was buried as well as places of note in the area. We spent 2 weeks paying respects to the likes of Memphis Minnie, Charlie Patton, Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson 1), Albert King, Frank Frost, Sonny Boy Williamson 2 etc. Also checked out the legendary Airport Grocery and loads of awesome places. I highly recommend every blues lover take a similar trip. And if you decide to go down there try to book a shack at Hopson plantation A.K.A the Shack Up Inn.
@@teresajohnson142 That's some tour you did there. I may have to Actually do that with my wife. She isn't exactly a "Blues Fan", but she Did take me to see BB KING at his club for our anniversary several years ago. We used to take a cruise every year but then that crap happened. We would sometimes leave from New Orleans. So if we do that again, we may just make a detour while in Mississippi. We live in Alabama so technically it IS on the way.😏 Thank you for the reply. Have A BLESSED DAY CUZ. 😎🇺🇸
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"People in society need to honour musicians more." Absolutely! Big thanks to you all for doing this.
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Facinating story, Blind Blake should be cherished by the American people, so sad that we have to be searching for grave sites decades after these great blues artists have gone, good work, and thanks for posting.
I'm in the UK. I love this mans music. I play guitar and love trying to learn his amazing songs. He's one of my all time heros. Well done for finding the final resting place of this musical genius. He may not be honoured in his own country but he is by blues fans the world over. If you're passing put something on his grave on my behalf.
I've loved his music for 40+ years - as you say, he deserves honour and respect. RIP Arthur "Blind" Blake
Wonderful, sad, moving story. Blind Blake was a simply astounding, master musician, who has never been equalled in his field. He should be celebrated and respected in his own country.
So important to honour musicians like Blind Blake. Good job.
He Should be honoured
He was amazing
He deserves a posthumous medal of honour, surely...America, he is the best guitarist you've produced so far, if you doubt it, try playing his tunes with the zip and pizazz that he played them, his fingers jiving over the strings... thanks for recording some great songs and to youse who found his grave thanks so much.
Wow I’m blown away. You’re a hero for doing this for Blind Blake. I’ll add making the pilgrimage to my bucket list
God bless you for documenting American history. I’m 33 years old and I wish more people my age took the time to learn about the history of Blues , Country , and Jazz
You are what I would call "GOOD PEOPLE " .😎🇺🇸
Thanks for sharing some important history. Blind Blake was the master fingerstyle guitar player of his time and his music has influenced thousands of players. If only he could know that. We all owe him a debt of gratitude.
Stories are everything.
Good work....the man will live on.
Rip 🙏 🕊 legend he is ! Thank you 😊 for doing this for him and your awesome for reminding us this us our history and roots!the Blues and Americana culture
Thank you so much for posting this
for years this picture of Blake has been on my pc on start up. Love it.
Thank you for what you've done!
This makes me want to cry
Thank you
Thank you for your service of spreading love, kindness, honor, respect, and education of our history. This music was for the People… if you know you know.
Totally awesome. Thank you for sharing this info!
Thank you for your respect and gratitude towards this fallen Icon! You are an example of what class is all about!!
thanks for watching and please share.
Wow! great stuff, I'm lost for words, his music along with his contemporaries was the reason that I started to play, thank you for this video
Amazing find , my favourite is Blind Blake I have every record
Thank you so much for doing this!
Thank you! Somehow brings closure to story of Blind Blake. It was always sad to hear nobody knew what happened to him.
Nice work!
Thank you for this post.
Thx Angie.
Amazing, I will visit one day! Thanks a bunch
Police dog blues is my favorite
Has anyone else noticed that the photos of old bluesmen are generally signed in the same handwriting. My guess is that someone was using these in a publication or advert and wanted to create the impression that they were given to them personally...
basically an ad with the artists name on it and u couldnt even use adblock back then 🤣
@Angie Mack excellent video!!
Great! I had a Blind Blake record album in the 1970's whe l was a teenager! Where is the cemetery located?
Well done
❤
Gary Davis said he heard that Blake had been killed by a street car in about 1930, also that Blake was the best that ever done it. Thanks for this! Crumb should add you two to his Hero’s of the Blues! Thanks again, been stunned by Blake for over 50 years
next time you are there, ask him if he ever found out what diddie wa diddie means
very interesting , well done ,but tell me please “ how come guys like paul oliver or the great record collectors from the 60s and players alike ,how come nobody found this before ,what i mean is ,lots of people tried to find records of Blakes demise decades ago ,howcome they didnt find his death cert papers please ?” im baffled ,
Jack Reacher sent me on this hunt.
Do you know the location of Robert Johnson's gravesite ? There are many different rumored places, but I have never heard of any proof. Can you please take a look ? Thanks.🙏
I've been to 2 Robert Johnson graves. One is at a church on the edge of a cotton field with an elaborate 4 sided tombstone; the other is in an unmarked grave at a different church. The unmarked grave is most likely the real one; validated by the wife of the pastor at the time who also was a local mortician. The story goes Johnson had been poisoned by the husband of a girlfriend and he died and his body was taken to the pastor. As he prepped the body she walked in and asked if that was "That blues man" to which her husband said yes.
@@teresajohnson142 That's pretty cool information, Thanks. But WHERE were the sites ? Oh..... And Any relation ? Just kidding. You know, because your name is Johnson annnnd his name is Johnson.
@@c.blakerockhart1128 both were around Clarksdale Mississippi out of the town. My traveling companion bought a book that told where everyone that was anyone in the delta blues circuit was buried as well as places of note in the area. We spent 2 weeks paying respects to the likes of Memphis Minnie, Charlie Patton, Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson 1), Albert King, Frank Frost, Sonny Boy Williamson 2 etc. Also checked out the legendary Airport Grocery and loads of awesome places. I highly recommend every blues lover take a similar trip. And if you decide to go down there try to book a shack at Hopson plantation A.K.A the Shack Up Inn.
@@c.blakerockhart1128 LOL if you wanna be technical we are ALL related 😁
@@teresajohnson142 That's some tour you did there. I may have to Actually do that with my wife. She isn't exactly a "Blues Fan", but she Did take me to see BB KING at his club for our anniversary several years ago. We used to take a cruise every year but then that crap happened. We would sometimes leave from New Orleans. So if we do that again, we may just make a detour while in Mississippi. We live in Alabama so technically it IS on the way.😏
Thank you for the reply. Have A BLESSED DAY CUZ. 😎🇺🇸
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