I borrowed this comment when I shared on FB, gave U the credit though, I do not own the rites to these jokes they are a gift from the U n I verse and we are so blessed....
I won tickets to see him off a local radio show.. I had never seen or heard him before, so you can believe my surprise when this small statured man with the tightest fitting wu-tang shirt and cowboy boots comes on stage all by himself.. Then proceeds to let out the most powerful sounding solo performance I've ever heard! Been a die hard ever since.
Shaun, you reminded me of having a 56k modem in 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya and DESPERATELY trying to load Muse albums and individual songs while exploring the world for the first time, and reading the Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy. Cheers, mate. Happy memories!
I'm 75 years old (or will be on 12/31) and I've never heard or seen anything that comes close to the greatness of this man's talent. I am forever grateful to Amazon Prime Music for turning me on to Shakey Graves, which, after googling him, brought me to this amazing video. Thank-you Shakey for rocking my musical world. I can't get enought of you!
Wow what a trip this is...Shakey graves is the shit, so Im playing this tune,before the ball drops this yr just now,and see you as an older gentleman,loving this music.... Then I see you are a NYE baby!! Happy birthday brother and never lose the ability to seek out new music/art. As an older guy myself, I love my classics, but try to discover new stuff as well.
Might be the greatest live recording of a solo performance I've ever seen. Even 10 years later and I find myself watching this every few weeks. Majestic.
me too. came up on a random YT mix list. good shit rite here. ppl are wild w/their talents. and i just gotta add that if nothing else, tik tok is def good for turning us on to music we mite never otherwise hear (not this one, but it's brought me to other artists before)
Seriously. I was listening to Broken Bones by Kaleo and browsing related videos and this showed up... damn, just why did this take me so long to find???
Dude his stage presence is impeccable same with another local Minneapolis artist named Dem Atlas (totally different kind of music but they remind me of each other) check out Perfect Day by Dem Atlas when you get a chance and if you’re ever able to see him live… Go. You won’t regret it. Cheers ✌🏼
His studio made stuff sounds… off to me. He sounds so good raw and playing acoustic. I really can’t get enough of his performances, then I look his stuff up on Spotify and it didn’t hit home the same.
I just spent 29 days in the hospital with less of a 10% chance of living. I was supposed to hear your music. Thank you and keep doing what you're doing cause you are awesome!
Docs are like weather men.... they know nothing, and tell you what they think. Quite often, both are wrong. Trust Jesus. He's coming to take his ppl very soon
@@d-eftones how can you not? Everything came out of Jesus and is going back to him, for better or worse. He made all things by himself, thru himself and for himself. He lived as flesh amongst us, tempted in every way and remaining sinless. He gave his perfect life as the sacrifice God requires for the sin of the world. He whipped Satan's butt, freed the captives from Hell and rose again on the 3rd day. He walked and taught 40 more days, then ascended in clouds up to his Father. He's coming back the same way he left, but before then he will appear and shine God's light in the clouds over Jerusalem near midnight, and every eye will see it. It'll happen when light returns to Hanukkah full moon, to fulfill the prophecy in Amos. God promised Israel that he will ruin their feasts, and he will, right at their focal point. He's gonna show me that they worship the wrong light. They still won't get it, and will fall for antiChrist lies for awhile, til he shows his true face anominates desolation. Then they'll run thru the desert to the caves in megiddo. The earth will swallow up the armies that chase them. Jesus doesn't want us to have religion. We all do things religiously. Jesus wants a personal relationship with you. Talk to him. Let it all up. Then he still and listen to what he tells you. We have to be still and KNOW that he is God. We have to quiet our minds and just worship. Love him like a young boy loves his daddy.
OK so, weird returning fan here after searching my favorites, trying to find something to bring me back down to earth, and I found this fucking BANGER. This deserves so many more listens than it's gotten, and by listens I mean views. Shakey Graves is a goat and his shit slaps.
Oh yeah, well so it goes Yeah so it goes Oh that sweet heirloom Them abbey stones Yeah, let's take a chance and roll the bones Go crash that car Unplug your phone Yeah and sell your belongings All your clever drawings try to make a dollar From the grave Yeah and sell them belongings All them clever drawings try to make a dollar From the grave But whose to blame Well so it goes Oh so it goes Them city boys in country clothes Oh let's take a chance and roll the bones Go crash that car Unplug their phone Yeah try to forget all them enemies and debts They'll just chase you round and give you sour dreams Yeah, try to forget all them enemies and debts So they'll just chase you around and give you sour dreams Yeah so it seems Yeah so struggle all you like Yeah put up the good fight They say that someday everybody dies alone Yeah struggle all you like Put up the good fight They say that someday everybody dies alone Oh but I say who really knows But hey Who knows Yeah hey who knows Yeah hey who really knows
I played this for my baby brother a lot his last year here. Monday will be one trip around the sun without Billy. At times he wouldn't move or talk for hours, just sit motionless and stare, but this song always got hit foot tapping
Went to see Shakey Graves when he was in Toronto not too long ago. About an hour before the concert my wife and I ran into him in a store. We got our picture taken with him. He was generous with his time and an absolute gentleman. And the concert was great too.
Audiotreetv haha, right on cue with that one. *or savvy marketing (kidding). This guy is a rad performer though, and this is a great session. Dying to see him live.
yeah. I heard some of his studio recorded stuff, but it lacks the raw abidance that his "live" sessions have. The livelier stuff is so haunting with that distorted guitar and just overall "grittiness" puts me right in the zone. I'll probably buy the this Audio Tree session and any other independent session similar to it before I progress to buying actual studio albums.
If I may offer a counterpoint; Radio is where music goes to die. As something gets played for it's popularity, it creates a pressure on the artist to conform. To stay popular, you have to linearize your sound. God forbid a popular artist drastically changes their tone/sound. By staying 'under the radar' artists are allowed to remain in their own zone, and do as they please. Plus, Radio is for 'easy-listening'. These guys benefit from energy, improvisation, and energy. I would be willing to bet these guys love playing live for their fans, more than anything else. You don't get that if you get played on the Radio. Which is more than anything the reason for Radio is dying out, it's not challenging people to listen. Music is never dead, live instrumentation might be on a decline, but if you dig around on the Internet, plenty of it is there. Perhaps you can look away from the Radio as a source of new tunes moving forward?
I disagree, although this is probably true for most cases there are always exceptions to the rule. I learned about this, as well as many great artists, through public radio. KEXP seems to have some great, atypical artists as well.
This man's talent is not yet fully recognized. This is extraordinary artistic self expression. His music is full of soul and emotional content unlike most artist.
This made me buy a guitar amps and a microphone yesterday. I’m building the suitcase drum kit today with my dad. I’m going to spend as long as it takes to learn how to play this perfect and then I’ll play it til i die lol. This is the best thing I’ve literally ever seen. This preformance is literally setting me down a mildly different life path lol. Thank you Mr Graves
@@there_may_be_a_fire7888 good! My fingers hurt but I enjoy practicing actually. I’m learning the cage system currently. The finger styling of this song is insanely hard ha. I can sorta play some of “teenagers” by my chemical romance. It’s not “on time” but I’m getting the notes down. I’ll probably post a video at some point of my progress. It’s fun just fucking around with. I heard it takes like 6 months for my fingers to even get used to it. I have a few friends who play and they’ve been cool about teaching me stuff. Thanks for asking :)
always wind up back here at this one video of him. the rawness and the power in this one is just unmatched none of his official streaming music can quite compare. something about it. lives rent free in my brain always
Always come back to this version of the song. Listen to all types of music and genres but this scratches my brain more than any other. Special place in my heart.
I showed this vid to my gf and half way through she went to the bathroom for a pretty long time. Not sure what she was doing in there but it gave me just enough time to work one out to Shakey's glistening arms.
Prior to taking up guitar myself five years ago, I would not have had the overwhelming appreciation for this Masterful performance that I do today; I discovered this just a few days ago and I find it absolutely brilliant! I'm blown away by how drawn I am to it (I can't stop myself from listening to it over-and-over) there's an emotional presence in which I find so refreshing and inspirational that I'm pretty sure there was a transfer of a soul involved here! LoL Being a writer of several hundred song lyrics and ideas, in varying degrees of completion, I was inspired to the point of writing my own lyrics to it in which I titled "The Lesser of my Two Evils".
Sorry but no. Tash has nowhere near the skill level that Shakey does. The sheer amount of intelligence this guy shows by being able to create melodies and harmonies on his guitar, sing and play percussion simultaneously live far outweighs Tash's intelligence as seen by her/his ability to use looping software.
I saw him for the first time last night. He is a real character. I love his raw funky approach. Once he begins a song he is totally in the music. He is at the mercy of the music. Loved his performance.
Same here, I was down at Treasure Island, Initially I was really disappointed when Caamp bailed, but honestly, hearing him live I genuinely am so glad I was able to see him
Omg I was thinking of the artists of our time that can do this, and she was the first I thought of!!! Literally thought of her right before I scrolled down and saw this! Idk u girl but I love u lol she's amazing with her "Jungle" jam sesh in her living room!!!
Found this video a couple of days ago and I can't stop listening to this guy. I'm obsessed. I haven't heard anything like him before. His music is perfect mix of western, rock, and folk. He's described as a country folk artist but it he sounds more western than country to me.
I definitely hear the folk in his music, but yeah, country doesn’t really fit what I’ve heard so far. Folk/bluegrass/western, and this particular song has some deep blues vibes.
I met an adorable 12 year old from Georgia at the hat shop I worked at who told me his idol was Shakey graves and it made my heart explode. He was so excited to become great and we talked about music and lyrics...gosh I hope that kid becomes an awesome musician and human being bless him
That main guitar riff does something indescribable and wonderful to my soul. And the vocals are beautiful, too. This song makes me feel so alive every time I listen to it.
This is some of the most impressive shit ever. I wanna know what tuning he’s in, and what gauge strings he’s got on, freaking 9s? Those bends look like they’re gonna snap, but they’re so loose and the action is low, the way I set my guitars up. He’s in that rare zone you get in , where you don’t have to look at anything, and you just lean into the emotion and feel of sounding awesome. Dude is amazing.
There are certain songs you hear at certain times that are the perfect mood and match the perfect feeling, and most importantly will bring back memories each time you hear them. Every time I listen to this song, it will bring back one of the greatest memories I have and I’m thankful for it.
RIP Alex Chapa. After so many obstacles you faced you conquered them all and went out like a Legend. Went from convict, to fireman eventually winning rookie of the year firefighter. You will be missed forever my brother. Houston legend. December 30, 1996 - April 4, 2021
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I'm actually glad that people are finding Shakey Graves stuff and liking it. I started listening because of my parents and I really fell in love with Alejandro's music. If you just finding his stuff, I recommend his album "Can't wake up" Its got some good stuff, and that was the first album I started listening to.
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Love to see all the comments from the last year. This guy is an absolute machine and this song is up there for one of the best, I think. Been almost 10 years since I first saw this and I still come back regularly
you know a video is done extremely well when you start listening to the song and turn it off to go watch the video. every time. audiotree breathed so much life into this already superb performance. on a related note, the movement and liveliness of the camera, for some reason, create a substantial amount of overall sexiness. or is it just him? it might just be him. brb going to watch it again 6 or 7 or 35 times.
I know this isn't much considering it's over the internet. But i just listened and watched a few of your videos, you have a very pretty voice that matches the overall beauty of yourself. For what it's worth, you have a very good and calming sound to your voice, very pretty. I know it's not much from a random stranger. But goodluck :)
I'm not bashing the video in anyway here, I enjoy it quite a lot, but I think it has more to do with Shakey's live performance abilities. I don't think I've seen him play a song, especially Roll the Bones, the same way twice. He's always experimenting and doing amazing things with his own music.
Je peux pas m’arrêter de le regarder chanter, jouer, taper du pied, le voir ressentir tout ce qu’il fait avec ce grain de folie dans les yeux, dans la voix, dans la musique en elle même qui sors d’ont ne sait où ! Incroyable performance en vrai, j’aurais voulu être une petite souris dans le studio ce jour là !
He had a voice born of a thousand thousand cigarettes and too much whiskey. It brushed across your ears like a gentle hand accustomed to hard labor. The rough callous accentuating the yearning heart beneath it. You heard the life in the voice. The years of mistakes, the tries and failures and getting back up again. The years of victories and the relief when getting back up finally worked. A voice that carries stories in its body as much as in the words it forms. His voice was rough and raspy, and rich. It was satisfying and fulfilling in spite of the broken corners and splintered beams. A voice that you could open up and relax into. It was a good voice. It was a very good voice.
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legend has it, he was also the one filming
😆
I borrowed this comment when I shared on FB, gave U the credit though, I do not own the rites to these jokes they are a gift from the U n I verse and we are so blessed....
😂😂😂
So glad other people get it.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌
Ten years later, still coming back to this. What a solo, man!
Big facts! I still show this to everyone!!!
I'm still here to brother
Same! I watch it every few months!
Same! I come back every few months!
Same
I won tickets to see him off a local radio show.. I had never seen or heard him before, so you can believe my surprise when this small statured man with the tightest fitting wu-tang shirt and cowboy boots comes on stage all by himself.. Then proceeds to let out the most powerful sounding solo performance I've ever heard! Been a die hard ever since.
This comment is great thanks they have an amazing vibe to them Shaky Graves is a mean player you should check him out if you haven't already
is he Australian?
@@jazzzverrills no he is from Texas, USA
That’s an awesome story! Love it (and him, too)!
Very sexy my favorite singer
This has aged like fine wine - 10 years and still coming back
The eye contact in this owes me child support
😂😂😂
What does that mean I'm a 35 yr old male that doesn't understand 😂
@troymiller
It means his performance is so sexy that he impregnates women just by looking at them 😆
@troymiller1287 dude be pregnant from Shakey. And who can blame him tbh. Shakey imegnates with a glance.
Literally spat my drink out laughing at this (fist pump)
I’ve watched this a hundred times. It never gets old.
I've watched it at least 50 times. I've gotta agree, never gets old
I've watched this 1000 times and I can say that it does get old but I dont get tired of it.
Ikr
Watched here in Africa, many many times.
Shaun, you reminded me of having a 56k modem in 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya and DESPERATELY trying to load Muse albums and individual songs while exploring the world for the first time, and reading the Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy.
Cheers, mate. Happy memories!
Nine years later.. Its still a masterpiece of a performance.
Tomorrow and excuses are also matterpieces
@@divineflight1221 you should listen to built to Roam too!
He made his mark. I truly hope he makes more!
Eh 7 for me he just popped in my head and I said shakey graves baby
Thanks ❤
I'm 75 years old (or will be on 12/31) and I've never heard or seen anything that comes close to the greatness of this man's talent. I am forever grateful to Amazon Prime Music for turning me on to Shakey Graves, which, after googling him, brought me to this amazing video. Thank-you Shakey for rocking my musical world. I can't get enought of you!
Happy Birthday 🎂
Wow what a trip this is...Shakey graves is the shit, so Im playing this tune,before the ball drops this yr just now,and see you as an older gentleman,loving this music....
Then I see you are a NYE baby!!
Happy birthday brother and never lose the ability to seek out new music/art.
As an older guy myself, I love my classics, but try to discover new stuff as well.
Happy birhday young man
Love this
Great comment my man, saw this beauty live at a music festival mid day day about 9 years ago. He blew me away than and still does now.
This guy has solidified my belief that genius is found on the edge of madness. This is amazing...
I love that "genius is found on the edge of madness." So true!
Tre Williams what makes you say he's mad?
Nah not true, certainly has been true but it’s not the standard. Weird to think anybody needs to be unstable to be talented
@@urcheekssocold4080 What makes you say he is a genius?
that doesnt really mean anything
I went to his concert and got 4 signatures from the whole band. They all have the same handwriting
what a story !
Brilliant
Gold
Look up Juzzie Smith - Introducing his One Man Band, he got 5 band members lol
Took a sec because I'm an idiot but that shit was comedy gold. Well played sir.
Might be the greatest live recording of a solo performance I've ever seen. Even 10 years later and I find myself watching this every few weeks. Majestic.
same shit man
Check out "hi ren" By ren. Acoustic magic and a great performance. But I will say Shaky is quit yummy and obviously talented as ever.
Right?! It's not even just the great execution it's the gnarly ass fucking song underneath the whole thing!
Well, i'm 10 years late. First time seeing this dude and i'm very impressed, what a voice and skill! Better late than never.
Just today I saw him
Found him just this week thx to TikTok sound
me too. came up on a random YT mix list. good shit rite here. ppl are wild w/their talents. and i just gotta add that if nothing else, tik tok is def good for turning us on to music we mite never otherwise hear (not this one, but it's brought me to other artists before)
10 fuckin years. Shame on us. 😭
I've been watching this for like 6 years and I'm jealous that you just had your first experience of this video tbh
I must be living under a rock. Seven years ago? This dude is great.
Seriously. I was listening to Broken Bones by Kaleo and browsing related videos and this showed up... damn, just why did this take me so long to find???
Emerald kat omg same id recommend his songs tomorrow and dearly departed
Same as white noise by glorious sons: 6 years agoand only 1.1 million crazy
Some of us living under rocks. I just found out about him around 4 months ago.
Me too, but I just found last year!
Saw him 4 days ago at Red Rock. A spiritual experience. He truly transforms on stage.
Ahhhh man at Red Rocks!!!! I live 20 min from there and I try to go as much as I can but Shakey Graves would be mind-blowing to see!! I'm so envious 🤗
Dude his stage presence is impeccable same with another local Minneapolis artist named Dem Atlas (totally different kind of music but they remind me of each other) check out Perfect Day by Dem Atlas when you get a chance and if you’re ever able to see him live… Go. You won’t regret it. Cheers ✌🏼
So lucky 💯
Luck has got nothing to do with it. Make yrself available. That's all it takes.
Most will let you in fer free!
I am JEALOUS 😡 BUT ALSO plz tell more, what did he play? 🙇
That is the voice of someone who sounds like they sold their soul to be such a great musician.
When I first saw/heard this, I thought the exact same thing. Boy sold his soul to the devil to play like this!
That or a lifetime of practice, ya
Makes him even hotter🤤
Naw, he just smoked s buncha cigs and drank a shitload of whiskey. Or just someone blessed with a cool voice.
How this man is not top of the billboard charts I’m astonished this probably my 100th listen and every time it gets better
His newer stuff is nothing like this in my opinion
His studio made stuff sounds… off to me. He sounds so good raw and playing acoustic. I really can’t get enough of his performances, then I look his stuff up on Spotify and it didn’t hit home the same.
Because you buy your way to the billboards
The fact that he's not on the Billboards make some even better
@@davidkillian1990 because he wouldn’t go to a diddy party probably
I live for that rasp. Love his unique voice
Anyone else who makes music like this that you can recommend?
If he growled at me, I'd purr! 😻
@@dewetmoolman6121 skip to 2:10 as he shows off on the guitar for a long intro.. you're welcome 😁
@@dewetmoolman6121 kings of leon
@@dewetmoolman6121 I highly suggest: Del Water gap (High tops), Rainbow Kitten Surprise (All their songs are good), and Houndmouth (Darlin').
I just spent 29 days in the hospital with less of a 10% chance of living. I was supposed to hear your music. Thank you and keep doing what you're doing cause you are awesome!
Docs are like weather men.... they know nothing, and tell you what they think. Quite often, both are wrong. Trust Jesus. He's coming to take his ppl very soon
Why bring religion in this?
@@d-eftones how can you not? Everything came out of Jesus and is going back to him, for better or worse. He made all things by himself, thru himself and for himself. He lived as flesh amongst us, tempted in every way and remaining sinless. He gave his perfect life as the sacrifice God requires for the sin of the world. He whipped Satan's butt, freed the captives from Hell and rose again on the 3rd day. He walked and taught 40 more days, then ascended in clouds up to his Father. He's coming back the same way he left, but before then he will appear and shine God's light in the clouds over Jerusalem near midnight, and every eye will see it. It'll happen when light returns to Hanukkah full moon, to fulfill the prophecy in Amos. God promised Israel that he will ruin their feasts, and he will, right at their focal point. He's gonna show me that they worship the wrong light. They still won't get it, and will fall for antiChrist lies for awhile, til he shows his true face anominates desolation. Then they'll run thru the desert to the caves in megiddo. The earth will swallow up the armies that chase them. Jesus doesn't want us to have religion. We all do things religiously. Jesus wants a personal relationship with you. Talk to him. Let it all up. Then he still and listen to what he tells you. We have to be still and KNOW that he is God. We have to quiet our minds and just worship. Love him like a young boy loves his daddy.
Hope you're ok!!!
@@d-eftonesHe's speaking only of peace, love, and the hope we have with our creator. In my opinion religion is about personal views. 🎗️
Where the hell have I been for 10 years? This is brilliant!
I think we're hooked. I listen to late July all the time. Word of mouth in the drain pipe is awesome.
Same here, though I did find him a couple of years ago, so I' m not quite that far behind.
This is still my favorite song from Shakey Graves. It never gets old all these years later.
Not only is he amazing. But the production behind this video: lighting, angles, everything. Just so damn good. Everyone is sweaty watching this.
But just how sweaty it feels and looks...damn its so sexy and the camera work
The ac went out in the complex but he said let's do it
@@anthonymccallister3748 hmmm he told me the exact same thing lol . but honestly lots ofAudiotree live performances are very good
Guilty
Of course we all swear. That riff is like, 102 degrees F!!!
Shakey Graves is the greatest recommendation RUclips has ever given me.
You should give Shawn James out.
ShadyPelican welcome been here for years
Best day ever 21/7/2019 just love this guy think AVE woke up the neighborhood lol ,love it ,love to all from Glasgow 😀✌💞💜💜💜💜👏👏👏👏
IKR
Same
0:23 I don't know why but I really like how well the pause to fix his headphones fits with the song and the general vibe.
Sooo perfect
I actually can't listen to a different version without yearning for that break.
that pause is also in the original recording. He just used it to fix his headphones in this. :)
Yes. Gets me every time!
It was obviously planned between beats to fix his headset, real artist.
Jesus loves you
Music made me who I am and I owe a bunch of gratitude to Shakey Graves
OK so, weird returning fan here after searching my favorites, trying to find something to bring me back down to earth, and I found this fucking BANGER. This deserves so many more listens than it's gotten, and by listens I mean views. Shakey Graves is a goat and his shit slaps.
Check out VOLBEAT. too
Today is my first time with this guy
@@crash1787 Enjoy the ride :3
Little does anyone know.....he was also the camera man.mind blown,🤔🤔🤔
😂😂
All at once
Hahahaha
I can't play an instrument but U should see what I can do with may hands and my.... all at once!!!🙄😇😎
😂😂
I can’t even rub my tummy and pat my head at the same time. This dude has some serious talent. Oh and he’s a real looker too 😉
Out here looking like Dacre Montgomery
@@ashthetrashboat1982 Omg he does haha
Lmaoooo 😂😂😂 same here
@rissaaliya95 yes m'am, I agree, that he is! (talent+👀) lol
New listener here, can’t believe I’ve never found him before. From someone who suffers highs and lows thanks for giving me the highs!
Same!!
Oh yeah, well so it goes
Yeah so it goes
Oh that sweet heirloom
Them abbey stones
Yeah, let's take a chance and roll the bones
Go crash that car
Unplug your phone
Yeah and sell your belongings
All your clever drawings try to make a dollar
From the grave
Yeah and sell them belongings
All them clever drawings try to make a dollar
From the grave
But whose to blame
Well so it goes
Oh so it goes
Them city boys in country clothes
Oh let's take a chance and roll the bones
Go crash that car
Unplug their phone
Yeah try to forget all them enemies and debts
They'll just chase you round and give you sour dreams
Yeah, try to forget all them enemies and debts
So they'll just chase you around and give you sour dreams
Yeah so it seems
Yeah so struggle all you like
Yeah put up the good fight
They say that someday everybody dies alone
Yeah struggle all you like
Put up the good fight
They say that someday everybody dies alone
Oh but I say who really knows
But hey
Who knows
Yeah hey who knows
Yeah hey who really knows
Thanks for posting the words!
So, it's NOT "eggshells and bologna"?? 🤔 Goddammit, yeah it didn't make sense, but I've been singing that for YEARS. 🥲😅
@@Lkon99 same..
@@Lkon99 lol
Thank you!!!!!
After listening to this song for the 100th time, I'm still not sick of it.
If I listen to it 5 times in a day I get tired of it but if I hear it from time to time it really isn't bad
My brother showed me this song, I miss him so much. Rest in peace, you are the best person I've ever met. Thank you for being in my life
tears man
my dad showed me this.. i feel you 🤍
I played this for my baby brother a lot his last year here. Monday will be one trip around the sun without Billy. At times he wouldn't move or talk for hours, just sit motionless and stare, but this song always got hit foot tapping
Went to see Shakey Graves when he was in Toronto not too long ago. About an hour before the concert my wife and I ran into him in a store. We got our picture taken with him. He was generous with his time and an absolute gentleman.
And the concert was great too.
This is so much better than his recorded stuff. Come out with this live album and I'll get it
You can purchase the Audiotree Live Shakey Graves session here: audiotree.tv/session/shakey-graves/
Audiotreetv
haha, right on cue with that one. *or savvy marketing (kidding). This guy is a rad performer though, and this is a great session. Dying to see him live.
Audiotreetv
Must find wallet...
Audiotreetv I agree with Carter I was like the album doesn't sound like the live session!? Thanks Audiotreetv :D
yeah. I heard some of his studio recorded stuff, but it lacks the raw abidance that his "live" sessions have. The livelier stuff is so haunting with that distorted guitar and just overall "grittiness" puts me right in the zone. I'll probably buy the this Audio Tree session and any other independent session similar to it before I progress to buying actual studio albums.
wow...it's a breath of fresh air, at least good music isn't completely dead. Real Talent, This is what should be on the radio.
just saw 2013, but still stand by it.
He came back late 2015 with his band if you'd like to hear what he's up to now: bit.ly/1Wgu85x
If I may offer a counterpoint; Radio is where music goes to die. As something gets played for it's popularity, it creates a pressure on the artist to conform. To stay popular, you have to linearize your sound. God forbid a popular artist drastically changes their tone/sound. By staying 'under the radar' artists are allowed to remain in their own zone, and do as they please.
Plus, Radio is for 'easy-listening'. These guys benefit from energy, improvisation, and energy. I would be willing to bet these guys love playing live for their fans, more than anything else. You don't get that if you get played on the Radio. Which is more than anything the reason for Radio is dying out, it's not challenging people to listen.
Music is never dead, live instrumentation might be on a decline, but if you dig around on the Internet, plenty of it is there. Perhaps you can look away from the Radio as a source of new tunes moving forward?
If you want to hear good music, stop listening to the radio. It's not rocket science
I disagree, although this is probably true for most cases there are always exceptions to the rule. I learned about this, as well as many great artists, through public radio. KEXP seems to have some great, atypical artists as well.
This man's talent is not yet fully recognized. This is extraordinary artistic self expression. His music is full of soul and emotional content unlike most artist.
Dakota Chambers
2024 here and lovin it still!
I'm 66 and thought I'd never see anything as new and creative as Shakey! All hail Youth!
How is it 2020 and I'm just now hearing this??? It's beautiful.
RUclips has let us down
I follow WXRT in Chicago
@least you know now.🔥💣💥💯❤
Agreed.
Jay my exact thoughts
This made me buy a guitar amps and a microphone yesterday. I’m building the suitcase drum kit today with my dad.
I’m going to spend as long as it takes to learn how to play this perfect and then I’ll play it til i die lol. This is the best thing I’ve literally ever seen.
This preformance is literally setting me down a mildly different life path lol. Thank you Mr Graves
Awesome! Stick with it 💕
Got an update for us?? Because that would be one hell of a duo.
@@there_may_be_a_fire7888 good! My fingers hurt but I enjoy practicing actually. I’m learning the cage system currently.
The finger styling of this song is insanely hard ha.
I can sorta play some of “teenagers” by my chemical romance.
It’s not “on time” but I’m getting the notes down. I’ll probably post a video at some point of my progress.
It’s fun just fucking around with. I heard it takes like 6 months for my fingers to even get used to it. I have a few friends who play and they’ve been cool about teaching me stuff. Thanks for asking :)
Amazing that you're keeping up with it!!! Stay the course!
Check out Colter Wall brewery sessions too
always wind up back here at this one video of him. the rawness and the power in this one is just unmatched none of his official streaming music can quite compare. something about it. lives rent free in my brain always
Dear RUclips algorithm, thank you, for once, for taking me somewhere I didn't know I really wanted to go. My mind is blown at the range and talent.
Always come back to this version of the song. Listen to all types of music and genres but this scratches my brain more than any other. Special place in my heart.
The album version is awful 😐
Took the words right out of my mind..
I showed this vid to my gf and half way through she went to the bathroom for a pretty long time.
Not sure what she was doing in there but it gave me just enough time to work one out to Shakey's glistening arms.
😂😂😂
So did your GF..
Haha lol laughed out loud for real 🤣
@@nicnic5463 me too, got a raised eyebrow from my boyfriend
Hi Dad!
Prior to taking up guitar myself five years ago, I would not have had the overwhelming appreciation for this Masterful performance that I do today; I discovered this just a few days ago and I find it absolutely brilliant! I'm blown away by how drawn I am to it (I can't stop myself from listening to it over-and-over) there's an emotional presence in which I find so refreshing and inspirational that I'm pretty sure there was a transfer of a soul involved here! LoL
Being a writer of several hundred song lyrics and ideas, in varying degrees of completion, I was inspired to the point of writing my own lyrics to it in which I titled "The Lesser of my Two Evils".
Sometimes I can't even walk and speak at the same time.....annnnd then there's this guy
😅😂😮😅😂
He is so smooth. The raspiness of his voice mixed with the tone of his guitar is divine. Very raw performance.
Tash Sultana + Shakey Graves = musical geniuses of this time. such talent!
Hell yeah!!! Love them both!!!
Sorry but no. Tash has nowhere near the skill level that Shakey does. The sheer amount of intelligence this guy shows by being able to create melodies and harmonies on his guitar, sing and play percussion simultaneously live far outweighs Tash's intelligence as seen by her/his ability to use looping software.
dude, I'm so lucky to be seeing both of them in May in Cleveland. Shakey on the 13th and Tash on the 27th. I'll be able to die happy.
Yes sir I'll smoke to that one...Tash & Shakey is the best talent out right now!!!!!
Bumpin Uglies Band. Love tash and shakey
Beautiful song; it is very comforting to me right now. I lost four very special people close together. This song hugs me.
I saw him for the first time last night. He is a real character. I love his raw funky approach. Once he begins a song he is totally in the music. He is at the mercy of the music. Loved his performance.
Same here, I was down at Treasure Island,
Initially I was really disappointed when Caamp bailed, but honestly, hearing him live I genuinely am so glad I was able to see him
As this performance is now a decade old, this still stands the test of time.
This man has more talent in the tip of his index finger than I do in my whole body. Thank you for reminding us what good music sounds like, Alejandro.
Whenever I think I’m getting good at my musical progression I come back here and humble myself. Love u dad.
Shakey and Tash Sultana should get together. They are kindred spirits! I can only imagine what a musical collaboration would sound like.
Hell fucking yea!!
Omg I was thinking of the artists of our time that can do this, and she was the first I thought of!!! Literally thought of her right before I scrolled down and saw this! Idk u girl but I love u lol she's amazing with her "Jungle" jam sesh in her living room!!!
This would be amazing!
Thanks ❤️
Yessssss
Found this video a couple of days ago and I can't stop listening to this guy. I'm obsessed. I haven't heard anything like him before. His music is perfect mix of western, rock, and folk. He's described as a country folk artist but it he sounds more western than country to me.
I was too
I definitely hear the folk in his music, but yeah, country doesn’t really fit what I’ve heard so far. Folk/bluegrass/western, and this particular song has some deep blues vibes.
just raw talent. he is amazing and needs to be more popular
Guy Fieri would you let him play in flavor town?
Guy Fieri Tell em Guy!
buddy i said he has raw talent. I'm looking for medium-rare
From 5k views to 30million. I been listening to this for 8 years.
Now they play it on a local indie station. Never gets old.
I'm a straight 40 year old virgin man and watching this made my water break.
Just had the same problem!
Yakk
Lol'ed
Perfect music for people like you , Biden fan ?
I remember when this had hardly any views thinking why is he unknown ,now stands at 28million, awesome
I religiously have listened to this song every single day for probably the pasts 6 months lol
10 years later still coming back to this magnificent performance
Honestly I only heard his music on spotify and definitely though shakey graves was an entire band not one person. A true virtuoso
I met an adorable 12 year old from Georgia at the hat shop I worked at who told me his idol was Shakey graves and it made my heart explode. He was so excited to become great and we talked about music and lyrics...gosh I hope that kid becomes an awesome musician and human being bless him
That is way too cool ♡♡♡
amen
That main guitar riff does something indescribable and wonderful to my soul. And the vocals are beautiful, too. This song makes me feel so alive every time I listen to it.
This is one of the best performances I’ve heard in the past year. Wow I’m in awe
This is some of the most impressive shit ever. I wanna know what tuning he’s in, and what gauge strings he’s got on, freaking 9s? Those bends look like they’re gonna snap, but they’re so loose and the action is low, the way I set my guitars up. He’s in that rare zone you get in , where you don’t have to look at anything, and you just lean into the emotion and feel of sounding awesome. Dude is amazing.
I think he's in an open tuning. Open C maybe.
he's in open c# major
since the guitar is tuned so low the string tension is a lot looser and the bends are easier. He is probably playing regular gauge 12's or even 13's.
if you check out the last album he put out, he talks about how he inherited this hainted guitar that only wanted to stay in tune lower (:
I have no idea what you just said . But yea he’s ducking awesome
My ovaries are just sweating profusely after seeing this beautiful being singing and playing. I want to have his babies
Oof
I don't have ovaries and mine are flooded rn
Jay Bay RIGHT!
You Go Girl!!!
I do too!
Old man here
And impressed as hell
New sound,or just bending the old in a new way.
Brought tears to this navy vet 10 folds!!!!!
There are certain songs you hear at certain times that are the perfect mood and match the perfect feeling, and most importantly will bring back memories each time you hear them. Every time I listen to this song, it will bring back one of the greatest memories I have and I’m thankful for it.
Oh my goodness, I'm so obsessed with this raw performance.
RIP Alex Chapa. After so many obstacles you faced you conquered them all and went out like a Legend. Went from convict, to fireman eventually winning rookie of the year firefighter. You will be missed forever my brother. Houston legend.
December 30, 1996 - April 4, 2021
This performance/song/writing/art/human/man/gloriousness/delicious fire of perfection ... is how I can stay alive.
😮 I'm seven years late. Glad I found my way here. This guy is good.
LMAO I jus found this last week, and assumed it was new (1year old) because I jus got this far down in the comments 😂🤣😭
good gracious that snarl is everything. I can't resist a good, rough voice bellowing out some soul tunes, this is perfection
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Aww!!! So nice hearing back from a very big fan like you . I really appreciate your support and I promise to always keep it counting for you
I've been listening to this for weeks, can't stop.
Easily one of the best songs ever written
And the performance
Stellar
Top five favorite songs of all time
Instantly ❤❤❤❤❤
What is the acceptable limit for how many times I can listen to this? Can't. stop.
***** SOOOOO good.
funnym because i listened to this alsmost 30 times in a row now. Can understand!!!!
+Marcel hehe and here I am again, thanks for the reminder
Every morning for 6 months now haha, it gets me going.
Alejandro is THE sexiest man alive, & pure genius. I can watch him all day & all night in amazement. Wow.
I'm actually glad that people are finding Shakey Graves stuff and liking it. I started listening because of my parents and I really fell in love with Alejandro's music. If you just finding his stuff, I recommend his album "Can't wake up" Its got some good stuff, and that was the first album I started listening to.
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I love this version. It's so much better than the album version. I keep coming back to it, over and over again. Love it.
Love to see all the comments from the last year. This guy is an absolute machine and this song is up there for one of the best, I think. Been almost 10 years since I first saw this and I still come back regularly
I’m sorry I can only give this 1 “thumbs up”. It deserves 10
you know a video is done extremely well when you start listening to the song and turn it off to go watch the video. every time. audiotree breathed so much life into this already superb performance. on a related note, the movement and liveliness of the camera, for some reason, create a substantial amount of overall sexiness. or is it just him? it might just be him.
brb going to watch it again 6 or 7 or 35 times.
Hey call me
I know this isn't much considering it's over the internet. But i just listened and watched a few of your videos, you have a very pretty voice that matches the overall beauty of yourself. For what it's worth, you have a very good and calming sound to your voice, very pretty. I know it's not much from a random stranger. But goodluck :)
TealFish
thanks a lot! that's so kind. I really appreciate it.
I'm not bashing the video in anyway here, I enjoy it quite a lot, but I think it has more to do with Shakey's live performance abilities. I don't think I've seen him play a song, especially Roll the Bones, the same way twice. He's always experimenting and doing amazing things with his own music.
I liked this comment before realizing it came from one of my favorite youtube musicians.
This song will randomly get stuck in my head for days if not weeks and I'm okay with that.
Je peux pas m’arrêter de le regarder chanter, jouer, taper du pied, le voir ressentir tout ce qu’il fait avec ce grain de folie dans les yeux, dans la voix, dans la musique en elle même qui sors d’ont ne sait où !
Incroyable performance en vrai, j’aurais voulu être une petite souris dans le studio ce jour là !
What the fuck did I just watch? This guy is mind blowing
Saw him live last night opening for city and colour, he's pretty great live
+Jase B I saw him as the opener in Red Deer too and he was better than I anticipated, I knew he was amazing but it was just mind blowing
Whattt that sounds like an ill concert
Hes got such a unqiue voice. if he blows up, like im hoping, he'll be remembered forever.
Everything this man does is so thorough and complete. No part is wasted or just filler, blown away yet again
it's gonna take generations to appreciate this, i guess. full circle.
he never plays a song the same way twice. it's both obnoxious and fantastic..
so effing talented. how does he remember to play all that and still be able to sing? in love with everything in this performance.
Ive lost track of how many times ive come back to listen to this performance. truly one of his greatest showings.
God gave this guy every ounce of my talent and almost everyone I know. Glad to see it's being put to good use!
Watched this a hundred times.. goosebumps every single time. Absolute musical perfection right there.
اللي جاي من تغريده كرم لايك ♥️ ذوقة في الاغاني عجييييييييييييب 🔥♥️
This is one of the best songs of all time.
This is what true talent looks like!
Congratulations on your Ten year anniversary of “Roll the Bones”! Love you Shakey! Keep rockin baby!
I thank the invention of the internet so much for this video in particular.
He had a voice born of a thousand thousand cigarettes and too much whiskey. It brushed across your ears like a gentle hand accustomed to hard labor. The rough callous accentuating the yearning heart beneath it.
You heard the life in the voice. The years of mistakes, the tries and failures and getting back up again. The years of victories and the relief when getting back up finally worked.
A voice that carries stories in its body as much as in the words it forms.
His voice was rough and raspy, and rich. It was satisfying and fulfilling in spite of the broken corners and splintered beams. A voice that you could open up and relax into.
It was a good voice. It was a very good voice.
Oh well that's how it goes! So it goes.