Belton Sutherland "Kill the old grey mule"

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @faulkner63
    @faulkner63 7 лет назад +230

    I helped find his grave in Camden, MS recently - honored to have been a small part in this man getting the recognition he so deserves - there will be a tombstone dedication in early 2018, if you're around the Jackson, MS area, you should plan on coming!

    • @docriley7837
      @docriley7837 5 лет назад +8

      That's cool just discovered this man not sure why it took so long

    • @richardm123uk
      @richardm123uk 5 лет назад +6

      Wonderful, thank you

    • @Crowborn
      @Crowborn 3 года назад +19

      I saw pictures of the finished headstone. This was an amazing campaign to finally find and mark his grave, he deserves it. Thank you for being a part of it.

    • @victorjones4565
      @victorjones4565 2 года назад +5

      God Bless You 🙏🏾

    • @kellyemery5514
      @kellyemery5514 Год назад +3

      Good to hear you had this mans back. What an amazing musician ! Bless you

  • @DokterKattenbakvulling
    @DokterKattenbakvulling 10 лет назад +133

    Gotta respect Alan Lomax as well, the man is a legend. Definitely saved a lot of music from oblivion

    • @pena.3302
      @pena.3302 Год назад +4

      That's The Truth..Alan Lomax..Great finding This Being An Lover of Blue's!(&In NZ.) Thankful in Dunedin NZ.❤

  • @clapdrix72
    @clapdrix72 4 года назад +70

    Pulled me in and gave me chills literally with the first note. Bonamassa can't stir a single emotion with 10,000.

  • @johnroberts1141
    @johnroberts1141 Год назад +16

    I learned to play this song. Keeping his music alive.

  • @lan0itar
    @lan0itar 12 лет назад +16

    he was a farmhand. this video was shot by Alan Lomax, a rich white guy with old Texas blood who travelled throughout the south with his father in the 30's to record "roots" music from prison workers and farmhands. needless to say, he followed in his father's footsteps.

  • @ajk710
    @ajk710 Год назад +11

    Belton Sutherland is an amazing name for a bluesman

    • @mavjimbo
      @mavjimbo 8 месяцев назад +2

      And his playing is even more amazing

  • @marccarter7844
    @marccarter7844 7 лет назад +59

    Such a great tempo. The whole song is foot tapping from the start. The crickets in the background just add to the vibe. Wonderful piece of film!

    • @zyrrhos
      @zyrrhos 4 месяца назад

      At night in the south you are hearing a mixed choir of katydids, crickets and tree frogs.

  • @micheldesbordes432
    @micheldesbordes432 8 лет назад +45

    Just the heavy real blues. Thanks Belton we ne will never forget...

    • @zoso1980
      @zoso1980 7 лет назад +4

      No better words have been spoken in regards to Belton. Thank you.

  • @dennisdistant
    @dennisdistant 6 лет назад +11

    Watching the guy's face while listening makes it so much better.

  • @tuckerrhall67
    @tuckerrhall67 12 лет назад +4

    Undoubtedly one of the finest musicians I have ever witnessed,.. Funny thing is,...,... the banter in the background,.... like,... 'ol Belton is just doin' what he does,... no one takin' much notice,... just kinda groovin',... thats what we do,..... we don't care much,... but as we all know,.... and Belton without a doubt,... ther's always the 'ol Lady tellin' us to "put that fucking thing down" ,,.... hollering and scorning,... every time,...Fuckin Love it,... I got 23 years of it...

  • @skssuccess75
    @skssuccess75 6 лет назад +11

    I miss this sound of the background sounds in the south. I always felt like I was at home when I use to visit both my grandmothers and other relatives. The music makes it even more reminiscent!

    • @zyrrhos
      @zyrrhos 4 месяца назад

      A mixed choir of katydids, crickets and tree frogs.

  • @addisonscout
    @addisonscout 11 лет назад +19

    everybody look out. we got a badass musician here.

  • @barristanselmy2758
    @barristanselmy2758 10 лет назад +49

    This video should have over 1,000,000,000,000 views.

    • @AduAsz1986
      @AduAsz1986 9 лет назад +7

      +Christopher Hitchens You forgot a couple of zeroes my dear friend

    • @jacobusbaker9285
      @jacobusbaker9285 9 лет назад +3

      +Christopher Hitchens No lets keep this a little obscure, pearls for swines anyway

    • @n.e.nichtmaus927
      @n.e.nichtmaus927 7 лет назад +5

      NO. DOUBT. This is so stupidly amazing, blows my mind.... and I think that's not even his guitar, I think it's a guitar Alan Lomax was taking around with him just-in-case. --Can you believe like his friends are talking in the background, no big deal, it's just another day... like wow, he had no idea he was SO magnificent.

  • @N1ghtFlower
    @N1ghtFlower 8 лет назад +58

    Man, I wish I could find more info about him and his music. I stumbled upon a few short videos of these jam sessions and I'm completely fascinated by this man. Such raw and genuine music, and just the look is his eyes carry so much history and soul. It's a shame we have so many artists, such as Mr. Sutherland, of whom we know so little about.
    Thank you so much for sharing! :)

    • @robsgirl6465
      @robsgirl6465 7 лет назад +11

      NightFlower : Belton was born in 1911. He died in 1983. He's buried in an unmarked grave in Mississippi, next to his mother. Her grave is marked. Not much information about him other than that and these few videos.

    • @neogeoriffic
      @neogeoriffic 4 года назад +1

      Same here man! Stumbled upon this and it was love at first note. I'd sure like to find a biography on this guy.

  • @choward5430
    @choward5430 9 месяцев назад +1

    Blues by a gentleman like Belton Sutherland is more real. You know he lived it!

  • @fullerjohnson4169
    @fullerjohnson4169 9 лет назад +15

    YES! He OWNS the Blues. All others pale in comparison. Thank you Lord for sending him to us for a while. We are all richer from his rime here on earth. Heaven got the best. See you someday, Saint Belton.

    • @ldh63
      @ldh63 7 лет назад

      sorry but you know nothing of the blues. my brother

    • @larryslemp9698
      @larryslemp9698 7 лет назад +1

      Yes sir!! Mr. Sutherland is in a class.....ALL his own!!

    • @syliss133
      @syliss133 6 лет назад +1

      Robert Johnson owns the blues

  • @Po1itica11yNcorrect
    @Po1itica11yNcorrect 4 года назад +5

    Nothing better than the blues.

  • @antihippie77
    @antihippie77 3 месяца назад +2

    this is fu****g amazing.

  • @loriwise236
    @loriwise236 4 года назад +4

    I was going to say give this man a record deal . RIP. He is Awesome

  • @grambutler
    @grambutler 13 лет назад +5

    This is too good for words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @joecorner1314
    @joecorner1314 10 лет назад +60

    For the life of me I can't understand how this is not the most watched video on youtube that shit will bust yer brains out!

  • @theblacklodgemusicchannel3076
    @theblacklodgemusicchannel3076 7 лет назад +3

    This has to be among the best blues i have ever heard. Why oh why is there so little out there with this genius.

  • @wh0racle81
    @wh0racle81 12 лет назад +9

    Absolutely awesome. This guy only recorded three songs? Very thankful that I was able to hear at least one of them!

  • @RE-lz6lj
    @RE-lz6lj Год назад +6

    The start of rock music

  • @Deltablues1001
    @Deltablues1001 11 лет назад +7

    literally put this n for something in the background, went to walk away, stopped in my tracks after 4 seconds.... its just captivating..

    • @DreadKingSaucer
      @DreadKingSaucer 4 года назад

      Hands down my one of my favorite songs of all time. Luck beats a fortune you'll come home some day.

  • @dmlevitt
    @dmlevitt 5 лет назад +3

    this is soul nourishing

  • @niteclydn
    @niteclydn 12 лет назад +7

    Damn :-) love the guitar too :-)

  • @chrisguerrero5406
    @chrisguerrero5406 6 лет назад +5

    Belton Sutherland is the man sweet Jesus my hairs stand up listening to his music so thankful we got to hear his music blues for life

  • @OliverKostrinsky
    @OliverKostrinsky 13 лет назад +3

    I'd have to say Belton Sutherland is my favorite musician .....wish there was more recordings of him...his licks are soothing and haunting

  • @valeriyblinov1573
    @valeriyblinov1573 5 лет назад +2

    Super!!! Blues!!! Beautiful!!!!

  • @adrianmartin5780
    @adrianmartin5780 4 года назад +2

    One of the best bluesman I ever witnesssed ! The other 2 being Alan Wilson and John Lee Hooker.

  • @faz1991
    @faz1991 11 лет назад +12

    No, it's all in context, in the moment and in the sound of what the individual is feeling at that moment. You do whatever you want, and express it how you want. Besides, this whole piece sounds absolutely sweet as sugar cane to me. The tuning of the guitar didn't even cross my mind apart from to remind me that i can play my guitar, how i like.

  • @eazyrider6122
    @eazyrider6122 10 лет назад +13

    Real Blues

  • @LarryShone
    @LarryShone 11 лет назад +6

    Real music!

  • @Pula500
    @Pula500 11 лет назад +3

    What a music , what a talent............

  • @yanmax100
    @yanmax100 8 лет назад +8

    Magnifique

  • @MrGrxxx123
    @MrGrxxx123 9 лет назад +8

    dam right! this is real music!!

  • @CrossBonesAlex
    @CrossBonesAlex 12 лет назад +6

    The guitar style is hard grooving without any compromises - find no other words - as great as Fred McDowell stuff

  • @koyoteman58
    @koyoteman58 4 года назад +6

    I bet that guitar has some stories to tell. I mean besides the ones we are hearing.

  • @zoso1980
    @zoso1980 7 лет назад +1

    I love getting to play this on the radio.... so fucking awesome.

  • @sayerma
    @sayerma 7 лет назад +10

    He's in standard tuning, before anyone asks. It's fun to learn about some of the strange tunings used in blues, but this is just simple feel and tone with standard tuning. Belton is Brilliant...beautiful hill country drone here.

    • @OrangeAlienStatus
      @OrangeAlienStatus 7 лет назад

      sayerma hes in open d

    • @sleepybear38
      @sleepybear38 6 лет назад +1

      SirTedFairyspear2 I feel the same way

    • @banjochris
      @banjochris 6 лет назад +2

      Standard tuning, E position, but tuned low.

    • @gunna4x168
      @gunna4x168 2 года назад

      D flat standard to be exact

    • @johnroberts1141
      @johnroberts1141 Год назад

      @@OrangeAlienStatus No he is not in open D. He is in standard tuning with the guitar tuned down at least one whole step.

  • @bluesharp59
    @bluesharp59 5 лет назад +1

    Very cool and a thumbs up for you.

  • @KingKull1971
    @KingKull1971 10 месяцев назад

    This is the best thing I ever heard 👂🎶

  • @Francois.de.Benedetti
    @Francois.de.Benedetti 12 лет назад +3

    Amen to the Blues.

  • @tinoboy7841
    @tinoboy7841 8 лет назад +7

    do any of you guys know where can I find more of this godlike blues master? I cant believe that we only have 2 or 3 things from this guy! Damn he was on the blues side man

    • @zoso1980
      @zoso1980 7 лет назад +5

      Nothing else exists of him beyond what Lomax did. Belton likely had a family and stayed behind in MS while others went north to Chicago and whatnot. He focused on feeding the family - and thus, never recorded professionally or even was noticed.

  • @plakseltapes669
    @plakseltapes669 5 лет назад +1

    my god i wish i was born back in the days

  • @ubiozmiec
    @ubiozmiec 11 месяцев назад +1

    Immaculate.

  • @MrHowmer
    @MrHowmer 12 лет назад +10

    I'm gonna see the Pope,
    have this man cannonised.
    Saint Belton,
    St. Belton Sutherland,
    have mercy.

  • @OG_GeneralPerchie
    @OG_GeneralPerchie Год назад +1

    Imagine how great it would sound on a 50s microphone

  • @marcioabad710
    @marcioabad710 5 лет назад +3

    Un sentimiento muy profundo, una gran melodía, increíble sonido, una delicia para el alma!

  • @jimaberg9482
    @jimaberg9482 7 лет назад +2

    A bad ass man😊

  • @rosepetalkittens6318
    @rosepetalkittens6318 3 года назад +5

    Old Testament

  • @SMNONA100
    @SMNONA100 12 лет назад

    Just listened to another---- Blues #2 (1978) RUclips. Same iconic quality.

  • @West13bMazdaRotariesNZ
    @West13bMazdaRotariesNZ 3 года назад +1

    Goosebumps

  • @chicosuman
    @chicosuman 13 лет назад +2

    I don't pity the blind, I pity the one who don't want to see. This is the awful TRUTH and can't be diluted. God bless the true american music.

  • @TheMfmccarthy
    @TheMfmccarthy 12 лет назад +2

    I love the smile at 1:25...I wonder what he was looking at.

  • @Wilian-e9f
    @Wilian-e9f 10 месяцев назад +1

    Cara isto que e ' música .

  • @MyVinylRips
    @MyVinylRips 3 года назад

    Thanks a lot for this!

  • @BKsblues
    @BKsblues 7 лет назад +40

    He kinda looks like Lee Van Cleef

  • @larryslemp9698
    @larryslemp9698 7 лет назад +1

    Where oh where.....can I purchase his incredible music?! I don't care how few songs it may be!

  • @SantiGOblues
    @SantiGOblues 12 лет назад +1

    upload more!!!

  • @notmyname3681
    @notmyname3681 Год назад +3

    That guitar tone he gets is otherworldly, nevermind the voice!

  • @ninomeloni6848
    @ninomeloni6848 12 лет назад +1

    Belton´s tune...the only one.

  • @robertconnelyfarr
    @robertconnelyfarr 2 года назад

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @jordon666
    @jordon666 13 лет назад +2

    where can i find more, someone plz do tell

  • @blues4ever2
    @blues4ever2 13 лет назад

    awesome

  • @bigk.w.701
    @bigk.w.701 8 лет назад +8

    They just don't put it down like this no more, me being from the deep south you have to careful when your Dranking Whiskey and listening to this...

  • @zatchery1
    @zatchery1 11 лет назад +6

    It's not about being in tune. It's about the emotion and experience. Get it together. @grambutler is right. To good for words. So don't think to hard on this music or you'll miss the entire point.

  • @TheMydoorbell
    @TheMydoorbell 11 лет назад +3

    WHERE I CAN BUY THE LP PLEASE!!!

  • @dinhobluesvulgoze4322
    @dinhobluesvulgoze4322 6 лет назад +2

    máximo respeito

  • @larryslemp9698
    @larryslemp9698 7 лет назад +4

    I have never, ever......seen the likes!! OMG!!

  • @christianr9239
    @christianr9239 5 лет назад +15

    Tired of sleeping, low-down lonesome cell
    Tired of sleeping there, low-down lonesome cell
    And I wouldn't've been here, hadn't've been for Nell
    Kill that old grey mule, burn down the white man's barn
    Kill that old grey mule, burn down that white man's barn
    I didn't mean no trouble, I didn't mean no harm
    I want you to love me or leave me, girl, anything you wanta do
    I want you to love me or leave me, anything you wanta do
    What a strange thing happenin', someday might a-happen to you
    Well you say you gonna leave me, said you're goin' away
    Well, you said you're gonna leave me, pretty Maggie, said you was goin' away
    I said, luck be the fortune, you'll come back home some day
    I said luck beats a fortune, gonna make you come some home someday

    • @igoralves1
      @igoralves1 4 года назад +2

      Thanks man!

    • @maaaxx
      @maaaxx Год назад +1

      Personel hero

  • @westjohnson8895
    @westjohnson8895 2 года назад +1

    Real Blues.FO-SHO

  • @iminlovewithannamae
    @iminlovewithannamae 7 лет назад +2

    It's not out of tune, its a dropped tuning (C# I think). It's also why ithese songs have that hurting haunting thumpy feel that compliments Belton's voice perfectly.

  • @KESTUARDOVR
    @KESTUARDOVR 12 лет назад +1

    ke dios kon esa guitarra belton

  • @these63
    @these63 7 месяцев назад

    🙏🏾

  • @mikeglendinningandtheguita7282
    @mikeglendinningandtheguita7282 6 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤❤you don’t run into this kind of Dimond in the rough very often

  • @rockokirock5789
    @rockokirock5789 Год назад +1

    おっさん💓
    いい味出してるじゃん✨

  • @StephenS-2025
    @StephenS-2025 6 лет назад

    God-damn!

  • @kipponi
    @kipponi 13 лет назад +2

    This voice style reminds me of the great Mississippi Fred McDowell.
    How old this mate is?

  • @prutissbartlow8835
    @prutissbartlow8835 4 года назад +1

    Belton....the name

  • @SiggyMe
    @SiggyMe 11 лет назад +3

    The real deal.

  • @2009framat
    @2009framat 12 лет назад +3

    He was quite good on that video. But must be REALLY OBSCURE. Never heard of him before. I know many, many, many original blues people. Proably one of those talented unknowns. Any Info?
    I added this video into my playlist of UNKNOWN BLUES LEGENDS anyway :-)

  • @bunya5518
    @bunya5518 10 лет назад +2

    the real deal

  • @jasongiroux1153
    @jasongiroux1153 4 месяца назад

    After the first four notes you know that old grey mule is doomed.

  • @Hyperion_Studios1
    @Hyperion_Studios1 5 лет назад

    ❤️

  • @jtgdot73
    @jtgdot73 13 лет назад

    I love the crickets. Bet it's humid as shit too. The real deal here folks.

  • @MrHowmer
    @MrHowmer 11 лет назад +1

    thank you
    you tube..

  • @curtis_whitefinger
    @curtis_whitefinger 10 месяцев назад

    Downtuned to C#... That's hardcore ❤

  • @Odin029
    @Odin029 12 лет назад +1

    I want you to love me or leave me girl / anything you wanna do
    I want you to love me or leave me / anything you wanna do
    What a strange thing happened someday might happen to you
    Well you say you're gonna leave me / Say you're goin away
    Well you said you're gonna leave me Pearly Mae / Say you're goin away
    I say luck beats a fortune / you'll come back home someday.
    I say luck beats a fortune / Pearly Mae you'll come back home someday

  • @joshmezo
    @joshmezo 12 лет назад

    sick

  • @SantiGOblues
    @SantiGOblues 10 лет назад +1

    lyrics please please

  • @SantiGOblues
    @SantiGOblues 11 лет назад +1

    lyrics?

  • @tuckerrhall67
    @tuckerrhall67 13 лет назад

    yep...... whoooooah.... no Fancy Music degree here fellas....

  • @elixtido1448
    @elixtido1448 5 лет назад +2

    who the hell is chattering in the background!!???

  • @grambutler
    @grambutler 11 лет назад +1

    Who says?

  • @Highway981
    @Highway981 12 лет назад

    Is he playing a Gibson L5?

    • @fuzzface8252
      @fuzzface8252 4 года назад +1

      Ha Ha. No. That's a Kay. If you look at what old Blues guys played on, you'll see a lot of Stella's, some Kalamazoo's, a few National's here and there, and some Kay's later on. They all played low priced guitars, because that's all they could afford.

    • @johnroberts1141
      @johnroberts1141 Год назад

      None of those old blues men could afford a Gibson.

  • @williamosler8907
    @williamosler8907 10 лет назад

    2:09 ...anything you wanna doooo!

  • @jerryfields239
    @jerryfields239 26 дней назад

    Home

  • @allenblackburn
    @allenblackburn 13 лет назад

    open?