JB Hutto & His Hawks-Hide & Seek-Live

[rievans57]

Good goobity woobity...

[weg711151]

Nobody, and I mean nobody, played the Boogie Houserockin' Blues like J B- Nobody

[Toocko]

JB's guitar was a 1965, Res-O-Glas, Airline model.

See site for more info: .guitarkitsusadotcom/4.html

[lazur1]

Those scratchy 1/2-muted rhythm harmonics must have been a big influence on Sonny Landreth.

[brutalblues]

Lil' Ed "done his Uncle proud", I'd say! I can see why Ed would want to emulate him, he was awesome. Blues scat....!

[bluesbug54]

They are relatives  :)

[TexasHornedToad]

Would love to have had a chance to see/hear this great bluesman live. I believe he would have been a contemporary of Hubert Sumlin, another great Chicago bluesman.

Lil' Ed credits JB for teaching him, they were relatives.

Anyone know what model guitar is pictured in the opening shot of the album cover?

Buddy Guy, BTW, is a long ways from forgotten! I have tix to see him in Dallas in October, he is still very active on tour.

[beerymon]

Agreed ...saw Buddy Guy last January...off to see him in 2010 as well ....this year was a real treat ..Lil Ed was the opening band and took the place by storm...he is a great showman

[Davek54]

J. B was the first REAL blues player i ever heard live..it's been downhill ever since! LOL

[stefanadrian78]

Ii like his guitar but the best thing at him is his voice.

[beerymon]

its unreal ...looking for forgotten blues greats ...rory gallagher...buddy guy...lil ed....j.b hutto.....wow!!! does it get any better

[stefanadrian78]

Although I listen blues for so many years , i've just discovered J.B Hutto, and I really like the way he plays his guitar.

[deepintoblues]

I liked this soooo much! It almost put me in a coma.

[elecktrick9s]

He lived in Malden,Mass his last years, to me he was the greatest- I can smell his notes out coming out of the speakers.

[enorbet2]

In '72 I had the distinct honor and pleasure of sitting with JB in my living room. He was in DC for a concert put on by Topper Carew. When I asked JB what guitar he was playing these days he thought a minute and just replied "Red". We all laughed heartily and tho JB laughed too it wasn't with that huge grin he displayed regularly. So I explained that a lot of musicians get tied up in equipment. JB cut to the heart of the matter, the music comes first. Genuinely sweet man.

[rotyoung]

thx for the up!!!

[deck2310d]

J.B Hutto. playing blues as it should be played ;)

[LizzyDouglas]

Elmore James was J.B.'s teacher on the guitar.

J.B. is 'heaven' for connoisseurs, but indeed highly underrated and underestimated.

[poldertalk]

I heard J.B.Hutto and the New Hawks at a concert in Groningen when he was touring in Europe. I think it was 1982. Unforgettable! Immense energy!

[bayouhazard]

Totally JB. I heard him a couple of times in the late 70s at a tiny Charlottesville club (where Koko Taylor, Eddy Clearwater, Lurie/Carey Bell and Fenton Robinson also played). JB was fun incarnate. Thanks for the clip. It has all that great raw energy he and his band had.

[bigfrank1961]

Are you sure this is J.B.Hutto? It sounds like his nef. Little Ed.

[crayhead]

lol--actually Lil Ed sounds like his uncle..Will be seeing him tonite in Pa.---will request him to do Hide-n-Seek

[bigfrank1961]

Yeah that gig is about 3 hours from me......Just alittle to far. Please tell pookie that Big Frank from N.Y.C. said hello.Thanks and enjoy the show you lucky bastard.

[cb3961]

J.B. Hutto & The New Hawks

Cambridge MA

The Speakeasy (year unknown)

Jonathan Swift's (year unknown)

These recording of J.B. Hutto were FM broadcasts -- at least the songs from the Speakeasy. Tracks 11-13 are from Jonthan Swift's in Cambridge MA.

around 1980-1981

[bennobog]

Awesome. Clearly underrated. Where did you find this epic piece of audio? If there was a bootleg, I would really like to hear the rest : )