hound dog taylor

[dannyandjeanette]

awesome

[kalikandaki]

As raw and as beautiful it can be...

[johnsydjimi]

everybody knows the hound !

[84thPenn]

He could rock any house he was ever in...

[Richard2003]

I saw him at Kent State in 1973

[dkitty8124]

i say...i say there son...bust me a riff of slide,with a side of glory bee,hound dog is inna house

[nesnejls]

Could listen to this geezer talk all day. He's playing a real piece of crap guitar and sounds incredible.

[MotorSickler]

them fingers!!!

[UnBobleavable]

igots that guitar :D

[outjazzer]

man i wish there was more video of hound dog..so great!

[gratefultiger]

As Frank Zappa said "There's nothin' like the hot stink of a too loud electric guitar"

it always makes think of the rough as guts style of Houndog,love it!

[mrJimCharles]

@gratefultiger I remember reading an interview with Zappa where he said he was trapped in the front of a very cramped crowd when Hendrix played the Whisky, "trapped" because Hendrix was so loud! He said "I couldn't see how somebody could subject himself [meaning Hendrix] to that high of a volume". Guess that guitar wasn't too loud, it was WAY too loud!

[SuperBigusdikus]

hound dog rules!

[SuperBigusdikus]

my hats off to Hound Dog Taylor

[SuperBigusdikus]

hound dog rules

[ThaHedge]

there's just something about hound dog's style.

[darc1362]

This is as raw and gut bustin' as it gets. Pure roots music. Try and stay in your seat.

[mielazul]

Fans of this might like "Underground" by Rosetta West, which I just posted on my channel. It's not the same sunny good-time vibe, but it's really raw slide guitar blues. Check it out if you have the time.

[hazelrachelmurphy]

Whats the name of this song?

[ThaHedge]

@hazelrachelmurphy Taylor's Rock

[GT1000TwoTone]

anyone know what year this was?



[GetaBock]

Pure music. Pure genius.

[chattygef]

brilliant

[tybeebeech]

Ridin' his guitar!

[tybeebeech]

Ridin' in my car

Up and down all a the frets

He don't break no sweat!

[Arcticjackal]

I love how he is truly enjoying himself...though the film is over 35 years old, you can still feel his energy, and joy through the screen. A legend in his own right!

[GoodNoteDJ]

This is like a shot of pure endorphins in my brains. What joy Hound Dog Taylor could wring of those simple blues riffs!! And dig -- no bass player, just two guitars and drums -- making such a joyful racket!! I'm lucky to have seen him live. And always give thanks to Bruce Iglauer (Alligator) Records) who's responsible for putting Hound Dog on the map!!!

[HotRodHarley93]

@osamasho1 many artists of every form of art from the visual to sound have been long dead before their genius was truly appreciated. The graveyards are filled with the remains of starved artists.

[bustedup]

That guitar is just about as original as Hound Dog Taylor himself, sounds like a bluesy fistfight in a greasy toolbox.

[santasxgirlfriend]

aroooooooooooooh!

[seymourbbest]

Burning it down!!!!! Oh man I love this old rough music. Fuck the preprogrammed electronic auto tuned shit that is cranked out today.

[mecormany]

Got to see the Hound and his band a year or so before he died and he still had it.Whole place was up for grabs the last set. He had not an enemy in the world and more fans than sand on Oak St Beach. Who are the 3 knotheads who could dislike this?

I pity you folks, I really do. 

[jfrizzlle]

Errybody know the houuuuuund!

[WRECKEDEMWRECKORDS]

FUCK that dude is FURIOUS!!!

[ewoe21]

Everybody know the Hound Dog !

[busessuck1]

punk music's just an imitation of the blues by nasal voiced dumbasses...

metal music's commercial horseshit fed into the mouths of nerds with no appreciation for talent...

an electric guitar only belongs in the hands of the likes of hound dog, fred mcdowel and bb king

[putdownan8dude]

hound dog taylor, from the minute i heard him on beware of the dog he was my favorite bluesman. the most authentic player since robert johnson in my humble opinion.

[zelenious]

this aint metal this aint punk this is THE blues !!!!

[spadge321]

fucking awesome !!!!!!

[gunnarsandruop]

Birth of metal!!

[SpaceBambino]

@gunnarsandruop mate, metal music is a housewife shopping for tampons next to this

[DC9727737757]

HOUND DOG IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[MindsiMedia]

It kind of looks like Smokey Robinson by the fence around 2:20

[johnnyalonso1]

@MindsiMedia

i dont think the guy by the fence is smokey robinson - the guy by the fence kinda looks like the singer of blue oyster cult. ;p

regardless - whoever it was, was there to witness this awesome man playing that swinging blues on his famous teisco guitar :) hound dog rocks!

[MindsiMedia]

@johnnyalonso1 Dam straight.

[johnnyalonso1]

@MindsiMedia

amen bro! :)

[INDIANAJESSE]

Use to see him at the Checker Board in Chicago and Jew town

[KINGSLIDEGUITAR]

@INDIANAJESSE old maxwell street,, been there...........

[odinmp5]

@osamasho1 im aware of what you just said..

but i had not put it in the perspective of how time instead of improving music has really damaged it.

[dkitty8124]

i feel as if someone plugged his guitar into my heart and made soul the amplifier!!!!!

[2stupid2puke]

Man I don't feel so good I gots the dumps and the boogies!

[smokindog]

Dig that crazy sound!!

[hardyharhar9]

dont nobody dis the dog

[waylo4526]

this is RAW and dirty as electric blues can get!!MAN THIS ROCKS LIKE CRAZY!!!

[MalibuColonyPlaza]

I was blessed to hang with these cats and have a drink with them before a gig in Chicago Heights around 1972. I was 15, and I'm still trying to get over it!

[biomagno]

BLUES MEN ARE THE REAL "ROCKERS"...no dooooubt!!!

[howlinblues]

RAW BURR...LEWS...AT IT BEST.

[powerpuke]

had to work a saturday in 74 or 5 and missed him playing up at Central Mi. 25 years later I have a sidekick kid working for me many years my junior starting to talk about some old dude that played the slide like hell yada yada, so I quiz him further and it ends up being the Dog! dammit

[mndb3k]

@powerpuke say what?

[srvfan454]

I live in the wrong time, thats all there is to it.

[sam3300]

wow! When this was recorded?

[laurentribant]

@sam3300

late 60

[sam3300]

wow! When this was recorded?

[onthetower40]

Awesome footage of a bygone era. Yes, George Thorogood was a roadie for Hound Dog on east coast tour.

[conradbkk]

"Everybody know the hound" and ifthey dont they should!!! I learned of the Hound thanks to George Thorogood, one one song Lonesome Jorge says 'dedicated to the late Great Houndog Taylor" so I researched the Hound and have been stuck on him since. RIP Hound and rock them angels to sleep every nite!!!!!!!!!!!

[Juliasblues]

Sweet !.... ....Seen him a few times. At the El Mocombo, in Toronto, and Toronto Folk Festivals, too ! ...Love that distinctive slide sound, and nobody else has that voice !....Nice Post !,,,thanks

[montimer357]

Is it true, that Hound Dog had 6 fingers on his hand?

[mervanderson]

Yes! But he got drunk one night and cut the extra finger off with a knife.

[Hasbo88]

yes but he cut one off when he was drunk

[cravenmoorrrrrrrrr]

this guy inspired George Thorogood, nice...

[hybridd]

Somebody asked about the tuning. I think it's Open D - D-A-D-F#-A-D...Does anybody know what kind of distortion pedals and amp he's using to get that nasty raw sound? it's so bad ass!! i hear he's playing a Teisco guitar and that's part of it. thanks for any info.

[KDP1989]

@hybridd I think those cheap japanese guitars are an important part of his dirty tone. and I'm pretty sure he doesn't use any kind of pedals, he might be a straight guitar-into-amp player.

[hybridd]

thanks. at the beginning of a video it looks like he's pushing a button on something that's on top of his amp. but it looks like a button type switch that's on a pedal and not on an amp.

[KDP1989]

@hybridd I can't see it at the beginning, but I found this:

"His main amp was a Sears silvertone amp and he also used a Super reverb occationally on bigger gigs"

[JabberOff]

By the way, I've been wondering about this for a while.

When Hound Dog asks at the beginning: "You alright, Brother Ted?"

does Ted Harvey respond: "Man I don't feel so good, I've got the dumps like a mother! And the boogies!"

?

[jamianm]

@JabberOff I think of this everytime I listen to it now haha

[JabberOff]

If anybody has a video or mp3 of Hound Dog (with or without the HouseRockers) playing Hideaway (the youtube video with Hound Dog labeled "Hideaway" is actually him performing "Wild About You" with Little Walter), THEN FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST LET ME KNOW.

[Jabbah757]

I think this guy inspired jimi hendryx style in some manner....

[Davis752]

I think that Jimi might not even know about him. Although Hound Dog started his career earlier than Hendrix, he became popular after Jimi's death. Taylor's first album was released in 1971, Jimi died in 1970.

But for sure Hound and Jimi were inspired by the same musicians, like Robert Johnson, Little Richard, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles. It's easy to hear it in the music.

[uberlaxer21210]

amen brother

[MrPo15]

is there anywhere to buy this video? id really like it on dvd!

[roadappleband]

At the Festival Hall in Brisbane Australia a long time ago the Hound stole the show ,one of the best nights of my life.

Hound Dog Taylor miss you man!

[TheBrowndawg]

you lucky bastard, i just wish i was born back then. :-)

[coralseaclyde]

This vid is sooo Good !

[gar137]

Beautiful chaos!

[sickosandsuch]

Some of the best of this kind of dance music. Love that distorted little Japanese guitar.

[weix86]

everybody knows the hound

[TexasHornedToad]

WOW! Just look at this dude rock out!!! No one could hide that kind of genuine passion! Great slide player...funny about the tuning... Bet he was an interesting character

[ravner1976]

the birth of punk

[zedrein18]

@ravner1976 Lets not go crazy here, sparky. 

[AGUIABDON]

@ravner1976 punk? are you crazy? lol it never was punk...

[dreamkeeper15]

@ravner1976 u crazy man this aint punk ...this is rock and roll man

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

@dreamkeeper15 The Sex Pistols and The Clash's songs had Chuck Berry guitar riffs

in their music and the blues was the birthplace for other styles to come.Punk was a

product of rock 'n' roll,surf music and garage rock from a music P.O.V.

[busessuck1]

@ravner1976 these guys ain't no punks

[dawglover419]

does anyone know what tuning he is in?

[m12shooter]

he never knew what tunning he was in. he often said "I cant play shit but I sure play it well."

[widdyhabb]

He even wanted that written on his tombstone: "Hound Dog he couldn't play shit but he sure made it sound good".

[iamg00d]

wonderful =)

[stevieb2400]

wish this was in color

[sakurastick]

さいこー！

[Davis752]

Wow! This is absolutely amazing! Today I've heard Taylor for the 1st time and he became one of my favorite artists. He was really great and extremely charismatic guitarist! I love the way he played. It's so wild and looks like he was born to do that. He was very similar to the true king of rock&roll - Chuck Berry. I thought I'd never say sth like that, but for me the show created by Dog seems to be even better than Berry's.

Other band members also do a very good job. Thank you for this vid!

[eatbass1]

Ya Ya YYYYAAAAAHHHHHHH

[widdyhabb]

Hound Dog you knew what it's all about! Your memory will never ever die!!!

[frankaamaliasilvana]

I love this music, thanks for having it here and share it

[hippydippy]

Every time I watch this! it justs seems to get better & better... Thanks so much for sharing.

God Bless The Dog.

[shaggy288]

hell yeah, this made my day. I would have never even imagined there was video of this guy. Hound dog's the man

[boardrider58]

What is the name of this song?

[silenus74]

"Taylor's Rock"

[schiachpeacht]

watch out for "the roosevelt houserockers". we may come to your place....

[henley65]

This man deserves way more recognition than he has. He has been a huge influence to countless thousands of musicians worldwide. Gotta love The Hound!

[telecaster1963]

He seems to be so happy.

[hippydippy]

Too good for words... Thanks for sharing!

[paris1952]

Everybody knows the Hound!

[originaltbyrd]

tell me these people ain't having a natural ball.

[JacKass00001]

It's like JabberOff says: This blues don't give u the BLUES. OK, it's not technically perfect like Clapton, but Hound Dog had more feeling to what he was doing under his six'th fingernail than Clapton ever has. It's a shame he was discovered so late in his life.

To the uploader: TXS!!!!

[1archer1]

it is totally unnecessary and petty to insult and attempt to diminish clapton while praising taylor. they both did their thing. to try to quantify the amount of feeling they applied while doing it is absurd.

[almanacofsleep]

Fuck Clapton hes a racist dickhead.

[ErosPoop]

WTF, You Stupid Faggot.!

[almanacofsleep]

Didn't Clapton support Enoch Powel? Hes quoted as saying "Kick the wogs out, keep england white".

[ErosPoop]

Nah Man, If Clapton Didn't Like Black People, He'd Be Playin' Death Metal Or Somethin' Not Blues, C'mon His Idol Is Robert Johnson, & He Performs Alot With Buddy Guy & BB King, Etc.

He's A Good Fuckin' Person, Leave Him Alone.

:/

[almanacofsleep]

As has said as recently as 2004 he still supports Powel and his poilices.

[ErosPoop]

Just Shut Up.

-_-

[WallowingGrizzly]

HDTs raw as a block a wood man, love his rugged attack

[1950jimbei]

Hound Dog Taylor was THE reason Bruce Iglauer quit Delmark and started Alligator Records. Such a man would be hard to find in the music industry nowadays, and a genuine bluesman like HDT would be impossible to find.

Well, let's be grateful that we at least have the precious recordings.

[JabberOff]

Every time I listen to Hound Dog and the HouseRockers, it puts a big, goofy grin on my face. They simply exude such an energetic, happy vibe, even when they play more conventional blues numbers. Music to dance to, drink to, and live to.

[stopabluesband]

poca madre muy chingon lo mejor de todos los tiempos este wey si es leyenda

[jkoff76]

Hound Dog -- 11 fingers of fun!!

[cheapholiday]

motherfuckin hound dog

[piewacket]

SOMKIN!!!! yeah I heard hound dog played a old Sears guitar that he found in a pawn shop ,I also read that some body told him ''you can't play for sh*t'',and hound dog said ''ya but i shure can make it sound good!!!'' amen brother!!!

[WallowingGrizzly]

hehe nice man, read that quote somewhere too...forgot where, mighta been an Alligator catalog

[chilenocool]

Gorboduc, Johnny Ramone's guitar is not cheap... mosrite is medium price... teisco was really cheap...

[bluedjinn56]

It's the blues man, vive l'homme aux six doigts

[jjkcharlie]

Thank God for the late, the great, Hound Dog.

[bedatulolaway]

im angry

im so silly Tt

[williamfgc]

Wish I could play like him. I think he's more influential than Hendrix, both are just great. Glad you posted this.

[billyshitcheese]

shut UP!

[dailyvault]

THANK YOU for posting this! Hound Dog was a blues genius - I don't care how grainy the footage, any video featuring the original Houserocker is welcomed!

[BMM51]

This is some real blues !!! I liket a lot !

[Gorboduc]

Hound Dog may be the only man to play a cheaper guitar than Johnny Ramone.

[jaxon1024]

hahaha that is ture. i love both guitarists, but surprisingly, johnny's mosrite costs about $1000 now.

[kinkspreservation]

"Man I don't feel so good!"  Long live hound dog!

[sugeojisan]

Nice and Great!

Thank you for update this clip.

[c1an0]

how long ago is this?

hound dog is a hero!

[Borbnert]

1973 Ann Arbor Blues Festival.

[Borbnert]

At 0:25 - 0:31, you can see his 6th finger on his left hand. He chopped the one on his right hand off.

[c1an0]

are you sure that's not just his slide? looks kinda like it is

[Borbnert]

I'm positive. It sticks out and up from his slide. He had a small extra finger on each hand.

[sehbahdough]

Yeah, Hound Dog was a polydactl, his sixth appendage(s) can be seen in several publicity photos.

[experiessence]

That guitar's got call kinds of crazy knobs and switches, not to mention wash, spin, rinse and fluff!!!

[frankeesh]

evry buddy no the hound

[RedChuck38]

along with Eddy Clearwater, and Chuck Berry of course, one of the truest act ever.

man i dig his music ever.

[loup454]

super blues

[Raymantico]

I concur with gangsta d'amour.

And I also saw Mr. Hound Dog Taylor & his cats play a few times. It was riotous fun.

Back to the spitoon for Mr. "Betewn"

[brianlowdown]

ahhhhh yaaaaaaah

[ravner1976]

HELL YEAH!!! check out that axe hound dog is jammin on!! Take that you 5 Grand gibson chumps...

[Borbnert]

I know, isn't it awesome? It's either a Teisco or a Kawai, most likely a Kawai.

[motorcitystevo]

I'm pretty sure thats a BC Rich Warlock.

[dkityy]

half a brain between the three is still more then have ... ...go watch your eddie vedder and daughtry videos

[purefinder]

This is the best thing ever.

[ccridercom]

hound dog

un des plus grands bluesmans qui aient jamais vécu

chant déchiré jeu déchirant

achetez ses disques bordel

[Leeuw1962]

Holy smoke!!! Truly amazing!

[swingingmonk]

after sifting through lots of boring blues, it's good to hear something which sounds really fresh!

[rickyleepilfer]

I was prompted to look up "Hound Dog" after reading

his obituary this morning in the 01-29-76 issue of

Rolling Stone magazine. Another great You Tube find.

[truegangsteroflove]

"Half a brain betewn the three of them." It kind of makes one wonder how much brain there is "betewn" a certain pair of ears. As well as not knowing how to spell, he who thinks he knows knows not that the correct term when more than two people are described is "among," or in this case, amnog.

I saw Hound Dog Taylor twice. Once was when he opened for for Luther Allison. He was incredible both times. He was older than this video, played a lot of faster stuff, and absolutely breathed the blues.

[ThomasDeLello]

There isn't a half a brain betewn the three of them...

[hausenharry]

may the big bird shit on you!

[marlathetourist]

In his own words: 'Everybody know The Hound' This guy was amazing!!!!!

[x2mars]

yeah man

[tdominey]

Oh sweet jesus. I can't believe this video exists. THANK YOU

[willlllllllllllllz]

i grew up on this guy!! the guru!much love from south auckland!!!!! new zealand!!

[SantanaPassion]

I sure agree, BLUES at it's BEST !!

[chalkdestick]

Rocknroll blues at its best. i only heard of this guy recently when i got a martin scorcese presents the blues boxset.

Amazing how the real deal gets no acclaim while hacks like George Thorogood make all the