I will never be your fool - David Bromberg

[Cascade47]

I was there...and it was great. Didn't he announce there that he was going to start making fiddles?

[whocares1694]

Great performance!

[verbaud]

Listen here, Sugar Lips! Saw Bromberg do this at Gerd's Folk City in the Village, 71-72? Funniest and most vicious blues song ever written or sung! Go, Dave!

[21poker21]

ITS A SONG FOR SELENA GOMEZ

[21poker21]

selena gomez

[LJH70122]

Excellent ! Brings back some pleasant memories from my mis-spent youth. This was the closest he came to a hit. It got some air play on even some commercial rock stations. I still love the line " I graduated Phi Beta God-damn Kappa from that school ".

[skimer104]

anybody have tabs/chords for this????

[CRV4Me]

I think that the outrageous harp solo on this is by the great Howard Levy. It sounds like him, but I can't find any documentation that he was at the '85 PFF and David does not give him a shout out in the clip. But I think it's him.

[Taylor510ceL9]

@CRV4Me

You are exactly right! I do remember David introducing him.  It may be on another clip. Or, it may have been lost, There are so many hours that didn't survive. Video tape does not last.

[YankeeClippa]

@CRV4Me I was just thinkin' that... Outrageous Harp Solo!! :)

[cheffie721]

i lived right below the old poole farm...was that the camp stage down in the holler or the main stage...either way david's blues introduced me to the bluegrass...steve goodman and john prine...so glad to see he is back at it

[Heartlander2]

From 4:17 to the end is Epic.

[IgorDimitrienko]

- THIS IS BEYOND SOULFUL!!

[terripin99]

I remember the Bottom Line shows around Thanksgiving every yr- - David used to send coffee and do-nuts out to the crowd waiting in line outside for the 2nd show

Good guy and a HellUva- picker!!!

[TheDukeishness]

What a delivery......................­..Duke

[thinkitthru6]

Love Bromberg but why not show the rest of the band members performing their solos?-they are great as well.

[detweilcny]

The ultimate break-up song. I saw him do this one live at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY back around '80 (dang what a long time ago!). His Big Band was truly a thing of beauty and this song brought the house down!

[theblame01]

My dad introduced D.B.B. to me when i was 12, i'm 44 now, what talent! thanks.

[biltwood]

Used to go see David at MY FATHER"S PLACE in Old Roslyn Long Island NY many many many times. He was always dead on. He used to get pissed off at his band. Saw him a few years back at IMAC in Huntington, NY. By far one of my favorite musicians. saw Commander Cody at MFP countless times also. Anybody out there remember My Father's Place.

[vince71362]

HOw old is that bass player, 10?

[gumbiproductions]

if anyone can  find me a karaoke track to this i would be so greatful!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!! I want it so bad

[LookinAtchoo]

is there a vid of bullfrog blues out there?

[lls691ddm]

Just saw David B and the Angel Band at the Tupelo Room, Londonderry NH. Great show from both David and all the musicians. He closed with 'Lost My Drivin' Wheel,' Wow!!

Hey, who's the great harp player on this video?

[Taylor510ceL9]

Larry Packer. I think.

[Reasonjester]

@Taylor510ceL9

That is great harp. Thanks for pointing that out.

[empathic11]

@Taylor510ceL9 Larry Packer was in fiddle, I'm pretty sure.

[jeffcarruthers]

saw him play in Fairfield, Iowa I believe in 1980......good to hear it again

[ricardblanc]

oh wow!!! I remember that concert. What a great day that was

[irishhomie3]

I saw Bromberg for the first time at SUNY New Paltz in 1977 and he blew me away, especially with this song . . . I've been a fan ever since. He turns 63 today or tomorrow so in '77 he would have been 32 .. . and I would have been 20 . . . .Long time ago

[irishhomie3]

I saw Bromberg at SUNY New Paltz in 1977 and he blew me away — especially this song. He turns 63 today or tomorrow.

[ChrisDan915]

I saw David Bromberg at the Winston-Salem Street Scene in 1981. Trying to catch a concert at The Birchmere in Alexandria when my schedule permits. I just love his music.

[languagedancer]

Okay....so....that little bit at the end there....I always thought THAT was rap.....course, I know what a princess telephone is....er....uh.....was.

There's gonna be sound commin from the decayed aoms of his mosoluem that have floated twenty billion light years from Earth. and I'll be right there with my glasses on listenin to the music of the spheres....

[ellocomecanico]

I had just divorced my first wife, when i heard this for the first time in 1977, need I say more?

[nkoeppel]

priceless!

[rayjr62]

LOL- No, you need not. I played this song non-stop after I got divorced in 1993. Worthless Fucking cunt. And I won't say anymore.

[rwstutler]

From 30 years out of the past comes 'How Laddle you play to?'! Love it, thanks!

[dustfrog]

LOL, "...I'll see that faggot dead...."

Yeah, geat writer and a great muso too.

[woahhitsnoah]

this guy has soul. grade A soul, brother.

[gazorba]

saw him in santa cruz ca..1978,some of the songs were from the great american music hall

s.f. from how latl ya play til.

[studunit1]

I discovered David Bromberg about 1970 or thereabouts in Wichita, Kansas performing as an opening act for The Earl Scruggs Review and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I went right out and bought his album, "Devil in Disguise". He did a medley of Irish fiddle tunes played on guitar on that album, and was absolutely the most amazing piece of guitar work I've ever heard. I cannot find that medley anywhere now. I have been a fan ever since.

[PeteGeaux]

I still have a copy of the original LP. Great stuff.

[Heartlander2]

Saw him in Chicago many years ago.

Sunnyland Slim's 80th birthday party.

Dr. John was there as well.

WHAT A SHOW THAT WAS!

[Lifeislikeabeanstalk]

There need to be more performances of this song posted up . . . .

[PeatMuppets]

ahh....i remember how late'll you play t'll.....great album!

[phjost]

This guy is incredible. One of the very few white people who really play "real" blues.

[Truthseekerfinder]

Actually, there are a whole raft of white guys playing "real" blues. -But, what the fuck does anyone's skin color have to do with it?

The Blues is a state of mind, a broken heart on a Saturday night, a lost love, lost job, lost dog, lost weekend...

Leave color out of it.

[johngalt2626]

Every young man knows a woman or two he wishes he had the balls to sing this song ro!!!!!!

[AV1901]

Outstanding! Any idea who the harmonica player is on this video?

[moco635]

great posting thx alot..what campus was this at?

[Taylor510ceL9]

This was taken at the Philadelphia Folk Festival on the Old Poole Farm just outside of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.

[moco635]

Ahh..good ole Schwenksvile..thx

[drumqueen8]

This is so great, thank you! I only had this song on an old cassette tape. He's so crazy.//

[declijas]

Thank you *so* much for posting this! I was the closest to a groupie I've ever been to a band/singer for this man. I haven't heard his voice for eons. Just saw he was playing at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and did a doubletake. Had to Google him to make sure it was the same David Bromberg. Finding videos here was icing on the cake. I think I was at that PFF to boot. What a joy to hear him again!

[valleysally]

I guess I was the west coast groupie! I also did the photos for the albums he did for Fantasy Records. The Great American Music Hall was the best place to see him and the band, acustics! and no one was far from the stage and it was a photographers dream, could get shots from all angles! Backstage, however was one lightbulb in wach room and one in the hall

[davidmcquaid]

I love Bromberg! He was in Dallas about a year ago and was fantastic! I'd travel a good distance to see David Bromberg...but I would never be his fool~!

[terripin99]

It was so cold one year ,that Dave sent out hot choc. & donuts for those of us waiting in line for them to open up for the second show at the BottomLine.-

[ripole]

We usedto go to the Bottom lINE in NYC to see Big Dave do The aniversity shows around Thanksgiving back in the 70s- - great days great shows-

[jeffljacobs]

Right after the Thanksgiving show at Bottom Line, Dave would do a smaller show at the Music Hall in Tarrytown

[terripin99]

It was so cold one year ,that Dave sent out hot choc. & donuts for those of waiting in line for them to open up for the second show at the BottomLine.- Looking out for the people !

[TroyOi]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall that Dave hails from Tarrytown, NY. I believe his father was a psychiatrist there.

[tadarlington]

world cafe feb 15 dude

[Taylorguy55]

I heard he was back performing. Any news about dates/places?  Here's another fan from Bama!

[Taylor510ceL9]

He played at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 2005 to substitute for Emmy Lou Harris, and had a couple of workshops at last year's festival.  He lives in Wilmington Delaware now, and sells violins there.

[Taylorguy55]

Thanks. I thought I had read recently that he was giving up the violin building business and heading back on the road. I have never seen him live and he is my absolute guitar hero. If he ever hits Philly, please let me know. I work for a company based in King of Prussia and could always conjure up some excuse to head that way.

[jsgantt]

Dave's still has the violin shop but he is touring a lot with Angel Band and his other bands and we have been jamming on tuesday nights (open jam) in Wilmington for several years but the place we jam at is closed for remodeling. So I don't kow whats gonna happen with the jam. But anyone can bring your instrument jam with Dave and the rest of us (if the jam survives)

[Taylor510ceL9]

I guess if you see him in person, you become a fan. Have you seen the other Bromberg clips that I have uploaded?

[lafreeway]

Taylor, you da man! What is the chance that 2 guys from Alabama and Georgia, like you and I, would be Bromberg's fans.

[bodima]

i love bromberg t y