Robert Pete Williams - Scrap Iron Blues

[distressed7]

What good I hear. It's good.

[MrChainsaw01]

he is sooooo zajebisty;p

[BordiniBlues85]

real blues deal

[barimayberry]

What would I do if it was me in the story?

What would you do?

Smart Ass puts his boney finger on your nose! Blocks the exit! Pulls a knife!

What else is there except die? Not an option

[rob1927blues]

fucking legend!

[veganbear]

Roviros Manthoulis (director)- Out of the Blacks into the Blues -Along the Old Man River

Is the name of this documentary.

[fenderfish]

@ the end he is saying he "never heard that one before" so he wrote the song as he played it ...wow. good stuff!

[shantolog]

He brought a knife to a gun fight...

its honestly a sad but all to common situation.

[pmarinovich]

I meant open E minor tuning.

[pmarinovich]

He used open "E" tuning. I know because he told me. He died two years later and I never even heard about his death.

[slloyd1452]

What a beautiful, gentle man. His playing is sensational. The ending part is . . . I just can't kind words to express what his unique musicianship deserves. What a force.

[LittleBrotherBlues]

Killer, loved it. I know many people that play in this style. You just have to get out of the city and know the right families. Utterly fantastic stuff here. I love every word he said, and Ida Mae. Man this was awesome!!

[slightlyperturbedmax]

Killer is right, the man went to jail for murder!

But he wrote Grown so Ugly so he's cool.

This is a great video!

[plutoohno]

oh... just wow. whats the name of the movie this is from?

[brentlayzee]

"He fell on his face, and I walked out the door"

[cbneely]

Look no further for the blues. This is it. Fuck!

[lenaspieltblues]

Almost feel that Africa is so near when hearing that wonderful blues singer and player. Thanks Dave for the post!

[plutoohno]

his voice is really reminiscent of a lot of african music.

[sheilapatrick1]

@plutoohno well it should be

[mcphert1]

Great guitar and singing. The stacked cars also a good way to end the video.

[MRJimcoMustache]

that guitar he has my dad owns. Its really cool its all worn in and has this cool sticker on it that he must've put on. It has a sun that says SMYLE. Its a Harmony Sovereign 19 fret six string.

[kidcalabria]

This guy was great. It's perhaps the most African type of Blues, like all Delta Blues. Listen to Ali Farka Toure', from Mali, it's very similiar to some West African music, that's where it comes from, in a very underground, subterranean, genetic kinda way. When it comes to real feeling thru music it beats any pop music any day.

[jipes]

Pure expression of what is really the Blues !

[jhonnybladez]

Black, White, Jewish, Latino, Philipino, and Indian, At some point or time everybodies got to have the blues. Humanity.  Emotions.

[adamOFredcliffeTOWN]

This guy has really got the blues... You can see it in his face when he sings he looks like he's in pain and his soul is crying out or something. Very powerfull stuff.

[Stevoblues]

RPW is my guitar hero. His soulful style looks so easy but I've never heard and player like him. It just seems to flow from this guy. Truly amazing. He's a musical treasure.

[busessuck1]

@Stevoblues that's the case with most of these guitarists, you can play the same notes in the same tuning... it'll never sound as good