John Lee Hooker - I'll never get out of these blues alive

[drycreamer]

love the song, but if you write it, its copyrighted, so, it is... leave it up until they make you take it down!! :)

[ArjanLoeve]

this is awsome!

[boxingin]

One of the greatest bluesman ever and definitely one of the best guitar players of all time! He's bad!

[JLH250]

john lee hooker was the best / he was a great and tremendous influence to blues music. i just love the sound he created

[Reddirtgirl55Again]

This is brilliant.he was the best!!

[Vretum12]

True jazz guitarist

[Actar411]

@Vretum12 I'd say more of blues guitar. Jazz guitar is about being not heard or just being the steady part of a combo. Blues puts that guitar out there singing to blues right with the singer.

[li4m]

What year was that please ?

[GoliamNos]

@li4m the album is from 1972

[hiddentreasure73]

I guess there are 4 fuckers out there that's never had the blues!!!

[macs2610]

John Lee Hooker it´s for me the best Blues-Singer for all the Time

[montella111]

story of my life

[88mixa]

This is probably my favorite song from John Lee Hooker.

[MrYODL]

Just the title get me start laughing :DDD

[buffalobilly]

In the words of Miles Davis; John Lee sang if from under the mud

[dvsdelfia]

Youtube really needs to make a FUCKIN AWESOME LOV IT option

[trippysmith]

boogie man rocks

[FunkySkunk90]

John Lee Hooker is a great man.

[voodoochild53]

Mr Hooker You kick Ass

[COCOLAKED]

One of the few one / four / fives that John played. He usually played in the more Hill Country style vamping on one chord. Any musicians who backed John will vouch that he did not play in this style very often. The times I backed him it was usually Hill Country Blues. What a great bluesman - one of my very favorites.

[spyguys]

@COCOLAKED Yeah, I've noticed that about John. Even when the other musicians go to the 4 or 5 chord he often stayed on the root. Also his timing can be unique at times. I've played with guys who do the same thing and it's always a challenge but it keeps me on my toes. Cool that you worked with John.

[COCOLAKED]

One of the few one / four / fives that John played. 

[karinwick1]

John Lee Hooker heeft dit nummer (ook) met Van Morrison gespeeld, ook Ball and Chain, Travelin Blues, Rainy Day en Mr Lucky

[lampens]

@karinwick1 Klopt, Er was ook een video van hem met JLH op youtube. Volgens mij heb ik die zelfs nog eens geupload maar die moest weg gehaald worden. :(

[littletemple1]

Very cool Hooker!!

[TheLeggyredhead]

seriously cool dude...

[vemkanmanlitapa]

anyone got the tabs for this?

[montella111]

Story of my life. J.L. understands it.

[rekosen]

who the hell dislikes these videos????????

[FallaciousGee]

@rekosen Two people apparently don't have the blues.

[thecosmicmariner]

I pray that when I go, I get to see John Lee one more time, unless I go to heaven. Then I could see him play all the time.

[FallaciousGee]

I like to turn on rainymoods and listen to this while sipping cheap whiskey.

[osvelhos]

see: Os velhos da montanha

[Jack8the8Ripper]

behold the sound of hopelessness

[billpbc]

used to have this entire album on an 8track.yeah been following blues for that long.

[fmilktoast]

whoa.... no fucking way... john lee hooker..... doing chord changes!??!!??!!

[7minmile]

@fmilktoast my thoughts exactly

[werobanks]

damn - what a guitar lesson. its on youtube.

[guywalker29]

Whoa. Check out the package.  Where's Bonnie?

[ZZBob777]

This is great. He sounds just like he did when I heard him in Gerdes Folk City back in the early sixties. The sound just takes me back to those days. The club was quiet when he played. If some one started talking, we stare them down. The sound of his guitar and his voice was so mesmerizing.

[zavorapipefish]

I dont know how I am gonna get through these blues alive, my woman left me yesterday and ive been chain smoking and drinking coffee, havnt slept

[johnsimpala]

He did 2 tracks w/Van Morrison on Best of Friends album. I Cover the Waterfront & Don't Look Back.

[justusandstuff]

excellent clip - thanks for sharing!

[dervanski]

check out the hollow body guit7....georgeous

[paartde2de]

what guitar is he playing?

[yellowfellow]

lol this guy looks like takashi shimura

[keithricard]

Excellent! A voir aussi dans Du Mali au Mississipi de Scorsese.

[McGraffix]

this is what makes America great!

[thelawya]

I think he's my favorite favorite

[marloesCComm]

About the copyright: this shit is like a museum; should be open to everyone! Love it! Thank you for posting!

Hele dikke x,Marloes

[MRDubLove]

@marloesCComm

is there not a freedom of information act..?

[karl198]

Man he's good.

[bohemianbeagle]

i feel kind of left out that my generation experiences little of this kind of music magic:

the song and the guitar playing and the musician himself are totally separate entities, colliding in a fusion of sound and emotions and becoming one unit of human expression.

the film is so simple, the set virtually empty; no elaborate elements. whether it was because of the times or t'was intended that way, the whole construct leaves only two things to carry the ideas through - just John and his music

[mammothsoulja]

right on......

[skarty93]

its really very sad.

[marvy1118]

Check out Hobo Blues

[Wajlonis]

He was right. He never got out of this blues alive - born and died as a bluesman. :)

[vanhelm13]

@Wajlonis

Once you got the blues, you keep'em.

[trcysttt]

Astounding and mesmerizing.

This is the song and the version of it that opened my eyes and ears to The Blues.

Thanks so much for sharing!

[vellutogiallo]

Hi guys, someone could tell me in what anthology i can find this version of "never get out of these blues alive" ? Thank you

[everlast069]

well all i can tell you is that its on the best sellers list on the itunes music store..just says John Lee Hooker. The Anthology.. so im guessing the very first one perhaps?? im trying to get my local music store to track it down for me.

Hope this helps a bit?

[reistrangelove]

thank you for posting this! It's my favorite John Lee Hooker. :)

[colliebarbu]

JLH is good but lightnin hopkins is the best to me

[skeptyky]

number one du blues eternel beautiful ths world

JLH TE BEST!!

[vinnynumbnuts]

Came out of the womb cryin' the blues....

[pecne]

I like the way the Canned Heat covered this song!!

Amazing blues!!

[HeyHeyHarmonicaLuke]

my fav band!

(probably everyone's)

[acidcasual07]

one man band.

[Joalland]

where can I find this tab please? =)

[Bohumill2]

You c n do it by watching him...

Its easy...and thtas the magic...easy..and sharp

[Th3Turtl3]

Watch, listen, and play it yourself. It's not that hard.. just learn to feel it man.

[Eatmyshorts667]

beautifull...

what more is there to say.

[smotpoker86]

Im so gald someone posted this back up! I love this song.

[spiritladysoul]

anyone know the track he sang with van morrison.cant remember the name of it, but loved the song.

[StrappedGypsy]

it's a version of serves me right to suffer called backbiters and syndicated.

[StrappedGypsy]

'scuse me, correct myself here. "serves me right to suffer/syndicators" they also did gloria together.

[lampens]

Is it baby please don't go? I posted it on my channel.

[oOJimmySueOo]

He does baby please don't go, with the video of them sittin by the river. He also does this song here, never get out of these blues alive, with van.

[jcat5150]

Van and John worked together on several occasions on several different tunes, including a version of this one.

[johnsimpala]

@spiritladysoul He did 2 songs w/Van Morrison on the Best of Friends album, Don't Look Back & I Cover the Waterfront.

[rydochi]

@spiritladysoul They did a few together... "The Healing Game", "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive", and "I Cover the Waterfront" are three that come to mind... JLH appeared on Van Morrison's live album "A Night in San Francisco."

[zavorapipefish]

@spiritladysoul i belive its called I cover the water front

[ojfellows]

@spiritladysoul its G.L.O.R.I.A. its on youtube

[ojfellows]

@spiritladysoul its G.L.O.R.I.A. The track is on youtube.

[StingerNova]

@spiritladysoul ill cover the waterfront. GREAT fuckin tune.

[zimmy2000]

@spiritladysoul

The Healing Game?

[Taterdigger]

@spiritladysoul They sang this song together: Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive.

[kevoishere1]

@spiritladysoul I Cover the Waterfront.

[slashgalvin]

@spiritladysoul TB sheets

[lunamaruie]

the name of the song is Gloria

[lunamaruie]

the name of the song is Gloria

[louieee13]

@spiritladysoul I cover the Waterfront....

[SteveJustGotRandom]

Man... what power

[parapedal1]

one of the single greatest moments in the history of the Blues!

[PedantryPersonified]

Brilliant. A classic, if ever there was one.