Roy Rogers (slide guitar) - The Sky Is Crying

[gmj2012]

This is awesome, as good as SRV which is going to make me cry just to admit :( Unbelievable & not the OLD Roy Rogers but some young cat I ain't never seen or heard before, going to change that NOW though.

[hvince67]

That's along the best slide I've seen on youtube.

[PhilHomeStudio]

Gibson es 125 T open D.

[Maysey1]

Amazing! Is he playing in open tuning on this? anyone!!!

[Flatlandpower]

@Maysey1 I think it's Open D

[matrajao]

I'm really a blues fan, but why do every blues song have a "I woke up in the morning" part? 

[SuperUltraHyperMega]

@matrajao They're trying to say that whatever's been troubling them has been on their mind since the moment they woke up.

[rodrigowski]

Amazing! Thanks from Brazil.

[Tobytwirl1000]

Just found these posts. I love Mr Rogers's playing. I think he's the dog's bollocks (that's a compliment by the way).

[bbooz]

this guy has to come to sellersville theater.. pa.  someone get the word out to the guy if you know him,, he get its and gets it good....

[MrJohnnyblayze]

Wow! What a cool surprise. Thats what I was lookin for. Face melting blues.

[blueboy397]

why are so many people moaning,all you gotta do is practice,practice,practice.go ahead you just might surprise yourself...

[squitifitch]

Man, I'm so glad I accidently clicked on a video of Roy Rogers. I have found a new guitar hero. What a feeling for the blues has this hero!

[MrGika33]

I´m Speechless. This Roy is a beast playing. So perfect and full of feeling.

Great. Thumbs up guys!!!!!

[ybot1983]

its like hes painting the notes sometimes

[eblogznet]

great vid

eblogz.net

[wsbzarz2010]

Which one model of Gibson is this???

[swanski100]

@wsbzarz2010 think a ES-125

[floppybiscuits]

I didn't know Gary OIdman could play slide!

[PuffSmelly]

@floppybiscuits haahaa i love gary

[JVDUMI]

@PuffSmelly Someone between Gary Oldman and Johnny Depp I would say :)

[Quilbo]

@floppybiscuits lol, i thought the same as i saw him

[tomitstube]

sweet.

[Rapo02]

Acabei de quebrar meu slide... desisto.

[GetReide]

tasty!

[ADAMROCKS5]

why have a backing band that sounds like a programmed backing track? good sliding though!

[cacianokressler]

Cachaça barata que o resto é bobagem

[HellBoyBell]

Lovin that vintage tone. Sweetest slide ive heard for ages.



[TimBirkenholz]

needs moar reverb

[abuiso]

a natural....God save the Blues

[acoustic996]

I've never in my life touched a finger slide and played slide guitar, but watching Roy Roger's videos just made me buy one...

[Trevmitchell]

Awesome, no other word for it.

[imadood]

Respect Brother

[99mulley]

is that an ES-125

[ridgeruna]

@99mulley It's a Gibson. that's all I know

[keelef]

what about derek trucks for slide?

[anonymouslolxD]

@keelef Derek Trucks, Roy Rogers, Duane Allman and Rory Gallgher to name but a few :)

[aLeanAndHungryLook]

Im a fan of sonny boy williams version but this has to be a close second, the guitar is crying pure class

[BluesNeo]

was hypnotized...very good fucking stuff!

[coopwaldo]

i think i love every version of this song

[apeacock32]

Ok I like Non of the aforementioned....and am embarassed that I dont know RR...Love Slide....Thank you so much for posting!!!

[fireblossom2u]

I just got home from seeing Roy and his band at the Triple Door in Seattle. INCREDIBLE performance. He is like the direct link back to the masters. We must speak of this player often. He must be known by all. ;-)

[speedpork]

Wicked but blues feeling is missing.

[pcrsweetness]

@speedpork i disagree, i think you can really see the passion in his face when he's singing

[Kynatics]

damn! Mad skills and finesse! Elmore would be proud

[howdenjackass]

What tuning do you tune to to get a epic thing like this D: this is brilliant.

[ACDCbassist]

@howdenjackass

I think he uses Open D Tuning (D,A,D,F#,A,D) ;)

[Kirschenrock]

Oh Ja!

[dezerterone]

Love this guys.

[TheFutski]

I was watching some videos with Rory Gallagher, and just blindly clicked on one of the suggested videos, listened for about a minute or two, and thought "Hey, this isn't Gallagher", and now i know who Roy Rogers is, best accident ever!!!

[noblesiner]

AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING

[709AJ]

best slide player ever.

[MichiganStreets]

this is probly one of my favorite songs the slide is were its at

[Shodanski1980]

This is so fucking awesome !!!!!! brilliant guitar playing!

Damn!

[musiceagle1963]

dude love it just wish i could do some imptov blues and classic rock mixxes with you

[mrboogie107]

which tuning is that?

[TheBitterWeed]

Plenty of goddamn blues. 10/10

[fi1ipinoCh3f]

What guitar is he using?

[HSLAirsoft]

@fi1ipinoCh3f I believe it is a Gibson ES-125 T

[operator3103]

George Thorogood should've spent some time at this guys feet. Roy is much more creative. Listen to that stuff around 3.00 minutes, blows up your mind!

[molldyer]

Like Willie is to Country, Roy is to the Blues.

-=tabby crabb

[pretty9reenpark4]

what an awsome song man this guy this guy kicks ass one of the best discovery's ive made slide guitar legend.

[thehornethive]

what does he tune this guitar to?

[BAMdrix]

@thehornethive This song is open E Walkin Blues is open E tuned down a whole step to D

[BAMdrix]

What RR album is this song on?

[Toesfud1]

Roy's my man... As a blues musician, i so respect this guy...

[KwiatkowskiArtur]

great tribute to Elmore James :) he must be very proud up in heaven :)

[Toesfud1]

@KwiatkowskiArtur

He sure will be... Elmore never got the recognition he deserved. Nor did Houngdog Talor

[709AJ]

Awesome.

[kaiboy83]

Stunning Gibson, played as it should be!!

[sam345]

sliude guitar is the actual business, i love heavy metal, rock and even some classical music but nothing comes close to this guy

[thalilmacogangsta1]

EPIC.

[thewho12344]

what kind of guitar is that?

[mbrocato1956]

@thewho12344

ES-125 3/4 Gibson (1958)

[justblues10]

one of the best musicians alive

[Zadok8]

When it comes to traditional blues slide, turned up a notch, Roy is the "Master Blaster".

[Squeege85]

I saw Roy many years ago in Wheeling at the Heritage Blues Fest and he absolutely blew me away. Really turned me on to wanting to learn the delta slide.

[snhlandman]

Great blues slide. First time I've heard him. What a find.

[polyjr]

when you see a person makes look easy a very difficult thing to perform you can be certain about how good in this craft that person are

[cas111498]

some songs just belong to the slide. historic !

[archVille1979]

long live elmore..

[moustikdu91]

He's blues to the bone...

[yogy529]

good shit like this jus cant be taught. Great improvisation

[gtflyer]

Best slide player EVER..nuff said.

[rynman47]

@gtflyer

Derek Trucks says hi

[gtflyer]

@rynman47

??? Who's Derek,..?

[gtflyer]

@gtflyer  Just saw a few of his vids...he's good..!

[gtflyer]

@gtflyer Just saw a few of his vids...he's good..! 2 different styles.

[jet936]

@chadwick351 Ears full of wax maybe

[TanguyHaers]

@chadwick351 You actually are so retarded you bring his name up in here? Seriously, what is your problem?

[chadwick352]

@TanguyHaers haha, I'm retarded? Well that's the beauty of the internet, I can do whatever I want and comment on whatever I want; just like you, and if you don't like it...well frankly that's not my problem!

[killa4hyre]

@chadwick351 i actually did miss the like button lol

[tonybloch]

@chadwick351 these jokes arent fun anymore

[solinjar]

@tonybloch i agree

[tonybloch]

@solinjar ^^ if we keep talking about bieber the only thing we're doing is making him become even more famous (srry about english im brazilian)

[lilkoyote]

@chadwick351 Ha Ha ! Fo shizzle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lucky95Music]

@chadwick351 You can't spell the word "missed."

[cxcaliber]

Saw him Saturday night (9/25/10) for the 3rd time the Man is amazing. Must be seen to be appreciated.

[Corruptedxxx]

i have never seen a guitar like that

[KennyBlue51]

awesome technical virtuosity left hand 3 fingers play great rhythm guitar with the pinky reserved for the slide!

[speck444]

i like it

[Thumper1737]

Roy is one of my favorites.... All the cuts from Roger's video are great! In fact they are better than his albums. Wish they would just put these versions on a CD or allow purchase of the MP3's.

[a1986v65]

The guitar is a Gibson ES150 1939 model.

[treatb09]

this dudes got the best voice

[rosesredvioletsblue]

fantastic!!!!!!

[pmastaflast]

Damn Gary Oldman can play some fucking mean guitar!

[wc4dblues]

Roy is one double barrel muther. I've been into him for 30yrs now, and he just gets better. One rockin' LiL cat , and a real nice guy

[beyotch1918]

i totally agree with funkcowboy!!!!

[lespaul702]

anyone know what model that gibson is?

[jaundicedi]

@lespaul702

Maybe an L-7?

[extremesports1122]

@lespaul702 Methinks L7

[EnzoPuliti]

The guitar is a Gibson ES-125 with a single P-90 pickup. Sweet!

[blues999z]

113% PERFECT FROM START TOO FINISH !!!  thx for sharing...

[pubess213]

sick slide guitar

[guitar123ev]

He's so awesome

[theactor19]

anyone know if he is using a different tuning than standard?

[theozzman67]

@theactor19 I think it's Drop D.

[infectedvector]

I'd like to be able to play like that...just for my own entertainment and enjoyment. WOW

[mattymick12]

sad state of affairs that everyone knows who Shakira, Britney Spears, Akon, etc are, but this guy goes unnoticed by the general public. great player, great tone and an awesome voice to boot.

[eraffel]

@mattymick12 What is Akon?

[Samueltrad]

@mattymick12 I was thinking just that. But, perhaps if unknown geniuses like these fell in the hands of the public, they could easily become corrupted by the mainstream and the evils of the music industry. They'd lose their purity. Thanks to youtube, those who appreciate this stuff can enjoy their craft and these bluesmen are kept from corruption. Interesting.

[squeakiest]

DAMN I GOT GOOSEBUMPS

[000steelandstone000]

HE'S NOT DEAD. The one that's dead is the actor Roy Rogers. The awesome slide guitar player Roy Rogers is still alive.

[ovehe1950]

amazing

[shitbagsmith]

This music is the soul and strife in each of us. This is the culmination of dreams and hopes that are derailed by lifes ups and downs. This mans heart is in his music and his soul is at his fingertips.

[SpinorRep]

This was perfectly played!

[SpinorRep]

Thanks for posting this video - Roy Rogers performance was perfect.

[zsarnoff]

Underrated singer too

[RedIron1066]

Never heard of him till tonight! SHIT FIRE!!! This man can tear it up!!!!

Sad to learn of his untimely demise. What happened to him??

[kohula1]

@RedIron1066 pretty sure THIS Roy Rogers is still alive. what you might be thinking of is the Roy Rogers who was an actor/singer way back in the day. This guy is only in his mid 50s, Roy Rogers (actor) died at age 86.

[jappadu100]

Blues wird immer  sein.....solange Menschen mit einer Gitarre umgehen können..

Toll...

[rslabaugh1000]

paradise arts put this up first but i felt you all might like it

[JimiChristopher]

great player

steve28277 hahaha very funny thanks

[Steve28277]

Never thought I'd hear a SRV number that was as good as the original - superb!!!!

[tinpanalley67]

@Steve28277 That's not SRV number . That's Elmore James version.

[Steve28277]

@tinpanalley67 well i never!! always thought that was a SRV number, just goes to show!!! thanks for the info.

[800MileMonday]

This guy is legit! Respect! Check out my channel and let me know what you think of Black Mountain Rag.

[ginna8]

hey all. I have a 60-year old f-hole columbian minor acoustic guitar. Has anyone ever heard of this make, and can anyone tell me something about it? Ive taken it to a few guitar shops and no one has ever seen this guitar.

[bigcountryjd]

@ginna8 the only thing i know is that if you give it to me, i would gladly accept!

[ramjam418]

wow were has this guy been hidin outstanding

[MyBluesGuitar]

I had a Gibson like that one...It did´nt sound that good..Fantastic playing

[Tsutsomu]

Thank you very much !

Great video.

Friendly :

STeph.

[guitarjerry1126]

Awesome!!! Great!!!

Enjoying this imensely!

Jerry

[juffurey]

awesome vintage sound

[ZEROPOINT132]

This is defiantly open D

Cheers Z

[YoGroucho]

Is a open E my friend.

[MetallicBill]

They say Duane Allman was one of the best that ever lived. I feel Ron Wood is pretty damn underrated as far as his SLIDE work as well, Slide on this, Ronny!

[andre5945]

mon meilleur guitariste apres clapton pour le rock et le blues

[SidewalkFrequencies]

nice chops,

[rednighthorizon]

...does anybody know what tuning he's in???? I'm a rook...still learning,Thanks

[MikisRokis]

@rednighthorizon Open G tuning: D G D G B D

[rednighthorizon]

...heya bruhva, thanks muchly...

[garydupuis]

Open D actually. Listen to the difference between the two tunings and you will see what I mean.

[laneage]

@rednighthorizon we're all still learning... for life. remember that :)

[rednighthorizon]

...That's awesome chum, thanks for the reminder..I needed that...Many blessing's...be well....

[rednighthorizon]

...Many thanks Chum, I hope I never forget that...be well...

[800MileMonday]

@rednighthorizon D-A-D-F#-A-D is 100% for sure the tuning he's in.

[BlackChocobo666]

Roy Rodgers you are my idol

[6stringun]

RR is memorizing~ I could watch him play all day.

[atolleter]

@6stringun mesmerizing...

[nAtEbAlEstEr]

i saw one of these guitars today for $1,100

i wanted to buy it sooo bad, especially after watching this

[YoGroucho]

Why people always asks the same question? what kind of guitar? look stupid.

...and music in not important?

[johntonyroche]

go check out rory gallaghers slide playin on strats and telecasters all stock he seems to get them to sound good

[365fg]

Every guitarrist that has a guitar brand supporting him doesn't have a stock instrument.

Get real, if Fender is buying all your shit, would you ask for a normal Fender or one to your liking?

[johntonyroche]

buy stock i ment bone nuts low action and .09 strings and rory never was backed buy fender bought the guitar when he was 13 and had the same one till he died then fender came knocking to make replicas you dont need no drobo to play slide you can do it on anything and still get a sweet ass tone!

[365fg]

You believe I will take seriously a guy that write BUY isteay of BY?....

For gods sake....

[johntonyroche]

@365fg hmmmm pot calling the kettle black there dude "ISTEAY" OR "GUITARRIST" and if this is what you have to resort to you obviously dont know what your talking about

[yawmwen]

@365fg yea, usually the musician gets a custom version...hell, sometimes the company even uses that custom guitar for their own line of instruments(buy "Roy Rogers Signature Guitar" for example).

[funnycarrot]

Hes playing that acoustic like an electric. May as well have used a strat and got a better tone.

[365fg]

Stupid, that's a Semi Hollowed Electric Guitar

Also, stock stratocasters don't work good for slide playing.

Why don't you go and discover there are more guitars than just strats as it's seem you are pretty ignorant on the subject.

[Sointula2]

Well, actually it's a fully hollow electric guitar. Not very many guitars work well for slide with stock nuts. Strings need to be pretty flat over the neck. Tone would be entirely subjective. I wouldn't want to tell Roy too much about slide playing.

[Ablithealbino]

@365fg rly i play slide with my strat (very cheap one lol) im pretty sure that u cant tweak the bridge to help with the strings. But yea there are WAY! nicer guitars than strats. i want a nice semi hollow body with two humbuckers and a nice big amp with losta delay and wah wah pedals :D

No, it's not the bridge, it's the nut that can get raised on stratocaster.