Blind Owl Piano Blues

[bernardballbag]

He was the Vincent Van Gogh of

the music world , a brilliant, but troubled young man , what a waste .

[songster50]

Pretty damn cool... I'd bet this cat listened to Mercy Dee play blues piano!

[jenzeppelin]

alan never fails to soothe the soul. we miss you mr. wilson!

[deewilki]

i think theres a bit of son house in here also his voice is so cool with that minimal piano

[trilobite3339]

he sounds like skip james! 

[Iamthewalrus17]

askinovic where did you ever come across this beautiful piece of music?

[mcleanartists]

One of the greatest bluesmen.

[Barbadthe7th]

Joe Pullum is the guy he's sounds like here

[wordworkshop]

Alan Wilson is THE most well known Blind Owl and I would like to suggest that you investigate the following article to learn more about the inner meaning of this name:

blindowlbio . com / the-mystical-blind-owl . html

His name is unrelated to the Persian book of poetry of which you speak.

[deewilki]

@ignatei you have never heard of blind owl  tut tut tut your musical scope must be limited the owl retaught son house he was near perfect in his blues and geetar playing . man thats a good stumble anyway

DONT FORGET TO BOOGIE

[willruddock]

@ignatei First of all, Alan didn't "steal" that nickname as I saw you had posted in some other Blind Owl video. He was given that nickname by John Fahey because he had a round face like an owl and he was nearsighted. So stop accusing him of stealing things. Thank you.

[ignatei]

@willruddock I've never accused him of stealing. Note that I've never used the word "steal" in any of my posts.

[YourThirdMan]

RIP Blind Owl, im from a different era, but nonetheless thankful for you recording this

[1994g0]

Thanks for this gem-I`ve never heard it before.No surprise to hear Alan was a talented pianist-he had great all round music talent.The song is evocative of "London Blues".

[JANNE0844]

Alan's on the piano!

[Uggybow]

Thank you so much for sharing tis magnificent piece of Blind Owl's blues with us. Peace

[DiamondSoul]

Wow, great upload, thanks!

[zetkaoo]

geweldig! 

[shupzor]

what a great upload. this dude is a legend in my books

[CasualtyComplex]

Prodigious.

[swabusy]

wow what a gem ......where ever your digging these up keep on goin ...cause i'm diggin too .....many many thanks

[JazzyBluesWoman]

@askinovic Thank You...I knew Alan played some piano but hadn't heard him do much. Do you have any idea when and where this was recorded? Cambridge, L.A., elsewhere? This is a such a treasure...please post more if you have anything else you can share!!

[JazzyBluesWoman]

Thank you for this post. Alan's vocal is so strong and distinctive on this cut. But who is on piano? It has such a reflective, late night sound... this is a real treat to hear. TY for sharing!

[askinovic]

@JazzyBluesWoman

It's Alan playing the piano!

[willwkrueger]

he is playing piano as well

[JimmyJoeLard]

There's a lot of Skip James in this singing, isn't there?

Thanks for this post.

[askinovic]

@JimmyJoeLard

Yeah, and a lot of John Lee Hooker in the piano... Perfect combination! =)

[dookie2kie]

Gorgeous song...!! Love blues!!! Cheers for putting it up! :)

Have to go back to the past to get a feeling for the future! :)