Muddy Waters You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had

[1954telecaster]

one thing the blues aint is funny.

[PoetryETrain]

Thank you, this has been added to our playlists here and on facebook...

[pablabra]

@aidanvinum are THEY playing in ¬¬ Otis Spann on the piano, gotta show some respect! It's G or E I believe

[aidanvinum]

what tuning is he playing in?

[joeyraccoon]

Radge ? . . . Edinburgh ?

thank you for this.

[08shortstop]

This puts all other music videos to shame ... thanks Radge1965 ... I want to be the cigarette-smoker in the rocking chair.

[jimihendrixaerosmi]

he was just walking with his guitar, started playing, and then the audience showed up out the blue

[im1dc]

WOW!

[fuelcontech]

This should be our National Anthem

[ggforeigner]

excellent !!

[dholmes974]

England showed the blues love before the U.S did. We've always been fickle when it comes to music; especially if it isn't mainstream...

[stratplayer5769]

this is fuckin awesome

[GuitarPlayerGeo]

It was lost on them!

"Live in England"! :)

Get off the track Muddy, there migh be a train comin'! lol

Excellent!

[jcwbluedevil]

I love the tone Muddy has on his Tele. Wonder how he got that thin sound.

[toboulore]

@jcwbluedevil it's simple...minimal equipment....

[ssurfcity]

@toboulore Exactly. He didn't need racks of pedals and all that crap. Just guitar and amp.

[toboulore]

@ssurfcity and playing every single note with soul....

[ssol4569]

1974 saw muddy in chicago,drank at the bar ,pounding shots with the owner and a friend,next to club friends held our place in line . my friend opened his mouth .out I;m takin a leak telling this old black man ,this was the king of the blues .it was MUDDY.We both laughed,what an experience.He was the BEST.blueskurt

[TEX10261]

amen

[bizzy318]

this is almost shot like an actual music video wonder what year this was

[l1ghtange]

monkey christ!! can you imagine being there, and seeing this life...? Smokin a reefer, seepin a nice cold beer, kickn back, hangn with ur mates. Damn, sounds like a kick ass night 2 me

[flaminfedora]

blues is people's music. somethin deep down connects when ya listen to dis.

[Odin029]

I have watched this video a bunch of times over the years, and I'm still trying to figure out what the heck the crowd was laughing at... ain't nothin funny about this song and Muddy is on his game as always.

[TheAlphagabriel]

@Odin029 They're just excited. Wouldn't you be if you were there watching this IRL instead of 47 years later on the intertubes?

[TheAlphagabriel]

@Odin029 Ah I see the part you mean, around 2:28. Muddy and the band seem to be laughing too, and looking at someone off camera just in front of the platform. Maybe a soundman or other member of the crew tripped on the rails?

[GtEastern]

Radge1965, A marvelous clip. I have watched it repeatedly. In its way perhaps the best I have seen on youtube. I'd say the station is Southern Region post Beeching, I see the windows are smashed and someone has nicked the roof. Otherwise breathtaking imagination from whoever produced/directed this show and of course absolute class from the man and his band...

[sexsavannah43]

He was ahead of his time!

[MsSassy43]

PREACH Muddy!

[ccfliege]

wow man... watching shows like that gives you memories you never had, but gives you tears you always get

[rubberducky5678910]

i want to be that guy in the rocking chair.

[loverjennyfer]

this is a masterpiece i like so much this music and the clip is very spectacular sensational and touching

[dididudu72]

Muddy Waters is one if not the best Blues man this world has ever known.

[howlingsandy]

and ironically, during this time it was Howlin' Wolf (a most caring and progressive man) who kept Muddy Waters afloat .. financially. So much for the over-hyped only-rivalry issue of Hollywood-ized flics about those times. Wolf also got retirement and healthcare for band members, back in the day!!!. This video is great , and Muddy would have done well on the silver screen. (c) SGS

[102938abel]

This is the start of music videos.

[JWF2278]

I have always loved this song but i never really fully appreciated the lyrics until now. It took a little pain to realize how true these words are

[climiscd]

Anyone who's had the bank take their house would disagree. This might explain the 3 dislikes.

[kikosgeo]

cool and disgusting simultaneously.

[hayden50]

@kikosgeo disgusting ?? you must be joking right ?

[emersoul]

¡no puedes perder lo que nunca fue tuyo!

[prgvidiot]

If you dislike this video, don't hit the "thumbs down" button, we're trying to keep the dumbass count at 3, thanks...Just go away.

[spetruck1]

@prgvidiot .....your comment here made me laugh SO MUCH! I love it! Thanks for the happy moment!

[prgvidiot]

If you dislike this video, don't hit the "thumbs down" button, we're trying to keep the dumbass count at 3, thanks

[TheAlphagabriel]

@stuckin59 It wasn't filmed there at all; it was filmed by Granada TV, at the disused Wilbraham Road station in Manchester. The station has a "fake" name for the show, "Chorltonville", being as it was in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. It was recorded on Thursday 7 May 1964, and broadcast on Wednesday 19 August 1964. It was directed by Phil Casson and produced by John Hamp. The tape went missing after broadcast and was rediscovered in 2006.

[jarijuhani1]

@TheAlphagabriel Thanks for info!

[NickSam121]

athanata blues...

[inNOLa4life]

O.k. I stand corrected, New Orleans piano player on harmonica. Anyway, one does hope a train will roll by at the end....

[33raceway]

Sacre' Bleu....That's The Stuffy....Bam A Lam!!!

[kotiakounsel]

What an entrance! Excellence, creatively and symbolically.

[inNOLa4life]

James Cotton in the rocking chair.....what a great post- thanks so much....

[checker764]

@inNOLa4life Nope - the guy in the rocking chair is New Orleans piano player Pleasant Joseph, a/k/a Cousin Joe.

[gniw56]

Sweet!

[stuckin59]

I distinctly remember this on BBC tv one night.It was filmed at Horsted Keynes station on the "Bluebell" railway line,which is in Sussex,England,kind of north east of Haywards Heath.I was 17 at the time and from this I found a love for the blues.

[MsMarciBlues]

I'm having trouble getting the audio here on YouTube. I get audio and visual when people send videos to me, but NO SOUND AT ALL on YouTube video...just the visual. I tried the "help" offered on YouTube,...Adobe Flash Player, which was NO help at all! It's driving me CRAZY! Has anyone else had this problem...and solved it?

[iaralillylynosjohn]

This is wonderful! I am glad a friend posted on facebook..now I will add this o my favourites list then I can listem to every day..Beautiful!

[CrashChloride]

Who the heck are the two people who "disliked" this video? Justin Bieber fans?

[charleslongshanks]

absolutley amazing recording..another geeky question-where do you suppose the pa & other amplifier/speakers for guitar etc are? maybe a hint of bass stack disguised as packing case to left of bassy?

[memachelle]

excellent!

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@memachelle IT DON'T MUCH BLUER THAN THIS, A TRUE CLASSIC, HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AS TO WHAT THE BLUES IS ALL ABOUT, YOU CAN'T SPEND WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, AND YOU CAN'T LOSE WHAT YOU NEVER HAD, NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY BUT "AWESOME' RIP MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD!!!!!

[memachelle]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO very true.

[STRAWBERRYSTUDIO2]

Conosco il Grande Muddy Mississippi Waters da più di 30 anni, ma questo fantastico video non l'avevo ancora visto! Grazie di averlo messo a disposizione!

[biglosersowhat]

Excellent video, great audio on this end!

[tommygaston]

Muddy was a God !

the allman bros. did a cover of this tune and i got to see them do it live it too was awesome !

tommy gee gaston

[playityourway]

This was filmed just out side of manchester, uk.  at an old stationto add effect becuase the english audience wanted the authentic slave feeling... wether thats good or bad is for you to decide

[whishkeyboy]

woops, excuse my ignorance. just read all the other comments, it WAS filmed at a real train station.

and by the by, the 'where's the mics' discussion is purely academic, there's no way this was lip-synched, vocals and guitar are just too accurate.

[Blayney88]

You're right it was not lip synced, note the mic lead coming from his coat and the mic's placed in the ceiling of the station platform

[whishkeyboy]

holy hanna, what a set! i seriously thought it was filmed at a real train station till i saw the audience.

[mmjaljs]

Underestimated Guitar player....That's for real!

[sayyes2bull]

way cool

[faunoram]

esto no tiene precio!!!!

thanks!!

[harmonicabill]

thanks

[whitefeet1]

I've loved Muddy's music all my life - and can the Brits stage a show, or what? They must have gone down to Rosedale and brought that station back stick by stick!

[jfllr1]

good ole bbc... cliches everywhere! love the dead or alive poster!

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@whitefeet1 THE BRITISH HAVE APPRECIATION FOR THE BLUES, GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN MICK AND KEITH, JOHN MAYALL AND ERIC CLAPTON WERE LISTENING AND LEARNING, THEN THEY BROUGHT THE BLUES BACK TO THE STATES AND RE-INTRODUCED AMERICAN AUDIENCES TO THEM

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@whitefeet1 they had a unique appreciation for the blues, as can be witnessed by the number of groups who covered Muddy's tunes, from the Stones, Cream, Yardbirds, and Animals just to name a few!!!

[flaminfedora]

no one can match muddys style, man, he was the definition of cool and one of the best chicago blues men ever.

[srvfan454]

I love his style, the way he dressed, the way he played he was just cool!

[bobbygoesbig]

wonderful piano.

[FaustyFob]

does he play slide in standard?? cuz i have a recording of him playin old school delta slide and it was definatly open.. .but this seems like he was in standard..

[adamk270]

Ive only ever seen him play slide in standard when playing electric. His version of Walking Blues is in open G though. Clapton practically ripped it off note for note and passed it off as his own for Unplugged

[rabidbird123]

Muddy speaks for himself! And what a great set too! Looks like a great concert to have seen!

[CANEsPappa]

AWESOME! What a treasure.  Probably the most influential American artist who ever lived.

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Fantastic

[firecat31]

There wasn't MTV back then... it's all about the music.

[davetaylorbluespiano]

At 4.12 look far right, at the end of the platform is a white goat tied up! Granada TV wanted to try make the disused Wilbraham Rd Station -(in South Manchester, UK) look like the deep south of USA, so put out stupid props... ! At start of vid, Muddy walks down the tracks, behind what is now Whalley Range High School For Girls. Where the tracks were, is now a cycle track ('The Fallowfield Loop'). But the music is still the same- superb, and timeless.

[MaladaptiveCatalyst]

wow...you know your stuff

[davetaylorbluespiano]

thanks- i live near there, and a few years ago they found these old films from the TV, so a lot of people tried to work out where it all happened. We watched the film of the whole programme in a local club, and film of other classic blues artists playing at Granada TV studios in Manchester (UK) in the 1960s, and the audience often just burst into applause! Awesome music.

[MaladaptiveCatalyst]

yeah luckily i found Muddy Waters music within the last year or so..better late than never..

your story sounds so interesting...must be a good community to go through all that together

[jamesjlct]

this is the coolest thing i ever saw..an i thought i knew muddy....

[ellenbreck]

Hey peope, Muddy's old school, why are you talking about mics and cords. Quit looking and start listening!

[pauljohngerorgringo]

never heard blues played so good

[YOUPUBEISGAY]

Has Seasick Steve Used the title of this in one of his songs lyrics??

[bamacaster]

lav on a cable. not that bigga deal.

[nystan1]

hey guys-look at 2:40 as the camera is panning...you can see his lav microphone on a strap...and they did have radio mics back then. They just were not very good. As you can see....they were GOOD ENOUGH to catch this great performance....Willy Big Eyes Smith on drums.

[mhomer4]

I wish I was at one these concerts

[michaelsean999]

The assholes on Wall Street should listen to this

[MattyKB]

I hear ya on that!

[randommagnum]

@michaelsean999 Oh yeah? How about letting the ASSHOLES in Congress and the White House hear it...especially the part about how you can't spend what you ain't got...take a look at the hockey stick-shaped national debt chart if you don't know what I'm talking about.

[robvig60]

@randommagnum Thank Bush and his wars for that, dildo!

[randommagnum]

@robvig60 Oh no, thank Obama. The hockey stick belongs to him, vibrator!

[wasabiluver]

@randommagnum I'm not sure if calling someone a vibrator is an insult... it just might get him more dates, LOL!

[ParisSpleen74]

@michaelsean999

you're the boss!

[just1pepsi]

The perfect blues song in my opinion.

[tage92]

Great, but if this was live, where is his mic?

[shaneboylan]

I was thinkin the exact same thing! surely he's mic'd up! - It's not like the old bluesmen to do karaoke!

[arthurshappy]

yea and I don't think they had cordless mics before1983 ( the year he died)

[tage92]

when i watch this again i think i see wires coming from his legs on the right side.

[cockwrinkle911]

i belive there is a guy holding a fuzzy mic on a stick think holding it over his head and outta the way off the shot, cause you see it's shadow at one time in video

[Miguelz1989]

the guitar is powered up, you can see the wire

[youngchardin]

I see a mic at the back of his neck, and wires hanging from under his coat.

[michaelsean666]

A song for our times

[mmjaljs]

This man in one word, was brilliant!

[nilce48]

this is the best, it is my favorite

[PaulDylin]

this is the best radge1965, it is my favorite now.

[Radge1965]

It originates from a UK TV show "The Blues and Gospel Train" from 1964.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@Radge1965 wish` the USA`would`have had this show`back then, timeless classic from Muddy

[jdmockey]

This is the strangest video of Muddy Waters I have ever seen. Does anyone know where this is from?