32-20 Blues [Remastered] ROBERT JOHNSON (1936) Delta Blues Guitar Legend

[CAGETHEELEPHANTCOVER]

Chop that bitch in two.

[ChrisPenta]

I've shot a .32-20. Sweet cartridge. It'll mess you up.

[PitaLeCatt001]

Superb !

Thank you young lady.

[X0TangoX0]

If you will track down the old appalachian songs (before Tight-ass Bill Monroe cleaned it up and called it Bluegrass) there is almost always a threat or actual death/murder. Often a girl "in trouble" whose lover can not marry her and pushes her in the river, or somethinjg. Lot's of American music is violent. We are and have always been a violent society.

[RiccardoCarestia]

il più grande - the best

[mrcharliekane]

i'm goin shoot my pistol i'm goin shoot my gatling gun

[webusecom]

how many hands did he have?

[TheMichaelJB]

@webusecom He had very long fingers! Jazz piano great Bud Powell also had very long fingers, and he used them to blaze across the 88's at lightning speed.

[LizRocksMySox]

How did 1 person dislike Robert Johnson? How can you listen to ONE PERSON play that, which sounds IMPOSSIBLE and be like "meh..."

[not2b8b4u]

So the guy plays well but picks a shit "women killing" song to do it on. ha.

Besides, no man needs to use a gun on a woman if he has any get up and go left in him. Go a couple of rounds with Vanessa Williams I bet she can fight..

[AceDelta101]

@not2b8b4u No one has to get shot in a relationship. Just like no one has to cheat in a relationship. But hey, shit happens no?

[MrPisster]

@not2b8b4u Ah, has the concept of the blues been lost on you? It's music of the lowest rung on the social ladder, about cheaters, murderers, gamblers, prostitutes. RJ is just "keppin' it real".

[TheJordan4321]

how could anyone dislike this song? or any robert johnson song? it's like he did'nt even have a bad song unlike people today

[not2b8b4u]

Ha Ha Ha.. there.. you got your first DISLIKE,.. Why? cause this man is talking about shooting and killing his woman, violence against women, in jealous cruelty.. Misgynistic song about "shoot my gal and gone"

DISLIKE got to make a song about using a gun on a woman?? Not just slapping a whore but killing her. Damn..

[goldenchopsticks]

@not2b8b4u He didn't even write the song dumbass. How about you pay attention to his guitar and that beautiful tone of his voice?

[astar334]

@not2b8b4u Go read your Huffington Post and stay away from the Blues, you obviously can't handle it.

[dorodog]

@not2b8b4u You obviously don't know your history. In Johnson's era, a lot of women deserved to be shot. That is why he is the King of the Delta blues, and you're afraid that you're the next one to have a cap busted on your butt.

[TheJordan4321]

@dorodog he obviously has beiber fever

[lorrin1950]

@dorodog Jimi Hendrix talks about shooting a cheating woman in Hey, Joe, which seems to harken back to the blues lyrics of the 20's and 30's, and is a radical variation from the typical rock and roll song of jilted love during the 50's and 60's.

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[TheDJGrandPa]

@not2b8b4u It's a SONG god damnit, and really fucking great one, dislike Robert and dislike 70 years of music.

Just sayin'.

[busessuck1]

@not2b8b4u ...moron

[lucascjardim]

I would not accept either one dislike on this video or any other blues from the 30's and 40's

[exilemainzone]

touch my soul, yet

[m16nut1]

@wannabebluesguy if you listen to the lyics its kinda obivouis

[GrigoriZhukov]

for the curious, wiki says: The .32-20 Winchester, also known as the .32 WCF (Winchester center fire), was the first small-game lever-action cartridge that Winchester produced. It was initially introduced as a blackpowder cartridge in 1882 for small-game, varmint hunting, and deer

The name .32-20 refers to the .32-inch-diameter (8.1 mm) bullet and standard black powder charge of 20 grains (1.3 g).

[eatmetod]

keith said how many guys are playin this-mick said 1 guy lol back in the 60s

[aufer21]

38 special is a .22 pistol? I think it is the peircing bullet that kills? And at close range too? Does anyone remmeber the episoed of Hawiaa 5.0 about the subject? I think the 45 mag Pistol would be equal to the gun he is talking about? Don't cops use Glocks?

[capajo02]

@aufer21 a .38 Special is a cartridge that has an overall length of 1.55 inches and the bullet is .357 inches in diameter. So... a .22 is approximately .22 inches in diameter. ".38" and ".22" refer to apporiximate diameter of the bullet.

[crossdefenders]

haha, noone dislikes!! that's perfect!

[Bilco1949]

She got a .38 Special, but I believe it's most too light.....

[4fingersHigh]

@4fingerHigh At any key round there, it entertainment pure.simple. right.

[4fingersHigh]

If one slowed down the playback by a semi tone, you might just hear it for real, as it was.

Of course, Given that the recording was done,

those oh so many years ago, a tad slow.

just sayin'

[Cricket121110]

it always amazes me when i hear classics like this

[robin14669]

One of Keith Richard's favorite songs.

[11CUPS13]

Classic Robert Johnson

[louiseduvee]

Bad-ass!

[kickalion]

she was bitch, right?

[louiseduvee]

Killer song.

[CoryAndTheMcAtees]

@louiseduvee Literally

[louiseduvee]

@CoryAndTheMcAtees Yeah, and less than 33,000 views? WTF?

[2016or6]

The guy could play and the guy could sing. Love the blues.

[ThePublicEnemyNo1]

My great uncle! Thank you : )

[Freethinker12341]

@ThePublicEnemyNo1 Robert Johnson was ur great uncle??

[LTmattYT]

i heard somewhere the robert johnson recordings are played at like +3rpm than the speed at which they were originally recorded, and thus sound higher in pitch, is this true?

[JacquelineGaertner]

happy 99th birthday!!!!!!, too bad he didnt get to live till' this day...

[MrDsmalls]

I love this performance so much

Thank god we have it

[buffalobilly]

A classic, took me a long time to understand the lyrics

[purdy1986]

a 32 20 was a very powerful hand gun during that time he was obviously pleased with his piece. if had one i'd wright a song about blowing my womens head off too

[rifleslol]

@purdy1986 no kidding - 32-20 winchester was a rifle cartridge that they made a single action revolver for

[PopppaBlue59]

@rifleslol I had an old Spanish made .32-20 that my great grandfather carried as a police officer. He shot---and killed--a man with it while breaking up a craps game sometime around 1925 or so.

[wzkiker]

i couldbe wrong but i think that RJ recorded this before skip james did 22 20 blues

[wbdeford]

@wzkiker Skip James recorded 22-20 in 1931

[vircummaximepenis]

This man could make Hitler agree that racism is wrong. Which white musician produced that much of a sound at the time?. Awesome

[OfficialArmonist]

What a guitarist, he transposed 22 20 from piano..

[BluesLvr09]

you were there? ohh.. by the way its 32 20

[OfficialArmonist]

32 20 Blues is based on 22 20 Blues by Skip James, which was on piano..

[Freethinker12341]

@OfficialArmonist he didn't transpose it.... they're very different, he just ripped it off lol