Clapton's great but I would have liked a little less guitarmophone on the break and hey why not a Dr John solo/ trade off? I'm sure it would have been even better for that!
as much as i love this song, and the original, this version's tempo and tone just dont suit the lyrics of the song. it's not sad! but a nice rendition but someone of his skill should be able to do credit to the original and this doesnt
I dislike some of these lyric changes. The St James Infirmary, in Dublin, treated late-stage syphilis patients. That adds irony and/or pathos to many of the original lines, but conflicts with the "DOA sticker" and other changes in this version.
Nice to see that Eric dragged the old ES-335 out of the closet for this one. I owned one of those for a short time. Man, that was a nice guitar. That guitar was fit for GOD himself. (LOL) great song. great performance.
Play the darn thing ya'll!!!!! I love Eric C and Dr John, ups to both these innovators of sound!! I believe GOD gives us all gifts, and he did to these men, thank you Eternalhue for posting this piece of love and respect.
Really great thanks!! I play it often. Anyone know if this is on a CD?? I cannot find in EC's dicography.
I know this song as a blues song, love Joe Cockers version.
I really like the Orleans/Cuba/Calypso-kind rhytm it gets here. If you ask me, this is actually a Rumba rhytm. Here I read it is rooted in Orleans, so maybe the Rumba-rhytm is basic to this blues-classic? LOL. Clapton great here, IMHO.
The Blues is pain, to be sure, but it isn't about crying or giving up (etc). Rather, it is a way to overcome or transcend the very pain so many attribute to The Blues. See Cab Calloway's version.
@droolingfangirl I'm with you on that one. I saw Arlo and the Burns sisters play this in Santa Fe last weekend, and it was the best version I've heard so far. As much as I like Clapton and Dr. John, it just doesn't go as well.
Don't know the words inprovise ...don't know how to play..do Santana arrg...EC's all over the place sine begining of '90s..it bores shit outa me..paradin' suites ,well post mid-life crisis for mr MOST OVER-RATED GUITARIST ever...yawn
My God, this is a blues about death, one of the most touching and sad songs ever, originally a funeral march! I respect Clapton, but this version just doesn´t have the right emotions in it...
@jezmundberserker i may be slightly biased as i love the 'in between' strat tones (along with the neck of course :D) but i don't believe a strat could achieve worse tone than this.. any examples?
@JOHNNYG99X The 1964 Cherry Red 335 has a very long history.
Eric used it at the last Cream show in November 1968 as well as with Blind Faith, played sparingly for slide pieces in the 1970s, heard on "Hard Times" from Journeyman, the Hyde Park live concert of 1996 and the From the Cradle sessions and tour of 1994/95. It was sold for $847,500 at the 2004 auction. Gibson produced a limited run of 250 "Crossroads 335" replicas.
The 335 was only the second electric guitar Clapton bought.
Why do all you guys complain about the performance. Fifty years from now people are going to be dancing in delight seeing guys this talented on the same stage preserved for generations to come!!!
I fell in love with the New Orleans Blues...and Dr. John. He's probably a very strange guy but ...what a voice! I been doing a research on that song...St James Infirmary...I'll ck out the one's listed here. So far...Bobby Bland & Dr John ties for first place.
Its all opinion, but my favorite version is by Louis Armstrong who sounded high as a kite when he recorded it, but Cab Calloway's is great too. Best solo version is by Josh White, but there are lots of good versions of this tune. Everybody puts their stamp on it, but on this one I love when Dr. John comes in with that voice of his.
Matt-do your research before you talk ignorant about music history. This sond goes back to the 1700's in England where it was entitled "The Unfortunate Rake" a song about a guy and a prostitute. The Infirmary was St. James Hospital. There are many versions of the song, as it has evolved over time and everybody has their favorite. If you find the original 1700's song, upload it, OK?
wow! this is a prime example of how a white man can kill a song. And before you ask, I'm white. Sorry but man, listen to the cab calloway or original version of this song.. THEN you'll see how it's meant to be played and sung! The whole reason for this song is that it is a real minor sounding piece.. take that away (like Clapton has done here) and your left with not much. Sorry man.
My favorite favorite rendition of St. James Infirmary Blues!!!!! I've loved this Blues tune since I first heard it playing on an old radio at my grandmothers small house in Biloxi, Ms. many years ago! Not sure who it was since I was probably no more than about 5 years old, but know Jack Teagarden and also Cab Calloway did it their way, among others..................but theres a New Orleans beat that captures the charm and glamour of this one!!!!
Clapton can never just play a damn song--he's always gotta dance with it. I can understand that for his own poorly written songs but this tune suffers from his guitar masturbation. His singing has zero conviction.
@wtfttfg Trolla be trolling. Though I'm not a Clapton fan and I don't think that this is the best version of this song, I can't agree with you. First, some people dance while they play, as the music becomes a part of them. Secondly, he's using a lot of improvosation for this song, which I agree can hurt a song, but he uses it in a way that it still remains musical. I can tell you're a troll from your user name and the fact that you have no music in your favorites (or uploads for that matter)
@Dreadmonkey1 My username is also my website, smart guy. And I have no music in my favourites because I don't need music in my favourites; I have records for my favorites. Believe it or not, not everyone has the same taste in music as you do--doesn't mean they're trolls or don't like music. I also happen to own the st.jamesinfirmary domain for my email, which is why I was checking out this version. So yeah, keep it up with the armchair psychology. You batted a thousand this time out.
@wtfttfg First off, I never said that you didn't like music. Secondly, we both know that music is totally subjective. If so, why would you post a completely negative comment about him and not expect controversy? He has a huge fan base (obviously) and the whole point of Trolling is so that you can cause controversy. If you didn't want to cause people to call you out, why would you post it in the first place?
@Dreadmonkey1 I didn't take offence, I just thought your comment was ridiculous in that it implies that one can only comment on a song if they praise it. And I hardly think thinking Clapton oversells everything he sings is "controversial". And sure, I expect people to disagree with me but by saying I'm trolling you're suggesting that I don't believe my opinion valid and only posted it to annoy people. Don't agree with my comment, thumb it down. That's what they're there for.
I don't think anybody will ever do this tune better than Cab Callooway and his band on the version used in the Betty Boop cartoon, which is also IMO one of the best cartoons ever. Not as bifg a Clapton fan as I once was, but he shines on this, no doubt.
I suspect that this clip is on an official DVD. If someone out there knows some details (title?), I would check the local record stores. Thanks in advance. - Love Edi
I suspect that this video is on an official DVD. I would love to buy it. If someone out there can help me with some details, I will check the record stores. Thanks for all assistance. - Love Edi
Wow! Eric playing a Gibson ES-335, sounding great as usual! I actually like his sound on the Gibson, better than his Fender Stratocaster guitar. Doc John & Eric doing a grat job on this song! Thank you, for sharing this with me. Fantastic!
@ManyGodz Too many good musicians still alive to make such a biased claim. Two greatest living guitar players, that's more acceptable. They couldn't outplay most living jazz players from the big band era still though.
"with a doa sticker in her hair...let her go, god bless her." wicked-fine! ta for the awesome swank! jillylass~ jezus, the guv can spank that guitar, can't he now!?...he never fails to blow my mind, the hinges come right off me doors, lol:) luv me some dr. john..grrrrrrrrrr~
i agree with every1's opnion that this version is a bit too happy or just not right for the song, but my god erics guitar work on this one redeems the whole thing,his playing is perfect, to use the words of his guitar tec lee, "it just flows like cream thick and bluesy"
Glad I could make you laugh, but seriously Clapton and John Mayall is more my thing what"s with the "latin" beat? It does kina make light of the song too me as well.
I first heard St James Infirmary in an old Betty Boop cartoon that I watched out of curiosity about a year ago and absolutely fell in love with Cab Calloway's version. However, I really love this too because it's different enough that the two really can't be compared. Fantastic stuff!
This song is one of the oldest folk- blues songs in history. It goes back to an English - Irish tune called The Unfortunate Rake.The New Orleans blues musicians in the early 20th century took it in a whole new direction guided by their own genius. Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, and all of the pre-WWII musicians played versions of this great song. Clapton knows the songs history. He was playing up to the giants who preceded him.
"with a D.O.A. sticker in her hair" I like. And brutal schmutal, guys. If you ask me (you didn't), the song's all about false sincerity. The singer tries to represent self-centered egoism with mock grief for his dead baby. Sometimes convincing, and just as validly interesting when it's not.
ACTUALLY- this song is partially about the death of Bessie Smith- who died in a hospital waiting room- because she could not get treatment due to the colour of her skin.
ACTUALLY that is an urban legend. By all accounts, including those traveling with her, the doctors did everything they could to save her. The same story is told about Charles Drew, the black doctor who first separated blood plasma.
It was originally a song by a guy whose lover gave him a venereal disease and he takes advantage this by asking for a big funeral, by visiting her at the morgue etc... Sad, maybe, but his attitude has been reworked over the years.
Yep. They changed a lot of the lyrics and melody too. That's the beauty of art. It doesn't have to be the same to be good. Personally I like Doc Watson's best. But that's just me.
I'm with you there. Doc finds the way to do any song with what always seems to me with the best possible approach, given his style. I love the way he does this. Doc has some 'reworked' lyrics as well (guitar by my feet...), but who cares. He does such a good job.
I was about to say Clapton sounded more like Santana, but then I saw that's been posted already. I'll say it again anyway . . . Clapton sounds like Santana here.
Heard "Dutchy Mason" do this song back in the early 1980's in TO and I've never heard anyone come close to the depth of heart and soul he put into this tune!!!
This is just about perfect! Rewind, rewind, rewind and listen again and again and again!
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Come on Eric. Put your beautiful Strat under the bed and use only the 335!!!
MarcoZucchi81 1 month ago
Clapton's great but I would have liked a little less guitarmophone on the break and hey why not a Dr John solo/ trade off? I'm sure it would have been even better for that!
MrBenique 1 month ago
Dr. Joun plays ang sings on other planets!
Thanks
123must 2 months ago
oh, that vibrato!
LeGrandeOrange 2 months ago
love this and the Allan Tousaint verson, OH MY.
woodyouliketoknow 3 months ago
One of the songs to be played at my wake......this version. Lily Tomlin sung this song on SNL once.
ArchangelAlaska 4 months ago
how can you loose with these two guys. The incredible voice of the doctor and the master with Gibson in hand.
MrBillyrosewood 5 months ago
as much as i love this song, and the original, this version's tempo and tone just dont suit the lyrics of the song. it's not sad! but a nice rendition but someone of his skill should be able to do credit to the original and this doesnt
CounterA11ack 5 months ago 3
I dislike some of these lyric changes. The St James Infirmary, in Dublin, treated late-stage syphilis patients. That adds irony and/or pathos to many of the original lines, but conflicts with the "DOA sticker" and other changes in this version.
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22nola 7 months ago
Génial merci!!!!!!!!!
baiboumba 8 months ago
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2:51 - 2:56 Love it:)
maksiu026 8 months ago
2:51 : Love it:)
maksiu026 8 months ago
Amazing!
wesrman 8 months ago
Nice to see that Eric dragged the old ES-335 out of the closet for this one. I owned one of those for a short time. Man, that was a nice guitar. That guitar was fit for GOD himself. (LOL) great song. great performance.
tomwise1us 8 months ago
Play the darn thing ya'll!!!!! I love Eric C and Dr John, ups to both these innovators of sound!! I believe GOD gives us all gifts, and he did to these men, thank you Eternalhue for posting this piece of love and respect.
stucktoit909 8 months ago
some comment about how I can't believe people choose justin bieber or lady gaga over this
wezmilligan 8 months ago in playlist Dr John Playlist
white stripes did a great cover of this. check it out
gfreeman247 8 months ago
Thanks Rockstar!
FranciscusRoorda 9 months ago
Really great thanks!! I play it often. Anyone know if this is on a CD?? I cannot find in EC's dicography.
I know this song as a blues song, love Joe Cockers version.
I really like the Orleans/Cuba/Calypso-kind rhytm it gets here. If you ask me, this is actually a Rumba rhytm. Here I read it is rooted in Orleans, so maybe the Rumba-rhytm is basic to this blues-classic? LOL. Clapton great here, IMHO.
FranciscusRoorda 9 months ago
@DrHolly nobody played it as well as louis armstrong even if cab's version influence more peoples opinion of how the song should sound.
hitshitwithsticks 10 months ago
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> this is way too happy for this song
The Blues is pain, to be sure, but it isn't about crying or giving up (etc). Rather, it is a way to overcome or transcend the very pain so many attribute to The Blues. See Cab Calloway's version.
cliffwalkinfool 10 months ago
Awe shoot, I had hoped that Dr. Jon had done the vocals on this.
droolingfangirl 10 months ago
@droolingfangirl Uhh, he DOES sing here. Not all, granted. But he does sing.
SianReynolds 10 months ago
@SianReynolds Thanks, I saw it eventually. This just doesn't work all that well for me to be honest. I rather like Arlo Guthries take on it.
droolingfangirl 10 months ago
@droolingfangirl I'm with you on that one. I saw Arlo and the Burns sisters play this in Santa Fe last weekend, and it was the best version I've heard so far. As much as I like Clapton and Dr. John, it just doesn't go as well.
lancekillsit08 9 months ago
Don't know the words inprovise ...don't know how to play..do Santana arrg...EC's all over the place sine begining of '90s..it bores shit outa me..paradin' suites ,well post mid-life crisis for mr MOST OVER-RATED GUITARIST ever...yawn
Mr63PB 10 months ago
My God, this is a blues about death, one of the most touching and sad songs ever, originally a funeral march! I respect Clapton, but this version just doesn´t have the right emotions in it...
billpleska 11 months ago
Well played, but not the best version of this song, not quite close to Joe Cocker's.
PepeMoreno49 11 months ago
Joe cooker mandava bem, mas essa dupla é f**da.
betozabrockis1 11 months ago
this is the worst tone i've ever heard clapton play with
Playasarus92 1 year ago
@Playasarus92: I disagree. That would have to be the tone he got in the 80s when he would use the bridge and middle pickups of his Strat.
jezmundberserker 1 year ago
@jezmundberserker i may be slightly biased as i love the 'in between' strat tones (along with the neck of course :D) but i don't believe a strat could achieve worse tone than this.. any examples?
Playasarus92 1 year ago
lovely tone from that 335
JOHNNYG99X 1 year ago 12
@JOHNNYG99X The 1964 Cherry Red 335 has a very long history.
Eric used it at the last Cream show in November 1968 as well as with Blind Faith, played sparingly for slide pieces in the 1970s, heard on "Hard Times" from Journeyman, the Hyde Park live concert of 1996 and the From the Cradle sessions and tour of 1994/95. It was sold for $847,500 at the 2004 auction. Gibson produced a limited run of 250 "Crossroads 335" replicas.
The 335 was only the second electric guitar Clapton bought.
strawer 1 year ago
Mac is playing the riff from Mos' Scocious!
abracadaverous 1 year ago
Why do all you guys complain about the performance. Fifty years from now people are going to be dancing in delight seeing guys this talented on the same stage preserved for generations to come!!!
mikeao54 1 year ago
Check out Betty Boop "Snow White".
eaglecoach05 1 year ago
clappers should ditch the strat for good, he was made to play an ES 335.
taariqtaariq 1 year ago
@taariqtaariq Agreed 100%. Well, he was pretty good on the SG too. So maybe I agree only 75%. But anyway he's better off w/out the Strat.
Tsugaheterophylla 1 year ago
I fell in love with the New Orleans Blues...and Dr. John. He's probably a very strange guy but ...what a voice! I been doing a research on that song...St James Infirmary...I'll ck out the one's listed here. So far...Bobby Bland & Dr John ties for first place.
Patsea111 1 year ago
@Patsea111 Maybe you'd like to check out mine as well:
youtube.com/watch?v=y6L3ESRYsPc
MartijnHover 1 year ago
@Patsea111
I saw dr john at club gig in Melbourne Australia this year. He is still a heroin user but he put on a great show.
taariqtaariq 1 year ago
@taariqtaariq Dr John just celebrated 21 years of sobriety. He won't even take cough medicine with alcohol or codeine in it.
direland57 1 year ago 2
@direland57 Can't tell you how I know...but that's not exactly right. Could be close though, and I hope it is.
paulwells26 1 year ago
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protocosm 1 year ago
Its all opinion, but my favorite version is by Louis Armstrong who sounded high as a kite when he recorded it, but Cab Calloway's is great too. Best solo version is by Josh White, but there are lots of good versions of this tune. Everybody puts their stamp on it, but on this one I love when Dr. John comes in with that voice of his.
Odin029 1 year ago
sorry...but the Bobby "Blue" Band version is the bollocks!!!
tommiehusker 1 year ago
Matt-do your research before you talk ignorant about music history. This sond goes back to the 1700's in England where it was entitled "The Unfortunate Rake" a song about a guy and a prostitute. The Infirmary was St. James Hospital. There are many versions of the song, as it has evolved over time and everybody has their favorite. If you find the original 1700's song, upload it, OK?
spongebobnik 1 year ago
wow! this is a prime example of how a white man can kill a song. And before you ask, I'm white. Sorry but man, listen to the cab calloway or original version of this song.. THEN you'll see how it's meant to be played and sung! The whole reason for this song is that it is a real minor sounding piece.. take that away (like Clapton has done here) and your left with not much. Sorry man.
mattmurrey 1 year ago
@mattmurrey agree
this doesnt even sound like a minor blues
still good playing but
peacesampeace 1 year ago
@mattmurrey you should hear dave van ronk play this song. he was white and rocks this song, in my opinion, better than anyone.
thewoodduck 1 year ago
Ok, now I will spend the whole evening comparing them all...
VercingetorixXIII 1 year ago
thanks,very,very much for that beautifull blues .clapton is genius
dziewuszka 1 year ago
My favorite favorite rendition of St. James Infirmary Blues!!!!! I've loved this Blues tune since I first heard it playing on an old radio at my grandmothers small house in Biloxi, Ms. many years ago! Not sure who it was since I was probably no more than about 5 years old, but know Jack Teagarden and also Cab Calloway did it their way, among others..................but theres a New Orleans beat that captures the charm and glamour of this one!!!!
mzpbmoon 1 year ago 9
@mzpbmoon ah yet my dad & Henry RED Allen did it so Fine in 59 in Europe Live
Kid Ory & Red Allen different ,yet very cool
love NOLA musicality all-days&all ways
Babette Ory
chefessboo 2 months ago
Lou Rawls did my favourite St.James Infirmary! Great Stuff!
Theknopf 1 year ago
so lucky that public...
icps86 1 year ago
Clapton can never just play a damn song--he's always gotta dance with it. I can understand that for his own poorly written songs but this tune suffers from his guitar masturbation. His singing has zero conviction.
wtfttfg 1 year ago
@wtfttfg Trolla be trolling. Though I'm not a Clapton fan and I don't think that this is the best version of this song, I can't agree with you. First, some people dance while they play, as the music becomes a part of them. Secondly, he's using a lot of improvosation for this song, which I agree can hurt a song, but he uses it in a way that it still remains musical. I can tell you're a troll from your user name and the fact that you have no music in your favorites (or uploads for that matter)
Dreadmonkey1 1 year ago
@Dreadmonkey1 My username is also my website, smart guy. And I have no music in my favourites because I don't need music in my favourites; I have records for my favorites. Believe it or not, not everyone has the same taste in music as you do--doesn't mean they're trolls or don't like music. I also happen to own the st.jamesinfirmary domain for my email, which is why I was checking out this version. So yeah, keep it up with the armchair psychology. You batted a thousand this time out.
wtfttfg 1 year ago
@wtfttfg First off, I never said that you didn't like music. Secondly, we both know that music is totally subjective. If so, why would you post a completely negative comment about him and not expect controversy? He has a huge fan base (obviously) and the whole point of Trolling is so that you can cause controversy. If you didn't want to cause people to call you out, why would you post it in the first place?
Sorry that you took offence, but be reasonable.
Dreadmonkey1 1 year ago
@Dreadmonkey1 I didn't take offence, I just thought your comment was ridiculous in that it implies that one can only comment on a song if they praise it. And I hardly think thinking Clapton oversells everything he sings is "controversial". And sure, I expect people to disagree with me but by saying I'm trolling you're suggesting that I don't believe my opinion valid and only posted it to annoy people. Don't agree with my comment, thumb it down. That's what they're there for.
wtfttfg 1 year ago
@wtfttfg spoken like a true dickhead.
atty1chgo 1 year ago
THIS MAN CAN PLAY ......CLAPTON
djstevechitown 1 year ago
I don't think anybody will ever do this tune better than Cab Callooway and his band on the version used in the Betty Boop cartoon, which is also IMO one of the best cartoons ever. Not as bifg a Clapton fan as I once was, but he shines on this, no doubt.
qiaorusi 1 year ago
I suspect that this clip is on an official DVD. If someone out there knows some details (title?), I would check the local record stores. Thanks in advance. - Love Edi
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EdiSchwager 1 year ago
I suspect that this video is on an official DVD. I would love to buy it. If someone out there can help me with some details, I will check the record stores. Thanks for all assistance. - Love Edi
edi.schwager@bluewin.ch
EdiSchwager 1 year ago
clapton greatest ever no doubt
strangewon 1 year ago
Love the Gibson, sounds a lot like a certain Carlos Santana here. Both fantastic
joolspirog 1 year ago
Why the heck won't EC pick up a burst one more time just to shut us all up?!? :)
jakeizlove 1 year ago
There's a much better version by Van Morrison.
Trevmitchell 1 year ago
This is easily the worst cover of this song I've ever heard.
Jcolinsol 1 year ago
Eric sounding a bit like Carlos here - nothing wrong with that!!!
davidspence1 1 year ago
@davidspence1 Definitely using some of Carlos' licks. Works really well with the song.
jhank708 1 year ago
Eric, quit the Stratocaster please.
foutupourfoutu 1 year ago
ain't that a chuck berry kinda gibson?
royraaijmakers 1 year ago
@royraaijmakers No.
Eric's playing an Gibson ES 335, whil chuck uses a Gibson ES 345.
But he started performing before it first came out, then he used what,I belive , was a Gibson ES 175
metallicaruleb 1 year ago
@metallicaruleb No,no.
Its a one with a Venetian Cutaway, not a FLORENTINE cutaway.
So another fine gibson hollowbody.
metallicaruleb 1 year ago
Eric and Mac... Nice.
hdfatboy2k 1 year ago
really cool version of this old song, these two make bad blues !
JungleSheena 1 year ago
Sorry. Eric. You lost the blues even if you still try. I grow up Eric´s music and he was one of my first guitar heros.
BuddyDog03 1 year ago
Wow! Eric playing a Gibson ES-335, sounding great as usual! I actually like his sound on the Gibson, better than his Fender Stratocaster guitar. Doc John & Eric doing a grat job on this song! Thank you, for sharing this with me. Fantastic!
Jerry
guitarjerry1126 1 year ago
You have no idea what your talking about Scootertunes. Tell me. Who could do it better?
FESTIVALFEST1 1 year ago
@FESTIVALFEST1 Allen Vizzutti combined with Sonny Rollins would outdo this performance any day, any song.
cptlulz 1 year ago
Whats all the whining about - this is killer!!
Gumby0009 1 year ago
uf uf uf
MrBluzr 1 year ago
Two of the finest musicians alive,doing a true CLASSIC.That's hard to beat !
ManyGodz 1 year ago
@ManyGodz Too many good musicians still alive to make such a biased claim. Two greatest living guitar players, that's more acceptable. They couldn't outplay most living jazz players from the big band era still though.
cptlulz 1 year ago
kinda santana vibe to this
dogcow666 1 year ago 2
"with a doa sticker in her hair...let her go, god bless her." wicked-fine! ta for the awesome swank! jillylass~ jezus, the guv can spank that guitar, can't he now!?...he never fails to blow my mind, the hinges come right off me doors, lol:) luv me some dr. john..grrrrrrrrrr~
jillyhawk 1 year ago
@jillyhawk Oh yes Jilly.
ispinimor 1 year ago
Thank you Eternalhue for posting. The Guv'nor yet again firing on all pistons, the Doctor adding his own particular spice. Lovely.
ispinimor 1 year ago
excellent thankyou
diandra111 1 year ago
I saw the DR. Play this live in Melbourne on 31/3/10.Clappers should always play Gibsons , quit the strat EC!
taariqtaariq 1 year ago
Let's get Michelle Branch or Rob Thomas to do the vocals as long as we destroying this song.
... rubbish
Scootertunes 1 year ago
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jensbond1978 1 year ago
I would have prefered that this Clapton guy left the stage and gave it over to Dr John... The Dr is superb! :)
jensbond1978 1 year ago
Very Santanesque, Clapton never ceases to amaze me.
HairrySasquatch 1 year ago 2
everyone is very skilled in this performance, but they kind of defaced this song. they should have kept it slow and badass sounding like the original
davidsham123 1 year ago
always loving the clapton, it felt great listening and I can't imagine the energy in that room.
thanks,
Jatchua 1 year ago
Ck out E Bourdons version!
redfang59134 1 year ago
It`s NOT jazzy...it`s sa(n)tanic,it`s cool,superb!!!I really dig those old boys,what a fantastic combination...thanx 4 posting:)))
MegaFireAndWater 1 year ago 9
I can understand people's scepticism when they compare it to the traditional version...
But if you don't do that, and just judge this on its own merits, it's a damn fine performance.
kzearo 1 year ago
this kinda changed my opinion of Clapton.
he lost some cool points on this one...
Pops531 1 year ago
i agree with every1's opnion that this version is a bit too happy or just not right for the song, but my god erics guitar work on this one redeems the whole thing,his playing is perfect, to use the words of his guitar tec lee, "it just flows like cream thick and bluesy"
atourdeforce 1 year ago
Clapton singt saumäßig
LoriundJimi 1 year ago
Too jazzeee
tkrantz55 2 years ago
Love Clapton. But this interpretation sucks.
memonk11 2 years ago
I love Clapton, but this is off for this song
Hammer757 2 years ago
Ugh. What a mess they've made of a great traditional song. Wish somebody would post Ramblin' Jack Elliott's version.
LeahAriadne 2 years ago
fool
toadcreektom 1 year ago
this is way too happy for this song. it doesn't fit in my opinion. Still a decent version.
AppleHankypants 2 years ago 23
@AppleHankypants Listen to a "Spoon Fight" version of the song (v=Smki8br55o4 or v=zuuYiIZRmLs) and see what you think...
OdiesCafe 1 year ago
@AppleHankypants - understandable reaction - but in new orleans death and sorrow are often expressed in joy and an positive, yet loving farewell
schachtman 1 year ago
@AppleHankypants understandable reaction - but in New Orleans death and sorrow are often marked by joy and an energetic farewell
schachtman 1 year ago
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@AppleHankypants understandable reaction - but in New Orleans death and sorrow are often marked by joy and an energetic farewell
schachtman 1 year ago
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@AppleHankypants understandable reaction - but in New Orleans death and sorrow are often marked by joy and an energetic farewell.
schachtman 1 year ago
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@AppleHankypants understandable reaction - but in New Orleans death and sorrow are often marked by joy and an energetic farewell.
schachtman 1 year ago
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@AppleHankypants understandable reaction - but in New Orleans death and sorrow are often marked by joy and an energetic farewell.
schachtman 1 year ago
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@AppleHankypants understandable reaction - but in New Orleans death and sorrow are often marked by joy and an energetic farewell.
schachtman 1 year ago
Great version of a great song!
coloursprogram 2 years ago
clapton playing a gibson is the stuff!
taariqtaariq 2 years ago
Love Clapton, hate this version.
chanrider 2 years ago 3
i agree... i prefer a hundred times armstrong's version
etifred 2 years ago 3
hey mate, can u put st james vid back up? thanks tone nz
slidetone61 2 years ago
the horns sound like a tom waits tune
jeremy6484 2 years ago 8
R.I.P. Shelby Singleton. 10/10/2009
KittraKittra 2 years ago
Very cool. Love the latin beat.
jlloydandrews1 2 years ago 4
The Caribbean blues essence this song has reminds me of Robert Cray; if your diggin this you need to check out Robert Cray band.
jazzhopin 2 years ago 4
Oh my gosh..it's true! Carlos Santana somehow found a way to possess Eric Clapton or something. Cool. :D
nikitran 2 years ago
Was Clapton listening to santana all week or something?
DROTTOHARRIS 2 years ago 4
ha ha, no, just stole his quitar :)
markik12y48 2 years ago
Glad I could make you laugh, but seriously Clapton and John Mayall is more my thing what"s with the "latin" beat? It does kina make light of the song too me as well.
DROTTOHARRIS 2 years ago
I love this version. Clapton is GOD.
wesrman 2 years ago
Yeah, its kind of dissapointing for clapton and dr. john
Scientician 2 years ago
He's a hell of a guitarist, but I feel the back-up music makes light of what ought to be a gut-wrenching song.
talljon77 2 years ago 3
I agree the arrangement is very poor
robb1031 2 years ago
Excellent version of a timeless song. Thanks very much.
13loomisst 2 years ago 2
for a guy who derived his whole style and career from the Mississippi river delta, clapton seems to have a hard time visiting new orleans
dj504dj 2 years ago
I first heard St James Infirmary in an old Betty Boop cartoon that I watched out of curiosity about a year ago and absolutely fell in love with Cab Calloway's version. However, I really love this too because it's different enough that the two really can't be compared. Fantastic stuff!
twistntwirlgrl 2 years ago
This song is one of the oldest folk- blues songs in history. It goes back to an English - Irish tune called The Unfortunate Rake.The New Orleans blues musicians in the early 20th century took it in a whole new direction guided by their own genius. Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, and all of the pre-WWII musicians played versions of this great song. Clapton knows the songs history. He was playing up to the giants who preceded him.
gpotterc 2 years ago 2
Ehh Eric... Listened to Carlos?
Pan3405 2 years ago
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bozotro 2 years ago
"with a D.O.A. sticker in her hair" I like. And brutal schmutal, guys. If you ask me (you didn't), the song's all about false sincerity. The singer tries to represent self-centered egoism with mock grief for his dead baby. Sometimes convincing, and just as validly interesting when it's not.
malenkylizards 2 years ago
The Slow Hand is still the king. Long may he live.
rumpledilskin 2 years ago 15
ACTUALLY- this song is partially about the death of Bessie Smith- who died in a hospital waiting room- because she could not get treatment due to the colour of her skin.
DylanNotBob 2 years ago
ACTUALLY that is an urban legend. By all accounts, including those traveling with her, the doctors did everything they could to save her. The same story is told about Charles Drew, the black doctor who first separated blood plasma.
LeeSawyer 2 years ago
nice claptons playing a 335
Metsuck2 2 years ago
It was originally a song by a guy whose lover gave him a venereal disease and he takes advantage this by asking for a big funeral, by visiting her at the morgue etc... Sad, maybe, but his attitude has been reworked over the years.
There is a cowboy version of it too.
spongebobnik 2 years ago
Do you mean Streets of Laredo?
MorganPolander 2 years ago
I think that Louis Amstrong's version is much much better. This is to be a deep, sad song...
melikenoother 2 years ago
Yep. They changed a lot of the lyrics and melody too. That's the beauty of art. It doesn't have to be the same to be good. Personally I like Doc Watson's best. But that's just me.
martinaxman 2 years ago
I'm with you there. Doc finds the way to do any song with what always seems to me with the best possible approach, given his style. I love the way he does this. Doc has some 'reworked' lyrics as well (guitar by my feet...), but who cares. He does such a good job.
Lafforte 2 years ago
i think its way to up beat. for the like.. brutality of the song.
xxtheblackveilxx 2 years ago 2
As much as I love both of these guys, I agree. This is like a lounge music version compared to Cab Calloway.
PROTECTMAN1138 2 years ago
that gibson sounds so sweet :)
MilktubeMusic 2 years ago 7
@MilktubeMusic
yes it's famous
phill58421 1 year ago
@MilktubeMusic
phill58421 1 year ago
i think, that satchmo´s version is better, but this is also very good
hugodraslik 2 years ago
i wish the piano was a bit louder
gnarrwhale 2 years ago 2
A mesmerizing song receives one its finest treatments. Thanks very much for putting this on.
13loomisst 2 years ago
Clapton Es Dios.
Antitodo2889 2 years ago
I was about to say Clapton sounded more like Santana, but then I saw that's been posted already. I'll say it again anyway . . . Clapton sounds like Santana here.
RagingBuffoon 2 years ago
The White Stripes do a pretty kick ass version of St. James Infirmary Blues...
check it out
kbranum007 2 years ago
amazing...but still no one tops armstrong's version...
vagstamel 2 years ago
have you ever heard joe cocker's version its amazing
r8a6y 2 years ago
r8a6y: you said it man. Joe Cocker ´s version is one of the best.
baptist 2 years ago
hah... Clapton sounds better with that Gibson :D
ciocanelbloodyciocan 2 years ago 2
this is a funerary celebrative song why they fuck are they playing it as a cuban song?!?!?
zebracrosser 2 years ago
Clapton sound like Santana here.
bobcaygeonfrench 3 years ago 3
man...i love Clapton's tone
dadudeguy2 3 years ago 3
Heard "Dutchy Mason" do this song back in the early 1980's in TO and I've never heard anyone come close to the depth of heart and soul he put into this tune!!!
OlymPigs2010 3 years ago
Anyone know what DVD this if from?
steveski74 3 years ago
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Why the føck is'nt the: 'Who's gonna help brother get further' video avaiable in Norway???
PATTONIAC 3 years ago
Love his tone.
Not a big fan of his voice lol
Deeprive 3 years ago
"I am going to do whatever the fuck I wish to make me happy or get my jagged little rocks off."
"obviously they're too mature for you"
I think Harpbass won that one.
Hektor88 3 years ago
ahh, i hate arguing on youtube man. it's pathetic, when we should just sit 'n chill to watch legends like Dr. John and Eric 'slowhand' Clapton
harpbass4life 3 years ago 6