Sunnyland Slim - Tin Pan Alley

[bddyer59]

I'm thinking those keys had to be smoking when he was finished. Wow, what a sound. Beyond description

[presti1959]

cela fait du bien d aller chercher a la source.merci.

[cr0c0d0p0lis1]

fabulous. thanks for posting this.

[monadasmoinas]

thanks youtube .

[kooky55]

SING IT, DADDY!!! SING THAT SONG, GODDAMIT, SHIT!!! LOL

[luvjakandned]

Well thankyou voice over man for talking over a truly brilliant intro...what was he thinking?



[horbergaren]

man that white dude ruins the song

[mrcartagena2000]

This is Music Nuff Said! the two people who disliked are foreigners

[borsecrosu]

 i love s land mistretz

[bugscorb]

Found this from the SRV version, completely different from SRV's version but still very good.

[TheSatanas666]

@bugscorb SRV didnt write many original tunes rigth? he just toke some old blues

[Eproctophil]

This sends shivers down my spine. Has this song ever been recorded in a studio/put on an album?

[WelcomeToDetroitWimp]

@Eproctophil i was looking for the harmonica slim version, not sure if this guy recorded it on an album but other people have. PS that harmonica slim version is amazing, id call it better thna this

[rmbb10]

Nice.

[ipwntehblue]

I just soilded my self...

[flamy951]

This is incredible. This style of music deserves sooo much more respect than bullshit artists that only sing about adolescent heartbreak their "baby"s...

[streetcornerjames]

Jimmy Wilson, a blues singer famous for his 1953 hit "Tin Pan Alley." - wiki

[onthegoldenline]

There's an interesting version of this song by Ray Agee (perhaps recorded in the early years of the 1960s) with, perhaps, Gil Bernal on tenor.

[joethepainter90]

 Now,that's THE BLUES.

[ophira1]

real music !!!!

[spadge321]

who is this ass hole who wont shut the fuck up man !!!

[roodbaard51]

yes yes yes cant be beter

[psychicwhoosh]

Here 's this old guy with missing teeth sitting down at a piano to sing 44 years ago, and one note from him, whether struck on the keyboard or stabbing into the air from his vocal cords, has more power, more weight, more meaning, than the entire collected works of those disposable commodities posing as artists who today's music industry pushes through its rotten, dying, irrelevant colon and onto the radio. There's always been bubblegum music, but something in this era is especially hollow.

[jthaney1980]

Holy Shit!!!!! Thought I knew a lot about the blues. Now have to save this to my favorites, run out and get this tattooed!!! Thanks for this post!!!!!

[scott6130]

This is just great. No more can be said

[suspiria01]

Thank you. Thank you so much for posting this. Youtube is just a never-ending goldmine. Awesome clip!!

[slipknoter01]

wow!love it!

[MrElliotRocker]

One of the best blues pianists ever! Thrilling....

[skippy3840]

WOW! Powerful, now I see where SRV got alot of his inspiration from......

[blueguitar69]

I was Slim's guitar player from 1977-1994, and his voice was strong and haunting up until the end. His piano playing, however, suffered after his stroke in the 80's. An amazing journey for me.

[mta415]

@blueguitar69 WOW! sir, I bet you have some stories to tell!!!

[MrRickjay2009]

@blueguitar69 that's awesome

[lazur1]

There's  disagreement if Slim was 88 or 89, but one thing for sure: He -never- lowered the keys of songs to accommodate an age-related narrowed vocal range, because he never lost any vocal range. Most artists change keys when they hit 50 or so, or start faking high notes. Slim never needed to. Also, at 88-89 he was actually more comfortable co-ordinating complexities of piano & vocals together than he'd been in his 'prime '. The true prime of Slim's career was his -entire- career.

[sivaddivad]

snakes and sneak he rocks !!!!!!!!! shattering

[lewisldurham]

Real musicians.

[zlajaa1]

sound like old guys

[BluesHeavy]

They used to say Howlin Wolf would destory recording MIC's

[lazur1]

Blues took close-micing to a new level. While Bing Crosby introduced it to affect an intimate vocal tone, close-micing also enhances grit. Wolf didn't need it for grit, he kept it gritty even at full volume, so when the mic got close, the mic got blasted. Maybe not outright breakage, but a sound engineer might hear a big loss in a mic's frequency response after a "Wolf Treatment"! He probably did break mics on-stage,(are you familiar w/the "old man / young man" bit?).

[schranza100]

Looks like a gnome but l sounds awesome xD

[ganjisgood]

holy shit will someone tell that guy to shut the f**K. I was tryin to hear over him for the intro. No one cares what you have to say the music speaks for itself.

[0Korea0and0Quills0]

i love how that fool talks all over the intro ! thanks

[ThaGrooveallegiance]

Mercy!..

[wamij2]

got to meet him at the Anchor in Gastown , Vancouver canada

around 79-80 . nice man and one of the greats.

[THEBIGKOSTRINSKY]

this is genuine soul.....old tough real griddy loving soul....not fake bullshit soul i hear on the radio way to much

[THEBIGKOSTRINSKY]

I think he has the strongest most piercing voice ive ever heard........and that being said.......fuck american idol n its pop bullshit campaign loved by the status quo

[gustavoandrian]

preach it brother!!!!!

[rumpledilskin]

@THEBIGKOSTRINSKY FUCK AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Pop music has led our children astray. This is what they need to hear.

[DarkFottloch]

@THEBIGKOSTRINSKY great singer, no doubt. though ronnie james dio broke at least one mic during the recording of kings of rock with tenacious d. imo way more power than sunnyland. nice nonetheless

[TheSatanas666]

@DarkFottloch tenacious d'???? are you stupid? what you bring a shit like dat in to such legendary video

[DarkFottloch]

@TheSatanas666 im talkin bout Ronnie James Dio. Learn to read!

[TheSatanas666]

@DarkFottloch same thing a piece of shit

[DarkFottloch]

@TheSatanas666 you clearly have no ability to tell the difference between good musicians and the ones you like. so until you gain some intel, kindly shut up.personal preference has nothing to do with technical abilities.

[TheSatanas666]

@DarkFottloch sure you are a jonas brothers fan too, dat guy had no improvisation talent hes just a pre-produced pop star

[DarkFottloch]

@TheSatanas666 improv is something people do when theyre too lazy to prepare something for a certain occasion. but of course this is all improv. the usa are the saviour of our world. all italians wear speedos. god is inevitable. and adolf hitler was a great man. yeah right...

[TheSatanas666]

@DarkFottloch are you stupid?? sometimes i overrate the brains of youtube user have a nice life

[DarkFottloch]

@TheSatanas666 you too. love you <3

[MadMATT462]

@THEBIGKOSTRINSKY

Yeah man you're not joking, the 1st line comes out and I can't believe how much soul this guy has wow...! 1st time I heard of him

[LucasDeckmyn]

i heard him playing this song 25 years later in a Clark Ave. joint (uptown chgo)

[tokaijazz]

fabulous , talking of blackjack by ray charles, have you heard it done by mr albert collins. thanks to ragbagken.

[surflbc64]

Got lucky and got to see Sunnyland Slim at Blue Chicago in the ealy 90's. He used to ahve a sunday gig with a Steve Freund. Even at his age he was still trying to work the the women in the bar. Gotta love that in an older man!

[lazur1]

Please,that was B.L.U.E.S. (Halsted), not Blue Chicago(Clark)

[harmonicabill]

pour it on me

pour it on me

dont i just love memthis slim

[Flaviovic]

Definitely a big influence on the early Ray Charles-Like Ray's Blackjack song.

[cas111498]

killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrCaribbean]

thanks for this post and the education ;)

[dougr583]

I love YouTube, greatest web site ever. Thank you thank you thank you to whomever posted this.

[imexru2]

@dougr583 tHIS IS A BRILLIANT STATEMENT. sO MANY PEOPLE RELATE TO MUSIC AND PLAY MUSIC AND CAN BENEFIT JUST FROM THE MUSIC VIDEOS ALONE // iF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUTUBE WE WOULD NEVER EVER SEE THIS SORT OF RARE THING AND LEARN ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND THE MUSIC WE LOVE.

[King689]

Listen to Blackjack by Ray Charles. It's almost the exact same song.

[nofatla]

... yea, agree ...

[Ledvolta]

It is. But still... the style of piano in 'blackjack' is so different to this.

Awesome.

[Guest3782]

Damn this is great. So much soul!

[2KEKER2]

I juste love the Ilinois Central blues. wouhououou

[Nuge17]

WOW....if you play piano you just know how good this gentle giant really is........

[rockabillyqueen1]

He was great. Visited my place in Luxembourg once when he played at the Luxembourg Jazz club...he was enchanting!

[drcasey328]

A Blues Legend Has Come & Gone, but his music

lives on...We Miss You Sunnyland Slim...

[ScotRanger1960]

Great quality video spoiled by the usual YouTube lip-synch problem.

[STANLIZ4]

Agreed, hopefully technology will cure this problem sooner rather than later, it sadly degrades the enjoyment of these masterpieces

[ScotRanger1960]

Couldn't agree more. The sooner the better.

[usedforbattle]

Im guessing this is where Demark street in London got the nick name tin pan alley ?!

[AndrewOdom]

God bless you, Blue Guitar 69!

Sunnyland is one of the most under-rated blues artists (regarless of instrument etc) EVER. Great under-rated singer! This is blues!

[blueguitar69]

I was Sunny's guitar player and pal from 1976 until 1994, and all I can say is that I miss him tremendously.

[lobizoon1]

Congratulations!

[RobertRossBand]

Hi Steve Freund. This is Robert Ross. I got to sit in with Sunnyland in New York at the Squat Theater in 1977 or so. He was very kind and supportive. Then when I went to Chicago I got to play with him a couple of times at Elsewhere (?) when Steve couldn't make the gig. The man was a giant, both in stature and in talent.

[LaFourmiRouge]

Yeah, Baby! You can hear where Otis Spann got his start, that's for sure... I read somewhere that Otis used to sleep in the back of Sunnyland's car, back when he was a kid just getting started in the world.

Some of those descending riffs, and the tremolos, Spann just straght-up ripped from Slim, and I can see why. Sunnyland Slim has that "holler" kind of voice - Like leadbelly.

[yourboypreston]

some of the best blues you will ever encounter

[BobHardy1]

Superb!

[shrimpdaddy]

Absolutly Increadible what a voice that is the blues man! god bless this music! Someone said above were not worthy, truer words were never spoken! how something so beautiful and heartfelt could come from misery and suffering should forever remind us of our increadible and unfounded ignorant cruelty. lets try peace for a change...

[huaso97]

We are not worthy! We are not worthy

[kazakhman52]

I saw Sunnyland Slim live at a place called the Meat Market, which was in the basement of the great Colonial Hotel in Toronto in about 1975. Slim played a set by himself and then locals started to arrive and jammed with him. It was one of those unforgetable evenings

[Scalairefr]

Anyone could give his advice on a good CD of Sunnyland Slim representative of his talent ?

Thanks All.

[vanillastate]

I bought his 'Smile on My Face' album (released in 2000), and I absolutely loved it.

[bb62g]

Im getting drunk and feeling down. woo hoo!!!!

[RL82]

awesome!

[sourmind]

woot!

[haleyfan]

I love his solo stuff, I'm just about to purchase JSP's "Sunnyland Slim & Friends" Boxed Set

[jaw872]

This is amazing