Tennessee Blues

[ElMulligano]

RIP Bobby. One of the real troubadours. Lovely guitar, looks like an asat special?

[HenfieldWill]

@ElMulligano It's an '87 ASAT. :-)

[punchion]

Thanks for this Will. You just made my day!

[pluckerpick]

Have you ever done the Tennessee Waltz tune ?

[HenfieldWill]

@pluckerpick No - great tune though! :-)

[PerfectMemoryRight1]

Home made pride of workmanship. "The music plays the band". Respect and sensitivity to the song [kn/]. A Nashville cultural feel to it all. Perfect ending and the look down and then briefly up directly into the camera balancing the private and the personal with the courage to show.

[DrVonChilla]

Aaaaaah, so lovely......thanks for brightening my day!

Your playing and videos are superb, Will; you've got a new subscriber!

By the way: you and I could pass for brothers....

[tintosangre]

Lovely. Even dig the ersatz accordion in the backup.

Popped into my head a few days ago and I drove myself crazy trying to remember where I'd heard it, until I finally flashed on Geoff Muldaur at a mike, with Amos Garrett backing him up.

See you later, gator. :)

[huvaljason]

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL GUITARIST AND SINGER-WOW!!!!!!

[migrove6]

i don't know about those harmonies, dude...

[mcmullan31]

Beautiful!!!!!!

[gammarod]

Superb.

[Immortalized1]

This song makes me happy, even though I'm blue.

Them Tennesse Blues.

[jpmemphis23]

Bobby Charles has a new album coming out on February 23, 2010. It's called "Timeless"

[countrynuno]

RIP BOBBY CHARLES

[stevek10]

beautiful

[HenfieldWill]

Bobby Charles died today. The sad loss of a great and wonderful musician. RIP.

[jdmfonte]

@HenfieldWill Bloodlines....tearstained hardtimes and nothin but Louisiana sunshine and some crawfish boilin.with a friend, some cards, Aperatif, and always, the boat. He was bigger than many of us know. He IS bigger, not was, except to BC who's just fishin and dancin on down the line. Man can only be true to his voice, and BCs covered my youth as far away as NY, all thru his salad days and my youth. I never EVER knew him except in something Jerry Jeff alluded to back in Texas...Rhythm 'n Bruise

[newbutterboy]

Fell in love with this song in the early ninties when played and sung by Tony CSA VIncent at London venues (See him now on Youtube) . Sadly I dont think theres a recording of Tennessee Blues by CSA, it was wonderful, but now sadly departed this mortal existance. Great to hear this done with feeling by this Artist. Thanks

[HenfieldWill]

Glad you like it. It's a great song - just wish there was more film/video footage of Bobby Charles for us to see. :-)

[cherokeedonna83]

5 stars now I'm sad :(

[rghoyos]

very good !!

[numinumo]

ah by the way, i like your beard :D

[HenfieldWill]

Thanks - anyone can play the guitar but it takes years of practice to grow a good beard... :-)

[numinumo]

haha, true words bro :)

[numinumo]

mate, thats awesome.

and i usually listen to deathmetal (:

[dewARTvideo]

Nice one Will. Have you heard Pete Willsher's Nightriders version, with Dave Heggs on vocals........Magic !

[cjthemusicman]

This is real nice, man! Enjoyed it immensely.

[jackfrostbob]

thanks for sharing bro, do you by any chance have the doug sam version?

[HenfieldWill]

No - the only version I know is Bobby's. :-) Will

[jackfrostbob]

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge have done a version which is widely available, it's nice and sweet but unlike kris very low key, understated and slow tempo. There's also a verion by legendary blues man Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown which is the one most similar to doug sams. And of course there's the marvelous radio version of dhoug sam (sp?) which I heard on the radio but I haven't tracked down yet.

[suckmylovepump101]

very mellow sir i love it

[j3ohnny]

i'm a tennesian,right by Memphis,i loved it brother...even tho you blonde hair.j/k

[HenfieldWill]

Blonde, eh? Nope! You can't tell in this b&w video, but my hair is actually grey! :-)

[rudyvandam]

Great version Will

[jimibluesmusic]

This is a great song very well done. I listen to it over and over. So good.

[kotiaho]

Loved this one. Not that I would know who BC is!

[BleckTexMex]

Thank you for remembering a good time

[HenfieldWill]

I've put some basic chords to this in the "info" column at the top right of this page. Will

[mandolin1966]

Excellent tune/ excellent playing...do you have the Tab/Chords...I've gotta try this one..PLEASE..

[HenfieldWill]

Basic chords now at top right of page under "info"... :-)

[dealer205]

could you give a lesson on Tennessee blues? would really appreciate it

[supermodelrobots]

Muy bueno señor!

Esta muy lindo, Adelante!

Saludos desde Suecia.

:-))))

Frasse

[akrith]

thanks for sharing the videos and tab,inspired to dust my guitars off again, Big Thanks

[marlowman]

Got that Amos Garrett feel on the guitar... nice job. This song is staple of Geoff Muldaur's shows. Keeping Bobby's name and music out there.

[HenfieldWill]

Thanks for the kind words. We should really have some BC himself on YouTube - there must be something hidden away somewhere... :-) Will

[scarface197605]

very very nice - thanks for sharing

[bertisg]

hi will. sorry to bug you, but love yr work and i'm stumped trying to figure out what yr playing there. i've got the chords - but what tuning are you in? that's not standard, is it?

[HenfieldWill]

Yes - standard tuning - I'll try and get the chords down for you! :-) Will

[HenfieldWill]

Basic chords now at top right of page under "info"... :-)

[gothamgal]

Very lovely. Enjoyed it a lot. I'm a Bobby Charles fan.

[caferive]

Great tune, great performance, lovely stuff.....excellent !!!!

[quundar]

as far as i'm not nor a connoissuer neither a fan of that kind of music, you'll appreciate my 5 *****;) thanxs for chnaging my mind

[Mexmando]

Very Nice...stumbled across this video after I had posted a version of Bill Monroe's mandolin instrumental "tennessee Blues"

[bertisg]

5 stars! i've been trying to work this out for years - could you post the chords? the tuning? much appreciated

[HenfieldWill]

With pleasure - It might take a day or two (busy at the moment) but I will do so.

[JefFrietkot]

Yeah, wish I could see some Bobby Charles footage...

I think I've got 85% of his released material and there are many jewels amongst it. Makes you want to see the King of New Orleans perform.

But your tribute is fantastic and very much in BC's way. Thanks a lot!

[HenfieldWill]

Thanks - I appreciate your comment - and also glad to meet another BC fan!

[SlowStrider]

I like it! Nice singing + playing.

[musicfido]

nice one bobby charles a mighty legend the only white guy to be signed by Leonard Chess!!

[musicmaster7]

lovely version ...great guitar tone. It prompted me to buy the Bobby Charles cd, which I have on vinyl back home in the UK. Thanks.

[HenfieldWill]

Bobby Charles is wonderful. Check out the 2004 2-CD set "Last Train To Memphis" - there's also a great track from The Last Waltz 4-CD set - "Down South In New Orleans". I love his music totally!

[Xavi1900]

You recreated that laid-back Bobby Charles feeling perfect Will.

[Xavi1900]

I have that Bobby Charles CD The Band played on some of it liked to have seen you do it without the backing Henfielfwill-Hey it's my only complaint was good though.

[HenfieldWill]

Well, I might just have a go at that! This video was really trying to recreate the feeling and arrangement of the original CD...

[JeffMarchand]

Smooth playing ! Jeff.