Mississippi Fred McDowell - Highway 61

[13Geffen]

how can you dislike this.... this is the real deal

[71Wraith]

If you have an itch in your brain ........this'll scratch it

[BudStrong]

Three people must have hit the "Dislike" button by mistake.

[05212528]

Thank you for your video

I agree with you, Fred McDowell is a great slide guitarist full of feeling.

It Is one of the legends of blues and he is one of my preferred bluesmen

About Highway 61, I read somewhere that a few months before his death he could realize his dream to have a service station on this "Highway 61" with royalties received from the ROLLING STONES who took over his song "You Gotta Move "on their album" Sticky Fingers "in 1971

French text translated by Google

[lobizoon1]

@05212528 Thank you for watching!

[deluge17895]

this shit moves me

[SamManero]

epic.

[xExiledSniperx]

love this shit

[xExiledSniperx]

you just got to love this shit

[woodhd]

the godhead i place this man above all others of his time

[Erkele]

Jepulis.  - Erkele

[kaja66]

is this the hiway 61 dylan sings about

[msshancrain]

I live right off highway 61 Mississippi Fred put us on the map way back in the days, great music

[enus1]

lobi 4 u zoon

[Caprock64]

Great playin' This song was recorded in 1928 by Jessie James on the piano.

[jdhoffman1221]

I think about 5,000 of these views are from me alone...man, this is the good stuff!

[vinniedurrant]

hIs skills are right up there with robert johnsons.

[OnyOner]

brings tears to my eyes, you can feel him through the song.

[mrmike1806]

Never heard this before, so it qulaifies as the best "new" music I've listened to in a while.

[SirBraxton1989]

‎"God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"

God says, "Out on Highway 61."

[shannonandsheila1]

ledbetter

[zollie4]

this is muzik

[Joeyblues61]

this is soul penetrating... 

[tapoutish]

i wish they still made music like this today,music that actually means something...i'm only 24,so this is way before my time,but todays music sucks...most of it anyways lol

[SoberGeorge]

This music just rattles your bones and just cuts right to the core of your being. Though it may seem like a simple song on the surface, it is actually very complex. Such is the mystery of the blues.

[osbech3]

thanx..right up my alley!

[TheCloakedPanther]

Yea, Fireiron123, just made one outa copper pipe. Find one that fits on your finger and stays on. Cut it about 2 1/2 inches or maybe even 3, you have a slide. Maybe smooth the inside and the edges a little with some sandpaper... Your good. I havent tried sand papering the outside, but I plan on trying it. Copper pipe is pretty cheap and very light, so its ideal. Steel pipe felt too thick and heavy, but others might like it.

[fireiron123]

how much for a good slide? and do they only make glass slides?

[TheCloakedPanther]

@fireiron123 They make metal ones too. I'm pretty sure you can make one if you have smooth enough metal somewhere... Been wanting to find a good metal pipe and just use that as a slide.

[AgentCarter]

glass slide'll run you about 4 or 5 dollars, metal one will be more like 15 or 20 dollars

[JandritoBlues]

@fireiron123 A socket wrench makes a good slide, too. Heavy chromed metal. Find one that fits your finger. Or you can use any of the methods to cut the neck of off a bottle. If you have a friend who works at a bar or a redemption center go through the booze and wine bottles until you find one you like. You want it be comfortable on your finger and be very smooth and thick-walled.

[Joeyblues61]

@fireiron123 they make all kinds of slides.. i have a glass and a brass one.. there like.. 5 bucks.. or more depends somtimes.. wont go passed 15 bucks

[Caprock64]

@Joeyblues61

Or you can use a Craftsman Socket, They come in all sizes!

[bassbob42]

Someone gave me this LP in the summer of 71. I treasure it for its true feeling and absolute authenticity.

[bitingontinfoil]

DAMN! Now *that's* music!

[captaininsanity89]

this is the man that made me love blues RIP my friend everyone should listen to his story.

[afkhajiit]

I think of a beautiful post apocalyptic landscape when I hear slide this good. So rad.

[november191968]

old cabin,wooden porch,rickety chair,shattered guitar,talented man...

[HowlinWilf13]

I'm sure this track is called '61 Highway'

Either way - spellbinding!!!

[jteshuwah]

let it bleed. this is where dimebag and rhodes come from. forget this watered down satan worshipping S*(% they got out now. THIS stuff is scary and you can feel it in your soul. this stuff BURNS! if stuff like this came out to day, all those emo-freaks and pop-junkies would go running in terror. guy probably couldn't even get signed. "sigh" thanks for putting this on here.

[xxTA2xx]

@jteshuwah him and darrell are playin blues right now upstairs

[Eljaywa]

Amazing!!! This guy's voice and guitar playing are what it's all about. Great comment by draoicht22...the masses have been brought up on a diet of Britney Spears, Madonna and talent show nobodies. How could they hope to understand real music?

[faunoram]

esto es mucho más cabrón que srv !!!!!

[HotRodHarley93]

This song is actually called 61 Highway. Bob Dylan wrote Highway 61 Revisited.

[MazzazzK]

@HotRodHarley93

Shait, are you sure? I have a test the day after tomorrow, need to get this right.

[beckner4200]

Well, the blues come in many shades.

[Ihatesev]

Accidentally gave it a 1 star but it really deserves a 5!

[draoicht22]

can you imagine this being released to the masses today... it would be the meanest cat thrown amongst the most naive bunch a'piguns ever known. They'd all probably run away scared of their lives not knowing it was their salvation that had come near them!

[valentin80]

This is the best comment I read in months...

[subterranean47]

preach it brother

[StingerNova]

a fucking men man.

[Commenting12345]

Amen

[chrewwtewq]

in the mode

[chrewwtewq]

mår man dåligt lysna

in the mod

[Fr3derick]

Awesome!!!

Grandma mary

[bensmith3200]

Whenever I listen to Mississippi Fred McDowell I'm afraid he's going to jump out of the record player and smack someone upside the head with his guitar.

Not even N.W.A. or Slayer can compete with the level of aggressiveness in Fred's guitar picking.

[karl198]

except maybe Son House

[faunoram]

yeah thats something people didnt understand

they just stay with the cliche of the blues as something sad and whiny

but the blues can be fierce as well

[karl198]

it can be sad and depressing or stuff u dance around too or something you drink to or something you fuck to. any of these things

[vogelpech]

@bensmith3200 you! are! right!!!!

[grblues]

I like to think of Fred as the Buddha of the blues. Doesn't get much better than his slide playing...

[jessupar]

i could sware i found a Fred Mcdowell album from the late 1940's, which would contradict the video description. its kind of a shame he wasnt recorded more.

[orangesfromlondon]

My uncle told me he was around in the 40's (so I presume he meant he had recorded material) and then disappeared until the 60's. I think the Newport Folk Festival sort of revived interest in him.

But don't quote me on any of that I could be totally wrong.

[Alvin2K4S]

He first picked up the guitar and started playing in 1918. Therefor, he was around in the 40's, though his first actual recording wasn't made until the very late 50's, when he was finally discovered playing for tips in front of a candy store in Massachusetts.

[Alvin2K4S]

He was born in 1904, and his parents died early. He spent his life as a hobo playing for spare change until he was found in 1959. That's when he was first recorded.

[trussell325]

you're right about the recording in 1959, but you're wrong about the Massachusetts /hobo thing. He spent most of his life in Como, Mississippi(the hill country) spraying and plowing cotton fields. He was friends with Othar Turner, and met Alan Lomax through him, who recorded him in 1959.

[trussell325]

You're right about 1959 being his first recording, but your wrong about the Massachusetts/hobo business. Fred spent most of his life in Como, Mississippi, playing picnics, and spraying and plowing cotton. A friend and fellow badass, Othar Turner, lived just outside Como. One day in 1959, Alan Lomax came to record Othar, Othar introduced the two, and Lomax recorded Fred for his first time.

[cochisewolf]

Believe they call this style Delta Lobito809, or Mississippi Delta, check out Robert Johnson, John Hurt etc I agree I just love this sound!

[trussell325]

this is hill country blues fella

[Lobito809]

This guy is sick, first time im listenig and hes just great, im now looking for this kind of blues, any suggestions?

[PresidentMcCool]

Well, my first excursion into the blues was this particular album... Self Titled, acoustic... 1st track is "Done left here" you can here kids and shit listening to him.

Fred is awesome. He is dead now though, so I guess he "was" awesome, but he really still is awesome.

[ludegood]

Yes, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Reverend Gary Davis, Lightning Hopkins, Tommy Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House and Charlie Patton.....I'm sure I'm leaving a few out but these here are most of the Kings...!!

[davidrimages]

Huddie

[emilyek1]

This sounds something like the Lomax porch session but without the reverb and ridiculously hot treble.

Fred is one of my favorites-- maybe my favorite of them all. For this 'primitive' style of bottleneck I like Fred infinitely better than Furry or Bukka. And some of his breaks are the best ever.

[TheBrowndawg]

oooooooh tough call man

[silvertear]

Love this. His voice and playing; amazing.

[chromemutt]

Stunning , it makes me feel so much better knowing this stuff is still out there and people are listening to it , keep it coming

[BillToabe]

In 1971 I saw this man play at a little club in Boston, a Sunday afternoon show. He inspired me to go out and buy my first slide. I've been so thankful for that wonderful Sunday afternoon.

[KarloR27]

I always thought that he's one of the greatest slide guitar players I ever heard. But Blind Willie Johnson is supposed to be the best slide guitarist ever of bottleneck blues. But Fred is definatley one of the greatest slide guitar players that has ever lived.

[lobizoon1]

thank you for listening!

[Brocolify]

@lobizoon1 thank you for posting this!

[drumsandpipes]

awesome! i haven't heard this version before. excellent, thanks for posting.

[sometimesido99]

so so good

[lobizoon1]

thanks for listenng!

[YRSAL]

NICE!!! thanks for sharing...cheers!