Nine Bellow Zero - Otis Spann & Sonny Boy Williamson HQ

[bluesborn]

It's great watching Sonny Boy dig into that groove.His whole demeanor the way he held the harmonica everything- has been copied right to the Nth degree,but there was just one original genius.

[joooo2002]

I saw this on TV in the UK and recorded this very record on my old tape machine from the TV (and still have it all on tape!. I also actually attended a show from this tour in 1965 at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, Yorkshire. I remember Sonny Boy saying he felt ill that night. He died soon after that tour. They don't make them like this anymore.

[markgrogers]

Awesome! (Not the audience I expected to see though),

[D3ltra]

"He's young in the business, he's only been playing and singing the blues for 25 years"

I wish you still had to work like that to get into music, rather than expect to become a star overnight (with talent shows not helping, of course)

[yungsu100]

BILLY STEPENY ON DRUMS

[TheSnidge]

Sorry it is Otis Spann-Memphis Slim was just the MC.

[TheSnidge]

That's Memphis Slim on piano,not Otis Spann.

[rippedsos]

It's unbelievable that this video only has ~7200 views. That's "a pity" and "a cryin' shame"

What talented men. Thank God we have their recordings.

[trailblaz3r2009]

Matt "Guitar" Murphy on guitar.

[arjhendrix]

wow post and thank you for sharing.

the roots here...HQ

class

[davetaylorbluespiano]

I like the way you say 'High Quality'- Quality doesn't get much higher than this!!

[willwelsh816]

lol, memphis slim said ONLY 25 years lol.

[6473303494]

thank you very much for uploading this piece of musical history

i doubt there will never be music with this kind of soul again, but hopefully someone proves me wrong.

[Bumblebee38]

This was MUSIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gagagrr]

He looks like a vagina.

[MrPapasote]

Oh yeah he's got it bad.

Them old guys were so cool and yet cool about it.  They were real and came from nothing.

[THEvaaj]

why were there so many white people and no black people in the audience?

pretty collllllddd song...

[cedricleecason]

It was in England, and the whites were embrassing the blues than blacks at this time. This was after the English invasion of Rolling Stones, Beatles ect.

[MrPapasote]

Because even white people like the blues!!

[minutegongcoughs]

Plus Otis played with Muddy Waters for years. Tx for sharing

[sjziro]

They just don't make bands like this any more....

Ain't this a pity? It's a cryin' shame...!

Otis Spann, on piano. Willie Dixon on bass. I'm sure about the guitarist and drummer, but in my opinion, It gets no better...!

[thoxbui]

drummer:  Jump Jackson, guitarist: Matt "Guitar" Murphy (Aretha's husband in "Blues Brothers.")

[sjziro]

Hey thanks for the info. Glad you could see I meant I'm NOT sure about the guitarist & drummer! So Matt "Guitar" Murphy is the guitar player, and he played himself in the movie?

[yud]

Thx sjziro and thoxbui for the info. Just added it to the description and gave you guys the credit!

[sjziro]

Hey thanks a lot. I learned something new here too! Music just doesn't get much better than this, does it? By the way, I notice your spelling on Otis Spam's name has an M instead of an N, in the video heading and over on the side details. It's definitely Otis Spann! With 2 n's! ;o)

[yud]

No it doesn't sjziro, this is what I call real music and m8, thx again, just fixed the description. =)