Maxwell Street-Carrie Robinson

[mcnowski]

I always come back to this video when I want to feel inspired. We do need more power, and I wish nothing but well being to you my brothers and sisters as we live threw these times.

[terantridell]

TrueClassic

[jazzmanchgo]

There are two guitarists accompanying her. I'm almost positive that the one we can't see is the late Blind Jim Brewer (I recognize his amp with the metal tip box welded onto the top). He was still playing behind Carrie on Maxwell Street as late as the '80s.

[windycityrebel]

What is with you people & all the racist shit? I am a Caucasian man born & raised in Chicago.This is as good as it gets.If you are from here you have this music in your blood black or white.There is no need for the racist comments.This music was for everyone & some AWESOME Blues it was.

[wildkittiesofcarabas]

...but captain, the engines canna give anymore! ;-)

[bugsycline]

wow, crackerjacklee is a white supremist..... wow.

wonder why he's befriending folks whom are trying to preserve black culture?

[CrackerJackLee]

@bugsycline

LOL! now ain't you full of hate... i guess white folk ought nought to be listenin' to "YOUR" music... whatever "YOUR" contribution is... imagine being so racist as to claim to "OWN" musical genres...

[bugsycline]

@CrackerJackLee you're blocked from this point on... I forgot about your anti-black klu klux klan brand of idiocy you spew everywhere. shame on you and your kind.. shame on you.

[CrackerJackLee]

@bugsycline

you're such a liar... trying to make a name for yourself by calling people racists...

[JAZZ8507]

thank you Lord for this people!!!!

[Bluecigars]

Thank you for posting this, all to often American Images are lost forever, your grandfather preserved them and they are precious. I grew up in Detroit and have memories of revivals on the streets just like this one. Does anyone have any Hastings Street Clips of Detroit out there, or know where to find them?

[mcnowski]

holy fuck Ive got tears in my eyes!

[whizkeytangofoxtrot]

Love this. Thank you for sharing. @Kinoeye29 we all owe your grandfather a debt of gratitude for capturing this on film.

[nnajiy44]

Amazing spiritual energy!!!

[hazzpat]

This is awesome!!! Send your power Lord!!! We need it!!!

[jayscott49]

This is my favorite clip on all of YouTube.

[hazzpat]

@jayscott49 I agree I love this, I been watching this everyday!!!! Love it

[iplaytheorgan2]

This was awesome! They took Jesus to the streets and wasn't ashamed of Him...

This great reminder of our heritage and culture, musically and spiritually

[grenadian11]

you go gurl!

[CrackerJackLee]

now we know where mick jagger copied his moves...

[Danabl]

@CrackerJackLee

I agree!

[bugsycline]

@CrackerJackLee No SHit Sher-lock you didn't already know that?

[CrackerJackLee]

@bugsycline

you don't comprehend very well, do you...

[CrackerJackLee]

@bugsycline

i guess when the rest were studying english, you were talkin' eubonics...

[bugsycline]

@CrackerJackLee excuse my battery powered wireless keyboard and noninterest in making my grammer perfect enough for a comment on youtube. I can tell it really offended you. Judging by how angry you became.

we'll just chalk it up to a victory for the great Reverend Bugsy Cline.

come to my channel douchebag.

[18hopkins]

many thanks,

fabulous vidéo

blues blues blues,

merci merci

[rfreund719]

I have now watch this video 20 times. The inherent cultural importance and preservation are amazing. Need more power to do right , more power to talk right , more power to be right.... who can dispute with that....

[doodookat]

its sad that the only way folks know anything about their own history is through terribly slandered jejune recreations of something that at one point in time no man could take or break from you through pain or famine..

THE HOLY SPIRIT ...this is the real thing..THE C-WALK is a joke.. gimme a break...

[ballfan123]

Love this video. What is so amazing is how with each generation, a new sense of what's considered radical or traditional emerges. I've observed from my studies that religious and secular music/ dance have always merged and borrowed from each other. Men such as Dorsey and Sam Cooke were singing in night clubs on Sat. night but performing the same sounds in church on Sun. morning. So when we see young gospel artists doing things that seem "worldly" they are just perpetuating cultural trends.

[yungkeyz]

OMG! That was so real. It was funny too though, because I didn't know the C-walk originated from church. LOL! She didn't care about NOBODY! She closed the eyes and called it a day. I see the lady at 2:43 had to get hers in too. She was tearing that car up! LOL!

[mrmediaman79]

@yungkeyz - I was just thinking the same thing when I was watching this about the C-walk!!! LOL

[cogicpreacher2006]

@gary52car- How can you use profanity on a Christian video, talk about people having respect for one another and then end your message by saying God bless all of them. Where is your respect for God. You could've simply said, 1953 Buick

[alwaysgottapraise]

she is sainctifing the stree real good

[mikechi85]

shes crip walking

[prfit]

I just saw this movie and you've already uploaded all the clips that I was going to. "And this one's free" is a treasure.

[BigBishop1]

aunt esther you ol wicked heathen

[misterEric123]

Wow...memories.... Maxwell Street is no more.

[sw1zzie]

precursor to crip walking....

[gnerd]

u wish...take that crip back to cali. This maxwell street chicago. We don't do that over here.

[sw1zzie]

hold up joe, i'm from chicago mayn. i grew up around maxwell street when there was still projects off of blue island and roosevelt. i was just sayin it'd look like she was crip walkin. i don't know nothing about cali, but you see that c- walk shit damn near every where on t.v. i just thought it was funny to say that. my fault.

[gnerd]

it's alright dude. you know what i'm talking about though. I get this stuff all the time about some cali . I'm just pissed that pop culture thinks of gangsters doin the c-walk, and dancing stupid like some soulja boy. In Chicago ain't no playing 'round like that.

But on a lighter note. I could go for a polish. I know tomorrow is founders day, so at Jim's Original on Union st. 70 cents a polish! I live in Michigan, I'd be willing to make the 3 hour drive if I can find the time.

[sw1zzie]

well aight then. its all good though.

from chi to michigan, be easy.

[rvz77]

whats with the gold teeth. shes filled with the power of the loins

[sangboi79]

wow this was awesome this reminds me of my grandmother type singing! lol !

[charmen14]

this was annoying! >:(

[globehunter2]

This woman was filled with the HolyGhost Power): her every movement

was a message to and from GOD*

what a priceless moment captured on film by your Grandfather` truly appreciated to see Carrie Robinson in action. Praise the LORD.

[footprintdirect]

They are the rituals rooted deep in African traditional cosmology. The movements could be that of the dances and spiritual elements influenced by those ancestors of old brought into the modern through western influences. Go to any African dance classes and you will see....

Nothing new under the sun...

[Wacokid48]

it's the humanity and soul and remnants of the grand bazaar that come screaming out. no places left like that. used to go to Maxwell Street to buy something needed cheap. clothes, musical instruments.. it was all there...our garage band bought our matched tiger-stripe vests we wore in 1965 ..what a place....thanks for the memories!1

[hlwrites]

Yeah, Waco! How about the smell of the hot dogs and "Polish" on the corner grills sizzling at the bottom of those Mt. Everests of grilled onions! Pour on the catsup...

[gary52car]

wacokid 48 i used to go there inthe 1950s with my grandma and grandpa in there 1953 big ass buick what memories!! every body was cool with each other and had respect for each other !! remember the chicken man !! what great souls were there!! god bless all of em!!! gary from chciago

[lcsgze]

Inspiring.

[jayscott49]

imo, best clip on all of youtube.

[harveyc619]

Me like.thanks. May God bless us all.happy new year to all.

[lisabambu]

oh I love this

[Danabl]

Thanks to your grandfather for creating the best historical film document of Maxwell Street. My wife and I saw Carrie Robinson perform on Maxwell Street for about 15 years, which was always spiritually inspiring. If not for your grandfather, all would have been lost. Thank you and God bless Mike Shea.

[kinoeye29]

This is actually footage from Mike Shea's (my grandfather) film "And This is Free" filmed in 1964 over several several sunday visits. We just re-released the film, alongside another documentary, photos, interviews and writings about Maxwell street and its deep history. Its released through Shanachie and it's now officially called "And This is Free: The Life and Times of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell Street"! :) and on my grandfathers behalf-- Thank you for all your kind comments!!

[Danabl]

By the way, I recently purchased the new re-release CD-DVD 'And This is Free' at Chicago Blues Fest 2008. This is a blues-collector must have.

[worotan]

@kinoeye29 I recently got this DVD, and can urge people to buy it if they enjoy this clip. It's just great! Thanks for getting it out onto the market, man. Your Grandad did a great job!

[BadboybillyC]

@kinoeye29 Your Grandad obviously knew what great music was about and many thanks to him we can be a witness to this extroadinary spectacle. Those people singin and performing are amazing .Thank you.

[StewedTomato]

You don't have to be Black to know how great this is!

[antitodd]

damn, she was crip walking(around a minute in the video) before people knew what that was... if you don't know... youtube it.

[redhotgin]

Check out the 1980 film Maxwell Street Blues by Linda Williams and Raul Zaritsky,jayscott49,for more footage of Brewer,who first recorded for Paul Oliver in 1960,he also cut a few tracks for Testament in the 60's

[Danabl]

Thanks, I'll check out the film.

[jayscott49]

thanks so much, redhotgin, i'm tracking this down and can't tell you how much i appreciate that you know so much about this! awesome.

[RCA76]

Totally Chicago! Awesome!

[redhotgin]

That is TOTALLY BRILLIANT!! Probably the most radical thing on You Tube,the true soul of the people, the great Blind James Brewer backin' em up,a very underrated cat.Yes indeed we need more power.Now is there any footage of Maxwell St.Jimmy Davis out there?

[jayscott49]

thanks for sharing who this guitar player is, do you know of any other recordings he's on? amazing 'melody inside rythym'

playing. i just notice the woman over by the car! what a clip!

[jayscott49]

i want to see a TV dance show like this. this is a billion dollar clip, though i know it's priceless, maybe the best thing on all of youtube.

[possiblyblank]

Lovely! Thanks for putting this up, Danabl...though you haven't quite gotten her name right...or maybe it's the film that didn't get it right...she's actually Sister Carrie Robbins, not Robinson.

[Danabl]

got her name from the film Maxwell Street Blues. How do you know this the incorrect name . I you'd to see her on Maxwell st. for many years.

[possiblyblank]

She was a friend of my father's. Visiting her in her home once, he looked at a framed certificate she had from a bible institute, and it was to "Carrie Robbins". This is something of a moot point, I suppose, because she went on to explain to my father that that wasn't her real name anyway...her name was Mary Washington. She somehow picked up the nickname "Carrie" while working in a post office...perhaps a pun on "carry". The "Robbins" part was never explained.

[Danabl]

thanks for your reply. will have to do a info update!

[mytheropy]

This is the maxwell street that I knew! Church on the sidewalk.

What year was this? late 60's, early 70's.

[Danabl]

1964

[mytheropy]

Thank you :)

[eosrk]

this is a different version of it. where you find these maxwell street videos cause I thought none existed.  Wow I has all the people on it, James Brewer, Mary Nothern, Amos gilmore and some others.

[peglegsam]

wow, absolutely amazing video :)