Wow. I can't believe I've never heard this before. And people looking for tabulature.. don't look for tabulature...Transcribe it for yourself. It might take you a really long time but you will learn a LOT more from it by listening to it and writing it down than by just reading it. That is far more valuable. To just read it off a TAB and play it would be sacrilege, and totally "not blues".
@explosivejohnny You must know better than me, but in Brasil we study a lot of your country's history, It has influenced ours very much.
And in "No Direction Home", P. Seeger says McCarthyism has damaged his career [for a while].
Suddenly everything had to pass by an ideological censorship, anything that'd appeal to conscience or seem "red" was persecuted, and so many other artists who had something to say faded.
Brazil was similar during the dictatorship, but they could never shut heroes up.
@BlackMonk66 Yeah, I'd be surprised if he was ever not in standard. Though often somewhere below concert pitch (esp in his late, 12-string period). I don't quite have the ear, but a whole step down would be a safe place to start. What you really have to look out for is that he'd use multiple shapes of (technically) the same chord in the same song. Ernie Hawkins, one of his students, has some good useful lessons on YT that give you a good sense of how the Rev operated. The rest is in your heart.
@mtut I have a Stefan Grossman book of transcriptions that's good for the basics of his playing, though my problem isn't getting it in my heart, it's getting it in my fingers. It's amazing to me that he could not only play this material, but improvise around it. Anyway, according to the book, the only altered tuning he used was on "Whistlin' Blues" which has an odd tuning that comes out to a D6 chord. Grossman says he never heard it used anywhere else. I'll check out those lessons. Thanks.
Pete Seeger sucks...but this is pretty unimpressive for the Reverend...He usually is a 10, this is like a 6 maybe, but its still cool to see him on video.
@wied like you can even hear it. sounds like a bunch of jumbling around to me. like he doesn't have a clue. he does however, clue in when he stops trying after a minute or two.
Are people really hating on Pete Seeger? Maybe his banjo skills aren't quite up to par with the Rev's abilities on the guitar, but I admire Pete's genuine enthusiasm for the music and for learning. It's possible that we may not even have this great footage if it weren't for him.
The guy on the right of the screen is Shawn Philips. I think he was Donovan's accompanist on this show, but he also played with Donovan, Paul Buckmaster, J. Peter Robinson, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bernie Taupin, Joni Mitchell and he sang back-up on the Beatles' Lovely Rita Meter Maid.
I was lucky enough to see Gary Davis in 1955 or 6 in Toronto. I sure would have preferred a six string guitar.
@IronWolfProductions That's Pete Seeger, a very fine musician who is genuinely interested in the meaning of music and in musical communication. Rev. Davis was another great teacher an communicator; their exchange can be heard and seen in this recording.
@bluesgurugod Nail on the head. The good news is anyone with sense has the power of youtube to their disposal. With more sense, secondhand record shops.
@kevin2849 You gotta have the Reverand Gary, but include all the Kings: BB King, Albert King, Freddy King, and Earl King; Albert Collins, Charlie Patton, Howlin Wolf, Bobby Blue Bland, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie Johnson, Lightening Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Elvin Bishop, Harvey Mandell, Mike Bloomfield. That should get you started.
@earwax8toecheese I hear you, kind of. Your second sentence is right on the money. It was important to what Seeger wanted out of the show to demonstrate that white musicians were receiving and actively appreciating "black music." Which had implications. In "O Glory, How Happy I am," Seeger and the two Brits join in on the chorus. Not that they need to for the quality of the performance, but because they love good music and it draws them in. I didn't need to hear banjo either. Work on spelling.
there was a video that looks like this in which he is playing "death don't have no mercy" and there's an old lady crying, i can't find it anymore :S if anyone knows please tell me
There are Rev. Gary Davis recordings in the world. Some of them have been digitized and put on CD. If someone enjoys the Rev. then look on the internet and u will be able to find them. I've known about the Rev. for 20 years, found a CD of his music in New Orleans at a now gone music store on Dauphin St.(I believe can't be sure). The loss of this store brought tears to my eyes. I heard that when Katrina took place the owner lost everything and didn't open up again. A loss to all music lovers.
To everyone who says Donovan looks uncomfortable, I prefer to think he's just stunned to hear what the Rev. can lay down on a 12-string. Yes, I think Pete should have laid out, but I think he just got swept up in the spirit. And he does quit again after a while. I'm thankful for this and the other Rainbow Quest performances, especially by Rev. Gary Davis.
this is as american as american as you can get no other form of american music is available so appreciate it fuck color it dosent matter if it does to you well then thats your pedo
@Tobious3000 The dude with the banjo didn`t step all over the Rev. Listen again to the clip. You can hardly hear the banjo. I loved this show because it was just a bunch of people sitting around a kitchen table shooting the shit and playing music. It wasn`t scripted like today`s "Reality" shows, it was a real reality show, no retakes if you made a mistake, just good music. An amazing coincidence that two people on the show had those old Gibson 12 strings with the trapeze tailpieces.
@PHJimY I think the Rev. brought two guitars, and at this point he'd retired Miss Gibson, his beloved jumbo six-string (he loved it, I love hearing it), and bought two Bozo 12-strings, named after their builder. Leo Kottke played Bozo 12s for a time when his Gibsons blew up. Donovan and Phillips both played 12-strings sometimes but on this show DL played a sixer and SP played a sitar. Great comment, though. I felt pretty much the same. Nobody's fault GD stole the show.
@mtut Thanks for that info mtut. I wonder why Gary would bring two guitars. He was not an alternate tuning guy, but stuck to standard except to play Whistlin' Blues. I saw him at the 1965 Mariposa Folk Festival in Maple Leaf Stadium and he was still playing his SJ200. "Talk to me Miss Gibson." I still have a photo of Rev Gary, Mississippi John, Gord Lightfoot and Tom Kines at a workshop at that festival.
Anyone know what tuning this is in? I hear the Rev used E-B-G-D-A-E, which I've never even seen before, but it doesn't seem to synch up with his fingering in this clip.... regardless, amazing.
@parrotshake reverse that and you have standard tuning (EADGBE). Which is what he was using (downtuned a bit; "a tuning" is about having the strings right relative to each other; being "in tune" only matters if you have other musicians playing or you can't sing in pitch with the instrument). I've seen the same article as you did at some point. It confused me for a moment. His chord shapes all work in standard.
So much in here. Donovan entranced. Pete knows he is in the presence. Gibson took a j-45 and made a funky 12 string out of it. And the Reverend like granite or an old oak. A force of nature.
@saullouis forget about the fucking j-45... that has about as much relevance as the shoes he's wearing. It's the soul not the piece of wood he's expressing it on.
well complaining isn't going to help your cause. that's how folk and blues musicians did things back then. it's a compliment to whoever is playing. and pete plays the banjo very well. there might not have even been a folk movement with pete seeger. pete was the most active of all folk musicians and was a constant force of change all through the human rights movement of the 60's. few deserve to to be sitting there playing along as pete seeger.
@explosivejohnny between strom thurmond, joe wilson and mark sanford citizens from my state have just decided to disappoint. unless of course vanna white and hootie and the blowfish are your thing. of course there are some more from here that are decent, but you get my drift ;)
maybe i can help with last comment, i think a lot of the old bluesmen were blind because without sight they could not work, so the only way they could make a bit of money was to play music in barrelhouses and on street corners. I f you were blind there wouldn't have been many oppertunities so maybe music was the only choice, its well known that willie johnson willie mctell gary davis played on street corners to get by.
i think a big thing would be is when someone goes blind their other senses are increased.... so their sense of touch and sound would be a lot better than many of ours.
@rob1927blues the 'traditional' job for a blind person was to be a piano tuner, so you're not too far from the truth. Gary Davis also gave tuition to earn a little cash too
@rob1927blues I think another reason is that most of the blind bluesmen were street performers. The record companies would go down south and pick up the street performers that the locals loved and would record them.
@thezook33per Very true indeed, i think blind lemon jefferson was discovered playing outside a tobacco warehouse in texas. I read somewhere that if lemon jefferson was in town the other street players ran a mile because of his awsome playing and singing! Listening to this as i type this comment absolutley fantastic performance. They don't make em like this any more!
@rob1927blues thats true, i know blind willie mactell went to a school for the blind where they were all taught to play instruments to get along in life and not be a burden..
@rob1927blues no, u r absolutely wrong....they were bluesmen cause that couldn't work anywhere and it was only one chance for them to earn money by playin
Learn something from these precious snippets of the old masters of modern music. A lot of the rock songs from the sixties and seventies came from the old blues men.
Isn't the first time i see those guys with blues masters, is it a show or something? which they would bring famous names of the blues to play with them?
For one thing, this was shot in the mid 1960's, at the same time blacks had just gotten their right to vote. Racial tensions were at a peak, and Seeger, being a well-known civil rights activist, was performing an act of solidarity by having the blind Rev. on his show and playing with him.
For another thing, this is the blues, not rock. It's not about personal glory, so when another musician can't help himself but to start playing with you, it's not considered a rude act. It's a compliment.
Genius - he is always and everywhere a genius!!!!
SolAlVla 2 weeks ago
Check out "KAST IRON KOWBOY".Raw christian blues
TheCastIronCowboy399 3 weeks ago
Wow. I can't believe I've never heard this before. And people looking for tabulature.. don't look for tabulature...Transcribe it for yourself. It might take you a really long time but you will learn a LOT more from it by listening to it and writing it down than by just reading it. That is far more valuable. To just read it off a TAB and play it would be sacrilege, and totally "not blues".
RedJimmy3 2 months ago
The three dudes watchin look totally messed up....i hear why! The old reverend has wonderful tone and connection
blues12003 2 months ago
what key is this in and is there a tab for this anywhere wow i love it
shawnyboie 2 months ago
Много истинско..
maloyan79 2 months ago
zionists ?
buchananstreet 2 months ago
@explosivejohnny You must know better than me, but in Brasil we study a lot of your country's history, It has influenced ours very much.
And in "No Direction Home", P. Seeger says McCarthyism has damaged his career [for a while].
Suddenly everything had to pass by an ideological censorship, anything that'd appeal to conscience or seem "red" was persecuted, and so many other artists who had something to say faded.
Brazil was similar during the dictatorship, but they could never shut heroes up.
cavaleiresco 2 months ago 2
any times for this song?
shawnyboie 3 months ago
is this standard tuning or does anyone know? why does this sound so awesome is what I'm really asking.
partyhardydardy 3 months ago
@partyhardydardy Probably standard. He didn't use alternate tunings very often. As for why it sounds so awesome, it's the Rev.
BlackMonk66 3 months ago
@BlackMonk66 Yeah, I'd be surprised if he was ever not in standard. Though often somewhere below concert pitch (esp in his late, 12-string period). I don't quite have the ear, but a whole step down would be a safe place to start. What you really have to look out for is that he'd use multiple shapes of (technically) the same chord in the same song. Ernie Hawkins, one of his students, has some good useful lessons on YT that give you a good sense of how the Rev operated. The rest is in your heart.
mtut 1 month ago
@mtut I have a Stefan Grossman book of transcriptions that's good for the basics of his playing, though my problem isn't getting it in my heart, it's getting it in my fingers. It's amazing to me that he could not only play this material, but improvise around it. Anyway, according to the book, the only altered tuning he used was on "Whistlin' Blues" which has an odd tuning that comes out to a D6 chord. Grossman says he never heard it used anywhere else. I'll check out those lessons. Thanks.
BlackMonk66 1 month ago
Pete Seeger sucks...but this is pretty unimpressive for the Reverend...He usually is a 10, this is like a 6 maybe, but its still cool to see him on video.
DolgoffRecords 3 months ago
A flawless performance if I ever saw one... Wow.
TatorBits 3 months ago
and think that he knows no chords
Bellorco 4 months ago
AMEN
israelarochena 4 months ago
the guy next to donovan with his mouth just dropped in awe the entire f*ucking time is the appropriate response to the performance.
Fruscianteistheman 4 months ago
what a fucking groove... the reverend just lays it down.
genericusernameNo1 4 months ago in playlist Blues
@larryguitar64 Maybe it's the 12 string guitar?
legalbeaglewilbur 4 months ago in playlist Rev Gary Davis Blues
thumbs up if you came here after visiting bon iver's blogtower
stevenisserlisfan 5 months ago
Mr. Segar, Reverend doesn't need any help on the guitar his sound is strong enough by himself!
treemonisha2006 5 months ago in playlist Rev. Gary Davis
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It's spelled Seeger, and I think the banjo addition is wonderful. Now if Donovan tried to join, then I might have an issue.
wied 4 months ago
@wied like you can even hear it. sounds like a bunch of jumbling around to me. like he doesn't have a clue. he does however, clue in when he stops trying after a minute or two.
MiisssBrandi 4 months ago
This is Christian Music! Why are some of you people cursing in your comments! Come on!
treemonisha2006 5 months ago
@treemonisha2006 Fuck god. I hate peoples faggot religions but this man is just a beast guitarist.
andrewkeen24 3 months ago
I cannot figure out how he gets that much sound out of a simple two finger left hand technique. Amazing!
larryguitar54 5 months ago
@bluesgurugod I don't want to raise any polemics here, but I think It all went wrong because of the McCarthyism.
cavaleiresco 5 months ago
@cavaleiresco how so, bro?
explosivejohnny 4 months ago
damn is that Donovan just chillin?
H5N14U 5 months ago
@H5N14U Yep
jacksondemarre 5 months ago
It's cool that he never looks at the fretboard when he's playing
jacksondemarre 6 months ago
@jacksondemarre That's the blind Rev. Davis
ok84plus 6 months ago
@jacksondemarre Are you being serious or do you not realise that he's blind?
andrewkeen24 3 months ago
@andrewkeen24 I did not realize that he's blind
jacksondemarre 3 months ago
the one person who disliked it have no soul
rockntroopen 6 months ago
@gigantorrrr: you're awesome.
dhoulkarnain 7 months ago
THe sound of heaven.
Floydflander 7 months ago
i bet the rev thought 'what the heck is that honkey doing playing now.'
fentonjames 7 months ago
Are people really hating on Pete Seeger? Maybe his banjo skills aren't quite up to par with the Rev's abilities on the guitar, but I admire Pete's genuine enthusiasm for the music and for learning. It's possible that we may not even have this great footage if it weren't for him.
jumba5 7 months ago 15
@jumba5 Since it's his show, we probably wouldn't, yeah.
Thelordisgayandmerry 5 months ago
Sorry, make that 1965 or 6.
PHJimY 7 months ago
The guy on the right of the screen is Shawn Philips. I think he was Donovan's accompanist on this show, but he also played with Donovan, Paul Buckmaster, J. Peter Robinson, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bernie Taupin, Joni Mitchell and he sang back-up on the Beatles' Lovely Rita Meter Maid.
I was lucky enough to see Gary Davis in 1955 or 6 in Toronto. I sure would have preferred a six string guitar.
PHJimY 7 months ago
@PHJimY Make that 1965 or 6.
PHJimY 7 months ago
never delete this please, I mean it
jackthesedays 7 months ago 2
donovan is so lame
Freethinker12341 7 months ago
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417 like gary davis 1 dislikes pete seeger
amccolgan1 7 months ago
417 like gary davis 1 dislikes pete seeger
amccolgan1 7 months ago
One of those Stairways through the skies.
buggadugg 8 months ago
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DonalLynchyou 8 months ago
hahahaha soooo fucking dope
partyhardydardy 8 months ago
speechless
sonicwindpipe 8 months ago
I have to say I am always mesmerized by this performance. Excellent!
classicalPiano1 8 months ago
3:47 - 3:54 unreal
VintageStyleGuitars 8 months ago
Guy on the banjo needs to just give it up.
IronWolfProductions 9 months ago
@IronWolfProductions Pete Seeger is 'the guy on the banjo' and needs to give up...? Wtf dude...? Seriously wtf...?
nickman90gr 8 months ago
@IronWolfProductions That's Pete Seeger, a very fine musician who is genuinely interested in the meaning of music and in musical communication. Rev. Davis was another great teacher an communicator; their exchange can be heard and seen in this recording.
ok84plus 6 months ago 2
Holy Ghost moving in there...
TheSecretmuseum 9 months ago
i love this man...pure genius
budmangt2 9 months ago
ughhh how can any one not like this!?!?!
mikitty9750 9 months ago
which mother fucked pressed the dislike button? this is amazing!
GangstaGTV 9 months ago
incredible
so much soul and presence, its overpowering
Freethinker12341 10 months ago
At 1:56 the guitar talks for him...
moustikdu91 10 months ago
I finally got it! i cant do all the solos but i got it figured out! woot!
Flishvick 10 months ago
AMEN !!!!
JusticeWar 10 months ago 6
Incredible performer
mgssol90 10 months ago
winning ....
FatTonyCologino 10 months ago
Here's a talent show from the 60s...
Now we have American Idol... where the fuck did we ever go so wrong?!?!?
bluesgurugod 10 months ago 37
@bluesgurugod i know it's a rhetorical question you ask, but i'll give the answer for any moron for whom it's not self evident:
MONEY & MATERIALISM!! if we finally start forgetting those perverted and imaginary values, we might get a chance to become human again.
denxero 7 months ago
@bluesgurugod Nail on the head. The good news is anyone with sense has the power of youtube to their disposal. With more sense, secondhand record shops.
Blagga0muffin 5 months ago in playlist Blues
@bluesgurugod
coudln't have said it better my self fuck i wish they had this now
i wanna find how to learn this song any tabs?
shawnyboie 3 months ago
Yes! The Rev has lifted my Spirit once again!
mojorayjones 11 months ago
This song is going to be on the new (studio) Hot Tuna album.
FirstBassman13 11 months ago 2
thumbs up for the rev Gary Davis being the coolest mother fucker ever
Fruscianteistheman 11 months ago 4
Does anyone have the segment of this program where he sings "Oh Glory how Happy I Am." I have searched and cannot find it anywhere.
divinorum1981 11 months ago
i'm doing a project for school, so could someone please comment and tell me who some of their favorite blue's legends are?
kevin2849 11 months ago
@kevin2849 You gotta have the Reverand Gary, but include all the Kings: BB King, Albert King, Freddy King, and Earl King; Albert Collins, Charlie Patton, Howlin Wolf, Bobby Blue Bland, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie Johnson, Lightening Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Elvin Bishop, Harvey Mandell, Mike Bloomfield. That should get you started.
mojorayjones 11 months ago
That is donovan sitting at the table no?
JimmyPage97 11 months ago
I know Pete Seeger is a legend but .... wtf, why try and join in with all these blues legends
goochbillingham 11 months ago
mr. segar put down the banjo please. the rev. obviously needs no acpompny
earwax8toecheese 1 year ago 19
@earwax8toecheese I hear you, kind of. Your second sentence is right on the money. It was important to what Seeger wanted out of the show to demonstrate that white musicians were receiving and actively appreciating "black music." Which had implications. In "O Glory, How Happy I am," Seeger and the two Brits join in on the chorus. Not that they need to for the quality of the performance, but because they love good music and it draws them in. I didn't need to hear banjo either. Work on spelling.
mtut 1 month ago
Rev. Gary Davis is a Titan-
hswatnik 1 year ago
there was a video that looks like this in which he is playing "death don't have no mercy" and there's an old lady crying, i can't find it anymore :S if anyone knows please tell me
coche320 1 year ago
@coche320
youtube won't let me put in the URL, but just do a youtube search for
death don't have no mercy gary davis
monelleny 1 year ago
most of the songs led zeppelin played was first recorded by old black blues men..they just mess with it a little
budmangt2 1 year ago
that one person that put it down,probably thinks rap is music..LOL
budmangt2 1 year ago
Has anyone noticed the folk singer Donovan in the background of this video? THAT is hilarious.
Lethe7 1 year ago
This video is on the DVD Rev Gary Davis "Gospel Guitar" on Stefan Grossman's guitar workshop.
Ernie teaches this song in all it's variants. An absolute must if you play guitar and love the Rev.
Gary1497 1 year ago
I wish television still had programs this raw.
japhyriddle 1 year ago 4
@japhyriddle There IS Hoarders.
SourPix 1 year ago
@japhyriddle ... AMEN to that!!
myshilohranch 9 months ago
There are Rev. Gary Davis recordings in the world. Some of them have been digitized and put on CD. If someone enjoys the Rev. then look on the internet and u will be able to find them. I've known about the Rev. for 20 years, found a CD of his music in New Orleans at a now gone music store on Dauphin St.(I believe can't be sure). The loss of this store brought tears to my eyes. I heard that when Katrina took place the owner lost everything and didn't open up again. A loss to all music lovers.
journeyer58 1 year ago
They got some brew on the table.
Jornev 1 year ago 2
Does anyone know where to find this Ernie Hawkins video and tab?
dangerdave70270 1 year ago
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"musical revolution" ??? I thought the revolution that songs like this brought about was the Rolling Stones. I guess I really am simple.
MisterStephen777 1 year ago
"musical revolution"?? I thought the musical revolution songs like this brought about was the Rolling Stones. I guess I really am retarded.
MisterStephen777 1 year ago
This is what musicians today should be looking at to start a musical revolution. Instead of the fucking 80s.
arabianzeppelin 1 year ago
This should answer the question: "Is Eric Clapton a real blues man?" the answer is no.
Worldmusicrevolution 1 year ago 3
Great!
w1880 1 year ago
the 1person who disliked is damned to hell
zeppelin543211 1 year ago 2
I understand he was just doin his thing, but pete really shouldve just sat there in awe rather than jumpin in and making a nuisance of himself
jeeperforlife 1 year ago 2
They call that, "Taking Over."
He was a great and original guitar player, but he was first and foremost a preacher of the word of God.
DougalPE 1 year ago
The blues artists deserve great respect!
rfcb200 1 year ago 3
To everyone who says Donovan looks uncomfortable, I prefer to think he's just stunned to hear what the Rev. can lay down on a 12-string. Yes, I think Pete should have laid out, but I think he just got swept up in the spirit. And he does quit again after a while. I'm thankful for this and the other Rainbow Quest performances, especially by Rev. Gary Davis.
puzz98 1 year ago
does anyone know of a clip or sound clip where the reverend is discussing the death of blind willie johnson?
busessuck1 1 year ago
That is Donovan Leach next to Pete Seeger.
xabixnaq 1 year ago
this is as american as american as you can get no other form of american music is available so appreciate it fuck color it dosent matter if it does to you well then thats your pedo
mstagrim 1 year ago
Does anyone have the tab for this song?
twojatata666 1 year ago
@twojatata666 ernie hawkins has a video and tab of it with the video
Occaras 1 year ago
The dude with the Banjo stepped all over Rev. at the end. Good vid. though.
Tobious3000 1 year ago
@Tobious3000 "The dude with the banjo..." That's hilarious!
jotacalvo 1 year ago 2
@Tobious3000 The dude with the banjo didn`t step all over the Rev. Listen again to the clip. You can hardly hear the banjo. I loved this show because it was just a bunch of people sitting around a kitchen table shooting the shit and playing music. It wasn`t scripted like today`s "Reality" shows, it was a real reality show, no retakes if you made a mistake, just good music. An amazing coincidence that two people on the show had those old Gibson 12 strings with the trapeze tailpieces.
PHJimY 7 months ago 3
@PHJimY I think the Rev. brought two guitars, and at this point he'd retired Miss Gibson, his beloved jumbo six-string (he loved it, I love hearing it), and bought two Bozo 12-strings, named after their builder. Leo Kottke played Bozo 12s for a time when his Gibsons blew up. Donovan and Phillips both played 12-strings sometimes but on this show DL played a sixer and SP played a sitar. Great comment, though. I felt pretty much the same. Nobody's fault GD stole the show.
mtut 1 month ago
@mtut Thanks for that info mtut. I wonder why Gary would bring two guitars. He was not an alternate tuning guy, but stuck to standard except to play Whistlin' Blues. I saw him at the 1965 Mariposa Folk Festival in Maple Leaf Stadium and he was still playing his SJ200. "Talk to me Miss Gibson." I still have a photo of Rev Gary, Mississippi John, Gord Lightfoot and Tom Kines at a workshop at that festival.
PHJimY 1 month ago
what tuning is he in?
hunterbrinson 1 year ago
@hunterbrinson He's playing tuned down 1 1/2 step. I know b/c I have the video lesson for this song.
saechaka 1 year ago
@saechaka Thanks, But what would the notes for that be?
hunterbrinson 1 year ago
@hunterbrinson send me a pm and I'll see if I can get you copies of the tab. I'm sure the REVEREND will appreciate everyone learning his songs.
saechaka 1 year ago
@saechaka can you share the video lesson?
betterofftedd 1 year ago
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@hunterbrinson He's playing tuned down 1 1/2 step. I know b/c I have the video lesson for this song.
saechaka 1 year ago
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@hunterbrinson He's playing tuned down 1 1/2 step. I know b/c I have the video lesson for this song.
saechaka 1 year ago
Love it.
ChanceAbattoir 1 year ago
he plays guitar like a man
guitarpick678 1 year ago
trascendent
TheDoblons 1 year ago
That's some mo-bad blues baby.......... Thanks for posting.
Niamhdm7871 1 year ago
i love this song i can't stop listening to it
bogger25 1 year ago 2
Is that Donovan watching w/ Pete?
Cometsamba 1 year ago
@Cometsamba yep!
twalling 1 year ago
Sounds like "That Old Crust" by Blind Lemon Pie
treetoptop 1 year ago
I'm torn here. Pete, we love that you brought all these great artists to the tv, but just let the man play.
pinky0926 1 year ago 2
rev gary davis is the shit ...deep real real deep
hillarychapman1 1 year ago
No matter how many songs I write, I'm a hack... Gary Davis sang from from a pure place I can't go.
Garveergor 1 year ago 2
progenitor of the Piedmont picking style. Pure genius.
peterpterodactyl 1 year ago
much respect to the reverend! great song
BSilva121 1 year ago
The Reverend is the greatest that ever was...
sarob020154 1 year ago
UGH, so good.
Anyone know what tuning this is in? I hear the Rev used E-B-G-D-A-E, which I've never even seen before, but it doesn't seem to synch up with his fingering in this clip.... regardless, amazing.
parrotshake 1 year ago
@parrotshake reverse that and you have standard tuning (EADGBE). Which is what he was using (downtuned a bit; "a tuning" is about having the strings right relative to each other; being "in tune" only matters if you have other musicians playing or you can't sing in pitch with the instrument). I've seen the same article as you did at some point. It confused me for a moment. His chord shapes all work in standard.
mtut 1 month ago
The Rev! Amen!
thedps1998 1 year ago
So much in here. Donovan entranced. Pete knows he is in the presence. Gibson took a j-45 and made a funky 12 string out of it. And the Reverend like granite or an old oak. A force of nature.
saullouis 1 year ago 15
@saullouis Wondering who the third guy besides the Rev., Pete and Donovan is in this video. 5 Star for sure
RayNDeere 1 year ago
@saullouis forget about the fucking j-45... that has about as much relevance as the shoes he's wearing. It's the soul not the piece of wood he's expressing it on.
bluesgurugod 8 months ago
This is the jam !
qisack 1 year ago
Holy shit.
TadKAWAII 1 year ago 3
GREAT!
DenizG92 2 years ago
I come back and watch this occasionally and am constantly amazed by it. Is it just me or can you almost hear a harmonica sometimes?
aswtx75 2 years ago 6
OH MY GOD that was amazing!!! So lucky to have this recorded.
aswtx75 2 years ago 29
yeah we owe Pete Seeger a lot, he funded produced and recorded this show all on his own so that people would see these great musicians
thekev506 2 years ago 4
This song is the shit.
retardcock97 2 years ago
brilliant.
Pete Seeger is just so dorky and adds nothing to the music when he starts picking along midway through.
I've seen about twenty of these rainbow quest things and they're all great but he always joins in midway through and I wish he wouldn't!
guitarded430 2 years ago
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MattHatter 1 year ago
lol
explosivejohnny 1 year ago
well complaining isn't going to help your cause. that's how folk and blues musicians did things back then. it's a compliment to whoever is playing. and pete plays the banjo very well. there might not have even been a folk movement with pete seeger. pete was the most active of all folk musicians and was a constant force of change all through the human rights movement of the 60's. few deserve to to be sitting there playing along as pete seeger.
N3XU551X 1 year ago 7
awe inspiring
Raddog127 2 years ago
this is probably the last person south carolina could be proud of
beholdfateknocks 2 years ago
why?
explosivejohnny 2 years ago
@explosivejohnny between strom thurmond, joe wilson and mark sanford citizens from my state have just decided to disappoint. unless of course vanna white and hootie and the blowfish are your thing. of course there are some more from here that are decent, but you get my drift ;)
beholdfateknocks 2 years ago
@beholdfateknocks
Last as in final chronologically? Or like last if there was a list?
ViolentRiC 1 year ago
this is outstanding!
Tobious3000 2 years ago 2
The Blues Is The Only Thing We Can Still Call Beauty...the rest is shit
LOLAZOMBIE 2 years ago 4
nahh Folk is beautiful. Indie Folk is modern but still has it's roots. Like iron and wine.
nunrgtrance2 2 years ago
Try Godspeed You! Black Emperor and you'll see that there's not only blues.
TelepathyLondon 2 years ago
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bite a dick fag, and choke on the blood
triciamdavis1 2 years ago
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Quite simply, a lot of the old bluesmen known as 'blind boy' etc simply wore glasses, get it, a jokey thing, hey blind boy, four eyes etc
getarslim 2 years ago
maybe i can help with last comment, i think a lot of the old bluesmen were blind because without sight they could not work, so the only way they could make a bit of money was to play music in barrelhouses and on street corners. I f you were blind there wouldn't have been many oppertunities so maybe music was the only choice, its well known that willie johnson willie mctell gary davis played on street corners to get by.
rob1927blues 2 years ago 23
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yeah keep blues!
LOLAZOMBIE 2 years ago
i think a big thing would be is when someone goes blind their other senses are increased.... so their sense of touch and sound would be a lot better than many of ours.
9893low 2 years ago
@rob1927blues the 'traditional' job for a blind person was to be a piano tuner, so you're not too far from the truth. Gary Davis also gave tuition to earn a little cash too
thekev506 1 year ago
@rob1927blues I think another reason is that most of the blind bluesmen were street performers. The record companies would go down south and pick up the street performers that the locals loved and would record them.
thezook33per 1 year ago
@thezook33per Very true indeed, i think blind lemon jefferson was discovered playing outside a tobacco warehouse in texas. I read somewhere that if lemon jefferson was in town the other street players ran a mile because of his awsome playing and singing! Listening to this as i type this comment absolutley fantastic performance. They don't make em like this any more!
rob1927blues 1 year ago
@rob1927blues thats true, i know blind willie mactell went to a school for the blind where they were all taught to play instruments to get along in life and not be a burden..
TheBrowndawg 1 year ago
@rob1927blues no, u r absolutely wrong....they were bluesmen cause that couldn't work anywhere and it was only one chance for them to earn money by playin
kickalion 1 year ago
Learn something from these precious snippets of the old masters of modern music. A lot of the rock songs from the sixties and seventies came from the old blues men.
bellgab 2 years ago
Isn't the first time i see those guys with blues masters, is it a show or something? which they would bring famous names of the blues to play with them?
havokbaphomet666 2 years ago
For one thing, this was shot in the mid 1960's, at the same time blacks had just gotten their right to vote. Racial tensions were at a peak, and Seeger, being a well-known civil rights activist, was performing an act of solidarity by having the blind Rev. on his show and playing with him.
For another thing, this is the blues, not rock. It's not about personal glory, so when another musician can't help himself but to start playing with you, it's not considered a rude act. It's a compliment.
ghazbanbodarr 2 years ago 12
very nicely put!
PMishkin 2 years ago
i wish pete seger didnt feel the need to jump in on the performance
edcerc 2 years ago
it was a fantastic duo-performance,
Mulwany 2 years ago 3
this song is very spirtual it evokes many feelings. God bless reverend gary davis he truly got his talent from a higher power
BattleAngel 2 years ago
The same reason idiots feel the need to post comments on shit they clearly don't understand...
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