Council Spur Blues ........Robert Curtis Smith

[Walkofliferecords]

The thing that the Coolest is this is my Grand Dad and he was awesome!! Thanks To the person who put this together...  Artee Jesse Smith, part of his Legacy

[FascheezyO]

Do a search for robert curtis smith, I put up 2 more of his songs, catfish and see my chauffer, I think people arent finding them

[2quundar]

Hey Zenguitar, you videos are so great! Thanxs for this nice work given to blues fan all over the world. this one smells Clarksdale.

[zenguitarblues]

@2quundar thanks for your great comment.

[buffalobilly]

this guy could be the best unknown bluesman ever.

[JSLLH]

man that is some sweet blues guitar playing and singing ! what a wild song ! thanks so much for posting this excellent song by robert curtis smith !

[smudgeguitar]

Excellent blues - from the heart.

[randomandrare]

Great stuff here! 5 stars!

[zenguitarblues]

thanks very much

[bluesgirl62]

Fantastic!Thanks for the great post!!

[zenguitarblues]

pleased you like this

[1wiesehoefer1]

great playing 5*********

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Friedel

[lisajsuter]

Thats what you call the blues. Very nice. Thanks so much!!

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Lisa :)

[2009framat]

*****Very good and I think unknown to me but I am not sure. I heard some month ago a lot of then unknown bluesmen to me which I cannot recall by name adhoc.

Thanks

[zenguitarblues]

thanks very much

[pajaroloqo]

What a guitar!!! Bravo!

[zenguitarblues]

thanks

[tuinabloke]

Thanks for sharing this mate. Innovator or not, this is some nice guitar work.

Cheers, really enjoyed this.

[zenguitarblues]

thanks very much

[TimMcMullen]

Interesting. Many blues songs have a topical quality, but this piece is so specific and local. It is not generic song telling like "Duncan and Brady" or "Staggerlee (stack-o-lee, stackerlee, etc.) which name names but feel like fictional narratives. This is "my boss, Roy Flowers, is a skinflint and a scoundrel. It doesn't really try for any clever turns of phrase, either; it is just a flat out, unadorned diatribe, but it really brings home the misery, frustration, and angst. Very nice piece.

Tim

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Tim~this guy tells it like it is and i hope Roy Flowers never heard this or Robert would have been in BIG trouble......

[slubberde]

Nice upload Steve! Thanks for posting!

5*****!

[zenguitarblues]

thanks very much Richard.

[slubberde]

No problem, just keep 'em coming;

I can't get enough of dem blues!

[PowderSpirit3]

EXCELLENT !!!

where have u been my freind - missed u and ur music :) thankYOU

[zenguitarblues]

thanks PowderSpirit~been pretty busy lately and have posted a couple of tunes on my mizzissippiblues channel. Its been hard to find a slot to post one here recently but i hope to be back on the case now :-)

[mrkkerekes]

nice share steve-o, thanks...

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Mark

[JesseMathews]

yea ! thanks for uploading this this is some down-home blues ! , good stuff :).

Cheers,

Jesse.

[zenguitarblues]

thanks very much Jesse.

[blindboyblue]

It seems this is a highly personal song giving the listener a look into his life. Understated but perfectly performed guitar and a great voice. This really is a 5* tune! Great to hear the record pops too.

It seems funny when you pay $100 or so for an old blues record (most us collectors have) knowing the artists or descendants aren't seeing any of it. That's why I feel it's important that mediums YT give us the opportunity to share these finds to reflect on and remember them. Stay away WMG!!

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Stew and i totally agree with you.

[Gregparkerblues]

Watched Lightnin' Hopkins to see similarity.(I'll take your word for it,Steve) Thanks for great blues & blues lesson.

Regards, Greg.

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Greg~I can hear a similarity....honest ...lol

[fendermac]

I wonder if youtube is todays' cottonfields.Wonderful players playing for happy listeners.Great stuff Steve

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Paul and its back to the cottonfields now lol

[frenzexperiment]

btw, it's awesome that true music (far from these "commercial aberrations") can survive and give us emotions with its simplicity and genuiness.

Thank you for this upload

*****

[zenguitarblues]

thanks~sometimes bluesmen were" paid" with a bottle of coke for recording and as you say we pay 20 euros for these recordings. I was sent this album by the guy from the delta blues link and he paid $100 for it !!!!

[frenzexperiment]

"Robert Curtis Smith was a poor Farm Labourer from Claksdale supporting his wife and eight children on $3 per day maximum."

This thing makes me think about big recording companies,about paying 20 euros a cd, about the fact that youtube often forces me to remove videos because of violations of copyright and other bullshit like that...

[zenguitarblues]

i am lucky in that i have only lost one vid to WMG so far and that was Geechie Wiley but we shouldn't lose any.

They are mistaken if they think 1 view =1 lost sale as that is not the case and this music would probably not even be heard by anyone if not posted on youtube !!!!!!

[frenzexperiment]

damn straight!

[lenaspieltblues]

NOT just because I am great Lighting Hopkins fan I like this narrative kind of blues performing very much. And I didn't know Robert Curtis Smith before. Thanks for to show me!

Lena

[zenguitarblues]

thanks Lena :-)

[g0moz]

Good one steve excellent song and the pictures are great show you just what life these guys had

[zenguitarblues]

amazing to think that great music can emerge from the harshest conditions that would crush most people.

Roberts employer was going to shoot him for playing guitar !!!!!!!!