Sam Chatmon: The Preacher and the Bear (1978)

[alexhunterjazz]

a prayers alright in prayer meetin' but ain't worth a darn in bear meetin'!

[SuperTontoBoy]

Badass !

[stylephreak]

Thank God for Alan Lomax, making sure this music and the men who deliver it live on forever. Priceless.

[DannyDesperate]

Real music is priceless.

[Manasmoker7]

Hello

[Sheindie]

His mother was white, and Charlie Patton was his 1/2 brother! ... Sam's buried under a tree in a beautiful cemetery, former Plantation - in Hollandale, while his brother, Armenter Chatmon (Bo Carter) is buried in a 'forgotten' unmarked grave in Nitta Yuma (near panther burn) MS

[diddywahdaddy]

Real music

[Manasmoker7]

hell yes

[lycanking1231]

what are the chords to this?

[yenbadcito]

@lycanking1231 he plays it G C D7 with the occasional A7 :) but his guitar is tuned way down, so if you want to keep up with Sam: E A B7 and the occasional F#7. have fun :D

[SuperJewbot]

@lycanking1231 the guitar isn't tuned to concert pitch but it is standard tuning. he plays a G chord alternating the b on the 5th string with an e on the 4th string (both 2nd fret). he plays that alternating riff for the G chord. you will have to listen to pick up the rhythm, just watch the first few seconds, its fairly simple. beyond that he plays C7, back G riff, D7, G riff, C7. then the turn around is G (quickly; no riff), C7, E7, A, D7, and back to G riff and start over. repeated 3 times.

[yodasodaskoda]

this is why i love YT

[grogann]

Amazing.

[onlinemanifesto]

This is really authentic and beautiful!

[jaevierum]

Bloody hell!! this guy has more power than all of them rappers together!!

[treewit2]

หน้าว่า ยัน อยู่ ~^__^~ ภาษาใต้

[baileytom78]

The one person that voted this down is a fool. His Man and those that play as he does are Gods among men

[fridass1]

ΘΕΟΣ ΑΛΛΑ ΓΕΡΑΣΜΕΝΟΣ ΘΕΟΣ

[MainstreamChicksSuck]

@fridass1 akomh kalitera pou einai gerasmenos

[jeseiacaro]

love it!!

[Time2AnteUp]

He's got Soul.

[MainstreamChicksSuck]

this guy is god

[baileytom78]

@MainstreamChicksSuck Could very well be.

[poopilentes54]

does anyone have the correct tab or chords? Is it in an open tuning?

[filipegalvao2009]

the voice!

[ronpolla]

FABULOUS!!!

[MrGatorguy22]

SAM THE MAN......REAL AMERICANA

[Benj888]

Love It!!!!!

[redsskin42]

real soul of old blues.

[jacksondemarre]

he had a good taste in music and guitars

[dhaeze]

WHAT A VOICE!

[yankeesrule009]

happy to find new footage of sam chatmon

[deewilki]

shit whats the tuning here and what chords is lord chatmon playing any one got them oh hile were at it whats the chord structure for thats alright id be soo pleased to try and ply these peace every one

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[5nickell]

@deewilki These don't sound exact, but pretty close :)

Bb] Now a preacher went out walkin'

Was [Eb] on one Sunday [Bb] morn'

It was against his religion

But he [C] took his gun a-[F] long

He [Bb] shot himself some mighty fine quail

And [Eb] one little "measly" [Bb] hare

But [Eb] on his way [Bb] returnin' home

He met a [F] great big grizzly [Bb] bear

[jamieclark420]

We need more people like this in the world.

[TokerzDelight]

love it!



[Wayfarer8]

The Diamond of the Past. country blues is dieing.

[slippyking07]

Superb tune and always such a pleasure to find a new Sam Chatmon upload on here, Thanks a million for posting this

[slatedumpmusic]

Thanks for posting!

[danielkugler]

This is so wonderful! Thank you!