R.L. Burnside & Johnny Woods - Telephone Blues

[FalconSupreme]

Wow, these guys are magic !

[FalconSupreme]

Wow, these guys are magic !

[FalconSupreme]

Wow, these guys are magic !!

[tuckerrhall67]

In response to "do any blues players exist like this anymore"? ...... Man I think they for sure are out there,....... but they don't give a fck 'bout bein' found out,.... now thats a real player....!

[anevershiftingsun]

do real bluesmen like this still exist?

[busessuck1]

@anevershiftingsun Robert Belfour and John Dee Holeman

[sharkabilly]

what the hell tuning is RL in? I know Poor Black Mattie is open A. This is in key of G but it's not open G I don't think.

[Justforthisonceok]

@sharkabilly l-h = eaeac#e

I found this tuning on another video comment. Not exactly for sure if its right or not, but atleast its somethin

[sharkabilly]

@Justforthisonceok Thanks. I'll try it. I've tried everything else already.

[Justforthisonceok]

@sharkabilly Np buddy lemme know what you find out

[sharkabilly]

@Justforthisonceok I don't know what I was thinking. I believe it's in standard tuning in E. My guitar was so outa tune from trying every tuning known to man. I also was trying to get Jumper on the Line (from 1978) and I think that is also standard tuning but tuned up slightly more than a half step.

[bluesplecre]

what an absolute gem

[SilverSkitterscuttle]

Even better, if that is possible, is Mr. Woods playing with Mississippi Fred McDowell. Like 1967, "Mama said I'm Crazy".

[sharkabilly]

@SilverSkitterscuttle That album is incredible. I agree about it being better (if that is possible). Someone posted a couple of songs from that album on youtube. If anyone hasn't heard it check em out. The CD is available on Fat Possum.

[Fruscianteistheman]

this raw north Mississippi sound is like exactly what rock and roll craved to sound like. They say Robert Johnson is the grandfather of rock and roll, but when i hear this, It gives me goosebumps man. Like, wow. everything about this right here is just divine.

[yenbadcito]

this is as good as it gets

[itsBDUB]

swag.

[quovadis1952]

This is real stuff...it will last forever. Guys kick ass big time...the more I listen to this the better it sounds.

[alessandro20081994]

bien bonito los dos soy compositora me pueden escribir acolombia  marinavel21@hotmail.com

[diegocostarica21]

@alessandro20081994 son leyendas del blues y estan muertos hace rato...

[Sheindie]

younger R. L. and Johnny! ...

[jahalafia]

man.... love this roots!

[01Rising]

We're so lucky for this footage and similar recordings--cuz we ain't going to see anything like this ever again...

[quovadis1952]

Amazing!!! The Best!!!

[diagreen]

PRICELESS STUFF.

[vinny20000]

Love ti...much better than cats!!

[rodms62]

He could play some good stuff back in the early 80s,quart all night long,but he was a good fellow!!!! We had some big times down in Cockrum.

[MrRupus2020]

@rodms62 We live in this area.Trying to figure out where R.L.'s place was at.Only one store left in Cockrum.

[teegeebeeful]

What the hell is wrong with all you picky people. Who gives a rats if the land is rolling or hilly. Even a white boy from Downunder knows RL was from the "Hill Country' but also played in the Jukes in the delta as well. The big thing for me in this video is the respect both RL and Johnny have for each other and the sheer joy you can see in their performance. Take a chill people and concentrate on the music.......just sayin......sheesh

[bpearson78]

2 folks ain't never been to Mississippi

[8AV8]

@lupine22 thats an eloquent description. You ever been there?.....lol....."Hills" is a stretch....just sayin. I dont care what you call it.

[8AV8]

@lupine22 I was born in Bolivar county. I live in NorCal. I dont recall hills in Senatobia. Its flat.

[8AV8]

there aint no "Mississippi HILL Country"......they come from the Delta....no hills to be found...sounds cool though

[theBigNoseAttack]

the real deal!

[youarewhatudrink]

thank god someone filmed this!! brilliant!

[Blogdoovian]

This business is epic.

[BluesRockRo]

god damnit i wish i was half as cool as woods and burnside....viva Robert Lee!!!!!

[andy131481]

great stuff! johnny was feeling (his usual) good on this one. Reminds me of a show he did where he kept wandering on stage during a Rufus Thomas performance, wanting to jam, which really pissed Rufus off,:I don't mean no harm." Gotta love him.Everybody understood and loved him.You can see it Burnside's smile.

[2nl5]

you can see the respect they have for one another,thats real special comes out in the thier music

[biennialist]

who was the genius servant to film this? do accredit them...

[6labi4]

Ma grandi ! very entertaining great stuff !

[AllOrNothingBox]

What is the tuning?

[killerkarl123]

@AllOrNothingBox

pitched at E cant tell if its open E or standard tuning.

[sharsblues]

This is a real treat!!!!!  Mr. Burnside and Mr. Woods!!!!!! Can't nobody beat that Great Hill Country Blues Sound!!!!!

SharBaby

[JBeauvais1000]

God bless both these men. I got the chance to meet them both...thanks to my Joe

[busessuck1]

great but I was lookin for a bues song where the lyrics is something like... "Lord I hear somebody calling me"

[vollsticks]

@busessuck1 "Oh Death"? Maybe....there's a lotta blues songs with the line "Lord I hear somebody calling me", I'll wager!

[busessuck1]

@vollsticks Hehe I think that I was actually looking for Fred McDowells song entitled I hear somebody callin'... which is excellent by the way

[snakebird38801]

Redd's Juke Joint in Clarksdale, Ms has some of the best live Mississippi Bluesman that just walk in and start playing like this.. is around the corner from Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero Blues Club.. i love hearing it live

[fuxgood]

@snakebird38801 Thanks for the tip. I have got to get down there for a visit.

[HendrixString]

gotta love his smiley face.

[ChickenFriedHamMan]

this is too cool for words

[trubolt]

ol' Johnny was either really gettin into it or fanning a fart ...

[Raiderfn31]

two LEGENDS in one room, these tapes are so sweet

[boerbeat]

Haunting

[throwindembows]

howlin' wolf: moaning at midnight

[Nickymaus13]

R.L. is one of the great last lost Bluesman.... I love him!

[Lowdown13blues]

Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[frammentonovantadue]

QUESTIONE DI STILE.....

[zerobob321]

amazin

[strawwoodclaw]

First Class!

[killerkarl123]

Johnny Woods has got one DIRTY voice. I love it.

[dioisfreakinamazing6]

My Pappaw and I used to play together like this when I was a kid. He bought me a beat-up old Kay Archtop when I was thirteen. We'd sit on the hood of his Raggedy-ass Thunderbird in the Dairy Queen parking lot and play Fred McDowell and Howlin' Wolf tunes. One day a whole family of tourist white people gave us a tip and sat through like three songs. My Pappaw took a long swig from his bottle of Jim Beam and said (with young children present)."You white folks sure do eat this sh*t up."

[munkiman23]

@dioisfreakinamazing6 God bless u Papaw!!! 

[NeoTRP]

whoever posted this : may you attain nirvana! thanx a bunch!

[ichigokurosaki0007]

Ffg

[lounalual]

jubilation blues oh les braves vieux !

rien de mieux qu'un blues de quarante ans d'âge et leur joie en partage

[theblueshotel]

Nice!!!

[kingkonut]

THIS IS THE SHIT

[kingkonut]

DEFINITELY THE SHIT

[mabutaleb]

This is brilliant. I can't stop watching it.

[nomadjak]

R.L was a great chunk of work,who gives a fuck if he killed a wite bpice of shit biggot

[koldproxy]

@nomadjak easy for you to say when that "wite bpice of shit biggot" wasn't your father, son or brother

[Carthsgtr]

@koldproxy

And to think his excuse was "I didn't mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him in the head!...... Him dying was between him and the lord". Add on to that the fact that he got a six month sentence, and to me it becomes clear what a bastard this man was. He may have not been a bigot himself and been victim to constant racism, but ultimately, I don't doubt the fact that this man was a deranged and idiot character who draws sympathy from only racists themselves.

[82compoundw]

@Carthsgtr I just dig his groove, knowing nothing of the facts of the incident.

[Carthsgtr]

@82compoundw

Same here bro. Would have rather not heard about it myself.

[chiron8839]

@Carthsgtr - Well go have a good cry about it, then. I'm an old man who got life for murder when I was a young man. I saved a lot of lives in prison, and have put more than an average man's share of good back into the world in the 22 years since I got out. I don't give a fuck what your punk ass thinks about any of that, and I doubt R.L would either. Jesus, what are you doing listening to blues music anyway if you've got a schoolmarm's tolerance for blood?

[Carthsgtr]

@chiron8839

Too bad you had to take another man out before you could do that. The blues has always been sexist and is particularly racist against whites and various minorities in this form, although it doesn't usually get to me. This man on the other hand was an uneducated prick truly scrapped from the bottom of the barrel. He sounds like a modern 50 cent or Biggie, thinks the world revolves around him and his fucking retarded morals.

Fuck him and fuck you.

[chiron8839]

@Carthsgtr - Spoken like a true keyboard warrior who wants his blues sanitized. You, relative to me, are an uneducated prick whose only real motives for civility are privilege and fear.

[Carthsgtr]

@chiron8839

Don't preach your philosophical bullshit on me you old cunt. This sixteen year old commands more wit and power than you ever will. Telling me I am the uneducated one? Sounds to me as if the epitome of stupidity is killing someone in the 1970s and not getting away with it. What, did you literally walk his dead body in to the police station with you?

A keyboard warrior I may be, but I am not an idiot or a literal manifestation of moral spew like you or this man.

[chiron8839]

@Carthsgtr - Wit and power your pussy. Now go take your Midol and plays some synthetic blues.

[Carthsgtr]

@chiron8839

The Brits have the talent, the Americans have the black people. For these southern black types, blues is for the guys without the talent to play jazz.

[chiron8839]

@Carthsgtr - Nice set of stereotypes. How much time have you spent in the American south, or associating with blacks from any region of the US?

[thesword77]

@Carthsgtr ..the idea of blues let alone delta blues has nothing to do with talent, these men tell there life story through blues. You're clearly missing the point of this genre of music...and to actually come to the conclusion that RL is racist is just..beyond retarded one of his best friends was kenny brown....a white guy, in fact he refered to him as his adopted son haha do your homework cheese tits before slamming something you dont even understand

[QuintinPenola]

@Carthsgtr these two men have all the talent in the world, love art

[82compoundw]

@nomadjak I don't think the man was white was he? not that it really matters much. . . .except maybe to you. guess you aren't much into the rule of law either.

[jokersmoker00oo]

any murder is wrong irrespective of who it is think about it

[jokersmoker00oo]

this so called great blues man is a murderer and he onyly got six months somthing aint fuckin right here

[hungsolow123]

@jokersmoker00oo Given it was the 50s, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he shot some white racist bigot. I have no proof of that - just playing the odds.

[CrossroadsBeer]

@hungsolow123

Or... he shot a man after a gambling argument... as he's said in various interviews. He has some great quotes about the incident.

"I didn't kill him, I just shot him. It was between him and the Lord after that."

"The judge said did you shoot him in self-defense? I said no, I shot him in the leg and he jumped the fence."

[skippyriddle]

Johnny meant that

[latenightcreep18]

this is the straight fuckin blues

[OldSkaterGuy]

He is one the greatest Blues men of all time...

[MikeElrod1]

Is there anything R.L. touched that didn't turn to gold? Johnny Woods will be my new project to find music also.

[Colin2720]

I've never heard of this guy before in my life but it was on my video recommendation list and now I'm hooked!

[RootswayFestival]

This is the Blues!!!! Two real legend of the Blues. Great stuff!

[vonneglutes]

perfect.

[moontriangle]

great stuff. two humans feeling a beauty into form. real.

[PhunkyCat]

legends!!!

[skaterwithasquare]

someone should have given poor johnny a mic though.

[lr2025]

Respect !!!!

[Raiderfn31]

R.L. took care of Johnny Woods....what great respect....they did Blues JUSTICE that night....I hope the both of them found what they wanted

[barnyard633]

wish i had me a suit and coller like that

[echofilms]

This is defintely the Shit! these cats have got it big time!

Great stuff.

[thepoisonwhisky]

fucking awsome!!!

[bobjones864]

This is the shit right here.

[alucardisdumb]

this shit just sets you into a mood to stomp your feet and clap your hands

[olvr1902]

it does indeed.. any day, any time, just play some blues and get to groovin' - these guys really felt what they were playing. artists these days seem to think it's hip to be all nonchalant and douchey.

[realmusic79]

REAL DEEP BLUES!!!!

[luisdoll]

Wish I could rate it with thousands of stars...

[ozman6969]

Geez I love these people on Youtube who describe what's happening in the video clip. Gee thanks... I really need to be told what's happening right in front of my fucking eyes.

[hokumjokemt]

hahaha fuckin' a man +1

[caferive]

Looks like they are having a lot of fun, wish I was there with them, briliant vid...!!!

[biennialist]

Thanks to who filmed this.

[warprod]

I Fekin LOVE dese guys!

[jessupar]

i wonder who R.L. was looking at then winked to at 3:16?

[friendsofbrookpark]

damn.

[Neustria]

I keep coming back to this. Good friends making good music together.

This is one of my all time favourite blues videos.

Bless them both!

[jruggs]

Whoop that thing up man

[H0LL0WBELLY]

fanbloodytastic.thanks for posting.

[daddy77c]

awesomely good but evry time johnny sings r.l smiles like a condescending parent, whats that about?

[MadJohnEscapes]

as a musician, I can say that any time someone I'm playing with does something that I particularly like or that "tickles" me, so to speak, I smile exactly like R.L. does. I guess I can't speak for R.L., but I think the smiles are out of appreciation, not out of condescension. :)

[werewolfmummy]

i agree, i think its more a bond of friendship and the like.

[jayleeds2006]

Johnny Woods starts his verses singing really loud and I think the studio crew and/or other people off camera are amused/confused/unused/startle­d by it. R.L. is used to it, but he is amused at the crews amusement. You can see Johnny Woods smiling too at 4:00. They know they are amusing the crew and each other when Woods shouts a little too loud. So they are having fun doing that, messing with the crew and playing off of each others riffs.

[viciousKev]

stfu and stay off the weed

[dbadagna]

I love "non-chord-change blues"!!!

[BluesRockRo]

a chord is made up of only two notes played at the same time.....where do you hear non chord change?

[dbadagna]

A few Mississippi blues musicians are known for not changing from I to IV to V chords, but just staying on the I chord. Burnside is one, John Lee Hooker is another. It makes their music sound closer to African music such as that from Mali.

[BluesRockRo]

ha, i love how my comment got negative thumb...the blues standard is i, iv, v chord progression...that does not mean R.L here is strumming the same chord, he's actually switching between two. the only thing monotone about the great john lee hooker was his voice...check out "tupelo"... if the 1 4 5 progression was the only way...of playing blues...the british and modern way wouldn't be alive...robert johnson although he did, most of his songs do not sound like chuck berry johnny b. goode.

[Neustria]

From the Front Porch direct to your Home!

[Nikkbird]

this is scary good...!!

[STEAKEGGSANDCHIPS]

Brilliant track. I first heard RL Burnside playing in the background of an episode of the Sopranos - a scene at the Bing. It's called 'It's bad you know' and is posted on youtube - I guarantee you it is one the best Blues track you could hope to hear

[alfons00p]

uuuuh son!!!

[bigdjindustriez]

Mr. Burnside with his sideburns, oh yea. good vid.

[fuxgood]

Gotta love that North Miss. hill country music. Footage of Mr. Woods is hard to find if not rare. FYI....Johnny Woods was Fred McDowells harmonica player. Fred once commented the best he ever heard. Anybody know how old Johnny was in this vid?

[lupine22]

Johnny was born November 1, 1917, so he was 67 when he made this video.

[Nikkbird]

damn....

[TheBluesfan12]

@fuxgood  67

[9087125498172345]

@fuxgood Mr. Woods is defenitely one of the greatest blues harmonica players that ever lived....EVER!!! I would guess that MR Woods was probobly in his late 60's when this was filmed.

[elpanchito421]

Moanin' at Midnight, what a fantastic piece of music

[Krmaca]

great

[a917fan]

The harmonica sounds out of tune.

[essej1973]

That's unlikely.

[simps0nr0ger]

mmm so good, just love it

[AspiringSanta]

Hahah they fit together so well :D

[Raiderfn31]

he tunes with the gods...lol....damn R L is a master

[petri667]

this is real!

[Mackmanblue]

OHHHHH MMMaaaannnn!!!brillopads mate !

[moaningatmidnight]

will somebody please tab this song

[jonnyjamesblues]

Its in open tuning ... all you have to do is figure out the rhythmical strum basically e minor takin it off all the time and letting the open strings resonate slightly then Hammering the 2nd fret of the 6th string back and forth to the E minor

I've succeeded ... the rhythm is really difficult though ..

[moaningatmidnight]

thanks, moaning at midnight by howlin wolf is my favorite blues song of all time, and its incredible to hear burnside play it; i still can't get it quite right tho, and it doesn't even seem like open G is the right tuning

[moaningatmidnight]

fucking amazing! ha they go into "moaning at midnight" by Howlin Wolf (one of my favorite songs if you can't tell) if only I could tell what tuning hes in

[moaningatmidnight]

fucking amazing! ha they go into "moaning at midnight" by Howlin Wolf (one of my favorite songs if you can't tell)

[tonisputazza]

MI VENGONO I BRIVIDI!!!GRANDI!!!

lo dedico a cristiano...e alla sua Subaru dal mangianastri scassato

[MKBrock]

Great stuff! I've heard Johhny Woods on cd, but never seen him on video. This is really cool.

[tsharlee]

Wonderful

[mbsnyderc]

Were did you find This?