" Ragged And Dirty " WILLIE BROWN (1942) Delta Blues Guitar Legend

[bluesborn]

It is a long and bitter journey back to the "Ragged and Dirty" hassled and hungry world Willie Brown is invoking.Lets put it this way-he didn't write this song on his computer. *wink*

[UncleBS1976]

Great tune!

[jacksondemarre]

RIP Willie

[ghriellacpa]

Is this the original smokehouse Brown or was that just a legend???

[Smackdaddy9]

This is what I'm on about!~

[educaravaggio]

Could he also play guitar? I don't know anything about him, but what I watched on Crossroads. I only saw him playing the harmonica.

[expoonation]

@educaravaggio

Hehe... Don't base your knowledge on the movies ;)

When the real Robert Johnson was alive Willie Brown was a lot better at the geetar than him... Untill Johnson "sold his soul to the devil".

[educaravaggio]

@expoonation Thank you for the reply! I guess I should check a bit more up on him.

[philochsmemory]

Oh but did you know this was copyrighted by Bob Dylan?

1. Lord, I'm broke, I'm hungry, ragged and dirty too,

Broke and hungry, ragged and dirty too.

If I clean up, sweet momma, can I stay all night with you?

6. 'Cause I'm leaving in the morning, if I have to ride the blinds,

Leaving in the morning, if I have to ride the blinds.

Well, I been mistreated and I swear I don't mind dyin'

Copyright ©1993 Special Rider Music

[amccolgan1]

@philochsmemory That's Bob Dylan for you. The greatest plagiarist of all time.

[MrJimc2]

@amccolgan1 agreed! he played for a room of friends and musicians at the '64 Newport Festival and put Rev. Gary Davis to sleep!

[meathookmayhem]

Rev. Gary Davis was Probably nodding out from the extensive Heroin use

[freaakyfred1]

i think you have a picture of Son House up there...just so you know

[thisisseb]

@freaakyfred1 thank god some one said it

[fuxgood]

@freaakyfred1 Yep, that is Son House or his twin.

[MrBuk86]

He probably put a photo of Son House on there 'cause there ain't no photos of Willie Brown (that anyone knows of anyway). Son was closly associated with Mr. Brown, even though the one singing "Broke & Hungry" isn't the same Willie Brown that was close to Son, who sang "M & O Blues" and "Future Blues." Classics all, BTW.

[matthilux]

@RobertLeroyJohnson that is the first time i have hear that quote it is very true.. thanks mate

[familytunes1]

long live alan lomax he was the black white man of his time, we who like the blues or better yet worship the blues should know of him by now this fellow was the bob rock of his time c.1929 producing the likes of blind willie mctell, huddie ledbetter, mckinley morganfield, jelly roll morton the list goes on an on this particular cut of william brown i have on cd titled deep river of song -the alan lomax collection and my blood is the blues so plz enjoy

[kickingmule]

You are so right its not The One And Only Wille Brown, as we know him, but nevertheless, who cares, as long as its good Music/Blues !!!

5 up and Peace Sister !

Urban

[Tomsouthrock]

GREAT MUSIC

[sandeemer1]

Now that's the good stuff!

[XXZtormentorZXX]

\m/ Nice headbanging shit right there. lol Hell yeah!

[ConnecticutSavvy]

Ummm, this pic is Son House. Gotta love people on Youtube.

[LedZeppelin2055]

@ConnecticutSavvy lol i know. at least they uploaded the goods

[squeakystool]

This is a different Willie Brown than the one that did Future Blues and M&0 Blues.

[INGACER]

Stupendo brano magisytralmente eseguito,Carlo

[MyMoppet52]

Hey, Dorian. It's you again! :) I shouldn't be surprised by now. Great, great music. I haven't heard Willie Brown before and really like him. I love his voice and his guitar. He has a wonderful sound. I just pulled Willie Brown due to the Willie Brown Blues and wanted to see if there was Willie Brown on utube. What a delight! Thank you so much.

[fredgorey]

this is music... true music from the soul.

[the134a]

lock it in photo is son house i was born in the wrong era!!!

[TheOtis48]

Photo is Son House,I believe..

[2quundar]

... can't escape from this song.....too addictive.....call the police...

[2quundar]

Willie Brown or Willie Brown, pictured with a Son House photo or not ( erm, yes, it's Son House), this is a very interesting song & deserve to be Willbrowned( ...)

[pjpettay]

This is from an Alan Lomax Field recording and it's credited to a William Brown. I've heard a loose adaptation of this by "Lil" Son Jackson called "Homeless Blues". The picture looks like Son House to me.

[qwerly45]

This is a picture of Son House in the mid 60s when they dragged him out of musical retirement.

[LukeWardy]

Thats not willie brown, thats a picture of son house.

[Alkali64]

Just uploaded East St. Louis blues by this Willie Brown. Check it out!

[5T3V1L]

great music

[420Cannabis]

My favorite blues guitar riff ever!

[dillyflap]

thats a picture of son house

[angeldelanoche155]

exelenteeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

[agostinobuttinelli]

good stuff.............we gotta keep these alive...Thx.

[TheWhiskeyRover]

thats son house in the picture

[UEGKashimi]

@TheWhiskeyRover Thats what I thought

[daniel93702]

como puede ser que canciones tan buenas tengan poca audiencia y otras que son una porqueria como las de lady gaga tengan tantas pero bueno, a disfrutar la buen musica let´s blues

[solomanhill]

it is just word of mouth now who is was special back then. then there was willie brown.

[AcidFloriani]

This photo Son house

[AcidFloriani]

This photo son house

[AcidFloriani]

This photo son house

[kapetanmarul]

where can i find this?

[mudspud01]

yea definitly right

[serpentus99]

Great song no matter who it is. BTW the picture is Son House not Willie.

[MrLeadbelly]

this music should be played by all radio stations everywhere now and forever and ever amen !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2quundar]

@MrLeadbelly (y'all:) AMEN!

[JackMartino23]

@MrLeadbelly  lets start one

[Teopotamus]

@MrLeadbelly ANd how

[JTerrible63]

Les Francais je pense que sont si formidable parce que ils "video-taped & filmed" presque toujours Les Blues Greats aux Amerique, et, aussi le Gun Club, Le PiL, Les Rolling Stones, etc.

Mais car les Americans si aiment l'argent,

ce "n'est possible," les nervoses ditons

"oh the costs, oh the money, we just can't document these artists and musicians.."

[gumlessjoe]

I wasn't aware that John and Alan Lomax were French.

[JTerrible63]

No, I'm saying that the French when documenting music & musicians do NOT order a blues player--or anyone else--to "MAKE THE SONG SHORTER." Demanding censorship is vile, esp. if the goal is to document the artist in actuality rather than commerciality, & the French made films of even the Rolling Stones which thank Bacchus they did because few else, government or individual, bothered to, w/ the 1976 tour & many others: French Culture-Ministry views art as a public utility, as necessary as water..

[rafman54]

fantastic song, fantastic guitar player whoever he was

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

excactement, en tout cas, il était un très grand bluesman

[rafman54]

ha ha, j'avais pas capté que tu etais french lol.

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

ahah ,

comme quoi le blues est présent partout

[pdxjo]

Why the photo of Son House here? Nonetheless …thank God for YouTube!! I feel like Christopher Columbus in discovering all these old bluesmen (i.e. Brownie McGhee, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Skip James, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, Robert Wilkins, Reverend Gary Davis, Lonnie Johnson etc, etc, etc.). Thanks, Tom Hoskins, Stefan Grossman, Lomax and Library of Congress for keeping this music alive.

[muhjaheed]

apparently, this may or may not be THE willie brown....it may be another a william brown, or no willie brown at all....

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

I agree

[busessuck1]

@muhjaheed

Hmmm... Just by listening to songs by "Willie Brown" next to eachother, I think it's fairly clear this is the person who also sang under the name Kid Bailey, and that the other Willie Brown who had a much more gruff voice sang the songs Future blues and M & O blues

Both are fantastic musicians

[Bdiddly1]

@muhjaheed -in fact it could be bill,or billy!lol

[rmleider]

@muhjaheed I heard Son House tell a factual story about Willie Brown and Robert Johnson.

[karlchilders34]

wow no comments...its a cryin shame .....awesome song! Love the blues

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

thanks my friend !

you should try to play it

[karlchilders34]

haa  i'm not that talented