JOHN CAMPBELL - Saddle Up My Pony

[Glaeken1961]

John Campbell had such reverence for the roots of Blues, those who formed the music to begin with and got on records in the early days..but he also was taking the music somewhere, and the technique of playing it. Incredible combination of timing, the voice, and adaption of acoustic and electric styles. He was sincere. Miss this player, this writer and his energy of the Blues. Never be another like him.

[TheManInBlack2003]

This guys voice has the power of an 8ft tall 500 pound Black Man!!!!!!! lol

[crossharp]

impressive performer!!!!

[1959child]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaahhh­hhhhhhh, go JC.....

[drflopsen]

They really should rename the 'dislikes' count to 'morons'. 163 likes and 4 morons :-)

[bafo77]

IL MIGLIORE!!!

[bughidog]

UN GRANDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[witchman1]

Who wrote this song, origanly?

[hasis20]

@witchman1, it's a traditional song

[cutxoutxheart]

holy shit the reverb is outta control!

[langman37]

Smoking hot!! Whose his bandmates?

[willmc4]

Howling Mercy, great album

[headforthetropics]

100% unadulterated kick-ass

[derekjholak]

"this guitar's been around since 1934. Got to treat gentle." John definitley did not treat it gentle!! He played that thing the way it was to be played!!

[webspecific]

Keep this on youtube. Great performance.

[fersionful]

uoww!! Amazing! I have all his albuns but I never heard him live....pretty dark blues...great!!!

[fersionful]

uoww!! Amazing! I have all his albuns but I never heard him live....pretty dark blues...great!!!

[lordkoos]

This guy bugs me...

[AZ090909090909090990]

Blues is my love!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GoldenBug]

Somewhere I have a cassette tape where I saved a message he left on my answering machine, a couple months before he died. He was a funny MF. Definitely miss jamming with him.

[yankmecrankme]

definitely one of the best...

miss him and his music!!!!

[silverslide1988]

the dark side of bluse..r.i.p. wizard blues master

[cuchote]

the blues is the Dark Side :)

[johnbrainlessX]

he is singing straight down the gutter man.... great artist...

[josegallois]

Jee man, there is so much tremble on the mic that it's like he is singing to us from heaven! Awasome, Johnny the great what a loss!! Thanks for posting

[frenzexperiment]

ah that was epic

[tootles548]

ummm blues for you ass???

[tootles548]

thx for the post!!

[witchman1]

You Johnny go, go.

[lacerta5]

yeah man pretty weird that they have the same name :p

[witchman1]

Mojo Dejesus.

[witchman1]

Goddess bless this mans soul.

[boresch]

John Campbell .... For Ever

[uomoerrante]

EL DIABLO

[tustles]

Beautiful guitar Simply awesome video Great post Thanks and thanks doggdigger for the share 20****************** God Bless KTF

[ladywolf4285]

This is so AWESOME!!!!! I love it...I love the guitar it's the greatest...Thank you for this awesome post....

Thanks dogdigger50 for this awesome share...

[androclestipster]

Awesome video and song. Thanks to dogdigger50 for the share.

[sweetthing77203]

Very good, and I love that guitar!!!!

[Therapist1972]

thanks to dogdigger50 for this share! awesome! I love it! 5 therapeutic stars!! :-)!!!

[candy11f]

5*****

[dogdigger50]

super fantastic

[kingma28]

Thanks for sharing :)

[BlindLemonJaffaCake]

God bless you John. You were great!!! Really really great! The world is a more silent and poorer place without your talent in it. Rest in peace dude.

[icefrom70s]

awesome shit ! absolutely brilliant !

[shredmunga]

superb

[jolandasterbloem]

this is good..heavy good stuff

[nevadaboy62]

The man just freakin' played! When The Levee Breaks off of Howlin Mercy is just crazy!!

RIP JC

[WolfDream0xo]

Outstanding Kiwi! Great video..This man threw down NATIONAL STEEL!

I break out the resonator "gitfiddle" on occasion use the slide .

R.I.P. John

[witchman1]

The best, hands down.

[Ghenghy]

amazing, thanks Kiwi. JC was the best.

[khgreene]

WHy did I just now learn about this guy? He makes everyone else look like a poser. Heavy.

[morphinlounge101]

Thanks for postin' this gem. I've found an old videocassette with a song from the Monreux-Jazz-Festival (Voodoo Edge). I'll post that next month.

[leilighet205]

Awsome photage. He sure display presence on stage.

[corleone4747]

Great video...

thank you very very much...

im searching for his song "wiseblood"... do u have this one?

R.I.P John

[ciubacabra]

amazing live performance R.I.P.

[ms6149]

He paid his dues as an itenerant bluesman, making the circuit and hoboing in the south just like the old days. This, coupled with his personal tragedies is what gave him that same hoodoo as the old guys. He was the real deal, nothing generic or fake about him. Just pure blues. I remember the first time I saw him walk out on stage. I had never heard him but just looking at him I knew that he was gonna blow the roof off the place. One bad assed motherfucker.

[VSAdriana]

anyone know where you can get John's concerts on DVD ?

[FrostGypsy]

Woow.....A musical artwork,Saddle up my pony.E verytime I hear it I get so amazed by the way he`s building up this song as he plays the guitar:-)

[siiwy]

when there comes my time to die,,, just lay me down by the highwayside....he did saddle up his pony and disappeared on the prairie horizont... wow..campbell was one of a very few shamans to really really kick ass

[porchplayer11]

everyone has there own style - thats what you have to understand. -

[Hutaban]

R.I.P. Amazing bluesman

[solemn51]

A REAL MASTER OF BLUES. R.I.P

[teddy54BS]

Thanks for this and the other Videos with John Campbell. It' absolutely great! Unfortunately, I know his music since the time after hist death.

[FelicitasBerlin]

unique person, great artist.

I am one of his believers. Doesn´t anybody have more videos?

[devilinmycloset]

Ok, Patton. I get it. You are a "true" pre-war blues enthusiast. Fine. There are people out there who consider cave drawings of stick figures to be fine art as well.

[Pattonsdaimon]

My point was that there are so many extremely accomplished musicians who hold the prewar stuff in the highest regard, from almost every genre. It's your job to think, "gee, there must be a reason for that."

[Pattonsdaimon]

Another good person to talk about Patton with, particularly from a tonal and rhythmic perspective is Bob Brozman, here guitarseminars dot com. Good luck.

[Pattonsdaimon]

BTW, if you're interested in prewar country blues/jazz/ragtime/hokum, one of the best places on the net is weeniecampbell dot com. You can talk about anything there, from why JSP is making it impossible for the Yazoo label to exist, to Patton's polyrhythmic unapproachability. Patton's just a beautifully idiosynchratic tip of a vast forrest of icebergs when it comes to prewar stuff.

[devilinmycloset]

Gawdd Damn that was good. Awesome doesn't even cover it. Great video Mike@!!

[MeAndChristyCanyon]

He was the best!

[resoblues]

Friking awesome.

[kiwibluesman]

YEAH.... Too Soon Gone...

An Incredible Player

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