Big Joe Williams Baby Please Don't Go

[WeeWyllie]

Rather pleasant to listen to, but hardly outstanding!

[awoosoul]

@WeeWyllie pleasant, what the hell is that. This is where the rock musicians from the 60's to now all got their ideas. They were the originators, not the imitators.

[WeeWyllie]

@awoosoul: True - as many of the musicians of the 60's are quick to acknowledge, but what has that to say to anything? Most everything builds on what went before.

[icvazquez41]

Outfuckingstanding sir, well done and thanks for posting

[MrTotoMMW]

anteojos rojos a williams

[redredshoes]

"The only man in the world who plays a nine-string guitar....the only man in the world who _has_ a nine-string guitar." Oh yeah.

[WeeWyllie]

@redredshoes: Maybe, but who knows? Narciso Yepes used a 10-string guitar, but was he the only one to do so?

[wilderruby]

He sounds like Son House!!!

Roots...

[Tsionmo1]

That was sick, twisted, and simply GREAT!!!!!!!

[Gluepack]

Overall, there may be/have been better blues players out there and there may be/have been better blues songs as well but Big Joe makes one of the sweetest noises of any performer, anywhere, any time. His (recorded) work with Ransom Knowling was truly superb and, for me, one of the best tunes/songs/renditions of all time, of all genres, was his Folkways recording of King Biscuit Stomp.

[PEPE13VENENOSO]

toetaps were the clincher. showd completecontrol. thx.

[BeanoSDE]

Dis guy must be a alien or sutin

[OEXACTLY]

love it.

[Pagan616]

who the fuck is mike posner and why does he keep appearing when i search for this song

[abir12501101]

If you ain’t got no money you got the Blues, because you’re thinking evil. That’s right. Any time you’re thinking evil, you’re thinking about the Blues.” – Howlin’ Wolf

[abir12501101]

“A lot of peoples wonder, ‘what is the Blues?’ I hear a lot of people saying ‘the Blues, the Blues,’ but I’m gonna tell you what the Blues is. When you ain’t got no money, you got the Blues. When you ain’t got no money to pay your house rent, you still got the Blues. A lot of peoples holler about ‘I don’t like no Blues,’ but when you ain’t got no money, and can’t pay your house rent and can’t buy you no food, you damn sure got the Blues.

[pretty9reenpark4]

@abir12501101 howlin wolf is the man

[rmurbach1961]

@abir12501101 Great quote by Howling Wolf!

[Deratronicum]

usually I play with more than 2 strings o.O

[6noteblues]

Great clips! Thank you.

[theslashmetal]

j'ai découvert cette chanson par le biais d'AC/DC qui en avait fait un cover dans un album.la version originale est franchement géniale.bien meilleure que la version des années 70 qui pourtant était pas mauvaise.

blues and jazz are the parents of everything you can ear today

[QueenetBowie]

And everyone thinks Rock N' Roll came about in the 60's...

[johnybladex]

LUCKILY, TODAY WE HAVE RECORDED MUSIC AND VIDEOS OF GREAT JOE WILLIAMS!

[mynameismud420]

thats the biggest piece of shit guitar ive ever seen and he must be drunk cause he fucked up like 1000 times.

[scrubbyP]

@mynameismud420 Thats because he's playing live......from the heart, and has not been overdubbed, autotuned and filtered to death. I think you may have come down with a bout of beiber fever, sadly common these days. long live the blues!!!!!!

[aquad00r]

@mynameismud420 why don't you learn to play a nine string guitar and sing blues from the heart to show us a better job you could do.

[osmuconarora]

@mynameismud420 ignorance is bliss

[Kharn8181]

@mynameismud420 poor bastard full of hate get the fuck out of here

[SmiffyBlackSkull]

@mynameismud420 YOU ARE A FOOL!

[8lindsight]

6 people had their computer monitors upside down when they hit the Like button.

[busessuck1]

The recently passed Honeyboy Edwards got his unusual sense of timing from his early days, performing with Big Joe Williams and following his intermittent singing/playing style

[circlecloud1]

The older Big Joe got the better he sounded. He was the real deal!

[Mr27Mod]

What year is this?

[cheapfeet]

HE WROTE THIS 

[goodysun]

Big Joe Williams-king of Delta Blues....King of the REAL blues!

[gaby47]

THIS IS MUSIC!

[gabrosz]

written in 1935 great

[otnas001]

We sometimes use the word Blues lightly, " Yeah I play/sing a bit if Blues" etc. But when you hear the real deal like this it makes you realise that we ain't playing shit!

[gonde21]

iittss soooo fuckin awesome

[rmurbach1961]

i wonder if this is the same 9 string guitar that's displayed at the Clarksdale Blues Museum. Big Joe had more than just one nine stringer!

[rwnfrd]

I want a nine string Stratocaster

[Cookie8514]

Goodbye Baby!!!!

[charuto47]

Awesome,awesome,fucking awesome.

[JayJitzuKru]

That guitar has more character in one fret then most people have ever experienced in their entire being.

[aniagniech]

..magic...

[flyyspit]

B A D A S S

MOTHERFUCKER

[max333463]

Amazing, simply amazing. Big Joe Williams, they broke the mold after him.

[harkonnenn]

good song excellently covered by Budgie.

[Xapple09]

If this is your bag check out alison's kitchen the best in r&b the old school type they are truly something else

[MsMartine2010]

Thank you

[bronncohowie]

The REAL DEAL !!

[vladimir0402978]

Ah!Beautiful! 

[Galanty]

It is nice to be able to see and hear Rock N Roll sprouting up from the ground. What an amazing artist. Thanks for blues into rock sample

[charleywife]

Unique and magnificent.

[paulscape72]

His guitar is fully relic'd. Ha totally ahead of his time ;)

[NintendoSinceBirth1]

@paulscape72 i think that just happenedover time bc its old, otherwise known as the real way to do it

[goodysun]

Go ed Big Joe!

[GabeGuitarr]

he's immortal

[sseexymf]

BRILLIANT

[juan009451]

meu coração esta acelerado como essa musica bluessss

[arioz1]

1930's : Big Joe Williams : "Babe Please Don't Go"

2000's : 50 Cent : "Babe suck my balls"

[djguy100]

@arioz1 You were able to sum it up in 2 sentences :-)

[ari1234a]

@arioz1 : D Say no more.

[GrimRDrag]

@arioz1 is this an anti rap comment?

[TomThumbsBlues1965]

@arioz1 ex-fuckin-actly

[tnmusicman1]

Good tune !! Love the whole 9 string sound!

[blackdevilalex]

hi there, could you tell me which was the year of this registration?

[aspersive]

@blackdevilalex Most likely late 50's or early 60's.

[funnyasskarmab]

i swear that theres some videos on youtube who were filmed recently and have worst quality then dis

[Okpolosi]

He delivers it directly from the soul and becomes a whole band

[rodrigo0523]

"The blues is the roots. Everything else is the fruits."

Willie Dixon.

[Isaac2c]

wow this is a mesmerizing performance. i love how much rest/silence there is in his playing and how well he can keep the rhythm anyway. It sounds like hes digging up his feelings from way deep down.

[soraboy12]

born in the wrong aera

[zackertack]

what in the world would drive that mouse towards the dislike button on this...insanity...who are these 5-10 "dislikes" that we always see...i call conspiracy... fantastic upload regardless!

[Guitarwill83]

Thanks AC/DC for putting it up for me!

Bij Joe rocks! or Bluzes if you prefer eheh :)

[NeilGazzaGarry]

Finally found the original!! There are 1 or 2 covers of this out there you kno ;-)

[flyingcanadian13]

@NeilGazzaGarry dozens actually

[laceythepoon]

no mo' to say...

[MunjieJump]

5 people's babies went back to new Orleans

[om3g4z3r0]

4 people clicked on DISLIKE button PER accident ... probably their MOUSE must be BROKEN.

[jbeng1953]

Blues and Soul...Amazing stuff from a pioneer!

[justwanttouploadvids]

can't stop shaking...

[justwanttouploadvids]

hey, stop shaking! HEY!

[steinsteel]

HES ROUGH AND HES GOT THE STUFF

[volosr]

absolut PERFECT..............

[15aoutboucane]

4 people let their baby go

[KD853]

Play that guitar Bitch....nothin more to say.

[jor99912]

@KD853 Shouldn't have said that!

I just straightened out one of your generation on the Marvin Gaye GRAPEVINE video.

Says the guy on the phone didn't use the N word!

And if he did, don't see how Gaye from the Hood would be shocked!

Hearing it in public! On Stage, On His "Show". (WHEW)!

The word "Bitch" was not used in this reference, during this time!

This song is before my Time, Wino use to sing it to us!

But the Propensity to use that word that way is just very very recent!

[ZettExplosive]

4 guys got their babes gone.

[FTblogg]

Just dont get better than this. The Blues is dead, Big Joe should live on forever. Just to make people remember HOW great music should be made.

Fucc those 225 ppm kind of "blues" fckers.

[Bassist10288]

@FTblogg they don't make'm like the used to

[Ducktowners]

I first hear of him from John Hammon......I've tried to find his stuff for years!

Thanks for this AWESOME clip, Radge1965 :~)

[jimbo2346]

Respect to the 9 strings, and respect to man playing them.

[kevinflo]

When Big Joe Williams ends a song, he ends it by saying, "Nothing more to say."

Badass.

[skeptyky]

BIG THE BIG LA GRANDE CLASSE DU BLUES DU PUR ENCORE ET ENCORE THE BIG !!

[garciahouse8]

does he say play your guitar bitch at 1 :00

[2KEKER2]

@garciahouse8 I think he says "Big" like if he talks to himself

[gordonkimble]

bigs

[glenneveaux]

Brilliant! Ground-breaking! Thank-(place your imaginary god's name here) for video.

Thx so much 4 tha post. 

[angbayemay]

@glenneveaux ...umm OH! Things an Ignorant condescending person would say!

[stanleysoldman]

bash it out big joe

[TxsGhost1]

the Lighting Hopkins version I guess it is a six string thing, sounds closer to the "Them" cover which is the cover I always liked Best., with Van Morison's Vocals and As I understand Jimmy Page was in the Studio, but did not play on the recording by "Them" in '64.

[pogie691]

no special effects, no special microphones, no marshall stack, just honest music from the heart and how many bands have covered this?

[Evilyellowtang]

@pogie691 ACDC did a pretty rockin' cover of this -- they made it their own. Much respect to the original, though.

[Guitarwill83]

@pogie691 AC/DC has ..for me its enough :)

[electricvideoperson]

@pogie691 9 string greatness!

[Reproducer100]

@pogie691 ..... and, no audio?

[stevobath]

@pogie691 Over 1000 official releases of this song!

[LTSsLither]

@pogie691 I think literally every musician ever. Chuck Berry, John Lennon, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Cher, AC/DC, Aerosmith... just to name a few.

[Henuze]

you cannot compare these old blues legends to anyone. Guitarist's like lightin' hopkins, john lee hooker, bb king, albert king, robert johnson, etc are like no other. All of them are the best in their own style. Just like those heavy tiluliluplayers are in teir own genre. In blues i think its about personal style of playin' that blues. in many other genres the thing is something else, like who has the fastest figers and stuff..

[Alaaaar]

AC/DC RULES

[1994AcdcFan]

okay would ppl just stop compareing the cover and the original? the original is 99% of the time better and ofc this is also better in original, kinda the point of a cover, it's a kinda tribute if you wan't, and it's also a diffrent genre so that makes it even harder to compare since people got a diffrent taste of music.

[ThereisnoThere48]

acdc sucks

[LoneWolfHowl1]

Man, you can see the pain etched on his face, he is just pouring his heart and soul into this song and in his guitar. This is blues down to the bare bone

[osvelhos]

see: Os velhos da montanha

[qpalzmjj]

Aerosmith had the best cover

[EthanPowelly]

@qpalzmjj AC/DC

[dabyd666]

i miss the time when famous guitar players knew how to play the guitar

[Marfinities]

@dabyd666 ? What about Eric Clapton, for example?

[dabyd666]

@Marfinities yeah, u got a couple exceptions. eric clapton, jack white, jimmy page, brian may. and then you got a lotta prima donnas with a guitar like slash

[b0nsc0ttr0ck]

@dabyd666 ouch dude. They''re all great. Just because you don't like the style doesn't change the fact that Slash is a great guitarist. It would be like saying "freddie mercury sux cuz i dont like rock". He might be overrated today, but if you would only look at his guitarworks, you would be amazed. Believe me, being an experienced guitarist I think I know what I'm talking about

[dabyd666]

@b0nsc0ttr0ck dude, im also a experienced guitarrist and i think i know what i'm talkin bout. if u saw a concert of slash (which ive saw) or another one of those "best guitar players ever" u're reaction is gonna be "wow, that guy sure plays a lot" for the first song. the secong song u'll think "damn, this is a nice song too". by the third song u'll think "eh, fuck it, every song is the same"

[b0nsc0ttr0ck]

@dabyd666 ok mr 666. I've seen him too, not what I thought. You know, it's classic rock artists like Chuck Berry that has songs that sound the same. And do we say he sucks and is a poser? Nope. AC/DC's songs also sound similar. Guess that's why Back in black sold 50 million copies

[gta4rulzu]

@b0nsc0ttr0ck AC/DC songs dont sound that similar dude >.> you hav eBon Scoot in your name so you should know songs like 'Girls Got Rythm' 'Squealer' 'overdose' 'Aint no fun (waiting round to be a millionaire)' ect.. all have a distingused sound. listen to everything before 1980 and you hear differences.

[b0nsc0ttr0ck]

@gta4rulzu ofc I know all those songs. Got all the albums ;) No but what I'm trying to say is that that's the way ppl like it. No need to be an idiot just because AC/DC covered this song, I think both are great

[KingsField418]

@b0nsc0ttr0ck Its not that it sounds the same its just that its AC/DC and you can't comprehend that.

[Marfinities]

@Marfinities Well, you are right. But music is about making you feel good. I like Slash and i agree with you, but that doesn't means that we only have to listen to music played by "School Guitarists".

[Bubbabuzz]

Thanks for posting this!!! Man it brings me back to the core of steel guitar beats and the Delta I miss!!

[TheRockBroadcast]

when was this?

[guitarismysword1]

there is something really catchy about that singing and then playing while he does foot rhythm all the time

[JOHNGGENTRY]

BIG JOE WILLIAMS HAS A BLUES MARKER IN CRAWFORD MS.

[musicologyexists]

look at his guitar! i bet someone like jack white would literally kill to have that guitar

[JorshWarshington]

Nice to see something real on here.

[bergerfry]

@JorshWarshington you should look up Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williams

[pablo1079]

yes Gagagrr!!! Yes indeed he did!!

[Alanbidu]

Thanks for making the music better

[MaxCruise73]

The announcer sure sounds like B.B. King.

How many of today's so called musicians can perform like this? No effects, no light show, no dancing troupe, just an acoustic guitar and a microphone? Very, very few.

[sirslice]

Big Joe Williams wrote the song with a little help from a few early "traditional" songs that became the foundation for the blues.

[robalbeach]

HE plays 9 strings, Some cant play 1 string....  You are great Joe

[TheNail4147]

Joe did a good cover of AC/DC,but nothing beats the original :D

[tehmadcap]

@TheNail4147 you best be trollin'

[TheNail4147]

@tehmadcap yeah,of course i am :D

[IvanZagorTopDinarBal]

man,what is he doing,that's 9 strings.what the hell and how he do it.

[TheAlanExperience18]

a living leyend , grandfather style

[thenewfun]

very nice. 

[hearNyou]

Wow....

pre-echoes of the cover version by Budgie on the album 'Never Turn Your Back On A Friend"

[zthetha]

A bit ragged Joe - but still very compelling.

[SorinFromRomania]

ray charles :)

[bucurdragos]

yehh man teach us what America is !!!!!!!!!!!

[freddyfridgemagnet]

This is just class

[Koureas]

You know the story, she's already on her way, she'll never call your name again and all you can do is burst out.. Baby please don't go, knowing it's way too late.

[youthfatality]

Big Joe is groovin' on that shit!

[arktoz]

no memes !!!!! ta muy cabrón !!!

[beegwally]

Have respect beeotchs

[alexpress44]

@beegwally I saw Big Joe back in the early 60s. This was back in my formative blues days. I'm g;ad to be able to say I've seen Lightnin Hopkins, Howling Wolf, Big Willie Dixon, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee amongst others.

[CubeableGame]

Which strings are double in this type of guitar?

[alexpress44]

top 3

[killerkarl123]

@CubeableGame I think its like a normal guitar but the G,B,high E are double like on a 12 string, I may be wrong though.

[galaxyrock]

@killerkarl123

I used to think that too, but he actually doubles up the D, not the G.

[MyTwangyGuitar]

@CubeableGame - The first three - E, B, G.

[GibsonVienna]

One Man, one Guitar, one Shoe. That's Music. That's Blues!

[alexpress44]

@GibsonVienna Just right.

[gaby47]

@GibsonVienna COULDNT AGREE MORE! THIS IS MUSIC

[Wayfarer8]

@GibsonVienna Trat's the Truth! Blues will never die!

[nicodagger]

pitbullkustoms....YOU ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT!! Ever see the film "Ghost World", and Steve Buscemi, who knows and loves old blues, goes to see a great blues legend, but the white audience only likes Blues Hammer, the shitty white 'blues' band..I hate that I first heard "Them" do this song.

[pitbullkustoms]

Maybe one of the greatest live performances of the 20th century. Originality, soul, passion and talent equals pure music genius.

Makes me sick thinking of the hundreds of times this song was recorded by other artists and no royalties were ever paid to Joe. Even sicker is the fact this clip has only been viewed 133,xxx times and some lame assed rap song with talking about "dem biatches n hoes" will get millions and millions of hits. Amazing how our society has "progressed".

[AleksiKapone]

@pitbullkustoms I believe it's an old traditional work song, he didn't really write it. Big Joe was the first one to record it though.

[nyazzip]

that guitar sounds like an out of tune buzzing piece of shit

[pitbullkustoms]

@nyazzip - If that's how you hear it, you missed it... too bad for you.

[galaxyrock]

@nyazzip

And you sound like a faggot.

[ddstrtch1]

@nyazzip PUNK

[NoName01071992]

i like ac/dc's version a lot, aerosmith's version is even more awesome, but.....nothing beats this....i love old skool blues :D shame it was made like 50 years before i got born xD

[Voidworshipper]

Blues is amazing not only because it's just great music, but because it's so genuine.

[Thorgal20]

Old Good Blues!

[ezekielwahwah]

Best version of this song. I also believe he wrote it, am I wrong?

[chissD]

fuck this blues ! BJW !

[pontepolentepontepi]

WOW !!!!!!