Southern Rag (Blind Blake, October 1927) [Remastered]

[bobbyp1214]

this song is 84 fuckin years old.word

[redifreddy14]

style was way ahead of the time for guitar... brilliant



[JackMartino23]

i like this picture of him. itd be a nice poster haha..

[robalid]

isn't this called west coast clues?

[Broblem12]

This is splendid and so energized. Precious.

[Coreygroove]

yea mon i wanna motch for me for lightin my pipe yea

[potatoepeter1]

Ach scheiß drauf.. ich komm eh in die Hölle, bravo Mister Blind Blake !!

[freeman2545]

i would give my left testicle to play like this....

[SuperOlds88]

@freeman2545 I gave both

[freeman2545]

@SuperOlds88 ...lol

[breakingthe4thwall]

Ragtime is such a huge influence to early blues and country.

[themodernwarhol]

how'd you get your hands on so much good music mr. RagtimeDorianHenry??

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

@themodernwarhol With the blues rag feeling of Mr. Blake .

[freeman2545]

@themodernwarhol ...thats what i wonder....how can he get so much fucking great stuff....where the fuck is he finding it? i find it here.....i just hope he dont stop...i think hes got a connection....somehow....

[freeman2545]

@themodernwarhol ...thats what i wonder....how can he get so much fucking great stuff....where the fuck is he finding it? i find it here.....i just hope he dont stop...i think hes got a connection....somehow....i think its the best site on youtube for this kinda amazing stuff.....

[themodernwarhol]

@freeman2545 Right? All I can do is thank RagtimeDorianHenry. The criteria he has, the myriads of real blues and ragtime songs! Even some jazz and country! I hope he doesn't stop either!

[freeman2545]

@themodernwarhol ...yea...man...the history of music that is available on the internet is amazing..and its channels like these..that make the internet the fantastic source of musical history that it is...we truly are lucky to live in times such as these...to be able to tap into the beautiful musically significant sounds that have come before....thanks to all of you guys....pls dont ever stop...it has significant value what you guys do...it is important....thanks

[capndevon]

it was good

[potatoepeter1]

und ab dafür

[potatoepeter1]

ab dafür

[TheJordanLorentz]

Is this only one guitar!!??

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

@TheJordanLorentz Yeah ! a great finger-picker

[TheJordanLorentz]

@RagtimeDorianHenry Thats crazy man, especially that one litlle "run he does near the end" utter madness lol.

[PeluMaad]

Wow....old Paramounts can't possibly sound this clean....can they?

[NimRankin]

Amazing how he gets that Piano sound in this tune. Impeccable!

[vanpub]

@NimRankin I thought so too. I can hear it so clearly.

[DajaWaja]

Such a great tune, such a great piece of history played with the strings of that guitar. This is Ragtime, yes!!!

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

YES yes ! Ragtime guitar !

[DajaWaja]

Man, it'd soooo awesome if you could translate the story he's telling 'bout the South...!!!!

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

he's speakin in geechee accent

[AgentCarter]

@DajaWaja heres my best shot at it: now we going on an ooooold southern rag way out there in all that cotton fields where them people plant all that rice with sugarcane and peas and soforth grow hey ma i want a match so you can light my pipe, yea go on old geechee i aint studying about you, now i know you had to study me now when you get my rice bet you ???? ??? ??? just meet me at the end of the road now i told her i would pick this cotton you could dig potatoes, either one (CONTINUED)

[AgentCarter]

@AgentCarter

(CONTINUED)

i strip more rows of surgarcane than you could strip in ten years.

now we gonna do the dance now, they call the geechee dance,

i hope you hear some music they call the geechee music now.

thats my gal, get away from here, there?, 'cause im gonna grab them directly and take them every way but new?

you better get that thing fixed up like this, 'cause im gonna stop.

[DajaWaja]

@AgentCarter hey man!!!! that's some great lyric work!!! This is totally what i asked for hahahahah Thank you!!