Alvin Youngblood Hart on Fog Town Network--Gallows Pole

[Tanya1Nflder]

Awesome!!



[caramb22]

Saw this guy and a gal named Ruthy Foster open a show in Olympia, Wa for Bo Didley.

[lukemanify]

All ya colour blind folks see the rem with Rory Gallagher?

[gogogabo]

Best unknown musician on the planet.

[yallsostoopid]

I met this guy last week at a show. He played all of his new stuff, including Big Mama's Door, electric. It was dirty and nasty and awesome. He is a super nice guy, took a photo, signed my records. Taj Mahal said, "he's got thunder in his hands." I would like to add, "... and a howl that puts you in your place." One of my favorite artists all over again. By his new record, everyone will love it.

[favolarock]

simply amazing

[vnaar1]

hes got some serious guitar skills. he barely looks at his hands even with all those changes in the song. well done.

[buffalobilly]

check out his record "big mama's door", some of the best acoustic blues you'll ever hear.

[ceepatton]

overall, a little lackluster

[WelfareChrist]

I discovered Hart in 1996 and he took my breath away. It was only recently that I've remembered how much I enjoyed his music and it gladdens my heart to see others celebrating him.

[booniesville]

one of my favorites. thanks

[aikodude]

rock on AYH!!!

[DaMJBM]

bad ass song, bad ass guitarist!

[mikehuntbrighton]

thats hop to play the song!

[patzer469]

Now I've got the "I 'aint never gonna play the guitar like that" blues.

[Tinkerbelll89]

dito.... but keep trying?^^

[jleoblues]

I think its great that in addition to Alvin Hart we have; Corey Harris, Otis Taylor, Eric Bibb, Keb Mo` and Guy Davis and the great Blues Tradition is carrying on. Otis Taylor has a great cd "Reclaiming the Banjo" How many folks white or black know the banjo is an African American instrument in fact the only instrument invented in the United States!

[fatcatbuzz]

To be honest I like some rap, but not the majority of it. I use to like rap about 15 years ago though not much today. My mom in from Philly and I remember in the early 80s when rap was just an east coast thing and thought it was awesome as a kid. I have since gotten tired of most of it because alot it it seems to sound the same and it really has no real message. I still dig alot of new RnB.

[thepoisonwhisky]

fuckin awesome man.

[fatcatbuzz]

This is the reason we need more brothers playing the guitar again and playing real music instead of that rap crap.

[bootlegpreacher]

It's still going on but it just doesn't get recorded and played nearly as much as rap.

[fatcatbuzz]

I would say that most of my younger black friends do not play guitar while the older generation does. In fact I was just over at a friend's place last night and I have brought my guitar quite a few times. He makes up beat and rap stuff, but is always like "I want to play guitar" after he hears me. I know several people like that and I tell them they just need to pick it up and have an open mind. I'm not the biggest rap fan anymore, but I never get tired of stuff like this at all.

[bootlegpreacher]

I hear that. Down in Mississippi there are a lot of black kids carrying on the tradition. Maybe not as many as we'd like to see but enough to carry it through.

I saw Alvin 2 weeks ago with the South Memphis String Band. He's definitely a Heavy Weight!

[fatcatbuzz]

Nice. I love to see stuff like this live.

[yallsostoopid]

@bootlegpreacher Booyah to that! I saw him last week. He played Big Mama's Door the new electric version. It was crazy. I love it!

[zezt]

its SO good to know the spirit livin on!!!

[JubileeValence]

Absolutely breathtaking!!!

Thanks so much!!!

[lordofblackness]

wow, a top bluesman : )

[bluesborn]

the groove is the almighty thing.

What a groove....

[PHILinPT]

Grammy action: 2003 nominated, 2004 won for Beautiful Dreamer (Stephan Foster)

[fomedomez]

good but a little muddy in some parts

[MarioMoreno]

pure awesome

[guitarlad89]

fuckin awesome man.

[atrogss]

Fucking great!!!

[scrumhalforegon]

Nice stuff! Also listen to the version by Ben Andrews and the Blue Riders on Youtube. Another version like Huddie Ledbetter's......

[michaelp5590]

the man's hands have a consciousness of their own, next to words of wisdom... great stuff my friends.

[reissue]

Wow, this is good stuff.

[mustardboy2]

Mr. Hart gets right to the heart.

[sammartinez93]

ive been to see him D

[mojoelem]

This is so authentic it sounds like it was done in 1926. This man is SO damn talented. He should've been invited to appear at Clapton's "Crossroads' Festival. He should be a household name. So great to see young black guys like him, Kirk Fletcher & Corey Harris go back to Blues. It's the ONLY music that is vibrantly alive.

[bemental]

Its nice to see people of all colors that like him.

[doctorpep1]

He's better than anyone at the Crossroads Festival.

[taildragger51]

doctorpep1; By far my friend..by far. Alvin has got the 'gift'. It's rarely found these days whilst the media attributes accolades on talentless "posers". This guy is for REAL. Just loved his song "Manos Arriba" from a few yrs back. Lyrics were profound on it.(i've found myself a few times in the same position od mistaken identity as Alvin on that song)

[delterbluesman]

Alvin let the ppl kno folk & blues is not a JOKE !!!!!!!!

[TampaRed]

Hart is among the best contemporary bluesmen. No question.

[DaveM1948]

This man can play & SING that is the blues

DaveM1948

[toddallenhooper]

He's awesome man, awesome! To the guy below, I think he's tuned standard, bouncin' between A and D, the chuggin' stuff is an E for the verses. Good luck...

[ssimon64]

leadbelly

[FriendlyChap]

Anybody know which tuning it's in?

[walrus108]

It's standard tuning 2 whole steps down. C,F,A#,D#,G,C. I got that from the horses mouth too. He even allowed me to play his 12 string that day. This is the way ALL 12s were tuned before the 60's jangly sound came into style. Leadbelly played it about the same but tuned 1/2 step lower (B) than Alvin usually does. He's a great guy and someone you MUST SEE ASAP. You can find tab for this in one of the Leadbelly books.

[TheBrowndawg]

really? i thought leadbelly tuned to b flat standard. youre probably right though

[OTISCHIEF]

HOLY CRAP ITS JUST LIKE HUDDIES VERSION. At last a version thats not zeppelins! FIVE STARS!!

[alkirob]

Great post. Thanks for sharing this one.

[r6xeghjpv]

I find the guitar arrangement to be wonderful, however, i feel as though the vocals good use some work. otherwise, nice job!

[haleyfan]

One of the few modern blues musicians I really like.

[etheangel2220]

Nobody brought Saddam anything

[gogogabo]

when i grow up, i wanna be like him.

[AnthonyBono]

Thank you for posting this. The amazing thing about AYBH is the way his conviction and understanding of this music is so powerful it can even translate to some white boy from the mid-west. He broke my heart with this one and I thank him for it.

[mitch26]

Thanks for sharing this.  Mitch