Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words

[Dodgerific]

Inspiring and Haunting

[remywood81]

This song makes me just start crying...

[SonBrimmer]

man, can music get heavier than this!?

[cdmolenaar]

@SonBrimmer Nope. haha

[ToCelebrateWomen]

First learned about this from Vinyl Cafe. Dave took decades to find it in the stories. Thank God we have Youtube now.

[wtfIZgoinonYO]

This oozes pure emotion. Love it.

[SquishedButterfly]

If I could express myself like that, I'd starve to death from being unable to stop playing.

[jacksondemarre]

I wish there was a known picture of her

[cityofstars]

Thank buddah for youtube. Or else i may never have heard this!

[reissue]

Who dislikes this?

[calanero]

<MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song is so disturbingly brilliant.... i am a pretty decent guitarist and take it from me, the way this gal is strumming these weird notes & rhythms, all the while i believe she's singing and strumming at the same time.... believe me when i tell you, this is really hard to play and sing @ the same time... it's even hard to just play it, but to sing on top AMAZING!!!!!!!! Go Geeshie & thanks Robert Crumb for putting me on to her

[mikeman9412]

@calanero I don't wanna "burst your bubble" but she's not playing guitar on the song... It's still an amazing song and incredibly hard!

[mikeman9412]

@calanero Actually I apologize, I think you may be right about that, I just know that Elvie Thomas also played guitar on this song

[jefferyhoelscher]

@mikeman9412 According to American Primitive Volume 2 liner notes (which is very highly recommended to anyone who even vaguely likes this song) Geeshie played guitar and Elvie sang 2nd vocal on a couple songs of Geeshie's but not this one. I regard this as an extremely reliable source; the sort of folks who used to drive around buying old 78s in the 60s. Geeshie only recorded a handful of tunes, as did Sister O.M. Terrell (mentioned by another viewer). Most are easily found on comps. Buy them!

[Nine00]

How could anyone dislike this masterpiece?

[ThaHedge]

It's tough to describe the emotion created by the guitar in this song....that's probably part of the reason why it's so amazing.

[StandardDressing]

this is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. its so emotionally captivating.

[JJKaeshagen]

Exquisite.

[SimonSezam]

tears from the heart. thank You

[ixceix]

every time i hear this i can't help but think of robert crumb. so much great music in that film.

[GetMeThere1]

all you have to do to know you have a soul is to listen to this song....

....and it aches.

[xe00miza]

One of the best songs of all time!

[xNjaMx]

It'a magic song

[12wallflower]

fucking brilliant

[MrUnit731]

This is amazing! Beautiful.

[BundyDOW]

One of the best songs of all time obviously. Kelly Harrell.

[shochikubai26]

amazing and beautiful

[glamstarlady]

This is awesome! what a song and what a singer/player. Love it.

[neoprankster]

I first heard this in the movie "Crumb."

[townesfan10]

creepy like skip james

[mozzzca]

greatest blues song ever written.

[Dolorousness]

shattering--thoroughly overlooked in the blues canon

[busessuck1]

@Dolorousness well it has +20k views... most early blues songs usually gain about 300

[Reproducer100]

@busessuck1 The Empress - youtube[dot]com/watch?v=0BsInt­S_Io4

I could cite more.

Not to say this is 'less'... just questioning the measure applied to determine 'merit'.

[KARMABRIGADE]

truely haunting

[mommyimadeapoopy]

i live 10 minutes away from where this was recorded!!!! in jackson,wi. crazy!

[SnakeboyBlues]

Killer Sister in Blues!

[triptoheaveandho]

heard this inthe Crumb movie the other day cant believe ifound it here

[bigfilmhat]

I've loved this song since 1995 when I saw "Crumb". Is there anyway to give this six stars?

[Metzelduh]

beautiful, true black blues

[piemakesmelol]

really great song

[jeanhaliburtonwills]

awesome awesome song...for another great blues woman check out Ola Mae Terrell

[UkeliDokeli]

Damn, God this is such a good song. I neeed to learn how to play it.

[PoetryAddict8]

Hauntingly Beautiful

[TheGonzoGonzales]

Does anyone know if the clip of this song playing in 'Crumb' is on youtube?

[imeatingmyhead]

Yes it is :)

[hollywoodhottie19]

Does anyone know if the clip of this song playing in 'Crumb' is on youtube?

The YOUTUBE TITLE OF THIS CLIP IS:

Crumb (1994)

[taurtue]

I don't use to like women singing the blues, but this is awesome. Really nice.

[arielorduna]

don`t you tell me that memphis minnie doesn`t like! i don`t like the woman`s that sing the blues in jazz style, but these kind of singers i like it, sister rosetta tharpe is another example.

[taurtue]

well, i don't say women singing the blues are bad or whatever, but this is really different from a memphis minnie or bessie smith, and much more closer to a leadbelly or a blind willie johnson.

[tobeygun]

Could'nt said it better!

[secretleaves]

One of my husband's and my favorites for a long time. Discovered her on the Crumb soundtrack. Just an incredible song and performance.

[bigfilmhat]

I think the Crumb soundtrack was where I heard her too. Awesome.

[patrickwestwvu]

good tune. Geechie is awesome

[bezmolvie]

really special

[adeart7]

whos singing?

[Floorsnarl]

Does anybody know if Geechie played the guitar, or just sang.

[tombow2]

She was also guitarist too.

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[petewizdom]

according to wikipedia, she was "an obscure female United States blues singer and guitar player"

[UnexpectedExpressive]

This is beautiful.

[gkoz791]

This kind of stuff is the REAL blues!! Love it to death!! Thanks for posting it!

[ivycompton]

words fail. in a class by itself. thanks for posting.

[GimpMolestor]

thank you for uploading this

[sideshowtink]

oh, yes! One of my fave tunes. Beautiful and haunting! Thank you!

[zenguitarblues]

superb! 5*****