Chiggers - Seasick Steve

[jamalmills]

only seasick steve can sound good spelling

[monkeyboy75]

all you guys talking about insects and stuff, fairplay, usually see nasty comments about religion and stuff, a breath of fresh air thanks

[firecrotch1971]

I thought this was funny for all southern outdoor people!

[RichM442]

The five dislikes must be Justin Bieber fans.

[ultrakool]

try some deet

[UtubeMuser]

holy shit he rocks. congrads on 3rd man brotha, keep it fucking blue.

[BlightedArt]

5 people don't wear their socks up to their knees.

[hotrodcharlie1]

i think its open d

[kleshco]

5 people got chigger eggs layed on em

[RoughshodElm]

lol where the hell is he playing at?

[rhblakeman]

Actually a chigger (red bug) gets on you, usually in tight places between clothes and skin, and secretes an enzyme that breaks do wn the tissue, takes a chunk out, and leaves. The itchy spot is the rest of the enzyme causing a sore that scabs and gets itchy. Best is loose clothes, bloused pant legs, and DEET repellent on your skin (hips, legs, etc). Take a hot bath in epsom salt and scrub those things open to get rid of the yellow blister juice. Good tune otherwise.

[imma1moron]

@rhblakeman you, sir, have never had a chigger on you.

[rhblakeman]

@imma1moron Oh in 54 yrs of the thick woods of various states including here in KY as well as during survival school in the military I have had many many heavy infestations of chiggers/red bugs. I used to believe the burrowing thing too until I researched it using many many printed medical and entymology references. A chigger is actually a larvae of a mite and feeds on the fluids of the skin cells. I rarely get them now yet I'm in the same infested woods as before. The ones I get go away quickly

[imma1moron]

@rhblakeman I thought you said it was an injection of an enzyme. i must have misread that extremely long first sentence.

You said it was just the enzyme left behind, and now say it is an infestation. odd

[rhblakeman]

@imma1moron Again your user ID is fitting. Injection and secretion are two different things. The mite larvae, called a chigger, secretes an enzyme onto your skin that breaks down the skin cells so they can feed on the fluids and then they leave. By taking a chunk out I meant that they suck the fluids out of the softened skin cells leaving an area of dead skin cells and the area around continues to die from the rest of the enzyme. Scratching spreads it. Itching is from the dead and scabbed area.

[awh1313]

@rhblakeman They, uh, leave some eggs behind in that nice scabbed area. :P

[rhblakeman]

@awh1313 They, uh, the adults, uh, lay the eggs in moist soil in spring. The larvae that hatch from the eggs are what get on you by transfer from plants onto you. They are not insects either - they are mites and adults will not bother you.

[awh1313]

@rhblakeman One, no need to get fiesty. And two, I believe you have your bugs mixed up, they do infact leave behind larvae and create feeding tubes also known as a stylostome. They feed on the destroyed tissue and then leave the skin.

[rhblakeman]

@awh1313 No I sure don't have anything mixed up, I've had and dealt with "chiggers" longer than you've been around. Adults lay eggs in the dirt, do not bite people. The eggs hatch into larvae that end up on plants and get on you by the brushing onto you of the plants. The larvae secrete an enzyme that breaks down tissue, they feed on that and leave go into the nymph stage and no longer bite people. They go from nymph to adult and lay eggs. Look up Trombiculidae in wikipedia if you want to learn

[rhblakeman]

@awh1313 PS the "stylostome" you copied from a google search is actually the hole they make after injecting the enzyme. The hole is how they chew up the loosened tissue.

[awh1313]

@rhblakeman And for the comment down there about the references, its entomology. :P

[rhblakeman]

@awh1313 Nope. Entomology is the study of insects. Mites and ticks technically are arachnids as they have 8 legs but most times aren't studied under arachnology with spiders, scorpions, etc but instead in their own field called acarology.

[awh1313]

@rhblakeman I meant you spelled it wrong :P

[BibleStorm]

@awh1313 @rhblakeman Way to scientifically examine the fun out of a good blues tune, guys.

[Stratblooz]

GREATNESS !!!!!

[neilss1]

the part at 3:44 destroys you fingers with the slide pushing down on the strings to get the slide to SLAP off the fret, ouch my hand :P

[Mathius1337]

I want one.

Steve that is not a chigger.

[438MillionBC]

Haha, I'm currently covered in chigger bites. This song is truth.

[purple0emie]

awesome

:-)

[wrexshunt]

Nasty ass chiggers down in widdy fella !

[wrexshunt]

Modern day Jesus !

[thesilverfox]

Awesome talented man ! Mojo!!!! Thank for posting :-)

[moggy120985]

legend!!!"

[bluemoonomen]

I love the blues and this is the first time I ever heard this artist and his music. I'm definitely feeling this. I like music can bring people together; I'm a black American, raised in the south, turned rasta, living in NYC...smoking a blunt, listening to my blue-eyed soul brother getting down, grateful to whoever posted this. Long live Youtube!

[bluemoonomen]

@elephantchicken why did someone flag your comment as spam. Unless I missed something I see nothing wrong with your reply. School me if I'm wrong.

[Mortthemoose]

Fantastic!

A star!

[KwazyTwang]

My sentiments Exactly. Summer's coming and I can guarantee that at some point I'll chiggers. I HATE THOSE THINGS. You learn to ignore it though.

[dededetc]

i wear my socks up to my knees

[jamminging]

£18 for a ticket to see this, wow. Wish i was in liverpool

[VioletGiraffe]

This is the real blues! Respect, Steve!

[soundsbuzzme]

i wear my socks up to my knees! ( wahoooooooo genius) ;)

[soundsbuzzme]

sod the chiggers, lets BUZZ on SEASICK STEVE! WAHOOOOOOOO! Thx seasick, and thx uploader :)

[prljamrlz]

Oh my god, this is ADORABLE!!! I love it! And I hate chiggers. He forgot to add that you should put a few drops of bleach in your bath water, haha.

[bluemoonomen]

Ah...you might have answered a question I've long since sought the answer to. My ex-wife, a southern woman told me her mother sometimes used to put bleach in their bath water and I thought it was to lighten their skin. I now believe that it could of been because of "chiggers" which I never heard of . My ex could never tell me why she put bleach in her bath water other than doing what she saw her mother do.

[prljamrlz]

Haha, yup! I'm sure her mom did it cuz of chiggers! That's how you deal down here! Funny that she didn't know that though.

[ATelford73]

bless him and his knee high cotton socks :P an amazing musician with more talent than much else around these days!

[ZombieFish1]

He's very good at doing anecdotal songs, which is something that is a brilliant quality of classic blues musicians. Amazing guitarist as well for someone who has spent a large amount of his life homeless and at one point owned only a 3-string guitar.

[Gears182]

he still uses the 3 string guitar. he wasnt a tramp or a bum, he was a hobo so he did actually have money and food and stuff since he moved around and found work where he could, he just never settled down in one place. but a fucking idol and a hero one of the best musicians around nowadays.

[ZombieFish1]

Actually, I caught a bit of a documentary about him once, during which he explained what the difference was between the three (tramp, hobo and bum) before saying that over time he has, in fact, been each one in turn. I think my dad may still have the documentary somewhere. If I can get the title off of him (all I know currently was that it was a BBC 4 documentary during an American Blues season), I'll see if the section of it in question is on Youtube at some point.

But he is still amazing.

[mecon92]

@ZombieFish1 A hobo travels to find work, a tramp travels but don't work, and a bum don't travel or work.

I believe he explains the difference in a talking bit attached to the album version of Save Me.

[Bobafett4796]

He still does- watch him on jools Holland vid

[Jeet27]

Is he coming to Liverpool, does anyone know?

[jackmaguiregerrard]

haha yes i got a ticket, 7th november, at the liverpool olympia, thikn tickets wer 18 quid

[MrAcideye]

fughking brilliant love his style propper old style of blue's truely amazing

[JesseManchester4]

this guy is THE one man band

[ultrakool]

asian-africans?

[ToTaLyPoMo]

This is so fucking amazing.

[4stringenius]

he's one of the most random artists ever, but he has the sickest style of blues i've ever seen

[sexyduck69]

this guy is a 1 man band

[MrBarappa]

no.. his drummer is awesome aswel!

[DaveDaveDave90]

i love this guy so much he is so awesome

[bloodyfrets]

Dude nasty! Seasick Steve is a genius and a true soul!! Not a redneck!

[gildo10122]

am a metel head and i think he just pure awesome

[BeNnYHeNdRiX101]

he is a musicical genious how dare u call him a stupid redneck

[NicGonzalez1]

The first time I heard of SS was when he performed on the Jool's Holland show and I remember liking one of his songs then thought I'd give him a listen. At first I found his music hard to listen to (his other tracks) but Chiggers has certainly warmed me up to liking Seasick Steve's music. Great voice, brilliant guitarist.

[LittleBrotherBlues]

He plays what he feels and that's what makes him the real deal. I loved it. I know all about chiggers and scratching sure dont help :)

[sirmilburn]

seen him live last year at leeds fest!! he had the crowd going wild!! hes so damn good and this song is one of my favourites! King seasick steve!!

[themoneyplant]

no way! was that the 2008 leeds festival? yet another reason why i shall always regret missing that weekend, if thats the case =/

[imalittlemidget]

I saw Seasick Steve for the first time on BBC4 last night and I had to look him up on here. He's awesome!!!!!

[westpoint64]

Wow! 21st century acoustic bottleneck blues! I guess this guy has really lived the Robert Johnson lifestyle. Let's hope he doesn't end up like Robert Johnson.

Cool singing and playing, great lyrics!!

[imalittlemidget]

I like the terminology there David "bottleneck blues" sounds like a song title :-)

[westpoint64]

Well, you're a songwriter...do something with it! lol

[DMB31122008]

i wear my socks up to my knees and they still make a Motel outta me...... hhahahahaha genius!!! so funny

[sirmilburn]

seen him sing this live and its amazing!! haha i love seasick

[Jonnyx2376]

he is great

[AbsynthIsFairytale]

freakin genius, who else can sing a song about wearing socks to their knees, AHA

amazing

[glennsanderson]

he is gonna stop singin when his guitar brakes he has had the same one for 35 years

[Vincentgriezelig]

he has about 3 home made guitars, and often uses different normal accoustic guitars

[vcm2]

Hear me beg y'all....

[Boyakasha11]

Good God Steve is absolutely mind blowing

[glennsanderson]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hhahahahahahaha

[dudessticky123]

u my friend are what people are referring to as a dumb fucking racist ^^

[swany666]

Im black, you fucking retard!

[dudessticky123]

so how does that give u the right?

[pftkguitar]

you can tell by the way he is moving his leg, he misses his missisipi drum machine...

[SwingingRingaDing]

Great video! Insane quality!!

[Manoskiwi]

What key or tuning is this in? If someone knows...

[maquiladora1]

I'm pretty sure this song is in a drop D tuning

[youwishho]

I think its in Open D

[dingolovethrob]

I agree, Steve is amazing and 'Chiggers' is in

D A D F# A D tuning.

-I notice he wears the bottle-neck on his third finger..... Where can you get bottle-necks or brass-tubes that size? - Mine only fits my pinky ( -little finger)!

[boulalaman]

what do those "bottlenecks" do? is this something i should i know am i just plain stupid?

[dingolovethrob]

The old blues men used to use the actual neck of a bottle that had been smashed off, and they used to slide it up and down the strings to get the smooth-continuous changes between notes. You can get brass or glass tubes now to do the same job.

-and I just worked out that my slide DOES fit my third finger but I can't play 'Chiggers' when I'm wearing it.

-Seasick Steve is just so damn GOOD!

[FaceFurniture]

you can play anything if you practise =]

[alexgoodbourn]

spelling included

joke

[neilss1]

@dingolovethrob any song ive learned iv learned it my way i used the slide on my pinky as long as the song sounds the same it dont make any difference.... y'all :P

[djkeik0]

@dingolovethrob My dad actually made me a old school bottleneck from a wine bottle. Beats every slide i have tried that is mass produced.

[MadProgresser]

@dingolovethrob to be honest is quite easy once u get the hang of the style i havent got the song fully down yet but like i say it easy enough just watch his hands :D ( but the picking is harder than the chord hand on this tune for me

[themoneyplant]

just creates that trademark blues 'slide' sound (or glissando to use technical speak) when you lightly apply the bottleneck across some or all of the strings and slide it up or down the fretboard =)

It sounds sorta metallic =s hard to explain

[alison2006lucie]

its a slide.

generally for blues music.

john butler uses one.

[d4n1989]

if your affter a large bottle neck bottles of budwiser chec import have lage necks , but i sugest you just get a propa matal slide from music shop

[Bazringteen]

@maquiladora1

The tuning is DADF#BD

[krzyjohnny]

@maquiladora1 HE IS HITTIN TWANG DROP LOW

[neilss1]

@Manoskiwi

[hotrodcharlie1]

@Manoskiwi open d im pretty sure

[lordofarockalypse]

@Manoskiwi i play this in open D. try to watch his hand and do something like that on oped D and you will get something that sound like the song. that's how i play it.

[Chiggerzz]

This song is so sexual.. Gah why was steve found earlier

[Chiggerzz]

*wasnt* :P

[scrib001]

i met sea sick at leeds festival, im so proud of myself

[Chiggerzz]

I went to leeds also he was so amazing :D

[benshutt]

me too! yey

[youwishho]

Does anyone know where I can download this??????

[maquiladora1]

If you really really want i could send you the live version, let me know, but why don't you wait 3 weeks until Seasick's new album is out which has Chiggers on the album

[VehicularMenace]

@youwishho google ya lazy fukka

[jessupar]

i was wondering what sounded wrong for a second... only half the band is here. where's the mississippi dru machine?

[rossmorris]

Genius...

[HocVirtus]

lmao. brilliant.

[alanholohan]

a true living legend proper,the old dog his'self! dang chiggers

[arf494]

king amongst men

[fearluss]

already a legend!

[axe600]

The best, almost like a busker's atmosphere too! The raw truth y'all! Thanks for posting!

Redshaw