Roots of Blues - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - "Rock me Mama"

[BrkCityFG9]

This is the real blues!

[Goryllo]

when i hear this i always think how this influenced people like Hendrix, i can imagine the way he would have played it

[extazoff1]

nice

[utarefsonmetushelac]

just ripend out my lips with my harmonica listennig to this

[anglinthemtns]

Super duper! this music was their- lifestyle, culture & way to deal w/white suppression giving them a type of freedom & soul- rhythm was in their blood as their African ancestors. This is hard to bring back cause it was a time in which this type of music developed & for reasons that are hard for the present-day musician to understand- the key thing is that it was authentic & original, not mimicked or reinvented by someone else. Most blues music today is what I would call rock, not blues at all!

[howlingsandy]

Arthur Crudup (crew'-duhp) - whom I played drums with and took some very nice portraits of - has never been inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, although many he influenced have, "The colored folks been (performing) it for more years than I know," Elvis told reporters in 1956. "I got it from them ... in Tupelo, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now, and I said if I ever got to the place where I could feel all old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw'"

[goonienana]

Amazing.

[rievans57]

Great song. It's a shame cats like this didn't get paid for what they did. They open doors and many today don't even know who they are. Ain't that the blues.

[daviemcf]

Now this is the BLUES!!

[RockHistoryTube]

Great Big Boy!!!

[jrtpf]

great music! Blues legends

[Diatton]

HE IS A LEGEND !!! No Other Comments !!!

[jacquescovo]

Have never been seized so strongly by the blues before I watched this video. Thank you so much from Geneva.

[Blackbond007]

This is one of the artists that Elvis got his influence from.

[rbound827]

Think about it- No Arthur Crudup- No Elvis, Scotty and Bill foolin' around with his song..and.. well, we know the rest of the story.

[mawete2]

It is so powerfull, it is like i can touch the music

[plattform5163]

Great blues! Thanks !

[ahhreeyell]

Sweet! Why only 3,407 views? :(

[bluesgirl62]

Fantasticcccccccc!

[Eddiespageddie]

lovely.  the truth is apparently important

[avocadess]

Thanks for posting!

[abrandt83]

Thanks so much for putting this up!

[r3VOLt23]

I just love this real people and their pure sound and

life experienced poetry! Thanks for golden oldies!

Luv n Peace D.