Black Ace bottleneck country blues guitar

[1m2a3t4t5]

All the ragtime guys have really really similar vocals, most likely due to the fact that they are all black and possibly the mics.

[justicelut]

absolutely f.....n awesome real talent thanks for uploading!!!

[AHANSIMGLUECK]

sounds great, I liked it. Hans

[clearviewmind]

are there any great blues channels on youtube I can subscribe to as I'm just discovering the Blues?...

[GoodbyeBieber2]

@clearviewmind RagtimeDorianHenry or sambobla?

[MrWildbanjo]

love this , fantastic man, love, Mike....

[coolhellcat18]

So simple, yet so powerful!

[FatherCoughlin]

The real deal. Think about the times he lived in. The organized discrimination, the racism of conservatives, the murders, the segregation in society, WHITES ONLY signs everywhere. From that experience sprung the greatest music America has ever produced....going strong today thanks to the Black Ace, Howlin Wolf and hundreds of others. Thanks!

[sducuandu]

¡Auténtico blues!

[loveoftwodogs]

that's what BLUES IS ALL ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[josje73]

music from the hart and street living

[chilkoot17]

brilliant



[ModifiedMystery]

pack bowls!

[Fruscianteistheman]

<this guy legit got scared of being of presence of so much greatness

[ngipiksari]

It's no wonder Black Ace has got the blues! Look at his wife's face 0:36. Great music though

[jsnwhite619]

Did anyone notice the size of that bottle he's using for a slide? That one didn't come out a catalog.

[philjit1]

respect ,,

[atorderunbesiegbare]

Sensational video!



[RPanzer1]

I want that guitar....... Would trade anything for it.

[fairdathm]

Who is the artist? This is fantastic!!

[1stSaintsFan]

I lived in Dallas and the suburbs for 20 years and the history of blues and blues players in East Texas which includes DFW/FW area is amazing. The History of Deep Ellum in Downtown Dallas....Great Video and thanks...

[SonorSonicFan]

Wow! I like it that he is sitting with the wife and kid. Deep family vibe. Speaking to them with his music.

[buddyzroadie]

Thank you so much for posting this! Awesome! I had to subscribe - you are the man! Thanks again

[SimtekProductions]

I'm hardstyle/tekstyle/dnb and elektro lover, but this is just beautiful.

[eggymoo]

0.36 - baby rolls eyes to the heavens..."come on grandad, can't we have 'the wheels on the bus'?"

[janiebaymusic]

Flip, this is so rad!

[BryanWarhall47]

Yeah, now that's real and an outstanding performance. If you like this you will probably like Bryan Warhall on Youtube.

[OficialTheCosmos]

The most beautiful song ever

[Fastnotlast]

It's not technically correct to call this bottleneck. Ace is using a glass medicine bottle instead of a steel, but he is definitely playing lap-style. That's what was unique about Black Ace and his mentor Oscar Buddy Woods.The instrument is a National Tricone with a squareneck. I notice there is also a lap steel guitar and amplifier beside Ace. It would sure be cool if there are some tracks of him playing that!

[ElDaumo]

@Fastnotlast HEY! nobody cares

[Fastnotlast]

@ElDaumo Rather arrogant of you to assume that your opinion is universally held by everyone on the planet. I guess if one's mind is small enough even puny thoughts seem large!!!!

[Alphabex8]

@ElDaumo actually, i found his comment to be rather informative

[Fastnotlast]

This is footage from the 1963 documentary "On The Road Again". The credits state that footage was shot by Dietrich Wawzyn. Probably filmed around the same time that Chris Strachwitz recorded Black Ace.

[Wayfarer8]

Fatest guitar neck I' ve ever seen

[joshthegreatllama]

Is there a link to dl?

[ChurchOfTheUniverse]

Right on blues brother!

[waltinhopai]

Blues,blues...eterno blues...

[pleindart]

lesse moi remonter mon ben c'est du vrai totale blues. Non les bonnes vieillles bandes de l'époque c'est profond!!!

[bobgifford]

he is a bad mofro

[ukslim2000]

Wow, this is astonishing! I had no idea there was any footage of B.K. Turner. I found it completely by chance. If you guitar players out there like this, I also recommend that you listen to "Lone Wolf Blues" by Oscar 'Buddy' Woods, from 1936: it's on YouTube. We'll never know for sure, but Oscar Woods is reckoned to be the big influence on this style of lap-steel blues guitar . As well as recording solo, he made some important recordings with Ed Schaffer as half of The Shreveport Homewreckers.

[ukslim2000]

Wow, this is astonishing! I had no idea there was any footage of B.K. Turner. I found it completely by chance. If you guitar players out there like this, I also recommend that you listen to "Lone Wolf Blues" by Oscar 'Buddy' Woods, from 1936: it's on YouTube. We'll never know for sure, but Oscar Woods is reckoned to be the big influence on this style of lap-steel blues guitar . As well as recording solo, he made some important recordings with Ed Schaffer as half of The Shreveport Homewreckers.

[Quaaludedude714]

Wonderful :) QC

[justiciador]

Que dulce suena este blues, si alguien es tan amable de decirme de que se trata la letra de este blues se lo agradeceria de corazon, no se el idioma y me gustaria mucho saber la letra, disculpen mi ignorancia, bendiciones a todos, claudio .- 

[Wildwoodflowerify]

what in the world does this have to do with R Crumb?

[tyktykboom]

very cool video!

[hell1989ful]

se le respeta oyoo, buena musica....

[LeonardBanjo]

The true great afro american music!

[GuitarMirth]

@LeonardBanjo I'll go with "true great American music", as is jazz.

[DirtyKwa]

Does anybody know the tuning he is in?? i want to know please!!

[GuitarMirth]

@DirtyKwa "Open" tuning, probably open E.

[Truethinking001]

Fucking awesome



[hrbear]

Excellent and Classic !!!

[Lif3Music1]

love it!

[alcenirbarbosa]

Isso é a pura essencia do blues,muito obrigado por postar este vídeo.

[dominicanhop1]

How is called this technic?

[WILDAIR]

@dominicanhop1

Its slide music man! Have an overlook here: scoop.it/t/slide-guitars

This musician plays on a tri-cone National steel guitar. This way of playing comes from Hawaii and the most famous musicians using it actually in their music are Ben Harper and John Butler.

[dominicanhop1]

@WILDAIR Thank you man ;)

[filiphopo]

@dominicanhop1 Lapsteel..

[praslin05]

Many thanks... just plain beautiful.

[MrGatorguy22]

Actually as Son House said Blues is about the pain of love between a man and woman...I would never argue with Son House!

[DANTHETUBEMAN]

great song,,,you never no who can play the blues,,,

[dakotamanomgwtf]

@KnwThyslf Well it was originally but any race can appreciate it.

[dakotamanomgwtf]

@KnwThyslf leave fucking race out of this man. Good music like this is universal

[devolutionone]

Shut up and listen to the music guys. Peace

[ddillybar1]

@KnwThyslf wtf are you babbling about? Without white kids rap music would be nowhere near what it is, and possible wouldn't exist at all. Plenty of white people like rap, perhaps more white people like rap than black people, and certainly enough to keep the industry alive. I'm not one of them, I do like this song though, so continue on with your assumptions about my tastes, intentions, and suppressed guilt if that's what suits you.

[aftereightball]

this is real blues

[Pickinbuddy]

This is terrific!

Black Ace played the National Tri-Cone guitar flat, in the Hawaiian manner.

[justplainjamtracks]

da' fo' real blues!

[stevenmiles]

Great voice and surprisingly one of the best of heard playing this style of blues.

[bossanovaboy]

Great!

[mcsfunck]

wowwww  black ace 1975 bezeffff

[Scion904]

im in love with this video

[PianoRus]

Nah it's not from documentary, but i tell you what those documentaries are great.

[UFCuncut]

10 Racist bastards

[rolingstone82]

WHAT TUNING IS THIS..

[rodolfo175]

LINDO DEMAIS

[paulomaya]

@rodolfo175

Lindo demais realmente

[rolingstone82]

WHAT TUNING THIS SONG IS IN..

[KINGSLIDEGUITAR]

@rolingstone82 vestapole tuning

[burninhellfire84]

forget about that new thing,living the life of a poor man was much more real than the life of bling...

[Devrominums]

i'm white but i hate white people, and you can hate on me all you want but i don't care and i wont respond.

[fretboardyoda]

"Black Ace" (B.K. Turner) was a great Texas blues guitar singer and one of the few exponents of the flat Hawaiian guitar blues style to have been recorded. This C.D contains almost his entire recorded legacy.

Note: above taken from back label notes for Arhoolie C.D "Black Ace - I'm the boss card in your hand" C.D - Arhoolie CD 374, 1992.

[michaeljackson5236]

I am the black ape, lol that what it sounds like, let alone the fact that its true, lol

[lec0803]

10 personas no saben q esta musica influencio a la mayoria de musica q a hora hay

[antniemi]

1000 likes, 10 dislikes, I'll be sure to make that 1% dislikes below 1%.

[wesrace1]

Straight out a Stop, 6 Texas (Ft. Worth)... Great Stuff......Thanks Mucho.

[legatotechniques]

crazy

[DIRKDIELTIENS]

Great stuff from the old days of blues

[shantelh]

amen

[trevan123456789]

This is great!

[setboy1]

what's this from?

[OakBluffer]

@setboy1 This vid could be from the 2003 Martin Secorsese documentary "The Blues".

For a background biography on B.K. Turner ("The Black Ace"), you will find the 1975, jacket notes, on the Arhoolie release "B.K. Turner and his steel quitar" a valuable source of details. Those notes can be found at ww.wirz.de. B.K. was born Babe Karo Lemon Turner but he [...] "throwed the 'Lemon' away and just used the initials of Babe Karo..."

[setboy1]

@OakBluffer thanks for the info.

[MrMuddyBleach]

The personal aspect of this video gives me shivers.

Old footage of a black man playing slide guitar in a living room, wow.

[robin14669]

This is truly fantastic, very authentic stuff. 

[Hackermac1]

Now thats what I call the blues, fantastic

[Jerrylnai]

GREAT video!! Never seen any video of "Black Ace" before! Thanks!

[volosr]

FANTASTIC...........

[lalalaXify]

I get it bottleneckcrazy, you love me, that¨s why you constantly climb my ass. Other possibility is you get paid or just plain mental disturbance. But to my surprise I was actually amused. I have sense of humor, you see? : )

PS Hows my ass?

[WayZord]

What tuning is that?

[R4MMV8SRT10]

7 dislikes? either accidently pressed wrong button, do not know decent music when they here it, jealous or blind. or possibly a combination of the 4

[Balisong72]

Oh my god, the blues!

[tim0090]

my game is who can live longer wooo im the winner yerrr!!!

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

this is what life is about.

[lakota66]

i am so in love with bottleneck guitar. and this video is great. thanks for posting it.

[Wayfarer8]

Very juicy sound

[jfc999]

Gets better every time. What film is this from?

[ilmanmuutajamuutilma]

@jfc999 its music video,not film

[SysRq777]

Wow... that was in every way and angle, total perfection.

Long live the blues.

[orlandoxx87]

cool music video! ..... bet should put that up

[iamtheone200]

These are the real people that made the blues. They lived through the shit and all of it. I love the blues they tell the real story.

[qwerly45]

Damn I love slide.

[catkinstra]

wonderful

[TheBognasty]

Class

[tweak592]

fuck yeah!! :D

[chunkMunky123]

Absolutely brilliant to find footage of one of the original bluesmen that played lapstyle on a square neck resonator.

[soldier312]

i don't want to mention that out of a racist reason... but i noticed that black men and women looked different than in these days... their faces where more.. rough..

i can't really explain that mind without that strange sound.. whatever.. :D

[YouMakeMyMotorRun]

@soldier312 I think everybody looked more rough because work was harder and poor people passed much more time in the sun... and that, of course, was awful for their skin.

Apart, black people back then weren't mixed at all with white people, as mixed boys weren't well-seen.

Anyway, music was much better than nowadays.

[soldier312]

@YouMakeMyMotorRun fuck man you're totally right... it is kind of simple but i was never thinking about that fact in that way..



[soldier312]

fort worth! that's where he died!

R.I.P....

it's so sad i think that the heritage of this time is about to fade..

[Sweeper5]

This is great. The real deal. I love it, and thanks for posting. Played through a supro no doubt? ;-)

[norhamdan1985]

Any good tutorials or tabs on how to play this? I would classify my general guitar skills as Intermediate/Advanced as far as Rock goes.. But when it comes to the blues I am sort of a noob, especially the slide. However I own a slide and I just love these open tunings and rhythms. Something about em'. I learn fast, can anyone give me some good sources to really learn this particular style of the blues(what is it Delta?). Thanks.

[californiaclaybo]

@norhamdan1985 Go to my channel and look at my subscriptions. you will see one on there "Delta blues tips". This is a really cool english guy who actually has hundreds of lessons on his channel. From beggining to at least in the direction of advanced. the lessons are free but he appreciates and deserves donations if you got it. He teaches many aspects of delta. He is really good. It's not easy to play correctly. Feeling and technique are both important. good luck

[norhamdan1985]

@californiaclaybo Thanks bro, appreciate it. And Yes I do know Ry Cooder and I dig em'.

[californiaclaybo]

@norhamdan1985 Also the greatest living slide guitarist in the world is Ry Cooder. If you are not familiar please look the paris texas sountrack and listen to it. His version isn't on youtube but is on alot of sites like rhapsody. Also his feeling bad blues is on youtube. Paris is acoustic, feeling bad electric. Also you must listen to him play "JESUS ON THE MAINLINE" on the midnight special. It's posted here on YT. And is live amazing open g Delta. You won't regret checking this out

[bassbob42]

Look at him make love to that guitar!

[CyValkarion]

Slide guitar is the sweetest sound in the world. I wish I could play it. Maybe I can get lessons from Derek Trucks! XD

[pyrofella]

Great sound - love that slide guitar

[brelomar]

what a shame when u think that these people were brutalized and segragated.

[mrghastly]

i wish black popular music was as melodic as this. popular hip hop and R&B is a cultural poison. they don't even deserve to be classified under those terms.

[AtlantaSpike]

@mrghastly

Funny - I feel the same way about metal, modern country, techno, emo, and Top 40. If only white popular music was this melodic.

[LookOutForThatSquid]

@mrghastly I bet many people in the early 20th century felt the same way about the blues then as you feel about hip hop and R & B now.

[theSodMonster]

@mrghastly R&B used to actually be rhythm and blues, hendrix was an R&B musician, now it's just gone to hell

[TheSatanas666]

@mrghastly johnny guitar watson (a blues huge legend) record whit snoop dog so if he liked must be good

[almanacofsleep]

@mrghastly spoken like a true imperialist! Maybe you should tell black people what they can and can't play. Things should just stay static.

[GrigoriZhukov]

@almanacofsleep problem is junior, problem is rap is NOT music. Not according to Mr. Charles and I'll take his word over yours or anyone elses.

[bazzell13]

@mrghastly Theres no "black" or "white" music,just......music,...are all the same ;-) popular music of these days sucks...i love blues,and 90's metal rock

[THRILLAKILLA187]

@mrghastly AMEN! You said it!

[Harpgrindin]

@mrghastly You're so right. That hip hop and rap crap and that junk they call Today's R&B isn't even music. I don't get how some guy with gold covering his front grill thinks he has life all figured out......looks like a damn fool to me. Yes, cultural poisen is correct! The youngsters follow those fools and end up lost and in jail.

[truthchecknow]

juke joint music! Love it!

[jeremydolby]

The inspiration for 80% of the popular music of the last 70 years. Outstanding!

[alexicon89]

Is htere any place to find the lyrics for this ?

[RandalCard]

real nice .

[00Jose00]

That was beautiful man.

[wrathof]

I love the blues! its a happy way to deal with your sadness lol

[jteshuwah]

is that an old weissenborn? never heard the blues played on one those or like that before! i wonder could you play the blues on a dobro? never thought of it, but that would be cool! anybody know anybody who does that?

[MisterBorg9]

@jteshuwah It's a National Tri-cone square neck

[jteshuwah]

@MisterBorg9 thanks! can you suggest any other great blues guitarists i could check out?

[MisterBorg9]

@jteshuwah Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Bukka White, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Boy Fuller, Kokomo Arnold, Bo Carter, Blind Willie Johnson, Furry Lewis, to name just a few!

[busessuck1]

@jteshuwah fred mcdowell, lemon jeffferson, blind willie mctell

[killbot650]

@jteshuwah i believe that son house played a dobro

[jteshuwah]

@killbot650 i think you might be making the same mistake i did. i think son house played a National steel-bodied guitar, which could very well actually BE a dobro of some description, but i don't believe so. by the way, could you recommend any other artists i might check out? any style would be fine, from punk to polka, and, of course, the blues. thanks!

[rogerbatista]

I love bluesmusic ! '+ºº

[Xaffax]

What can you say? That's it!

The Blues I mean.

[dogchicken]

Wicked cool...

[ponchatwmac]

a fantastic old blues guy

[Lithos05]

Top!!

[crankiboy]

amazin

[texasdreammaker]

Black Ace from Dallas area

[osvelhos]

See: Os Velhos da Montanha

[C3POROBOT1]

LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JackScallops]

WOW!

this is really good!

i am lost for words

[herrbanane2]

goosebumps



[cdbpdx]

Great! Thanks for posting!

[rievans57]

In my very humble opinion the blues started out as the voice of a people. At the outset it was not created to please an audience and it certainly wasn't designed to make money. The blues was a way of venting frustration, anger, misery and heartache. Once these early pioneers began to share with each other they found something powerful and unique. They found a new language. Long live the Black Ace and those like him and long live the blues.

[leroyman333]

@rievans57 if i ever make an album, can i use this comment on the inside cover??



[downhill240]

@rievans57 Excellent observation.

[SakkeusKukkonen]

3 missed like buttom

[gigiusa5]

What year was this? Buried my Pops last year at the age of 100 and he was still playing a mean piano. No, they are not made of the same cloth anymore.

[KDub1963]

It just doesn't get more authentic or more bluesy...WoW...great stuff. Black Ace is "Da Man'...

[evlblue]

- Even if I'm the fastest and the meanest guitarist in the universe, I ain't messin' with no Bluesman.

[easyfriend71]

Yeah.

[ElvisLivesUpstairs]

The 2 dislikes are morons

[evlblue]

@ElvisLivesUpstairs - and music deaf too.

[bluegitsy]

@ElvisLivesUpstairs The 5 dislikes are morons

[chillrobin]

@ElvisLivesUpstairs and the 5th one did it for fun :)

[XyliaTaffan]

@ElvisLivesUpstairs they must have missed the thumbs up button !!! theres no other explanation!! xD