Backwater Blues

[bellybeps]

beautiful.

[Pie2009911]

Awesome, I like it a lot! And to me, the guitar looks lots of fancy =)

[xvancalashvili]

make a tutorial pleaseeeee, thx in advance

[Theitisme400]

BRILLIANT voice!!!

[Gamesgamer1337]

what tune is it you use is it the normal guitar tuning or an open tuning ?

[alonzogarbanzo]

@Gamesgamer1337 I've used all sorts of keys and tunings on this song, but it's normal tuning on this performance, in E positions capoed up 3.

[Gamesgamer1337]

@alonzogarbanzo thank you for you answer and by the way great video you're a good singer and guitar player

[rrCHRISxx]

Great stuff!

[montreemtx]

Awesome Alonzo awesome you.

Best Ever OMB

[bakedsushi]

This big fan wants everyone to take a min to say a little prayer for the good folks being affected by the mighty Mississippi this week. Songs like this are timeless and if not for those who keep em alive, who would we be as humans? Peace and Love to all who support talent in all forms.

[Soulsisterrr97]

You are truly amazing! Keep up!

[ky99ful]

you are good

[mymailtube]

Very different from the "older" versions, but I love it!

[jobiproducer]

wow! that was very good!

In germany we play this in school..

[ztj95]

great voice

[KienKong]

omg 3 people are not virtuos!

[TheDawisu]

that´s awesome ,because it has this ... real blues-feeling !!!

i adore listening to this performance !!!

[alonzogarbanzo]

@TheDawisu Thank you for that! I've had almost entirely supportive and positive comments, though a couple (which I have deleted, being someone who believes nobody has an automatic right to criticize others' work publicly) have been angry and contemptuous of my not being "black" enough or "poor" enough or "country" enough to perform this song. Musical purism has always been ugly and sad, and purists live in an artistically constricted world.

[Wolta]

I'm pretty sure the answer is "I Learn it by ear" but do you have any tabs? :P Otherwise I'll just look at this video and try to learn it :)

[alonzogarbanzo]

@Wolta I appreciate your interest and even more, I appreciate your being a good sport, but yeah, um...I learn it by ear. And never play it the same way twice. I do regret not having learned to be a reader of music back when I still had enough brain plasticity to do it, but oh well. Can't have everything!

[robertson1857]

@alonzogarbanzo fantastic man im really impressed im doin my next research thesis on blues music which is fine with me because i get to listen to all this great music just wondering what tuning your in though? thanks for tha vid

[alonzogarbanzo]

@robertson1857 Regular tuning, key of E. Thanks!

[FruitGeneration]

good blues

[letterli]

what model (name) of guitar is it? can't read it...

Tx for reply

Cheers!

P.S:

good playing & singing!!!

[alonzogarbanzo]

@letterli Thanks. My guitar is a Martin DC-Aura, which is kind of a D-41 with cutaway, pickup and more bling.

[KeniLeeBurgess]

Wonderful cover. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.

[stefchu1]

All I can say is ............... wow ! you make playing the guitar look SO easy.

( ANOTHER standing ovation) :)

[noonienotjune]

really enjoyed this ...yep your right got to have understanding to get it...thank you Noonie x

[1Wes1]

You got it, man ;)

[Lacaenna]

=D Wow. Now i'm sad. i'm such a poor guitar player...

[BlizzardRoach]

Just aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome !!

[lostmgband]

very cool!

[raymondcrooke]

Came back for another listen to this. Great performance, Alonzo.

[Corbon440]

Excellent version. Brings back school memories.

[MrsDizziness]

WoW! the best version I've ever heard! fantastic voice and guitare playing!

greetz from germany :D

[EmmaDieKoenigin]

Well as our teacher, too!

Man, that was amazing, but this little mistake in the text..

Mais c'était très genial..

Wow das war echt suuuper .D :)

[MemoriesAreMyPrison]

me too

but he sings it better than our teacher

[Garrin13]

That was amazing. Tomorrow im going to sing this song in the school. ^^

peace

[skatefreaks1993]

great voice, great guitar playing and a nice rhythm... that rocks man!

[winnipoo1]

yeah man... maybe its true that young people cant sing the blues, just a fucking great version of that song. I wish I would have the blues like youu. man great

[alonzogarbanzo]

@winnipoo1  White folks can sing blues. Young folks can sing blues. Anyone who can understand and relate to being down can sing 'em, and that's a big category with a huge bunch of people in it. But thanks for your praise!

[DrumRock94]

wow this is great=)

[DieDeiflVomHof]

this is you?

Great ;)

[alonzogarbanzo]

@DieDeiflVomHof : Thank you. Er, who else might it be?

[DieDeiflVomHof]

I thought it perhaps were reuploaded :D

And how many - days, years, month..- did you need to play it as good as it is now?

I only can play "Smoke on the water :D"

[alonzogarbanzo]

@DieDeiflVomHof: well, I first heard Leadbelly sing it when I was 15, so I guess it's taken 47 years to get it to this point. I suppose I had it pretty well nailed by my early 20s, I guess.

[alonzogarbanzo]

Also: Don't worry. Leadbelly himself probably started with "Smoke On the Water."

[DieDeiflVomHof]

Thank you. I´ll practice :)

[Gingxxxta]

i can just say " wow " !!

it 's awesome

[duckfadda]

this is really good!

of course you get 5*

[buffalobilly]

this seriously good stuff!!

[RenatoAugusto08]

wir auch in der schule. nur unser lehrer kann nichts. vor allem nicht am zb schlagzeug. :D

[biggijm]

first real good version i found

you rock dude^^

[circusalbireo2008]

wir habens euch in der schule gespielt

aber deine version is richti geiol

[pwgamer007]

this is a really awesome blues. can´t get enough of this song. 5 stars!

[SyXeR13]

Wow...i'm german too an we play this song today in school and i played the guitar....but...wow....i love how u do the improvisation?? (to improve?? solo?)

It is so fu**** good!! and where do u take this vocals from??? their awesome!!

You are awesome!!

chill an' greets

[alonzogarbanzo]

Danke sehr for all that, and I guess my main vocal influence here is Leadbelly. I think "improvise" is indeed the word you mean, though I'm sure I could "improve" on my solos if I practiced more! Thank you once again.

[7359940]

Excellent! It's not often that you find a video with both great vocals and great guitar playing. A true troubador.

[Disering]

Sounds cool :D, Ik have to learn all sorts of blues's for school :P So i searched some on Youtube :)

Keep going ;)

[Jaromier1]

oh , thats okay ... thank´s for answering.

[Jaromier1]

hey , thats pretty cool

i´m working at this song ... could you show me , how you play it ?

(sry if ther´re any mistakes ... im german, too ^^

[alonzogarbanzo]

Danke sehr for that, but I don't quite know how to show how it's played beyond playing it, which I did, on this video. I wouldn't necessarily play the same things if I did it again anyhow!

[zickiki]

echt toll=)

[alonzogarbanzo]

Oh...uh...I hope that's a good thing.  Thank you?

[cellorafe]

Oh yes, that means: very good in german! Thats that what i say too...keep on! =)

[FilmDreher]

Gut;) Nice;)

[alonzogarbanzo]

Aargh!!! Enschuldigen Sie mich, bitte! I accidentally toggled the thumbs-down icon. I have to wait a day until I can fix it, but I will, and danke sehr for your comment.

[eviqalleqos]

you can speak german ? cute ;-)

[alonzogarbanzo]

Well, not really. Ein very kleines bisschen! And I bet even that isn't quite right, but anyway. And that's TWICE TODAY I hit the wrong icon. I'll fix it tomorrow, I swear!

[eviqalleqos]

thats nice did you learn it somewhere ?

some things arent right of course but nobody cares its the same if you speak englisch incorretly because everybody makes mistakes and nobody is perfect!

with the icon; its okay.

and i really have to say again that i love it how youre singing this song. i learned it in school but youre singin it quite well!

[eviqalleqos]

this is really great i like how you sing it ! awesome!

[alonzogarbanzo]

Viele danke!

[raymondcrooke]

Great! One of my favourite blues songs.