DOWN BY THE RIVER Buddy Miles

[nvet1953]

Yes,yes,yes....

[granpamuzic]

w/out a doubt -one of the best things out of omaha

[sharonmohamed]

Happy BLACK History month to me, I had no idea MR. Buddy Miles was black...I just saw a video wiht him and Jimi Hendrix....I know all the words to this song from the radio but I guess because it was played on the rock stations I assumed he was white...who knew...This is fabulous.

[bragdonkevin]

the guy jammed. we were blessed to have him in our lifetimes.

[Wacokid48]

if only Buddy Miles had played Woodstock - he would have set the bar so high!!!

[yeibiche]

ah yes, back when music was not white or black...it was all good. Some way better than others s'all.

[tonyhq1992]

this sounds a lot like "breathe" by Pink Floyd....especially the intro and its also played similar

[ghrjr1]

i was in southeast asia in the military when i first heard this, we played this album and band of gypsies the whole time i was there, good and bad times

[nidroo55]

whats wrong with using your imagination is that a joke to you?

[nidroo55]

A Vintage Classic,Wish I have a time machine to go back to the 60s.

[MsJhauser]

@nidroo55 JOKE SUPER GOED

[mikebarnes5194]

THIS WAS OUT AS A SINGLE INTHE SUMMER OF 1969-JUST PRIOR TO WOODSTOCK

[kuku4kokopops]

Some music has no time frame. If it came out 20, 30, 40 years ago or tomorrow, it would still be untouchable.

[theoduo]

I was there.

[katnip9]

I played this entire album back in the dau and its still a classic!

[carapo66]

Respect to Neil Young but I think Buddy's version takes the belt.

[TravieCashDos]

i may be young, but i knew buddy miles in person before he passed in 08, and i have the honor of being his students student. Easily one of the most under rated blues artist ever.

[silvanusslaughter]

first song I ever heard stoned.  Holds up well! That guitar!!!

Thank you!

[redsfanstu]

Buddy Miles taking Neil's song a step further, I mean he really sounds like Hell Yeah He shot his baby!

[rebel2rebel]

Straight outa the hood, (barrio) 4 me. This is Neil Young who i'am a big fan of, but, man these dude's knocks it out. Enjoy jente~

[katcampbell1]

@Sk8Chula93 no your just a misplaced time traveler .. I grew up on this

[zumadiane]

there is so much soul in this version. i love neil but buddy took it one step up. rip buddy.

[kronicdeath420]

@Sk8Chula93 I feel that

[raider77nw]

my ankles are bleedin

and im on the titanic sinking

come back to me baby

please girl i love u

when i was a lilac with you in the fiel d

now we are the power hungry people killling us

[Kaleidozep]

@Sk8Chula93 so was I

[maddadram1]

Remember dancing to this tune at the old Knickerbocker Pub

in Central CT in the early 70's. Great times were had by all.

[whatitisnative]

<3

[djlorenzohouston]

between Neil and Buddy Version, This was the best version. just so damn funky!! so glad my aunt gave me her record collection 25yrs ago, this was one of the records in the creates she had. i was born in the mid 70s

[marlinfish128]

Right now...this second...nobobody but me know what time it is and this makes me special! Do you feel special? This time was special...my time comming up in san diego! Neil Young version can't do no wrong niether yet this one was the TIME! : )

[paull25]

Buddy was a great musician who constantly changed his band members. Seems he forgot to pay them! Good music. The "Them Changes" album was my favorite for many years. "Classic Rock" was brand new when I first heard them...

[PTARE07]

BE ON MY SIDE I'LL BE ON YOUR SIDE BABY...

[PhDinExistence]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[recovering16]

@Sk8Chula93 Thank God for good recordings - you can still enjoy it now. I WAS born in this era - and was fortunate to see Buddy in his waning years - still as good as ever though!!

[Jezebel1115]

Sweet memories...

[madero111]

The drummer and bass player carry the groove in this set! Listen.

[goldfinger007able]

NICE

[thecarib]

@Sk8Chula93

maybe you were born in the wrong era, yet u r in the right world to enjoy the present

[mminer58]

What a classic! They don't make music like this anymore. Not even close.

[trt524]

I am not knocking the young at the discovery of good music. Down By The River in the day of the Blue Light Basement Parties was the song you waited for to be played so that you slow dance with the finest girl in the house. We use to call it "grinding" then and some guys would even dip and back bend the girls. It was a beautiful holding her tight at a blue light party with Buddy and Down By the River. A song good at the beginning in the middle and the end..

[ATeamFitness07]

FIYAH!!!!

[rjrip57]

great song!!!!

[lessthan3jake]

this is def. a good cover, but the original by Young can't be topped

[camlax]

There is no music TODAY that can compare with the music of Mr. Buddy Miles! I am so so thankful that I was exposed to his music! He lives on!

[yeda77]

The SPIRIT of this song and the music of that time will forever live. It was's just one kind of music or even about race. The SPIRIT of the time was felt in all the music and song of that time. I for one, thank the GODS that I was raised by that SPIRIT.

Santant, Rush, Yes, Marvin Gay, Buddy Miles, Hendrix and the list goes on and on. That SPIRIT is alive and well in many of us. Pass it on.

[mminer58]

@yeda77 So beautifully said my brotha!!! Those days are gone now but weren't they wonderful! At least we got to experience them.

[bobbyearlhelms]

the great Buddy Miles

[khasm13]

maaaan....this cut is 100% butter.....

[mshed44]

Good soul moving music is more about culture and experience, not exclusively about race. As our wrld becomes smaller, we are going to continue to white cats or non=black cats who can play, write and sing with conviction and super skill. I agree that there will not be another Buddy Miles EVER! But that is the way God designed it to be. Just like I feel the same way about a host of legendary artist, Hendrix, SRV, Clampton, James Brown.......

[Paulinebotello559]

LUV THIS SONG!

[shortcakeslicious]

Annie Green Springs,plum hollow

[chestershot]

ahhh, his voice is crazzyyy

[coldboy0024]

cold  call the police

[DIJV79]

Black people couldn't make music like this today if they tried so sad.

[coldboy0024]

@DIJV79 dumb comment

[TheColkevin]

I Agree. I feel that Buddy Miles was under rated. A CLASSIC

[seekingtheone247]

Buddy Miles also recorded a jazz song called "Paul B. Allen, Omaha Nebraska",

If you really like old school you should check it out!

[ronaldlsmith1]

to kill the beast you must behead the beast....lol dont trust nothing that bleeds 7 days an gets up walks away......hahahahahahahah

[DaddySweet100]

Oh boy do I remember this song. Smoking BoBo and drinking Boones Farm or Ripple., and Mad Dog 20/20. I know I replaced this LP 3 times. I simply wore it out everytime.

[sonep511]

i wish i could get high to this song... but i need a job

[lovintonal]

love buddys version,great song

[itzabit69]

i shot my baby.........love it!!! Damn how I didn't know sh@t bout music love love this song!!!!111

[smp156]

whoa, i've heard this song before

is this a cover?

[wiiiiillllll]

@smp156 yeah, its a cover of a neil young song

[smp156]

@wiiiiillllll

i just looked up the Niel Young version here on YT

and you're right. it is a cover.

Jimi Hendrix was a ***HUGE*** Bob Dylan fan

did Neil Young and Dylan ever play together?

cuz i think Hendrix taught Buddy Miles how to play guitar

cuz there's Live video of Buddy Miles playing left-handed, up-side-down right-hand guitar

check this out (buddy miles playing Jimi-hendrix-style)

/watch?v=Jc5cwnTV92g

[im4evernocturnal]

A masterpiece!!!! Check out The Undisputed Truth's version too!

[jayteeman1]

WoW!!!!! I havent heard this since the album first came out.

[katnip9]

Ageless & Timeless

[FlyinS4]

I live in Los Angeles, but in the late 60's we use to drive up to San Francisco for a 4 day weekend- and our first stop was a club in Chinatown called the Rickshaw and on Ladies night there were "fine" women. Those trips were well worth the drive up north.

[chinkadero]

Buddy you sure brought the vocals in BIG TIME!

[mx6lover]

SOLID !

[smoothjzzgtr]

This recording will always remind me of driving over the Tappan Zee Bridge late at night from JFK back to my house after flying in from Europe in abpit 1970. Hearing this ethereal groove while simultaneously seeing the beautiful lights of the bridge on a foggy New York summer night will always be etched in my mind. This version is much better than Neil Young's original in my opinion. Another great title from this LP is the song Paul Be Allen Omaha Nebraska.

[Anntelope]

OUCH. This still hurts so good. yes.

[lovintonal]

beautiful version

[2boredfortv]

kool, like a funky soulish pinkfloyd breathe, Im diggin it.

[longdrive33]

Thanks for pulling this out of the milk crate to upload!!!!

This and the Band Of Gypsy's album made my day. Now if I can only find where I laid my Boonesfarm Strawberry Hill...........

[HARRIO410]

@longdrive33 Boonesfarm was the bomb, and don't forget the Bambu rolling papers!

[hapzap13]

" MAGICAL "

[netra3683]

WOOOH!!! SOOOO many Memories!! Me, my Big Brother Rick, MUSIC & Latenight Brownies!! :-) A little Buddy Miles, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Santana, and most definitly Hendrix~

[brad4shizz]

He drug me over the rainbow at the age of 16- his death was a loss to the world.

[FogDigger]

this is so underrated it's criminal!!

[thecarib]

@FogDigger You are lost in the worlds of music maybe you don't belong to Mother earth and was dropped here by accident

[threetwoseven]

@thecarib he means its so good everyone should know it

[threetwoseven]

@thecarib he means its criminal that this song isn't more well known

[Pianofy]

@thecarib This is exactly how I feel

[Wacokid48]

@FogDigger don't worry..we all remember and respect this most awesome of all covers !!!! saw Buddy in 1987 - he still blew my mind!!!

[Aeerobic]

@FogDigger We have to request it

[luvrofmusic4ever]

thank you....

[fourty5mag]

One of my favorites!!! Drag me over The Rainbow!!!

[thecarib]

I am still alive that is why i do retro to educated young pups like you,

This song is original.

Thanks for enjoying .

[mygraine]

@thecarib Actually...it's a Neil Young song originally (1969), if you're going to educate the young pups, at least get the info right! lol

[jbonemansho]

dadadadude-was any of u alive then?

buddy R.I.P.

shalala....

[Harrymen]

@jbonemansho i was and still am

[shortcakeslicious]

@jbonemansho

shalala 4 sho!!!!!