There is no question that Robert Johnson is one of America's greatest singer / songwriters genre be damned. Devil or no devil, he has no peer when it comes to singing and playing the guitar. This song is a perfect example.
I just posted a raw blues slide guitar song on my channel. It's called Underground and I think fans of Robert Johnson will like it. By the way, did anyone see the photo of Robert Johnson in the April issue of Guitar World? I was startled to see it, because I only knew of the two photos...but there's a third. It's a little worse for wear, but it's cool - he's posing with his guitar and Johnny Shines in 1935.
I just posted a raw blues slide guitar song called Underground on my channel. I think fans of Robert Johnson will like it. And by the way, did anyone notice the photo of Robert Johnson in the April issue of Guitar World? I was startled to see it, because I only knew of the two photos, but there's a third. It's a little worse for wear, but it's cool. He's posing with his guitar and Johnny Shines.
Happy birthday Robert, hope there suppling you with plenty of booze & lady's down there. it can't be any worst then this shity cold world we live in with unemployment , gas prices going near $5.00, natural disasters stacks & stacks of problems up here!!!
Man this is ace. Been listening to this guy all my life and still cannot figure how he can play those riffs and sing at the same time. I remember Keith Richards once said the guy must have had two brains and I agree! Awesome stuff, cheers for uploading!
my teachers said "write about ANYONE in the book"..... so i chose robert johnson... and he said "nooo, something older, more classical style.." SO I DROPPED THE CLASS... but i need it to graduate.... guess what i did next........ !!
Can you imagine listening to this for the first time in that era? Hell this guy and others were the bedrock and foundation of the most original music ever made!
I listen to Robert Johnson and I wonder what if he hadn't died at 27? What if he'd played Carnegie Hall instead of Big Bill Broonzy. What if in the 1950's somebody'd put an eletric guitar in his hands...
@Odin029 Makes you wonder doesn't it? Like what if Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan had lived longer? What if they recorded more stuff? But living in the land of what if's isn't very fulfilling is it?
@Odin029 And might I add: What if he had a world class guitar in his hands? I bet he probably played a real shitty guitar. There is a big difference in playing a good and a bad guitar...
@ElvisStillRules he played an entry level Gibson. Mind you that even budget Kays in those days were fine guitars (I know, as I have owned and played many). I think Robert Johnson could have made a Jew's Harp sound like the Second Coming.
@Odin029 Number one. My dogs name is Odin. Second....I love comics and whats if are the shit. You hear the pickin' and think shit this cat did this on an acoustic and before he was 27...No shit.
@Odin029 well listen to johnny winter he's very electrified robert johnson ,or listen to muddy waters buddy guy albert collins,hey u can even check me out junior hooker
The absolute genius involved in this level of playing is hard to grasp. It reminds me of the interview with Keith Richards: when he first heard this song, he said 'Man, that's good. Who's playing along with him..?'
i'm a decent guitarist but i could spend the next 10 years just practising this song and would never get anywhere near that sound. if RJ got his technique from the devil then i say thanks to the devil .....
hey i like this song..........great player guitar acoustic and greeting for robert you is real worshiper evil lucifer..........mysterious guitar too hell yeaaah.................
Honey Boy Edwards, who was friends with Robert Johnson told me that Robert told people that he sold his soul so they would think he was mysterious. There ya go! Crossroads is about hitch hiking, and the devil is a white man, Hell hounds on my trail is about being chased by hounds literally. It's a romantic notion to think R.J. sold his soul for guitar mastery but it's all just B.S. If you could there would be all kinds of Robert Johnson's out there don't cha think?
Love the comments on this one. What is truth, what is myth? I am impressed with this performance, just a very heartfelt and incredible pass that got cut. Looking at some of the other videos concerning Johnson's legacy is interesting, but seems to be a futile endeavour. Different people have different passions, but I think you are chasing a ghost. He was just a man who helped create a window into the soul of the South.
This performance is indescribably good. It that amazes me no matter how much I listen to it. There's so much going on at the same time to think its a solo performance still blows my mind, he is doing the work of at least 3 separate people.. Everything about this track is pure kickass- the shuffling bass/percussion section, wild careening slide guitar melody, weird ass spooky vocals, tricky arrangement that makes one guitar sound like a band. To me this is the pinnacle of solo guitar.
Keith Richards once said that Robert Johnson's guitar work was like Bach on the bass and Mozart on the treble. I may have made a mistake here but the gist of it is correct. Mr Johnson was a genius and he gave us something wonderful. Robert Johnson was the King . . . not Elvis!
@west7productions you must be on some shit because what about sonhouse or elmore james or bb king....BB and elmore was influence by johnson. But Son h ouse inspired Johnson....
at kraker109 i know what your talking about, i was tripping one night and had RJ being played in my room and i was walking down my hallway and their was just the smoke and light coming from my room and it was the most eerie/ weirdest moments of my life, i dont know why. I will admit his music gives me the chills sometimes just by how powerful and moving it is
im guessing a dog and a coyote are near the same thing, see the skill in that has lines down the nose, mines smooth which may indicate its a slightly different breed, meaning DOG :D
Well If you listen closely he does not just use a G or D or standard tuning. He has a tuning that is different. To get the tone he has, and the notes he hits you have to use a cross tuning, and I have to tell you it is not easy to pick out. That is why you can hear it think it is in open G or Open D or Standard however I am telling you it is not. No it is not incomprehensible, but I dare you to play one song of his note for note, and post it...comrade
man the runs in this song are great. slide too. I can play lil queen of spades easily. its just about being creative with what you have to work with. its the same riffs in a given song repeated with variations on the turnarounds and runs.
yeah dude anyone who thinks playing RJ's stuff is easy just does not understand what he is really doing. You can easily play cheesy versions of his stuff but you can not play what he does easy if even at all. tell me what tuninh he is using first off then tell me how it is easy I have been playing for years can play blues in all sorts of tuning still for the most part have very little idea what he is doing check my vid see where i am at as a player then tell me it is easy
Regarding his tuning, he use open G, open D and standard. Many think that his records are actually slightly sped up (also giving him his characterisically slightly higher voice).
No, it's not easy stuff. But it's not incomprehensible either... The other skill that RJ had was combining multiple bluesmen's styles.
lostintheblues...are you kidding me? there is nothing by robert johnson that is even close to easy..when you consider the three separate parts he plays on top of singing...dude ive heard it all now.
well firstly bud, if you wan tto play blues you need to feel that pain that inspires that pain that drives that pain that gives happiness all of its flavor...you cant jsut go ahead and sing the blues if you havent ever or not in a state of depression ,heartache, or pain...it would just be not genuine
1:28 - the blues is a low down achin' chill...i keep coming back to this song whenever think i'm making progress playing the guitar, it's a good reality check
Man, I bet a Doom metal or a death metal "a la cannibal corpse" cover of this song would be awesome. This guy really added a stone to the wall of metal and rock in general.
Yep it makes sense to me, because I don't really care about having a death metal attitude, if it's musically relevent, it's all that matters to me lol! It's just that there are a lot of elements in that songs that would perfectly fit in a death metal song, like the high notes after the intro. And I'd also say that yeah, a death metal singer screaming "the blues" fits it. or at least it wouldn't disturb me. You've got the right to be a death metalhead and to have the blues lol!
I agree with you completely. i am a metalhead- most particularly death metal, and the parallels with that genre and the blues is apparent. death metal uses a lot of "blues notes" which is what gives it that hard hitting sound. i am acually trying to start a death metal band with a blues rhythm.
@fmrmullet - well they say most genius are borderline insane, send me a link to this "deathmetal blues" and if it works ill update your status from "raving madman"(which is where you are at now) to "musical genius" , just poking a bit of fun mate, they are two very distant cousins, but curious you little observation there mate.
Idiot. Every style of music takes talent and skills. Metal has its own values, blues has its own values. Don't down play the value of music, just because it isn't of your own personal taste.
I want this video on my S758 unit.
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bryonwoods513 3 weeks ago
mr johnson use to have the pick of destiny
lorettosg 5 months ago
@lorettosg nah... mr. Johnson is too awesome to have had the pick of destiny... I think the explanation is that he actually is the devil (;
Defenderofeyre 5 months ago
Robert Johnson is amazing!
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ratstompmusic 5 months ago
from other galaxyssss!!!
humberto3153 5 months ago
wICKED SliDES
wisesatyr72 5 months ago
ask muddy waters, rolling stones and hendrix about his MIAIN influences, at the end of the day they will say the same 2 words......Robert Johnson
voodoochild53 6 months ago
There is no question that Robert Johnson is one of America's greatest singer / songwriters genre be damned. Devil or no devil, he has no peer when it comes to singing and playing the guitar. This song is a perfect example.
mrsurety 6 months ago
but i cant understand it.. its not modern, i like the sound
sidbanes 6 months ago
Love the stuff..
sidbanes 6 months ago
Now we know where srv got his stuff .....lol
stephenjedlicka 7 months ago
how can 4 people not like this,pete townsend is probably one of them !!!
andysingletonefc 7 months ago
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feeks84 8 months ago
this man is the reason i started playing guitar! blows my fucking mind and sends shivers down my spine.....in a good way!
6princeofdarkness 8 months ago 4
Great Vid !!!!
CaptainRoryDorkhole 8 months ago
Happy 100th Birthday, Robert Johnson!!!
pansophia93 8 months ago
The devil played the bass parts and mr. Johnson played all the slide licks....
voodoochild53 8 months ago 2
@voodoochild53 uh dood. t'weren't nobobdy but Mr. Johnson playin' there all by his lonesome blue sef.
GrigoriZhukov 8 months ago 9
Wow, Youtube is telling me that Robert Johnson is playing at the Alberta Rose Theatre on 5/7/11. I'd pay to see that, I'll tell you.
badpdx 9 months ago
I just posted a raw blues slide guitar song on my channel. It's called Underground and I think fans of Robert Johnson will like it. By the way, did anyone see the photo of Robert Johnson in the April issue of Guitar World? I was startled to see it, because I only knew of the two photos...but there's a third. It's a little worse for wear, but it's cool - he's posing with his guitar and Johnny Shines in 1935.
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I just posted a raw blues slide guitar song called Underground on my channel. I think fans of Robert Johnson will like it. And by the way, did anyone notice the photo of Robert Johnson in the April issue of Guitar World? I was startled to see it, because I only knew of the two photos, but there's a third. It's a little worse for wear, but it's cool. He's posing with his guitar and Johnny Shines.
mielazul 9 months ago
Just incredible shit!
AnnihilatingAngel 9 months ago
legendary
nhlplayertributes 9 months ago
Happy birthday Robert, hope there suppling you with plenty of booze & lady's down there. it can't be any worst then this shity cold world we live in with unemployment , gas prices going near $5.00, natural disasters stacks & stacks of problems up here!!!
canecorsomob 9 months ago
I love to play and sing robert Johnson songs, i have my own version of me and the devil my voice is lower than his but the guitar is pretty spot on.
slickace23 10 months ago
Man this is ace. Been listening to this guy all my life and still cannot figure how he can play those riffs and sing at the same time. I remember Keith Richards once said the guy must have had two brains and I agree! Awesome stuff, cheers for uploading!
BorderReiver73 10 months ago
wow
textech00 10 months ago
ROBERT JOHNSON WAS THE BLUES
voodoochild53 10 months ago
How the hell does he play that and sing at the same time...
meowthedog 10 months ago
groovy blues!
stanleysoldman 10 months ago
my teachers said "write about ANYONE in the book"..... so i chose robert johnson... and he said "nooo, something older, more classical style.." SO I DROPPED THE CLASS... but i need it to graduate.... guess what i did next........ !!
jessegguitar 10 months ago
whoever disliked this is just jealous
jessegguitar 10 months ago
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blues will never die
ilmanmuutajamuutilma 10 months ago
El puto amo
Juviex 10 months ago
the guitar genius
Ronynerozzi 10 months ago
I just have to thumbs up every video my teacher forces us to watch. Not bad tho...
twigothique 11 months ago
I put up House's preachin the blues so people know what it was actually about
busessuck1 11 months ago
with this man the history of music begins
TheDarkAlchemist360 11 months ago
@ 1:49 to 1:51 how in the FUCK he did that sound on a 6 string acustic guitar ??????
canecorsomob 11 months ago
@canecorsomob with a slide I think
MynZnusz 11 months ago
@canecorsomob a slide and pissed off feelings
jessegguitar 11 months ago
Can you imagine listening to this for the first time in that era? Hell this guy and others were the bedrock and foundation of the most original music ever made!
nuttymanyelismate 11 months ago 2
I listen to Robert Johnson and I wonder what if he hadn't died at 27? What if he'd played Carnegie Hall instead of Big Bill Broonzy. What if in the 1950's somebody'd put an eletric guitar in his hands...
Odin029 1 year ago 61
@Odin029 that my friend, is an incredible thing to imagine.
rondoliomercutio 1 year ago
@Odin029 noone playes an electric like he plays that flattop
jessegguitar 11 months ago
@Odin029 That would have been too much for people to handle.
MultiSagitta 10 months ago
@Odin029 i soon as i read i said " oh shit"
bbyyaahh 10 months ago
@Odin029 Why would you want to ruin it by electrifying it? That's why it's so awesome...he don't need nothin but a guitar...
drunknmonky77 9 months ago
@Odin029 Makes you wonder doesn't it? Like what if Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan had lived longer? What if they recorded more stuff? But living in the land of what if's isn't very fulfilling is it?
PRSguy94 9 months ago
@Odin029 And might I add: What if he had a world class guitar in his hands? I bet he probably played a real shitty guitar. There is a big difference in playing a good and a bad guitar...
ElvisStillRules 9 months ago
@ElvisStillRules he played an entry level Gibson. Mind you that even budget Kays in those days were fine guitars (I know, as I have owned and played many). I think Robert Johnson could have made a Jew's Harp sound like the Second Coming.
paddywhackrn 9 months ago
@paddywhackrn Ok. Thanks for the information :-)
ElvisStillRules 9 months ago
@paddywhackrn heh, try a wash tub wit a long stik nad one string laid out as six...
GrigoriZhukov 8 months ago
@Odin029 Number one. My dogs name is Odin. Second....I love comics and whats if are the shit. You hear the pickin' and think shit this cat did this on an acoustic and before he was 27...No shit.
HuXtheDestroyeR 9 months ago
@Odin029 he sold his soul, he had to go when he came a calling...
feeks84 8 months ago
@Odin029 easy robert plamer
bloveableful 7 months ago
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@Odin029 easy robert palmer
bloveableful 7 months ago
@Odin029 well listen to johnny winter he's very electrified robert johnson ,or listen to muddy waters buddy guy albert collins,hey u can even check me out junior hooker
Juniorhooker 5 months ago
@Odin029 LIKE MUDDY WATERS JOHNNY WINTER
Juniorhooker 5 months ago
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@Odin029 go check out me Junior Hooker burning my axe you will love it
Juniorhooker 4 months ago
@Odin029 I can't even make my electric sound this electric.
saintoccasionally 3 days ago
Woke with this song playing in head on Xmas eve!!!!
komraid 1 year ago
He plays the hell outta this song! One of my favourites, leaves me awestruck.
louiseduvee 1 year ago
Stunning!!
HowlinWilf13 1 year ago
still don't know how he did it... amazing.
rnburgandy08 1 year ago
Robert Johnson isn't just the King of The Delta Blues... He is the king of ALL the Blues!
MetalAndRockGuru 1 year ago
BTW, repipepi...incredible images in this video: where did you come across them all?
skcorder 1 year ago
Stephanpak - I agree with you.
The absolute genius involved in this level of playing is hard to grasp. It reminds me of the interview with Keith Richards: when he first heard this song, he said 'Man, that's good. Who's playing along with him..?'
skcorder 1 year ago
hands down the most important song of the 20th century
stephanpak 1 year ago
I've travelled on so far, I just can't turn around...
jaysun34 1 year ago
i'm a decent guitarist but i could spend the next 10 years just practising this song and would never get anywhere near that sound. if RJ got his technique from the devil then i say thanks to the devil .....
Eljaywa 1 year ago
I fucking hear two guitars, how the hell did he do that?!
Kanarie1973 1 year ago
@Kanarie1973
Lol
The man sold his soul to the Devil.
Then the Devil played by his side.
:-)
Actually it is the guitar and the reflection from the corner he was sitting more then likely.(sitting face first into the corner)
mcoaxe1 1 year ago
@mcoaxe1 dont ruin all the fun! he said himself that he sold his soul btw
GrimRipperSociety 1 year ago
@Kanarie1973 it was the devil playing by his side
GrimRipperSociety 1 year ago
you cant teach rhythm like that....its coming out of his bones! amazing endurance from the right hand...
marcus38447226 1 year ago
@marcus38447226 i've got that too ;)
GoodDoseOfRock 1 year ago
He loved singing about the devil didn't he.
Metalhead001122 1 year ago
Really,,,just 6 strings on that thing. Amazing.
pburner1 1 year ago
hey i like this song..........great player guitar acoustic and greeting for robert you is real worshiper evil lucifer..........mysterious guitar too hell yeaaah.................
3blackshadow1 1 year ago
@3blackshadow1 your an idiot.... listenin to him... for once
jessegguitar 10 months ago
Honey Boy Edwards, who was friends with Robert Johnson told me that Robert told people that he sold his soul so they would think he was mysterious. There ya go! Crossroads is about hitch hiking, and the devil is a white man, Hell hounds on my trail is about being chased by hounds literally. It's a romantic notion to think R.J. sold his soul for guitar mastery but it's all just B.S. If you could there would be all kinds of Robert Johnson's out there don't cha think?
profitgreen 1 year ago
... and only 1 guitar!
19411945ussr 1 year ago
I heard it several dozen times and I can certify he's singing nonsense... sounds great tho
AnarAtragin 1 year ago
nice, and good photo montage as well..
TheRealDarthCosby 1 year ago
This gives definition to the word 'Chops'.
Butzopower 1 year ago
who the hell would dislike this?....fags lol
ElDiabloEastSida 1 year ago
I wonder what RJ would of sounded like if he had an Electric Guitar.
meotoko77 1 year ago 2
@meotoko77 he'd of sounded like Muddy Waters "Electric Mud", check it out it's a great album
Poopspoon420 1 year ago
@Poopspoon420 thanks, I will.
meotoko77 1 year ago
Real Music
BantuNation 1 year ago
If like Robert Johnson then check out this clip for his song Crossroads:
watch?v=gIubFU_dAac
doronDeutsch 1 year ago
fuck! that's mastery. "goin to the still'ry, stay out there all day"
viciousquirlslayer 1 year ago
i'm sure he just says "fuck you" instead of "but you" at 1:53
themadplotter 1 year ago
@themadplotter "You ain't never had 'em, I hope you never will."
Ky1e47 1 year ago
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@themadplotter he said hope you never will
5150pb 1 year ago
This ones my favorite one of RJ!
BluntObject1234 1 year ago
Strangely enough, I sense Victor Van Vligt-I hope I spelt that correctly- may have been greatly inspired by Mr Johnson.
Johnnystrychnine 1 year ago
@Johnnystrychnine Don Van Vliet by any chance ? Captain Beefheart ?
edmundsampo 1 year ago
@edmundsampo Yes, Captain Beefheart.
Johnnystrychnine 1 year ago
Damn. I wish I could play a guitar like that.
Bandaids4ever 1 year ago 2
Love the comments on this one. What is truth, what is myth? I am impressed with this performance, just a very heartfelt and incredible pass that got cut. Looking at some of the other videos concerning Johnson's legacy is interesting, but seems to be a futile endeavour. Different people have different passions, but I think you are chasing a ghost. He was just a man who helped create a window into the soul of the South.
tatsandteles 1 year ago
The king Robert Johnson took it away with this one.
RastafariPoet 1 year ago
This performance is indescribably good. It that amazes me no matter how much I listen to it. There's so much going on at the same time to think its a solo performance still blows my mind, he is doing the work of at least 3 separate people.. Everything about this track is pure kickass- the shuffling bass/percussion section, wild careening slide guitar melody, weird ass spooky vocals, tricky arrangement that makes one guitar sound like a band. To me this is the pinnacle of solo guitar.
tenementrock 1 year ago 9
Keith Richards once said that Robert Johnson's guitar work was like Bach on the bass and Mozart on the treble. I may have made a mistake here but the gist of it is correct. Mr Johnson was a genius and he gave us something wonderful. Robert Johnson was the King . . . not Elvis!
pmoyer50 1 year ago
This song fukin rocks!
bigsamable1 1 year ago
If you consider his direct influence in every aspect of blues music and rock and roll in general. there are no better blues players.
west7productions 1 year ago
@west7productions you must be on some shit because what about sonhouse or elmore james or bb king....BB and elmore was influence by johnson. But Son h ouse inspired Johnson....
skyiscrying53 1 year ago
This is it GREATEs
bigwillhenk 1 year ago
probably his finest
felixrockss 1 year ago
See, now Howlin Wolf singing smokestack lightnin make a ton of sense from here on in.
Thanks for posting this.
Leshiye69 1 year ago
I keep coming back to this. Listened to this so many times but I still don't have a clue what the hell is goin' on after the 2. 35 mark.
buffalobilly 1 year ago
at kraker109 i know what your talking about, i was tripping one night and had RJ being played in my room and i was walking down my hallway and their was just the smoke and light coming from my room and it was the most eerie/ weirdest moments of my life, i dont know why. I will admit his music gives me the chills sometimes just by how powerful and moving it is
itsfloodindownintex 1 year ago 9
he played like if he was fucking the sexiest woman in the fucking world
majinbunda 1 year ago 2
2:41 i got a skull JUST like that, what is it off? i dno :S been trying to work it out for years
bugz000 1 year ago
@bugz000 It's most likely a coyote.
Mandolinpossum 1 year ago
but i live in the UK :P we dont have them here, i guessed a badger but seeing it in the US? :S maybe a dog? or a cat...
bugz000 1 year ago
Ah, then yeah, the one you found is likely a dog that got out or lived in the wild. I was referring to the one in the video being a coyote. :B
Mandolinpossum 1 year ago
im guessing a dog and a coyote are near the same thing, see the skill in that has lines down the nose, mines smooth which may indicate its a slightly different breed, meaning DOG :D
bugz000 1 year ago
SKULL *
bugz000 1 year ago
Robert is awesome....and you can really hear the influence of his mentor(one of them), Son House in this track.
jerfoofan 1 year ago
My house is slightly haunted and I was playing r.j and started to hear whispering the rest of the night....I didn't get much sleep after that
kraker109 1 year ago 3
you aint never had em! i hope you never will! fuckos
nickvanzetti 1 year ago
rhythm machine
Hauff1988 1 year ago
It must be hard to play this song!
Deafbillieblackbell 2 years ago
great video, especially the intro
MrMattTheKnife 2 years ago
I think we all know where Elvis and so many others got their style from the true inventor of rock & roll MR. Robert Johnson
tewvette 2 years ago
OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Ixtee1979 2 years ago
@Ixtee1979 Indeed
Deathsiren 1 year ago
this is great ... guys listen to the rock version of this great piece of music, just go to the homepage of steve hill and the majestiks ... great
... love it
ElMariachiC 2 years ago
Man this one here is off the hook, that pick up beat is like........whoooooooaaaa
PeaceAndJustice357 2 years ago
This is my #1 robert johnson blues THE BEST
vickeybird 2 years ago 2
RJ is the king of the blues! funk and soul all in the groove... master of it.
jdrizd2 2 years ago 2
NEVER STOP listening this type of MUSIC people!!!
albertino992Classic 2 years ago 22
my heart beat kept getting faster as this song went on..
cofferson 2 years ago 3
you ain't never had 'em. hope you never will.
R.J
crazygangstawiddagun 2 years ago 3
damn listen to him moan and growl
not to mention that crazy ass slide
snubbs741 2 years ago 2
The Best!
PermanentWater 2 years ago 3
amazing simply amazing
guitarplayingstoner 2 years ago 4
slide guitar god
CabbageNappa 2 years ago 5
devil must have tuned his guitar...
Leeguitarbassviolin 2 years ago 6
ledgend!
donottawaguitar 2 years ago
Well If you listen closely he does not just use a G or D or standard tuning. He has a tuning that is different. To get the tone he has, and the notes he hits you have to use a cross tuning, and I have to tell you it is not easy to pick out. That is why you can hear it think it is in open G or Open D or Standard however I am telling you it is not. No it is not incomprehensible, but I dare you to play one song of his note for note, and post it...comrade
bigjrritchie 2 years ago 5
man the runs in this song are great. slide too. I can play lil queen of spades easily. its just about being creative with what you have to work with. its the same riffs in a given song repeated with variations on the turnarounds and runs.
MrMudneck 2 years ago
amen...
TheSunRecords 2 years ago
you gonna do it? Tell me all about it.....
Classic!
izzykov 2 years ago
Great video.
louiseduvee 2 years ago
man,i get chills listening 2 this ,god bless..
200GANGSTERHITS 2 years ago 3
yeah dude anyone who thinks playing RJ's stuff is easy just does not understand what he is really doing. You can easily play cheesy versions of his stuff but you can not play what he does easy if even at all. tell me what tuninh he is using first off then tell me how it is easy I have been playing for years can play blues in all sorts of tuning still for the most part have very little idea what he is doing check my vid see where i am at as a player then tell me it is easy
bigjrritchie 2 years ago 3
I play a 'not so cheesy' version by ear
I'd say open D ?
00Meira00 2 years ago
id have to agree
kswindl 2 years ago
Regarding his tuning, he use open G, open D and standard. Many think that his records are actually slightly sped up (also giving him his characterisically slightly higher voice).
No, it's not easy stuff. But it's not incomprehensible either... The other skill that RJ had was combining multiple bluesmen's styles.
comradelopez 2 years ago
lostintheblues...are you kidding me? there is nothing by robert johnson that is even close to easy..when you consider the three separate parts he plays on top of singing...dude ive heard it all now.
lasvegastoneworleans 2 years ago 26
like consumption, killin me by degrees! /chills
dubbs164 2 years ago
well firstly bud, if you wan tto play blues you need to feel that pain that inspires that pain that drives that pain that gives happiness all of its flavor...you cant jsut go ahead and sing the blues if you havent ever or not in a state of depression ,heartache, or pain...it would just be not genuine
f1ghtclub2k3 2 years ago 2
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a lot of Johnson's stuff is pretty easy to play, but this song is just insanely hard
lostintheblues 2 years ago
1:28 - the blues is a low down achin' chill...i keep coming back to this song whenever think i'm making progress playing the guitar, it's a good reality check
toolram 2 years ago 7
the blues is a low down shakin chill
PeaceAndJustice357 2 years ago
If you have not had em' i hope you never will - Son House
arjhendrix 2 years ago 9
@arjhendrix like comsumption! killing me by degree!
jessegguitar 1 year ago
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toolram 2 years ago
OMG. I can't help but play this over and over again....
ishigum 2 years ago
check out blind willie mckenzie
allinwith2s 2 years ago
now this is how satan speaks
praise this dude
capitancriterio 2 years ago 2
Man, I bet a Doom metal or a death metal "a la cannibal corpse" cover of this song would be awesome. This guy really added a stone to the wall of metal and rock in general.
bassrocking 2 years ago
do you really think the front man screaming "the blues" makes sense for a death metal band?
Doesnt fit bro.
thestrugglewithin 2 years ago
Yep it makes sense to me, because I don't really care about having a death metal attitude, if it's musically relevent, it's all that matters to me lol! It's just that there are a lot of elements in that songs that would perfectly fit in a death metal song, like the high notes after the intro. And I'd also say that yeah, a death metal singer screaming "the blues" fits it. or at least it wouldn't disturb me. You've got the right to be a death metalhead and to have the blues lol!
bassrocking 2 years ago
I agree with you completely. i am a metalhead- most particularly death metal, and the parallels with that genre and the blues is apparent. death metal uses a lot of "blues notes" which is what gives it that hard hitting sound. i am acually trying to start a death metal band with a blues rhythm.
fmrmullet 2 years ago 16
@fmrmullet haha i started a thrash band with a blues rythem last year and let me tell you its a shit ton of fun i definatly suggest you do it
gabej14 1 year ago
@fmrmullet - well they say most genius are borderline insane, send me a link to this "deathmetal blues" and if it works ill update your status from "raving madman"(which is where you are at now) to "musical genius" , just poking a bit of fun mate, they are two very distant cousins, but curious you little observation there mate.
lenix2034 1 year ago
@fmrmullet a metal band with a blues rhythm = everytime i die.
sparkoflifemedia 1 year ago
@fmrmullet ugh..... metal is all simple but fast guitar riffs, screaming, and double bass pedal. blues actually takes talent
LittleBlackSparrow 1 year ago
@LittleBlackSparrow
Idiot. Every style of music takes talent and skills. Metal has its own values, blues has its own values. Don't down play the value of music, just because it isn't of your own personal taste.
rockindavid310 1 year ago
@LittleBlackSparrow If you really think that, you're a fucking moron.
bleedingeyes08 1 year ago
Yeah, I'm agree with you. The very speedy way he plays the guitare in this song could perfectly fit with heavy or death metal.
When you listen to this song, you can easily understand why Robert Johnson inspired generations of guitarists and rockers!
666Kein666 2 years ago 6
i love death metal but i dont know about all that
todd0000420 2 years ago
here s the basic the rest is all up too us.. g
stive1971 2 years ago
How the fuck can he play like that!!! I can't even air guitar it!!
ishigum 2 years ago 4