Seasick Steve and the 3-string Trance Wonder

[SimplyKorbin]

8 people tried to go home and play their guitar with three strings. i hope you would understand why they dont like him now.

[surredneck66]

reminds me of my old skynard records

[BodomChildBreeder]

truly versitile musician...!!!

[JamesIsHereBro]

This is proper music.

[ggregga]

Again, 8 retards not liking this!

[craigthe3rd]

My high school art teacher always used to say, "a true artist is someone who can make something out of nothing"

This video is a great reminder of how right he was.

[Ninja4Hyre]

I think hes my new favorite person.

[wrinklesfromweldin]

great shit

[phoenixfighthero]

i agree but he is amazing one of the greatest guitar players as he uses very little which is hard to believe

[chupacabra20]

just imagine what he would do with all strings ;-)))

[chuffer170]

saw this living legend last year and he is absolutley fking brill keep on the road stevo :)

[eufone]

absolutely amazing - pure genius

[eufone]

absolutely fucking amazing. 

[Leadmetal300]

Check out my Seasick Steve - Hobo Low (bass cover)

[faunoram]

he is great !!

[toddallenhooper]

If you practice really hard and get good, one day chicks will put your slide on your finger for you!!!!

[medicinmusic]

This is Steves first ever UK Festival appearance, check Gypsy dave Smith grooving in the back ground.

[redteapot1]

I was correct too! He's huge! Christ, what was I doing two years ago? I feel old..

[joshd963]

this man, has soul.

[rab230]

money well spent steve .

[Ant1fly]

WE KNOW ABOUT YOU SHERMAN!!!!!!!

[craig0907]

We know about you sherman ;D

[plarkin547]

i like a man that can milk the crowd!!

[smashygadge]

amazing

[yanre13]

mat ethis guy is soley inspiring to me to keep playing my guitar

[AlterNihilist]

5:04

Cool. :-)

[PLUMBdogg]

reminds of the black keys older stuff. I'd like to see them all jammin together.

[boomshine87]

@PLUMBdogg YES!!

[johnniejay]

Saw him live at the Academy in Brixton last night, the guy is a genius.

[ricool06]

Seasick steve is awesome. I heard him on Radio 1 or 2 i forgot but he funny.

[mbertao]

He's one of a kind

[Nordkroken]

He´s fantastic, want to see him live someday

[the123kingRV]

I'm going to Bestival in Isle of Wight purely to see him :P

[Nordkroken]

An excellent idea, I´ll wait until he comes to Sweden.....

[wakeboardace]

the pefect idol for everybody

[overthemountain67]

sea sick steves cd ,s only just came out in australia recenently and im not allowed

to buy cause my girlfriends buying it for y b day.although i did go to buy it but it sold

out in twenty mins pretty good for a 67 year old

[petesybaby]

This guy is my hero

[binzing]

Seasick Steve is absolutely amazing!

[Antarblue]

Way cool Seasick! Thanks Mac

[samuraiXlegend]

Epic Success =D

[redteapot1]

any body know what the second guitar he plays is please?

[the123kingRV]

That's his acoustic. It's from the late 1800's i think...

[dalviel]

an acoustic one.

(no idea, check wikipedia)

[pieceofcake2008]

Love the blues and this guy adds to the great blues artists.

[JWMACKENZIE]

the best ever

[mancpartizan]

this guy is fuckin ledgendary

[sheild34]

does anyone know what his guitar is tuned to when he plays things go up ,? i really want to play it .i thought it might be in open g

[jayyshep]

G, G, B. if u dont want 2 rip ur strings off change both your low e and a to a g

[sheild34]

amazing blues slide .

[dazzlerby]

good new fashioned blues!

[gopherbar]

This guy is AMAZING...its a pity he was living rough. Keep playing

[chimpanzeeboyed]

Yeah, but I guess if he never did live rough, he wouldn't have all this amazing soul he's got! I mean, on some of his songs, you feel his pain man. Fuckin AWESOME guy

[blue22red14]

This is real music

[mrgthumbs1]

You are a half wit!

[DizzyJee]

lol you have a VERY low attention rate and/or IQ. Get a culture because we are all laughing at you.

[EnglishHenley]

hehe dumbass

[jimscbgs]

I just want to thank that dammed old Sherman for coming up with that old 3 stringer and selling it to you no matter the price..Man you play that thing like we all wish we could..

[D3CK3RS]

whats the original guitar he's using?

[ryemic]

A true entertainer which some people seem to have forgotten how to do this guy should be world famous and live in a mansion lol. But I think even if he did he would maintain the bum look

[smilingandalf]

he is world famous now

hes playing the royal Albert hall tonight and lives on a large farm in england.

[richodion]

is the guy ever playing @ newcaslte? or has he already?

[mangahead1]

Man, he is amazing! Just watching this video makes me wish I had of been there!!

[karl198]

We know about you Sherman!!!

[akabusiF365]

his beard is magnificent

[musictoluv]

absoulty sick :`)u are like no other wicked talent 4 real

[faunoram]

f**k the boutique gear !!

seasick steve only needs a cheap guitar and his raging talent

vamoos carajo!!

[efa2907]

the person who left the comment below me is a right foookin bender loolaa bitch piece of pretentious shit.

maybe some of what he said is kinda true. but a true musician would never say that.

i saw seasick steve at oxegen. he was fantastic.

hes a true hero!

unlike bender face below

[marlinus64]

Music has roots, but no boundaries. If you feel it then play it. Music is the human soul on wings. Let it fly people, let it fly.

[howarddd92]

Damn you scamming sherman.

[CORBYPUNK]

to undoingtruth, how can you even try to tab shit like this! just play and if it sounds good it sounds good.looking forward to seeing your man at glasto tomorrow

[derekm28]

go steve , what a talent

[realfuckinggas]

what a legend!

[meateora]

ffs sea sick ya betta come to Liverpool England... if you dont .its your loss ..ffs someone tell him lol.... this is one place you have to play...please please ok just get here when ya can

[joecushley]

He's played there twice. Ffs, you ought to read the local papers...;-)

[meateora]

ffs when and where???? im a new fan so aint been following

[sim5361]

sunday 19/10

carling academy, liverpool

[techsl1210]

Buzzy guy. Love im.

[deltaguitar28]

descended from africa? you really need to check some of your history. The blues has some things in common with african rythyms, and was packaged and sold as negro music. However the 12 bar pattern was really created by WC Handy who publised St Louis Blues the first published blues song. He was a white guy OMG!! Also Blues was actually origianlly a Vaudville Novelty Act. Most of the original guys only recorded blues, but played pop songs of the day to make their living. Ur a moron!

[joecushley]

Erm, WC Handy was a black guy, deltaguitar28, and your analysis of the origins and development of the blues and its African retentions is pretty simplistic to say the least. Heigh ho. You shouldn't insult people when you're on such shaky ground yourself.

[FreakyNell]

Handy didn't invent the 12-bar blues, he simply repackaged what he'd heard the negroes playing and singing. "Call & response" was a feature of the negro worker's music.

These workers were mostly slaves or children of slaves, who had been brought from Africa - and had brought their music with them.

The first published blues music was Memphis Blues, not St Louis Blues.

I suggest you watch the Martin Scorcese series on the Blues. Far more authoritative than your bleary view.

[McAwesomestein]

Here's how you get the tab:

Snap 3 off the strings on your guitar and figure it out from there.

[matwest1]

haha if u were a good guitar palyer u would work it out

or at lest get it to sound like it.

[undoingtruth]

anybody know the tab for this?

[herrvoss1985]

he's playin it extra slow for you ;)

[undoingtruth]

lol

still anybody know tab

^_^

[philpot1873]

robert johnson on acid!!!!

[redteapot1]

jjhickmott1: is bull good or bad? and do you mean my comment or Sea sick steve?

[jjhickmott1]

what a bull!

[redteapot1]

the man is a breath of fresh air!

The real deal, and proves that all you need is to move people and to make great music is a primal beat, life experience and the need to get your message across by distilling your thoughts down to their very elements.

The man's gonna be huge!!! a proper folk hero if ever there was one.

[dreamerfin]

blues - straight from Africa :) so rich and real.

[Mcmotherfuckingrory]

Who gave this comment a thumbs down? The blues is descended from Africa, but hey some people are just afraid of where some music actually comes from

[deltaguitar28]

descended from africa? you really need to check some of your history. The blues has some things in common with african rythyms, and was packaged and sold as negro music. However the 12 bar pattern was really created by WC Handy who publised St Louis Blues the first published blues song. He was a white guy OMG!! Also Blues was actually origianlly a Vaudville Novelty Act. Most of the original guys only recorded blues, but played pop songs of the day to make their living. Ur a moron!

[aos39]

Love em imagine what he'd do with 4 or 5 strings!

[8RJ88]

haha hmm yeah who knows what he could acomplish but who know's maybe his sound would be toataly different might not be as good there's a video of him playing with one string too

[rich231270]

chuffing awesome

[pjppjp24]

It's like a one man zz-top

I love it.

Shame his tickets are all sold up, or i'd go see him at Astoria.

Damn those fiendish ticket buing people.. lol

[CBFREE]

This is energy plying pure at its best good on you for posting cheers :)

[f1ronu]

This guy is great!

[hippievan1969]

This guy is freaking awesome!!!

[liamhoward1]

hobo-low(dot com). Visit for seasick steve forum.

[BenzoMcBuff]

It's Jimothy, not 'Timothy'.

[jimothy343]

thank you!

[waldroc942]

Good to see someone getting so much soul from a $75 slab of wood and 3 strings. Great stuff Steve. At's wot it's all about! Ace

[ultrakool]

it's probably a fender coronado and not a jap knock-off, as he claims. no inlays. maybe he removed them and it is japanese, who knows? at any rate, i like his schtick, it plays to the crowd

[redmeatheart]

think it's a teisco of some sort, all the harmonys have the same goil foil pickups, definatly a junkyard guitar not a fender coranado or anything like that

[joecushley]

Kent Americana made by Teisco in Japan c 1964

[ultrakool]

yeah, upon further review i was convinced it wasn't a coronado. i thought then maybe a kingston hollow-body, but after seeing a kent americana on a web site, i'd have to agree. thx mate

[Dancrone]

i seen him there too he was brilliant! love the riffs

[vinny69clark]

Just seen this 3 string wonder at leeds festival great entertainment

[sepperocks]

i love seasick steve he rockt at pukkelpop

[HILLBILLYDUDE62]

it dont come much better than this cat

[blick182]

first song is class

[trevorroper]

blown away, 3 strings wow

[SegaIsTheWorld]

he's playing leeds fest n reading fest if anyone is off to that this year

cos i think im off to see this guy

[brewstercraven]

yeahhhh ill see you there!

im brewster!

[DellaTruesome]

Great vid, thanx for postin' y'all. Wow.

[AlabamaTree]

Awesome.....seen this guy on the Glastonbury 07 coverage....now wanna see him live.

[tinanade]

amazin. i wanna tell the world about this guy! normaly i

only ever get this excited over punk rock!

[jimothy343]

your an idiot...thats blues

[tinanade]

d u mean me? i know its blues u little prick. i'm sayin most of the time only punk rock moves me the way this does. ok?

[Bob4Jane]

You mean "You're" and "that's".

[destroyrockandroll23]

why do people feel the need to correct other's grammar all the time? it's sad as fuck!

[Bob4Jane]

Leave me alone.

It's a hobby.

And it's light-hearted fun, quite unlike being rude to me.

Oh, and I'm educating the masses.

Some call me a Saviour.

Others, a messiah.

Others: A Grammar Nazi.

[Bob4Jane]

Oh yeah, I forgot to say that I was trying to belittle an idiotic upstart.

You'll notice (Or maybe you will not, as you may have better things to do!) that I haven't corrected every mistake on this comments collection, or indeed website.

[destroyrockandroll23]

okay

[DrCrabfingers]

You should have uses a capital I for 'Its' in It's sad as fuck. Well you should have!

[destroyrockandroll23]

you spelt used wrong

[DrCrabfingers]

You got me.

[moonturkey]

quiet you spelling nazi

[JoneeB]

timothy you are a cock

[fla5hboy]

Yeah timothy you made a twat of yourself there. U owe tinanade an apology, and the rest of the world an apology for being called Timothy.

[jimothy343]

you made a twat of yourself proving you can't read. I wasn't trying to use correct grammar, why would you even care?

[tinanade]

you're still a cock!

[georgeb32]

that is so cool!

WE KNOW ABOUT YOU SHERMAN

[JOEakaJOKER]

At the Liverpool gig the man himself asked us to vote for him in the Mojo Awards... so please get your votes in on the Mojo website - feed the hobo! :D

[mudcow007]

i seen this clip on his website an bought the album straight away!!! im going to see him june 1st i cant wait rock on dude!!

[runcornrich]

give thanks to sherman for being a tightass! all hail the seasick one!!

[spaceraida]

im watchin this laffin my ass off! 3 strings.... you cant beat this my friends

[Billynobrakes]

Just brilliant, you could watch this a thousand times and you wouldn't tire of seeing it.

[clemzzz]

i only discovered him yesterday and i have watched every clip about 10 times for 12 hours

[frogswallop]

All hail the living legend of Seasick Steve

[genuineapologies]

beautiful, rough and real. this is what music should be about. i love this so much

[refused0]

Im with you on that one.

[konkretek]

can't believe he gets that sound out of a three string guitar! Steve you got my respect! keep on rockin'

[Nashokadow]

Love this guy, I'm totally buying his album, if he has one...

[joecushley]

He has two! Cheap, with his olkd band the Level Devils, and Dog House Music on Bronzerat Records

[Nashokadow]

Got the Dog House Music album. I might buy the Level devils album at some point. ^^ He's a great artist.

[Jonathan969]

über was weiss er bescheid? über uns... ??

[catterlineCarties]

I was there! I saw this with my 8 yo boy perched on my shoulders. One of the most heart lifting, joyful moments of my life. Utterly fantastic. Practically a religious experience - I didn't stop smiling for about a week afterwards.

[fuzzmaniac]

Some of that song is a lot like Page's old riffs. Only Page needed all the strings.

[JockinD]

I've seen Page,Gilmour,Moore,Clapton,Ric­hards to name a few believe me this guy should be bigger.

Andy

[curtisandhooky]

Gah! he was at Belladrum!!! 10 minutes from me and I missed him!!!

[williegripper]

Saw Seasick Steve on Jool's Hootenany, buying his album now..

[HazyBlues]

Thanks alot ommony, I have learnt so much from watching videos of this man, and now Im thinking of releasing some TAB videos of what I think he plays. The truth is, I bought a £40 semi hollow, took 3 strings off, and now I have finally worked out some of his stuff. Thanks alot for helping me retexture my hobo blues! :D Hopefully I can help other people play some of his stuff soon too! Please if you have any other footage let me know!

HB, Jack Hayes

[Splendor78]

That's awesome!

[333TGINN333]

I just watched Jools a couple more times and I'm loving this guy. I hope you lot buying his album on the same day as me dosent slow down my delivery :)

[liquidsnake131]

Also saw him on Jools - amazing.

Blew everything else on that show away, awesome stuff.

[mdlm]

Saw him on Jools and he blew me away! I got on the website first thing this morning and bought the album.. He's truly awesome.

[333TGINN333]

this guys convinced me to buy an electric guitar and play three strings! I'll never be converted to dungerees though.

[jackabianruff83]

what was the song called that he played on hootenanny? i loved it!

[fozzer2002]

dog house blues

[pmw10]

Dog House Boogie ...it's on his new album; Dog House Music

[ReDArMy06]

He is Raw! Thats why his music is great!

[beaniejoyce]

wow.. the coolest thing on Jules... and only three strings... punk rock blues rules (look at level devil "cheap"... I call it hobo blues... wonderful stuff ... happy new year you'all

[uselesszorg]

I also saw him on Hootennany, great music!

[xrwhumanx]

Yup saw him on Jools too.

Loved the song he played.

[Sureshotj]

The highlight of Jools Hootenany for sure. Amazing musician. I got home and ordered an album immediately.

[petegreen1955]

Hi All,

Yeh, just saw him on Hootenany too (UK new year music show).

Rockin' rootsy raw blues!

This guy is going places, looking forwards to hearing more in 2007.

If you like this give Watermelon Slim a try.  Cheers and a happy 2007 Pete.

[DirqVan]

Also just saw him on jools

His music is pure, im loving it

I hope he sells a lot of albums so he can buy some extra strings :)

[thisraft]

best thing watched in 007!

love - jan

[RoscoLabri]

He was just on Jools Hootenanny 5 minutes ago, first time I've ever seen or heard him. Pure Blues, I love it!

[stebanbury]

word

[enrashid]

Amazing!