Roots of Blues -- Robert Johnson „Walking Blues"

[baelsharon]

classic blues sounds best on a classical guitar

[nagacami]

Mi canción favorita!! y mi ringtone!! =D

[SquishedButterfly]

"It's a calamitous loss that people can't express themselves that way anymore" (Robert Crumb)

[1965kid]

Thank you Robert. You invented Rock and Roll and never knew it!

Rest in peace my friend!

[my2tery0]

amazing !!!!!!

[kaonator]

hahaha that guy looks way too happy to be mr. johnson

[0wey2011]

snappy threads nice tunes sir

[icarolagranha]

cara simplesmente ele foi o mestre se nao fosse por ele nao haveria nada do que se conhece por musica boa hoje ..... so tenhu a agradecer.. thanks man *-----*

[lightlyone]

too bad it's not a pix of the singer, i'd like to share this... great audio if it's authentic.

[skittlz575]

i'm pretty sure they didn't have color film in Robert Johnson's lifetime

[corpralkirsch]

muddy waters stole a bit from this song, his is called i feel like going home both great songs

[bored9875]

sounds...sped up

[dvpkid]

it takes pain to play the blues

[XKAHAN1]

Happy Hundreth Birthday, Mr. Johnson - 8 May 2011

You inspired so many.....Clapton, Keith, and so many more to chop wood with their axes. But mostly, you inspired me cause I know you didn't make a deal but rather worked your ass off.......no shortcuts. Thanx Pops.

[7thvenom]

@XKAHAN1 perfect !!! you just wrote poetry PEACE TO YOU FAM.

[XKAHAN1]

@7thvenom thanx 7th, ;)

[Silver925night]

I heard of him from the movie Supernatural... who said movies ain`t good for anything...

[bahello]

i think its the picture of the uploader

[corpralkirsch]

holy shit another star to die at 27

[gomczx11]

obviously this isnt rober johson, and just look at the guitar and you can tell it wasnt made in the 30's

[paniac5]

I was wondering was that really Robert J.

[vulcan1429]

This picture is NOT Robert Johnson!!

[AtmaRising]

Raw!!!

[neko6451]

rj is god.

[fattybergeson]

law ha mecy 

[coyotesong]

For my money, this is the very first rock and roll record. And what absolute great stuff it is!!! I realize there are other great candidates like Love in Vain, but his one just really says it for me.

[MyMoppet52]

Thank you so much! This is it!!! He sounds so good and it was so long ago.

[TheOldcountryboy]

i definately hear the influence on later blues playing, but i still like the clapton version better

[wacayasamalusammy]

this men made deal with satan but still play sucks. damn what a wasteful soul lol

[TheNewThink]

@wacayasamalusammy

That's one of the most desgraceful things I've ever seen, even on Youtube. You oughta read some history, and see that his playing made whoever you are or what artists you are listening to - if you're into modern music.

He changed it all. A godfather of rock music.

Johnson did a good deal.

[counterstrike02]

@wacayasamalusammy lol he is still better than any blues guitar player today so what does that tell you? :D

[bonscott01]

if you close your eyes...and listen real good...you can almost see him, sitting in a chair...singing....

[HowlinWilf13]

I could listen to this for hours (and sometimes do)!

[shinotora1X]

Eat your heart out Eric

[BestWaffles]

it was recorded in san antonio texas btw ;) great upload

[ChrisGuitarded09]

this looks like micheal jordan not robert johnson, lol johnson is a legend either way

[JacquelineGaertner]

happy 99th birthday!!!!!!, too bad he didnt get to live till' this day...

[bbalbulus]

Who's the guy? :-D

[anneugene86]

Wow

[paolo19842]

this is blues!!!!!!

[Psionicman2000]

put robert johnson on the brit awards :)

[jhnnytsunami]

wow wat a suck the dude in the picture has a classical robert johnson didnt play a fuckin classical

[SRVBASE]

calm down, its only a picture.

[itspietime4u]

well wat did he play?

[jhnnytsunami]

@itspietime4 he played a conventional steel string not nylon

[slownoman]

@jhnnytsunami Gibson L00, at least in the only photo taken of him holding a guitar. I bought this record in 1966, and I'm very glad I did.

[Landulphcounter]

Great boots Robert.

Would not leave him alone in the same room with my wife!

[fenwayfink]

is this open a capo at second. or open g capo at second which is the same as open a.

[WatsAVideo]

@fenwayfink

Robert Johnson recorded this tune in the key of B, with his guitar tuned

up to A-tuning (E-A-E-A-C#-E) and a capo on the second fret.

[killerkarl123]

@WatsAVideo

Try D# G# D# G# C D# and capo at the 2nd.

[Fruscianteistheman]

i rather not need to imagine, his acoustic is what defines him.

[BigBlackWolf89]

imagine what this boy could do with amplification. without him no jimi, no muddy, no elvis, no blues no r&b, no rock

[GRAILKNIGHTPARZIFAL]

OH GOD PLEASE do not plug him into anything!!!!!

He sounds damn fine just how he is!

Cheers

[oneswtwld]

@GRAILKNIGHTPARZIFAL I Read somewhere that he played electric a few times before he was killed.

[tencr4z]

i wouldn't say no blues, blues was around in the early 1800's and originated from new Orleans but u are right he was a great blues man

[Psionicman2000]

@tencr4z if u ask the african "american" folks, some of them say blues started in africa before they even went to america...which makes me think, if that's true, why didn't it come to the UK too when they came here :-s

[ProfessorCrow]

You can tell the fellow in the photo above does NOT have the blues.

[bonscott01]

22busstop...your an asshole....stop with that upside-down backwords crap....

[Normanskie]

He only does it for attention as he is insecure and lacks confidence, well he got the attention that's for sure. The greatest insult any man can give me is to ignore my presence. Postscript you don't have to acknoledge this thread just ignore me.

[22BusStop]

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[protec8118]

I did one of his things once, "Walkin' Blues", but I mean, nobody could match that thing he had. Django does the same thing to me, you know, Django Reinhardt I mean. He's also one of my real heroes, I mean really on a par with Johnson and the other blues guys. If I had even 1% of his talent, I'd be made up.

Quote from The Late Great Rory Gallagher

[ProfessorCrow]

@protec8118

Excellent taste! :)

Me and my brother play both Gypsy Jazz and Delta style blues.

Great, great music. More emotion than any of the crap these days. I'm a teenager and I see that.

[TxKoyote]

Slowtubbi, great song thanks for adding it. From what i have read about Robert Johnson . He did his recordings in Texas both times.First time in November ,1936. At the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio and the recordings in Dallas were at the old Brunswick Record Building on Park Ave . These Recordings were done sometime in 1937 .Not sure where Park Ave is or if it is still around. Thanks for Keeping It real .......TxKoyote

[vodkapower1986]

Actually that's not a ''root'' it's a ''clasic blues''... The roots are far far behind from that... And that's the blues of Robert Johnson..

[hardgreenhorn]

An incredible blues artist, this is history!!

[RockinTheFree04]

my thoughts on why thier would be such accusations of devil possesion or selling his soul .."the blues musician with that scary kinda sound....who made it enough to inspire"...He grew up in a world of rightless depression....

[RockinTheFree04]

He played the blues, and where do u think the blues came from? His environment. The kind of environment that is the generation after slavery. The kind of environment that the blues is about. He came from a troubled home, and pry didnt learn about anything but troubled times and of course the religion, christianity. all he knows is trouble and that if u dont do things a certain way, a christian way, U Were Goin' Ta Hell...

[RockinTheFree04]

...so i believe that he didnt care about strict religious beleifs and he lived life the way he wanted. A ramblin' man with kids and AFFAIRS...EVERYWHERE. he loved lust and abused manythings im sure. But this also does not mean he sold his soul. I think the things he did and the careless way he did them is why, i believe, such accusations BACK THEN (1920-30) would be made for such an amazing, inspiring, and out of this world (for those times) artist.

[mppuzzo]

would this be considered a high tempo song? i have to play a jazz blues high tempo american standard. I like this. HELP!! RIP johnson.

[TheOmigeo]

I don't believe he sold his soul, but since most of the folk at the time were so superstitious that would have been the logical explanation to them at the time. I would have to make a educated guess as to what he meant by the word "Devil" Hell hound" etc. I would think he was referring to either the KKK on his trail (since during that time there was oppression towards Africans), jealous husband or just women hounding him. Just my observation to his lyrics.

[kswet40]

you must be from up north with that statement, there is oppression against all people everyday.

[iLDNdave]

Why do people think he sold his soul to the devil?

[stormtimedoor1138]

Cause he was so damn good and got that way so damn fast, plus the fact that he died young (27 years old just like Hendirx, Morrison, Joplin, and Cobain!), some people think it must have been the devil that made him like that.

[elmariachi109]

@iLDNdave son house said before that rj was a lousy guitar player... but then he was gone for a year, and came back as a guitar god... that what make ppl think he met a devil, tuned his guitar, sold his soul...

[4brens]

great song! Lame photo though.

[BellaLuna2005]

Raw!  Unplugged! Just one guitar

[ettaj2]

hoover, you know that is not r.j. it even looks like a modern photo. maybe someone playing him in some production but not r.j. by any means.

[copa1628]

the title iconic is tossed around so loosely to describe musicians today..the only one deserve this RJ!!!

[altoids40]

Joe Bonamassa covers this song. It's unbelievable. I recommend listening to it.

[Wizmar]

Yeah, I actually heard Joe's version lots before I even heard the original. Joe did a heck of a version but I think RJ's got more soul. ;)

[Ophie2020]

I'm pretty sure this was recorded in Memphis.

[hooverhasit]

love that image of r.j. above. he really has some passion in his voice on this one. he really relates to the rambling subject matter. guess his life consited of being someplace different all the time.

[williestra]

That picture isn't robert johnson.

[Canchita3]

@williestra yeah who is hw XD wtf

[Jihadgoe]

@williestra I laughed really hard when I read this.

[pappydinksmoms]

@williestra thats my cock

[hidendiamond]

@pappydinksmoms please don't disrespect Robert Johnson with nonsense like that.

[Lagunaaaaaaaaa]

@williestra well u're really clever ... :S

[RcUniverseGuy]

@williestra obviously....