Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Sweet Home Chicago

[Rythmevital]

Can you give the names of the second song he plays after sweet home please ?

[Monkeymosh]

Really not that great, but for a 91 year old, fair play.

[samirsouibes]

fantastic.. thank you

[Valegrete]

people in the audience need to keep quiet while hes playing

[LandonInFlorida]

@Valegrete

Spoken like a true Asian...

[mumunpacha]

grand !

[TheRiddleo]

This is music, real music. Don't get any better than this

[davidmorenoist]

maestro 

[snoopeZayko]

This man is a direct link to the delta blues :X u can tell that he took his first blues lessons from none other than Robert Johnson

[wolfiherz]

dieser man rockt und bluest nur mit seiner gittare super

[dodgeray3577]

There is no better blues singer

[jehovahuponyou]

THAT WAS COOL - HOPE I CAN DO AS GOOD WHEN I GET HIS AGE - WONDERFUL VIDEO, THANKS FOR POSTING!

[gluestick0808]

That guy is frigin awesome!

[CallMeMrX]

I wish he were my maths teacher.

[BluesmanKT66]

Chills to the bone. So, So Sweet, the sound of the Blues.

[BluesmanKT66]

Chills to the bone. So, So Sweet, the sound of the Blues.

[patatedore]

50 cents would love that!

[55Diddley]

Robert Johnson taught him to play.This is the closest thing we will ever see to the legend.

[SILBERTOR]

Where can I teach to play this song like he did?? Amazing, simple, minimalistik and georgeous. Respekt.

[speedyMEG]

:-O its a electric 12 string ....

[rmurbach1961]

This was filmed shortly before he died and only a couple of years after he played a concert with his friends Honeyboy Edwards and Pinetop Perkins.

[elpueblano009]

im mexican and i love the blues!

[tabalets]

Se me ponen los pelos como escarpias... Blues en estado puro, impresionante, blues forever desde Alicante (Spain)

[rmachayes]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

[mkworkman]

5:01 video: At 1:08 Sweet Home Chicago by 91 Year Old Blues Legend and N.E.A. Recipient Robert Lockwood, Jr.; live on stage at the Palace Theatre in Grapevine, Texas.

March 27, 1915: birth of Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (d. 2006).

[pinoyblues69]

just can't fuc_n' explain why this guy's version made me cry!!! I've always loved rj's original and johnny shine's wonderful rendition but it's only lockwood's that made me cry.

[AnnaWizko]

nice song !!!! lg..wizko

[rdocray13]

A 12 bar beat stairway to Heaven ...(;

[amran2611]

true sound of blues....... what a legend,,



[98jejq]

RIP Robert Lockwood, Jr

(March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006)

[Bohumill2]

Robert Johnson teach him playing on guitar...

respekt!!!!!!

[eeltownman]

oh yes this proves God Got Soul.

[rghunnicutt]

A fine gentleman, and a Blues Hero.

[kevindlinc]

His name is actually Robert Jr. Lockwood his mother saw Robert Johnson when he'd pass through or sometimes he'd stay for and extended period of time-''I got the blues bout Miss so and so and the Son got the blues about me.''

[evlblue]

- This is the definition of Blues... 18 dislikes means 18 people are deaf or Maybe Bieber or Gaga fans?

[vojko74]

full of soul

[Nucleo85Torino]

Wow....

[3Firesiders]

what a setting!!!

[68shamoa]

thank you for this upload!! Love it!

[skeptyky]

I LIKE IT LEGENDE DU BLUES THE BEST SONG BLUES

[roodbaard51]

thats real blues love it

[cletistheslackjawedy]

he lived in cleveland,i used to go see him every sunday night in lakewood.bikers,hippies and yuppies.he has always played the 12 string.

[MILWAUKEEthriller08]

wow its such a trip to the past... too amazing

[ARGYROLO]

Could someone explain to me why there is a tag with the name Paris Hilton on this Video?

Rest in Peace Robert Lockwood Jr.

[busessuck1]

@ARGYROLO it's the uploaders attempt to reach the masses by usin the most recent piece of pop cuture that comes to his mind y'know

[cgmmv]

I did see him live back in 70's here in Japan. He was/is incredible. Play the blues!

[Pac2011]

I'm really impressed by Mr. Lockwood ability to perform in such ripe old age. In addition it's tremendous.

[lordkoos]

i saw him about 20 years ago, don't know why he got into the 12-string, much preferred his music before that.

[lenny121]

thats a real fucking bluesman right there !

[playsbass1969]

@lenny121 i meet him in alliance before he passed away

[carlopstar]

It's incredible... I'm from Brazil, one of the most musically rich countries in the world... and at the moment I love the blues more than any other kind of music... the feeling, the reminescences that this music and particularly this way of playing this song (the Robert Johnson's way) almost makes me cry... Even being so far in distance and time from Robert Johnson and the roots of the blues I can feel its beauty, originality, and intensity... I wish to pass on the blues tradition...

[willwelsh816]

@carlopstar I love Brazils latin jazz quartets, much more tasteful than most white jazz groups from america

[Smidt5702]

Wanna see Sr.

[BOULDERDP]

rockin it old school. they dont write or perform them like this anymore.

[casu3]

91 and plays as good as robert johnson

[HupFlupper]

so good!!! classic sweet blues :DD

[Kostaskout]

a lot of fuckin' respects to this old man who proves that blues 's just soul... a million stars from greece ;)

[MrJGJULIAN]

real blues

[SlikkTim]

That dude is more soulful at 91 than 91% of the dudes younger than him

[bigwillhenk]

jezus

[hcgazoo]

All on a 12 string Gibson......remarkable.

[MyManDan]

america needs to get back to its roots

[bloozman1]

He learned this at the foot of the man himself, Robert Johnson.

[johnnyjolijt]

He puts a lot weight behind his words.

Well he knows what they mean by now ; )

[musoid]

Beautiful... straight from the earth and the heart, and as authentic as it gets. Seems like he was a very cool person too. RIP Robert thanks for your legacy.

[printer944]

I was lucky enough to see him play before he passed on, couldnt believe here was a fellow who learned from robert johnson recorded with sonny boy and was still on the road at 90 years old a musicians musician

[Galericulus]

Excellent.

[stesus123]

I BOW HUMBLY AT HIS FEET. This (the blues) is truly Americana & started it all: jazz, country, rock, bluegrass, Motown, gospel (well hymns were a big part of the origins). All of us that love music owe him and the other originals so much. I want to get in the WayBack machine & see him & the others playing at their own starts: in front of a store,on front porches, alleys behind churches. A field, the side of a road. Love, heart, life, joy, death & struggle all poured into that music..RAW.

[kebthehook]

A little out of tune, but still soooo nice! Love it...

[madcrazy1672]

God bless the man, after that many years still has a lusting drive for the blues.

[blueshoejeff]

To mikespikeforlife - This was the first song Johnson taught Lockwood. It took him three weeks to learn it. Within a short period of time he was going out with Johnson and people couldn't tell who was who he had immulated Johnson so well. Johnson was dating his mother at the time. The person who comes on stage to adjust the mic, that's me. This story came from Robert himself.

[B7aug5]

The best. A living legend. It looks like he took a 12 string but only uses 6 strings. I assume it gives him more space between the strings, which makes it easier to finger pick. Hard to find such a wide neck on a regular 6 string axe, other than classical types.

[mikespikeforlife]

to think this guy was taught by ROBERT JOHNSON. I am so jealous... imagine what a nostalgia it must be being this man at 91 and playing this song. he was probably there when it was written

[90zosoman09]

it would be kinda cool if they brought a young blues artist that could play you know from a bar band or something but knew his stuff and had him talk to the students........ For instance have you ever heard that guy from saturday night live boy can he play that would be good for the students to hear the blues from someone from their age group that they could relate too, dont you think?

[mikespikeforlife]

91 years old... woah

[MrYumadj]

"good evenin' ladies and gentelemen. would y'all do me a favor and give everyone that up here tonight a big applause. "

[crossroadwalkin]

Please: Can somebody tell me what he´s sayin in the beginning after: WOULD YOU ALL DO ME A LIL FAVOR`` thx alot

[hkynut99]

johnny shines met and played with Robert Johnson also

[kawliga55]

guess i'll stop sayin im too old LOL

[ALMYCorporations]

sucks that he's gone. he was slick

[pablodepinho]

wow! This is great!

[zzwoody1]

Robert Jr. was the only person that Robert Johnson taught music to. Robert Jr. was his step son, and they be family, more then friends. Robert Jr. was friends with lots of Johnson's friends!

[brooklynnthedog]

and he in turn taught Luther Tucker.

[TroyConvers5000]

Pray tell, for the benefit of everyone here WHY you're glad you were not in that audience..?

[jphstv]

BLUES FOR EVER

[joamkits]

RIP

[ddecto]

would robert johnson still be alive if he didn't die at the bar? him and lockwood would probably be great friends now(or then)

[ohiospower]

In answer to some questions, the famous bluesman Robert Johnson lived with Robert "junior" Lockwoods mother off an on for 10 years after his parents divorce. RJL is said to be the ONLY person Robert Johnson taught the blues too. He moved to Cleveland in 1961 (where his wife was from) and played here in NE Ohio until his death.  I saw him play for the opening of the RockNRoll Hall Of Fame. An amazing and humble guitarist who still played great into his '90's.

[2009framat]

We live in a plastic world, with plastic people and plastic surgery. Some People hate old people because they know one day they will be old, too. Instead of honoring the old greats more&more people say they should disappear and leave us alone with images of their young used-to bes burned on plastic dvds.

I made a little tribute to Jimmy Reed who died at the relative young age of 50 but even that may be too old for some.

Just click on my name to watch my 74sec long vid.

Thank you

Best regards

[FunBoy15]

this guy is from the same generation of robert johnson himself.... just to watch this is an honor.

[thefringthing]

Or you know, they were excited to hear him play...

[edwsshaw1]

There's a positive spin. I'll accept it and be much relieved.

[adphoto1]

This was recorded at the Palace Theatre in Grapevine, TX in February, 2006 by The Blue Shoe Project

[ManyGodz]

Big Respect !

[9reasy5am]

he learned from the best. what do you expect?

FYI: I literally mean the best when I say "the best." His father and guitar teacher are possibly one and the same, but his teacher was definitely the King of the Blues; Robert Johnson.

[captross07]

Wasn't his father. Robert Johnson was 4 when lockwood was born

[jcandstonesfollower]

91, i dont, wow, speechless

[Balu043]

respekt !!!!!!

[amanogingi01]

I read "91 years old" and thought "another dead guy that used to be a legend, but can't play now, like Chuck Berry...", then he played the intro, and I started crying.

What an amazing feeling he has !

[captross07]

Chuck Berry can wail now you shut the fuck up respect the classics!

[amanogingi01]

Thats the problem. You guys think that you have to love old guitar players because they are "classics". Use your ears a bit. Chuck Berry used to be a guitar god, his duckwalk was amazing, his playing was unique, but the fact is that he is now too old to move, he can't play the guitar so he has an entire orchestra behind him, And his voice got older.

Hear "you never can tell" in pulp fiction, now hear the 2008's live version, and use your ears to compare.

[FunBoy15]

yah... its true. maybe he should sit down like bb

[piggear]

Musicians will change their style of play as the years go by. My favorite example of this is the Grateful Dead, if you watch their video clips from different era, even if they are the same song, their style of play changes. This happens with these old guitiarists too, they've changed their style. Although I agree with you that they were sometimes better when they were younger, it doesn't take away from the fact that they are STILL amazing musicians.

[mobilwizard]

Cant change The Blues

[wildwakachica]

Greatful Dead =greatest American band of all time.

[andychrist916]

thats debateable.

[blueshoejeff]

@andychrist916

Not certain what is debatable. Beautiful? Yep. He was that. He had a heart as big as Texas. Authentic? anyone who can play those chord progresions, have at it and good luck! Straight from the earth and the heart? No question. Cool? Very. You can't get any cooler. He had a front that chased people away but once you got passed that, we would give you the shirt off his back.

From personal accounts.

Blue Shoe jeff.

[andychrist916]

I was referring to wildwakachica saying the grateful dead=the greatest american band of all time

[Kostaskout]

Really amazing stuff!!

[Tharhod]

Both Roberts are outstanding

[airport316]

i hope i can play like that when i'm 91 years old

[roadappleband]

@airport316 Never mind playing like that when you are 91, I would like to be able to play like that Now!!

[evlblue]

@roadappleband - Me too!

[hoonies81]

@airport316

I wish I could plalike that now

[guitarandharp]

I love the music of Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller). In my opinion, Robert Lockwood is a key element in the outstanding quality of their Chess/Checker records. His drive, swing, timing, funk, dynamics and tone are all impeccable. He's the only guitarist who can make me play 'air' guitar'!

It's hard to imagine records like Walter's You Better Watch Yourself or Mellow Down Easy and Sonny Boy's Please Forgive, Your Imagination or Unseen eye, without this man's GREAT playing.

[ssg10]

oh man... amazing.. i can feel it straight from his heart..

[laurierken]

Uh, yeah......... That totally rocked. I'd have paid good money to have had the pleasure of being in that audience.

[GkYerBlues]

Hendrix ones said "blues is easy to play, but hard to feel"!

[ganyi]

amen

[l2read]

this wouldve been one of his last performances?

he died a few months after

[1950jimbei]

There are many who can hit blue notes, but only a few can really play the blues.

And Mr.Lockwood was one of the finest.

[TheBeatlesfan1991]

im 17 and i love playin the blues cuz everyone knows it and its easy to jam to and play at shows

[ACUTEFAILURE]

Its one thing to play the blues...its another to feel it. Not a lotta cats feel anything anymore.

[knobstick]

Beatlesfan, I don't know why your comment got 4 thumbs downs, blues IS easy to play in that the chord structure is usually the same, so you're right there, and the important thing is you love playing it which keeps it alive. Feeling for it you may already have, but if you don't it'll come with experience, so It's a thumbs up from me, and keep playing!

Robert Jr Lockwood was known by that name because he was taught by Robert Johnson himself and developed a similar style. What a connection!

[thebirdman47]

Wow.....Mr. Lockwood was/is a legend in his own right and I find him simply an amazing artist AND Robert Johnson taught him to play! Just amazing.

[thebirdman47]

RIP sir and thank you for all you left us. Heaven has to have an incredible blues band!

[IncubusFreak12]

best Version Of This Awesome Song. <3

[14n08i92]

WAAAAW

[TheRiddleo]

This is real music.. not much that beat it.

[DanieleBazzani]

I'm speechless...

[BullriderRocker]

Cazz...i brividi!!!

Lunga vita ai soli neri che fanno B.L.U.E.S.

[nyssa1049]

This guy came to a local blues bar, and i had the lucky fortune to step into it while he was playing, and i had no clue he was booked there!

[CheerTanja1]

someone want to chat

i liked this video :) a0

[Tomatelasrabeta]

Idolo!!!

[Muzio84]

Non esiste niente di più bello

[EliLijElwoodW]

I'm goin to California - from there to Des Moines, Iowa.

Somebody will tell me that you need my help someday, cryin.

Hey, hey - baby, don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California - to my sweet home Chicago.

[EliLijElwoodW]

Now two and two is four - four and two is six.

You goin keep on monkeying round here friend boy.

You goin get your business all in a trick, but I'm cryin.

Baby - honey, don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California - to my sweet home Chicago.

Now six and two is eight - eight and two is ten,

Friend boy she trick you one time, she sure goin do it again.

But I'm cryin, hey, hey - baby don't you want to go?

To the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago.

[EliLijElwoodW]

Oh - baby, don't you want to go?

Oh - baby, don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California - to my sweet home Chicago.

Oh - baby, don't you want to go?

Oh - baby, don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California - to my sweet home Chicago.

Now one and one is two - two and two is four.

I'm heavy loaded baby - I'm booked I got to go.

Cryin baby - honey don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California - to my sweet home Chicago.

[Basssinger86]

I love this song so much. When its performed with the fast paced exhilaration of the Blues Brothers version. To the true roots of the song and powerful silence of this version, its just a great song. And Mr. Lockwood was incredible.

[SoloJarred]

I think you mena Mr. Lockwood is incredible

[Wajlonis]

Rest in peace, Robert. Rest in blues heaven, where all good musicians go. May your music stay alive forever in people's minds. I love this artist and what he did for blues music. Great, trully great musician!

[shas1814]

What a classy gentleman.

And he could make low-down blues

with a chopstick and a banana!

5*

[chrismortloch92]

playing a 12 string isnt the easiest thing ever, and at 91!

[ukeplay123]

dude. the reason of a twelve string is to make it easier to mess up and noone hear. He did great, but a twelve string is just as easy or easier as guitar

[chrismortloch92]

I guess its whatever your used to lol

[MysteryHunterz]

The real deal!

[davidthelefty]

What a privilege to see all that music knowledge and experience at the age of 91. Outstandingly great. Makes me shiver.

[fendermac]

No Robert Johnson in the tags?Great though*****

[cliff250]

who got a chill go back there spine for this one? and who 'almost' cried frm listning to this cuz of the emotion that u felt frm listining to this?

i did.... anyone els did? or am i alone on this one?

[masterd48]

astonishing, i know chuck berry is a legend too but he is a joke now live, look at this guy at 91, amazing

[cfweitzner]

that is REAL BLUES

[54spiritedwill54]

And having had the privilege to get to know Mr. Robert Lockwood, Jr. even though we weren't sure what he was going to say, what he was saying is...Thanks to the Blue Shoe Project and anyone who helped them; for putting this concert together tonight.

[guybush]

maginficent R.I.P. Robert

[mobilwizard]

The Man is Blues!! Excelent!!

[ZuyKatol]

No no no Guzik, ta muza jednak rozpierdala;]

[loberz]

the hair on my arms are ten foot tall

[bownessgord]

OUTSTANDING !!!!!

[bluesgirl62]

yeaaaaaaaaaaa love it

[keehbler]

crazzy...cat

[violet2048]

Makes chills go up your spine. So smoothe. Thanks for all your work on your message board. What a great organization. Just terrific.

[peacebeing]

Wow! So great! Thanks for the link to "Blue Shoe Project" Sites!

[mytheropy]

Excellent!

[MancBluesman]

There is hope for mankind with men like him.

[jonnytonna]

I envy any blues lover who had the pleasuer of talking to a man who learned to play the guitar from the man who played the guitar like the devil

[RATKING10]

robert jr,,miss our talks,,tc big brother,u still the man

[LAVRION]

ROBERT LOCKWOOD=FENOMENON

[6engee5]

marvelous

[BoniSuba]

This is phenomenal

[lennon2007]

he was a good guy and the only person to ever learn guitar from robert johnson, another person who sounds like robert johnson is johnny shines check out his version of sweet home chicago