Barbecue Bob - Chocolate to the Bone

[72563bigeyedme]

I think in a former life I was a field hand I love the delta blues.

[harrykee]

it really bugs me how much arrogant hatred music of all kinds seems to engender. wise up all of you and accept the art form for what is. it most definitely is not a valid excuse for bigotry.

[SharkiesRevengeNJ]

I read about this album years ago when I was in high school maybe. For years I wanted to hear it but never picked it up. Thanks for sharing this ATL Blues gem with us.

[raisinthief]

i love this its great but please can you post the lyrics for barbecue blues. it is song by him and i'd love it if you posted it. i would be very grateful if you posted it thanks :)

[busessuck1]

Frankie halfpint jackson's jazz version of this is pretty awsome as well

I'm kinda down since I ain't brownskin

[lionzion22]

This come straight outta West Africa. Youtube any Malian traditional song with native instruments.

[busessuck1]

@lionzion22 Not really... it's an American of uknown decent using open Spanish tuning

now it could sound like west African music but that's just how music evolves

It may seem stupid to call you out on this, but I don't like it when people claim shit is what it ain't

[lionzion22]

@busessuck1

Yes it is stupid to cal me out on what you do not know. I can assume with great confidence you have never heard Fulani, Mandenka, Sonrai or just about any other West African Sahelian string music in your life . Even "Spanish" tuning has heavy moorish (West/North African) influence.

If you do not know, then keep your ignorance to yourself. Don't project it on me or anyone else.

[busessuck1]

@lionzion22 Well I maintain it's a false connection you're making, influences of the blues vary greatly, it's not JUST a development ofAafrican music, not just ring shouts and field hollering but with a guitar, there are a whole range of influences like ragtime, folk, jazz, native american music and most importantly the artist's own creativity involved

It's like my relatives claiming something like bread is a Jewish invetion... it fukin isn't

The same way music is not genetic

[lionzion22]

@busessuck1

Again, you should at least know what you are talking about before commenting. What are you going on about "field hollering" and "ring shouts"? Since when is that African music? Until you have experienced the music I just told you about, you have no right to comment. Do not speak of what you do not know anything about. ALL of those genres you mentioned have their beginnings in African styles of music.

Educate yourself on this before commenting.

[starmac]

Thanks for the great video! It was generally known as the "Palmetto Style" rather than the "Atlanta Style."

[thefringthing]

I'm a big Barque Bob fan, but wouldn't Blind Willie McTell be "the most successful musician who played in the Atlanta Blues style"?

[PreWarMusic]

Barbecue bob was in his lifetime much more famous than blind willie mctell was in his and sold more records, Most of blind Willie Mctell's fame comes from more modern listeners, I don't think Blind Willie Mctell was ever really that commertially successful until his material was re-released in the 60's.

[BlindOwlsGuitarist]

You're right, McTell has stood the test of time more simply due to people like Taj Mahal and the Allman Brother's Band covering his music. He never had a single hit record, but he has made many recordings, and his records always sold reasonably well....but never a hit.

[dataclast]

@PreWarMusic

That depends how you define "successful". You claim Bob was "much more famous" than Willie, My question is How could you possibly know/gauge such an arbitrary thing as fame? especially when you weren't even there....

[dataclast]

@PreWarMusic

BTW

not trying to bust you balls guess i just got a soft spot for Willie

PS you have a wonderful collection.

[steinsteel]

@PreWarMusic Barbecue Bobs records was very popular among the white Hillbillys.Even Ku Klux Klan members listend to Barbecue Bob . Bob was selling alot of records.

He recorded for columbia and had very good sound quality compared to many others.

I been a fan for 22 years

[macbethxl]

thanks for this great song!

Do you have the lyrics?

I would be deeply grateful!

[bobtracey]

Do a search for "Barbecue Bob' on amazon.

[metyuewb]

Severe fuckin lyrics

[nomiclas]

@metyuewb absolutely!there is so much here.

[bigvinsweetevil71]

this guy is great!!! any1 know where i can find his recordings?

[jimihendrix1967]

Hım i think you are right :)

[jimihendrix1967]

Why do they call it Prewar music? they should call it afterwar music. 1928 + 11 = 1939

and 1928 - 10 = 1918

So it should be afterwar music :)

[PreWarMusic]

my guess is because of the massive impact the second world war had on the recording industry of the time plus the great difference in style of recordings before and after the war, personally I think it makes more sense to split it up into pre and post depression aswell :)

[Bopalena]

What about all the great duringwar music?

[jimihendrix1967]

:) How can we forget about it. But after 1929 music industry had affected black musicians badly. You know the reason is Great Depression. But some continued to record like Charley Patton and Robert Johnson. ...

[Bopalena]

Patton and Johnson were the top guys back then and there was money to be made with their recordings. $ is always the bottom line! It sucks, but it's a fact.