Solomon Burke: Valley of Tears with Gillian Welch

[roseartlefty]

What an AWESOME sound from these three! They should all three feel blessed!

[GillBJack58]

What a beautiful combination of voices and genres! Lovin' it!!!

[geofranc2]

Music brings out the beauty of the spoken word.

[regorekrub]

Solomon Burke needs no explanation or excuses... Gillian can sing with or without anybody... David is one of the best acoustical musicians today... Good songwriter too...

[slimturnpike]

fantastic. all three musicians perform equally well, in my opinion as a musician.

[hanksellers]

Not a contest, no winners, sharing music and a stage is grace for those who at this level.

[irish66]

wonderful

[TheNZSamaritan]

I agree that Welch and Rawlings aren't in the spotlight, they play as supporting artists in this piece. Burke's good, having only listened to this performance, but I don't know how well the artists voices mesh here.. I think it could be improved.

Check out Gillian Welch's and David Rawlings' BBC performance of their song "Look at Miss Ohio" for a performance I consider really great. Another top highlight for me is "Throw me a rope" (a.k.a "The way it will be", but the Throw me... video is gr8.

[mnaicck]

Well, he plays a Jimmy Martin line @1:31...but they're not the king and queen of bluegrass though they're damn darn good.

[furrydogs]

Just blows my mind that this video only has 49,156 views...What's up with that??? Compared to all the crap that's on here (musically)....Wow...

Peace

[russtacean]

just continual beauty... it's been a while since i first saw this...

in tears every time since. RIP Solomon i hope i am lucky enough

to meet you on the flipside.

peace and distant mountain ridges,

russ

[missey892]

love his voice , beautiful song ..

[dirtypairXX]

Es kann verdammt viel Soul in drei Akkorden stecken! Mein Idol Solomon zeigt es auf!

[rennyshelton]

Who says you can't have the best of both worlds?

[tubemagpie]

I love the contrast between the weight of his voice and the lightness of her backing vocal.

[shellacster]

King and queen of BLUEGRASS????? Hate to break it to you but the King of Bluegrass title belongs to one person-- Jimmy Martin, and as talented as Gillian Welch is, she's about as bluegrass as Pete Seeger. Solomon Burke had more soul in his left foot than either of these two, who were fortunate enough to share the stage with him.

Let's keep it real folks. Solomon steals the show here, and Gillian and Dave are just along for the ride.

[Msfancyfrannie]

Solomon is good but we should give credit to the two supporting him... whatever their genre that we classify them in... they are modern day  folksingers and David is one of the best guitarists in this generation.

[1magnolia999]

@shellacster They wrote the damn song!

[derfunkhaus]

@shellacster: It's not a contest.

[BeatPete]

@shellacster you are not right and let me say this there are plenty out there that have soul and can play bluegrass do u think they get on the stage thinking they are better then the rest then you are an Idiot, that is not what music is about

[rockradstone]

Wow...just WOW!

This is sweet.

This is music.

Thank you, Solomon, David, Gillian---thank you.

[unclevernz]

My how that little country boy can play.

[DoogeMeister]

What a beautiful song. Solomon's 'Nashville' album is one of my favs. :o)

[vegetasrevenge]

Cry cry cry!

[altic688]

has anybody realised ust how good dave rawlings really is

[motherdepressa]

MusicFann.  Thank you so much for sharing this. At first glance I did not expect artists from such different mucial traditions to blend and complement each other so well or perhaps my expectations were previously too low. This performance is testament to all their talents.

[aceinoc]

wonderful performance...hairs standing on the back of my neck great!

[EPFANNZ]

Wow this is some awesome sound million thanks for sharing cheers from New Zealand

[russtacean]

i feel broken.

[kerouassady]

Bluegrass? No. Not in the slightest.

[aminahyaquin]

whoa!

[peco334]

just found this and they are king and queens in this video, magic how the soul and blue grass work so well together

[jeana1001]

I absolutely love this.

[bluemoon554]

Wunderschön - Thanks Solomon - Rest in Paradise

[didi1213]

thanks for posting the video...anyone know what concert this is from...and if there's a dvd available?...

[Bergenslarsen]

@didi1213 This is from a televison concert recorded at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre, September 25th 2006. The concert was later released on DVD as "Live in Nashville" on the Snapper Music label.

[reidzappa]

dont get much better does it really

[beltpn]

going through my music collection and stumbled on the studio version of this...came here and found a smile...thanks for the smile mr. burke and rest easy.

[ottobiggs]

Been listening to his old R&B but this one finally brought it home to me. Gone but never forgotten. Thanks for the music and memories.

[stoklund]

RIP Solomon Burke

[oldson50]

Wow- What a great. He will be missed

[mrjeremygrizzle]

Brilliant! Unfortunately, I truly did not 'discover' Mr./Rev Burke until after 'Don't Give Up on Me'. Nonetheless, a beautiful-thunderous voice. God bless you sir.

[stupidlittleguitar]

RIP Solomon Burke

I recently drove from New York to Denver and ended up listening to Nashville for almost half of the drive. Paired with Gill and Dave he is just plain heavenly.

This is so sweet, thank you for posting.

[thecaproni100]

just beautiful., what a loss ..! Rest in Peace ..Solomon ..

A goliath of Soul, accompanied by Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings ..WoW, WoW !

this IS bEAUTIFUL,..!

[folknhairy]

Simply beautiful.

[bacecam]

Solomon Burke: in bester Erinnerung.

[gorgesac]

First time listening to Soloman, What a loss can't stop listening. Just put the headphones on and close your eyes. Pure bliss. RIP

[ostrich67]

RIP Solomon Burke.

[clodagh831]

utterly fantastic!

[Namrehtulip]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TEEGHE]

RIP Solomon. God love for sharing your gift with us.

[Tripleaught18]

Rest in peace! You were one of the greatest SOUL, artists on the planet.

[kdcrichardson]

Amazing voice that will be missed. Rest in peace Solomon.

[DJH1170]

Beautifully done. Always Keep a Diamond in Your Mind. Rest in peace Solomon.

[Royalnord01]

Just an amazing beautiful performance !! RIP Solomon !

[musicofanatic]

His record "Nashville" was the best album of the decade! "King" Soloman will be sorely missed! R.I.P.

An earlier post referred to Gillain and Rawlings as the "King and Queen of Bluegrass"?!?!?! How utterly misguided!!! Bluegrass?! Not even close! At least Rawlings appears to have showered and put on clean clothes for this show! Bluegrass?!? Sheesh...

[JAPRYDER]

@musicofanatic Just appreciate the music and don't be a tosser, you tosser.

[musicofanatic]

@JAPRYDER Bill Monroe, Stanley Bros, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury are bluegrass, Welch and Rawlings are NOT, and they would tell you the same thing. I could not let the "king and queen" comment lie without comment. I think they;re good at what they do, but their general appearance/hygiene (see photos on "Machine" record) is a bit too "tragic" for me. Is this "tossing"? I make a great salad!!

[peco334]

@musicofanatic  you can not pull the splinter out of your bothers eye when you have a log in your own

[BishopMckinley]

@peco334 hmmmm...i wonder where you got this from???

[newquayman]

RIP Solomon.

[MrDrewlips]

So sad to hear of his passing. A great soul.

[sameta2002]

wonderful, breathtaking!

[SiGmund63]

Ah bless you, Solomon. Rest in Peace.

[caferive]

Terrible shame and a sad loss, Farewell SB......

[lacpeb]

Love it.

[rosietroy]

Great stuff........

[altcountryman]

OMG

[Tripleaught18]

MERCY! Speechless here.

[kinghotmann1]

WOW I LOVE THIS SONG

[artvandelay3911]

He's sitting on a THROWN. A freaking thrown. A thrown is for kings and queens. Or legends like Solomon Burke. Woo woo woo....

[artvandelay3911]

He's sitting on a THROWN. A freaking thrown. A thrown is for kings and queens. Or legends like Solomon Burke. Woo woo woo....

[z4570]

Everybody neds to be enlightened and healed by the music of Solomon Burke.

He's been at it for over forty years. Hallelujah!

[cabmaker66]

STELLAR !!! wow....I love evrything about this performance !! 5*'s

[stevearcher2000]

Superb! The Emperor of Soul with the King & Queen of Bluegrass. As the man says - "Incredible!"

[petozenier]

has this one been recently posted? I can't understand, only 632 people hit this one? major, MAJOR!

[brodt7]

Genial!

[fetermcblues]

Just Incredible !!!!