Robert Johnson - Come on in my Kitchen

The delta blues legend sings 'Come on in my Kitchen.'

"You better come on, in my kitchen, 'cause it's going to be raining outdoors."

One of my favourite songs of his. Hopefully the images reflect the general feel of it.

Also, please check out my Blues channel on videosift, where you'll find many more great performances by a wide variety of blues artists on video, all in one place.

http://blues.videosift.com/

** Credit for many of the images in the video goes to the absolutely amazing vintage photography website, http://www.shorpy.com **

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[ram0000100]

You guys know you only force yourselves to listen to this cause he's a blues legend. lol

[AngryOBrien]

@ram0000100

That's not true at all. This is a beautiful song.

[ram0000100]

@AngryOBrien Oh come on now. if someone released the exact same song in 2011, nobody would care for it.

[AngryOBrien]

@ram0000100

I think that's a flawed argument, so I'm not sure how I could respond. If someone played this song for me, without telling me who the artist was, I would still enjoy it very much - and I'm sure the same is true for most. People don't watch, listen, click like or leave comments just because of the name associated with the song.

[Lautreamont053]

In those times it was ok to do songs about women in the kitchen

[deepblue782]

my fav song by RJ got to be one of the great guitar player of all time,i think you could make a great dance track out of this great song !!!!!!

[boyanr]

@ram0000100 this is an amazing song. yes the recording and the playing is simple, but the melody and the riffs are so so beautiful... so many have played this song for these 80 years after RJ and for me personally only TWO have done it better and the have both loaned most of the stuff from the original, just played it a bit better , with more instruments etc. That's Johnny Winter - a great version with a flute solo and Crooked Still - a folk band with an amazing singer.

[zdragonforce]

My favorite Robert Johnson song.

[blardosplats]

@ram0000100 They didn't care for the song back then either, but here it is!

[TheWiskisieppo]

@ram0000100 yeh cause new generation is only listening mainstream shit and dont know anything about music..

[XO1ism]

@ram0000100 yes, you are probably right , because these days people only listen to well mixed end tuned music. and this music is pure, straight from the soul!

[Mitico7948]

@ram0000100 you are not a bluesman. that's all.

[willwelsh816]

@ram0000100 well there's a good reason he's a blues legend =P

[LarryGriffithBand]

What makes this rendering special to me is that it's just so raw,real,and sexy.No sugar coating or beating around the bush.Not everyone can convey and connect like this.

[THEerizzow]

i love it when people don't "get" something and since they don't "get" it, others are attached simply because of a name or a status. 

[Campestral]

we should practise poetry more because this song isn't about guitar even though he's a great, this song is about the atmosphere the devil creates when you're offered a choice :O

[Campestral]

@AngryOBrien i love the way you ended and started a sentence with most people :)

[NykkoLSD]

0:52 the legend of the devil is true :O

[debilt8]

Ohhhhhh yeeeeeeesss

[yemforbin1]

@ram0000100 are you f-ing kidding me!?!? have you never heard Crooked Still's version of this song?!?!? soooo beautiful.....

[sirjeffbobb]

@ram0000100 I disagree, people will rave like the coming of the Beatles, whom, incidently, learned and got their start with th Blues.

[GrigoriZhukov]

@ram0000100 nope, I listen 'cause the damn song if a damn sight better than the shit you kids listen to. Hell oingo boingo is better than the crap on teh radio these days.

[GrigoriZhukov]

@ram0000100 hmmm, could be true of the ignroant mouth breathing iPod slinging cellphone lugging walmart crowd. You know, kids. Us grown ups listen, y'all babies don't listen to nothing but trash.

[DONNANDMARY]

its gone to be rainin out do.

[themadaboutmusic]

@ram0000100 I wonder, how many ppl can sing and play as good as Robert Johnson did in 30's ? There're loads of cover of RJ's blues in YT, most of which are mediocre. Enlight me if you happen to know one with RJ's talent.

[sublime88sublime]

@ram0000100 His riffs and playing style influenced some of the greatest guitarists of the 20th century, no argument about that, mac

[TheOmniscientAtheist]

@ram0000100 nobody would release this in 2011; cos its too good. go suck on some gaga bitch