Rory Block plays "Crossroad Blues"

The country blues guitar legend Rory Block performs her take on Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues." From the newly released DVD "Guitar Artistry of Rory Block." More info at http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/...

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[Lynxsec]

FUCK!!!!!

[ManWhoWasNotThere]

Ironic that the best cover of one of Johnsons songs is a old white woman (Johnson, himself died at 28 or 27 and was a black man). but she definetly captures the essense of his music much better than many of the other ppl I've seen try. Too many ppl try to add their own spin to it, either with the lyrics, the tone, the speed, or the beat itself.

[JonBlack27]

What? There are lots of women who play blues... I just can't believe you said that. I'm not a fan of her style of playing or even singing, but everyone is different.

[Irving Figueroa]

I think my favorite aspect of Rory's playing is her respect for the song and Robert Johnson as a composer. Very few people playing the works of early or "country" blues today give them the same treatment one would of a classical piece.

[Goetmhmiac]

All I can say is you still have a lot of leaning to do about the blues - plenty of female blues musicians - don't feel bad about my comment, it's a journey and to have a way to go still with it is a good thing. Mamie Smith recorded back in 1920 and trust me a man can make a woman feel just as blue as the other way around ;)

[Sherry Cambridge]

Check Out Memphis Minnie

[Sherry Cambridge]

Old?

Rory Block is OLD?

What are You?,

Some Kind of

Baby Raper

???

[PurpleLightning6was9]

Sounds like blues to me, brother. I think Mr. Johnson would agree. Obviously she doesn't sound EXACTLY like Robert Johnson, this isn't classical music where you imitate it note for note, blues is free expression.

[RandyGblues]

Back in about 1985 or '86 I saw Rory at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica Ca. I got there very early and was sitting the front row right in front of her, about 6 feet away. This woman played a guitar so hard that there was silver, metal dust on the fretboard. Her Dad owned the sandal shop in The Village and the musicians would gather there after hours when John Sebastian heard her playing he decided to quit the blues and go into Rock and Roll.

[Xanatissimo]

First time seeing a woman playing blues.. a liitle bit weird... she's not gentle with the guitar...she is ok...

[simplethunder]

Now hold on, I never said that women can't play the blues, or that this version was bad. (Maybe you're just projecting?) All I'm saying is that it doesn't make sense, when most of the blues is -about- women.