Topic: YouTube.com - Interesting Country Blues related video clips

[Rivers]

Alvin in top form, had me grinning like an idiot throughout.

[Blues Vintage]

F''kin amazing. I always thought Alvin was in another league than Keb Mo and Corey Harris.

[banjochris]

Couldn't agree more about Dan Gellert.

The Alan Lomax Archive has posted quite a few Tommy Jarrell tracks; most of them are fiddle, but there are a few with his wonderful banjo playing. Here's an example:

[Johnm]

Thanks for posting Tommy Jarrell's performance of "Reuben", Chris.  He had me disoriented at first, because I was hearing him drone a I note and was expecting a III drone, like you usually have in D tuning.  Then I figured out his more regular drone is on the first string and he hits the high drone on the fifth string much more intermittently.  What a great banjo player he was--I remember the first time I heard him play "Old Joe Clark", thinking, "I didn't think that tune could sound that good!"
All best,
Johnm

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here's a rare one.  Bill Monroe sang a lot of cool verses here.
All best,
Johnm

[Johnm]

I'd forgotten how much I love this tune and performance.  YouTube just keeps getting cooler and cooler.
All best,
Johnm

[banjochris]

What a great banjo payer he was--I remember the first time I heard him play "Old Joe Clark", thinking, "I didn't think that tune could sound that good!"

Couldn't agree more. Tommy Jarrell and Dan Gellert I think share an unusual quality (Wade Ward had it too) of making even the most commonplace, overplayed song or tune sound fresh each time.

[Lyndvs]

BanjoChris,Thanks for posting the Tommy Jarrell.Great to see footage of him with the Banjo.Just think,it wasn`t even his first instrument!!.How great he was.
                                                   Lyndvs.
P.S.Some amazing footage on that Lomax channel Dink Roberts,Belton Sutherland,Eugene Powell on and on.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here is the Johnny Beck cut, "Locked In Jail", that was discussed in the "Adventures in Cross-Note" thread.
All best,
Johnm

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Boy, did these guys play well together.
All best,
Johnm

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[JohnLeePimp]

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[Johnm]

Hi all,
For folks who might not have heard Memphis Willie B.'s '60s recordings on Prestige Bluesville.
All best,
Johnm

[Johnm]

Boy, these guys excelled at nuttiness.
All best,
Johnm