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

[blueshome]

Blocked in the UK

[waxwing]

No doubt due to Brexit.

Wax

[Nicolas Dussart]

No doubt due to Brexit.

Wax

it's blocked in France also... But I can see it using a a free proxy like unblockvideos.com. Here's the direct link that's working for me; hope it works for my british fellows :

https://nyc2.unblockvideos.com/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj01cXFfcW5MSGY3NCZmZWF0dXJlPXlvdXR1LmJl

[TenBrook]

Here's a nice short (11 min) piece about Harry Smith and the Anthology of American Folk Music with some Country Blues in the background at times and much discussion of 78s.

[Stuart]

In addition to YouTube videos, John Heneghan has his Old Time Radio Show podcasts on his site:

http://www.eastriverstringband.com/radioshow/

http://www.eastriverstringband.com/

[evan]

[Forgetful Jones]

Evan-
That is great! I just discovered Ziegler a couple weeks ago. I had no clue he played Elizabeth Cotton style. Thanks for posting that.

[lindy]

This particular version of this song has been mentioned once or twice on this forum, but to my knowledge, no one's posted this vid of Turner Foddrell playing Slow Drag.

[Prof Scratchy]

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[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here is one from Charlie Taylor, on vocals and guitar, with Willis Taylor on violin--wow!  I know nothing about them, but they were recorded in Crystal Springs, Mississippi in 1970.



All best,
Johnm

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here's a nice brief documentary of Archie Edwards' barbershop in Washington, D.C., and how it became a center for folks interested in Country Blues.  It's nice to see Michael Baytop and Eleanor Ellis.



All best,
Johnm

[JRO]

Awkward (dutch artist) plays Washington Phillips song with autoharp.

[alyoung]

It's not that he's awkward (very basic ahp, but quite nice singing) -- he's a Dutch singer-songwriter who occasionally steps out into old trad-styled material. As near as I can work it out from a translated website, awkward i (Awkward I) is a pseudonym he adopted. I have used autoharp on Washington Phillips pieces -- Church Needs Good Deacons was one -- but later switched to an old pedal harmonium (I ain't never been able to play one zither let alone one with each hand).

[Johnm]

Thanks for posting that, JRO.  Awkward sings the song really nicely, and given the nature of the song, I think his lack of showmanship or the need to "entertain" works in the favor of both the song and himself.  I couldn't help feeling how odd the environment was for what he was doing, how the emcee's energy was at odds with Awkward's, and how interesting it was to see a mixed-age audience sitting raptly while he performed the song and then exploding into applause at its conclusion.  The seating of people who were not notably stylish, but just dressed in their everyday clothes, (especially older people) in places where the camera would pick them up is something I don't think you'd see on a U.S. commercial television show.  The song is beautiful, and it's an interesting look at another culture.
All best,
Johnm

[Blues Vintage]

McGhee and Terry reincarnated....