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Post by slide496 on Sept 25, 2012 17:43:14 GMT
This comes from Stefan Grossman as he posted in the Woodshed, please excuseif the listing is redundant !
Joe Chiariello on YouTube.
Peace,
Harriet
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Post by pascal on Sept 26, 2012 12:49:10 GMT
This comes from Stefan Grossman as he posted in the Woodshed, please excuseif the listing is redundant ! Joe Chiariello on YouTube. Peace, Harriet Thanks Harriet, never heard of this skilled lad, but shared with Mike Lewis, I know he will like it. Sound of his martin 000 is astounding, just as Johnson did! |
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 26, 2012 13:02:38 GMT
Here are a couple more very impressive copies of Robert Johnson's playing....
....are these 'What Are You Listening To?' ...or should we move them to a new thread....'The Crossroads'?
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 26, 2012 18:12:06 GMT
 I have moved the 'Crossroads' people to their own thread.... Shine On Michael |
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Post by bod on Sept 26, 2012 18:49:07 GMT
Not a very impressive copy of Robert Johnson's playing... but the first 'Crossroads' I heard was Cream, and it still does it for me ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 19:34:26 GMT
Did Led Zep ever do a version? I'll be amazed if they didn't, and then claim it as their own. They (allegedly) did to Travelling Riverside Blues!
TT
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 26, 2012 21:50:48 GMT
As far as I know, Led Zeppelin have never recorded a version of Crossroads Blues.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by slide496 on Sept 26, 2012 23:23:05 GMT
They performed it though somebody got this recording of them live and posted a minute or so.
Peace,
Harriet
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 26, 2012 23:48:08 GMT
Well spotted Harriet! I had forgotten they used to do that song at their concerts. I must have seen them do it quite a few times, but back then was more interested in the hits.
Also, Crossroads returned with Page & Plant in 1998
These versions by Zeppelin and Page & Plant are really more a nod to Cream, than to Robert Johnson. I tend to think that Eric Clapton with Cream was the first person playing the song in that way, but the scene back then was small and incestuous, so I am not sure where it started.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by spikeymikey on Sept 30, 2012 8:36:19 GMT
I can see why SG might have posted this clip. The guy sings with that same wild, OTT guttural voice that Grossman does. Nice buzz to the guitar - like Rory Block gets. Is it the amplification? Or is it a Martin sound? I wouldn't know - I can't afford one.
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Post by slide496 on Sept 30, 2012 11:24:55 GMT
Some might not agree but IMHO at his young age of 15 he's a musical prodigy and world class performer in the in the area of pre-war country blues much in the same way that Quinn O'Sullivan who plays with Buddy Guy is in his area of electric or Derek Trucks was.
Here he is on a resonator doing Tommy Johnson. There's also a clip of him doing the original Willy Newbern version of Rolling and Tumbling. He has an extensive repetoire of a variety of prewar artists. I'm sorry that there's no footage of him at age 6. ;D:
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 30, 2012 14:08:08 GMT
Yes, Joe is quite a player for his age!
Does Stefan help and teach him, I imagine he probably does?
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by slide496 on Sept 30, 2012 14:27:39 GMT
Hi Michael,
I don't know whether Stefan has any contact with him, he didn't say.There's also footage of him playing with a Puccio Chiariello so maybe home tutored.
When you look at the body of work Joe has - from age 13 was the earliest I could find posted,- it includes Robert Johnson, Fred McDowell, Hambone Willie Newbern, Tommy Johnson, R.L. Burnside, Charlie Patton
It's an odd direction for a young man to go in and be able to play and sing pre-war at 13.
Hope this isn't overkill but here he is doing Charlie Patton at 13 no less, not even looking at the guitar hardly, and that fancy spank the baby thing going, string snapping.
Peace,
Harriet
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 30, 2012 18:10:11 GMT
Hi Harriet,
Joe is a very talented boy, there is no doubt about it. It is unusual to be into that type of music at such a young age, but not unique. I have bumped into quite a few teenagers who are into this music. At our annual Blues Week event, we have a scholarship for young people and we have met some very talented blues-playing teenagers.
While I think it is wonderful to see people of Joe's age playing this music, I just hope they mix it up with their own generation's music and make something contemporary and new, otherwise as great as they are, nothing will move forward.
It is an amazing time for young people to learn to play music of any style, they can go onto YouTube and watch anybody they want to see. They can even find people showing them how to do it.
Italy has had a long relationship with the blues. There are many clubs, societies and festivals, and I can totally understand how a boy of Joe's age has got turned on to it. Stefan has lived there and played there for as long as I can remember. I have been touring and playing concerts and festivals in Italy since in Italy since 1987, but it goes back to the sixties.
I have noticed in many European countries, especially Italy, that people are less time-sensitive and generation-sensitive about art and music. A blues concert or festival will have people of all ages in the audience, from the grandparents to the children - family events. The appreciation is for the music, not for the latest fashion. Eastern Europe is also like this. I have played in Croatia many times and have many fans and friends there. The people that come to the concerts are all ages....young and old, and everyone appreciates the music.
Robert Johnson wasn't exactly old when he made his records.
I look forward to meeting Joe and hearing him play someday. He is very good!
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Bottleneck John on Oct 14, 2012 10:56:14 GMT
Here's another take on Crossroads..
Not in any way like Robert played it but at least all acoustic like way back when! ;D
No mics used in this old barn.
Have a listen if you find time.
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