Boyd Rivers & Ruth May Rivers: Come Out the Wilderness (1978) 

I can feel the love between the two of and there isn't a thing wrong with her voice, I love both of their voices. No unpretentious fakery here, how rare, lovin' it!

This will forever be my favorite video on youtube. Everything about it is beautiful. The amazing chemistry between the two, how much love they clearly have for each other. The way boyd seamlessly begins to play in the background as she speaks. How they both start the video with little disclaimers about how they're not really that good, then proceed to absolutely bring the house down. The fact that this incredible music is coming from two seemingly normal, everyday people singing in their living room, waking up the baby in the end. This clip is from an Alan Lomax film called The Land Where Blues Began. If you haven't seen it please check it out. The whole thing is available for free on youtube. It captures many other amazing musicians- Sam Chatmon, R L Burnside, and a lot of others. They've all since passed on. So fortunate that Lomax had the foresight to record so many of the greats before they were lost to history.

This Music makes folk feel so right. People in America should find this thing wherever they live, document it, support it, and cherish it...

Boyd Rivers has wonderful smile, and charming lack of conceit: "I'm not sayin' I can sing, but I try, anyway."

Only a person with soul can play an electric guitar and make it sound like an acoustic. Beautiful!

Wow they sing with pure soul

Love it! Beautiful voices. Husband & wife getting along is always a beautiful thing.

True Mississippi delta blues/gospel.

Love this! Makes me proud to be a Rivers from the south! My husband, who played guitar, taught me to sing too, though I grew up in Church, my father being Reverend William Rivers,Jr.

The wife's stunning

Sweet Gospel Blues, sooths the soul. awesome clip.

This dude is pure, raw talent

What a beautiful couple,you can feel the love for each other and the the lord.

If faith were as easy as loving to hear these two sing together, everybody would be a convert.

It must be in the water or something, there are so many singers that came out of Missississpi!

ha! I love how they spend so much time talking about how they try to sing, not saying they can but they try. well that trying sounds pretty dang good to me! WOOOEY!

What a lovely lady! They got love, ya'll! I hear ya!

So in the moment...no pretense here..Love this... Keep it real!!!!

Look at how he looks at his wife! Their voices compliment each other beautifully.

What a gem.

Any state of any psychotic suicidle mind 7days a week ,this couple can take it away for a moment an make me smile ,I love em

I cried

Amazing sound from a beautiful couple. Their soul just seeps through.

Made me cry.

Nothing like old time singing and guitar playing from my home state of Miss.

He loves her. A beautiful sight to accompany the sound.

That was the best thing i've heard in awhile!! Thanks for this uploader.

I stumbled upon this couple by incident, but Im so glad I did....love this!

Wow what a beautiful couple. Outer beauty and voices.

2023 they blowing

The love in this video between these two is beautiful!

Beautiful people. Cheers!

Wow! Love is sacred ... 👑

300% love....

their humility is incredible

late in his life miles davis was asked when he started playing music, he replied, 'when I was five years old my uncle gave me a horn, and ive been tryin to learn how to play ever since,' Some people are just so humble, and thats part of their greatness..love it.

Oh, you can sing, alright. I'm not religious, but I'm with you in spirit.

wonderful and real...she is beautiful!

Ruth is what made the songs , what a good voice .

I love this...ive known a few pairs who mesh nicely musically...the sound of somebody storytellin while another noodles on an instrument is great!

Praise God, this is amazing!

Pure Love

Shivers down my spine hair standing up on my neck

This is a servant's life. Praise the Lord. Anyone should be proud to have this God given talent!

SHE IS SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL

straight up Willie Johnson. AMAZING

A lovely couple there.

What a joy to listen to the two of you, thanks for posting this video

Man these films are amazing...i was born in 78 lol

Pure raw talent with these two. Bone chillin.

I swear they remind me of my parents ( pops 77, moms 70 ) . My moms even has 2 gold crowns, lol. This video is amazing.

Soulful

i like it very good singing by both

Love the fact that he's playing an SG. turn it up!!!

Dynamite song and rendition. Whooo!

BEAUTIFUL AND FILLED WITH PASSION! THANK YOU FOR POSTING!

cool very cool

I’m definitely using this as a interlude for the project I’m doing I LOVE HIS VOICE TEXTURE

Cripes... this is beautiful! Very inspiring.

I love this.

Don’t get any better than that

They remind me a lot of blind willie johnson an his wife, listen to latter rain done fell on me by blind willie johnson an then listen to this.❤

sweet gospel music!

This is beautiful ! They both can sing great !

Beautiful.

Golden.

I love what they say and their interactions, but for those coming back again and again for the song, the music starts at 2:04. Many thanks for sharing this!

Love these two! Thank you.

AMAZING.

perfection

Now that is some humility right there.

Try? they get better and better.Beautiful people

Beautiful beautiful love this ain't no love like this nowadays I can feel the love oozing out this video

Now that's good stuff right there...

This is everything!!!!

Here's some incredible people's. Feel players rule!

This some realness right here. Beautiful.

Wow, amazing!!

They so cute..

wow, alot of work went into that. what a team.

I love it!

Perfection.

pure LOVE!

Wow...

Beautiful!

Wonderful!

love it! love them.

Trying to sing! Lol jeez loving this! ;)

Amazing stuff, absolutely perfect in every way.

Jimi Hendrix played by ear too. Either ya got it or you don't. Boyd does. Sadly, I don't....but man how I dig them!!!!

THIS IS THE SECOND VERSION THAT I'VE HEARD THAT WAS GOOD AND HEARTFELT WITH A PERFECT TEMPO.

Wow, she gorgeous

Wowwwwwww

Priceless innocence ,pure light , ,shit they just started sing and oh soul soul soul in true essence

wonderful. thank you for this.

She's pretty!

Very special thanks.... Absolut great music

God bless

The song starts around 2:00, for those returning obsessively but that don't need to see the charming intro every time

Appreciate the link Annie, Thank You ~