B. B. King played Lowell Fulson's records while he was a Dee Jay for WDIA in Memphis and later recorded one of them, "Three O'clock Blues." Ray Charles, when he was a teenager, played for Mr. Fulson's studio and road bands and started his decades-long recording career as his label mate on Jack Lauderdale's Swing Time records. And that's just two little reasons why this guy is one of the most important bluesmen in history.
this music is old classic that i grew up listening to;my father and mother were earley riser ;i grew up listening to the best of the blues! i hope i have found somebody else who loves the blues!
yesterday was my first time finding these old songs on youtube, they bring back so many memories of my childhood. this is the music i grew up with. this is real music.
Heard him live at a club in London ,England back in 1969 I was a student from the Caribbean and this was the first time I heard a"bluesman"live. It was worth the time and money
I used to listen to this song in Oakland in the early 60's. My Uncle is still alive in Oakland. He introduced me to this music. He had all the 45 records too. We got them from REIDS RECORDS on Alcatraz in Berkeley, or House Of Music on 79th and Bancroft in Oakland. And of course KDIA radio played it night and day too. I still remember all the words. What a wonderful way to remember the past.
Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCrackin were Bay Area favorites and my aunt and uncle and others used to dance to this music on the living room floor on weekends. It was truly the best of times.. We were so happy then, and we had such a large family, there was always plenty of food, drink for the adults and partying like no tomorrow. SO MUCH LOVE .. I have my memories and I'm so happy for that.
I don't believe he was under rated . Everyone who listened to blues would have known his status as a top blues man . Sorry , you're wrong with the "Under rated " cliche
it was my g'parents as well and they did NOT care hoow u felt about listening to this type of music,,,and and it was a45 as well and we had to keep starting it over and over...been in love ever since
I played with him in Bakersfield, CA circa, 1962. The Cotton Club on Lakeview Ave. The Johnny Otis Band had just broken up for the nth time and his guitarist Pete Lewis was living there. Good days!
@@veronica0902 Yes they were. Bakersfield was a major stop on the chittlin circuit back then, and most of the black population's ancestry including many of themselves, were from the Delta, Georgia and Alabama, and blues was the music of choice. Every blues man living came through there. There were four black night clubs that could accommodate large crowds and all of them sold southern food, alcohol and dope, and pretty women and hustlers of all sorts hung out in them. I was fortunate enough to play in all their house bands, I'd play in one club one week, and then in another the next week while jumping back and forth between them during weeknights. I was the most requested pianist and bass player in the black part of town, and when an entertainer came to town and one of their musicians got too drunk to play or OD'd as they often did, and it was either a bass player or piano man, they'd call me up to the stage and ask me to sit in, and they'd pay me too. At the time I was everybit the ripe old age of 16.
I interviewed Lowell up in Palmdale, Cal. at Tina Mayfield's house about 1993 for Southland Blues. He came out to the den in white silk pajamas, a dressing gown, slippers and was holding a long cigarette holder. He brought out that blond Gretsch and played some stuff for me without an amp and it was the coolest interview I ever did...I still have the tape. I love this song...
I am sure others have told you... Put up the tape on RU-vid ! Now I know why I was always partial the Gretsch gits ! Passed on a couple and every time I kick myself for it ! Great image, great story. The duke of palmdale. Too fucking funny.
The Coldest Blues song ever recorded. My mom brought this home in 1965, I was 7 at that time & this song reached me even then. I knew of him from ever christmas, when they wore out Lonesome Christmas by him Parts 1 & 2. But this! Damn its 2023 & this is still the coldest Bluse song ever recorded!!!
Man, when I'm into grilling some steaks, hamburgers or que I put this'un on and every time my baby'll jump up and start in on the bump.By the way it was produced by Maxwell Davis. Keeep that in mind
I love this kind of music it puts you in the groove I've been listening to good music all night tonight ain't been asleep yet but I don't have to go to work until 5 tomorrow afternoon and get off at 9 I get my work done by listening to good music especially this kind of music
Yes that's the one!! I have been searching for this song,my mom loved the blues and i grew up on it.thanks for the lesson,today's music could never compare!!
Capt Larry Well, you can credit Oakland but only in part. "Uncle Lo" (as he was called by certain family members) grew up in Oklahoma and traveled several places--influenced by them all but mostly west coast blues--before becoming partial to Los Angeles and settling here in his 30s, on (the cooking was just too good!). R.I.P. cousin
+Antonyo L. much respect to your and your cousin. Ive been playing the guitar for 10 years and hearing Mr. Fulson's playing for the first time left me speechless and dying to grab my guitar. His music lives on in worldwide.
This was written by my dear friend John Raymond Hymes, who called it his "golden record"- Earle Elie (?) Records recorded it in early 50s and then sold it to Lowell Fulson in Shreveport, LA. They gave Raymond $57.00 total for his record. And the copy they gave to him to keep was blank. Today is Raymond's 84th birthday.
Amy, that's the music business for you. Even the people working for the USA Copyright office will steal and sell your stuff and destroy your copyright application and copyright records. Even with today's digital, electronic copyright system they can still rob you. Cutthroat world this business.
You could sit out on the front porch leave your door open you windows up and at night the Stars would shine so bright they were you lying not to mention when the moon came out at night not anymore a very few Stars you see in the sky nowadays
@mississippisheik1 Why dont you post it? Or at least I hope you convert it to digital before the noise floor on the tape becomes louder than the signal. Analog tape only last so long.
@@captlarry-3525 I know. But I'd have loved to grow up in the 50s. Everything seemed so much cooler back then, music, cars, fashion. A simpler time not controlled by technology
