Rock Me Baby - Beverly "Guitar" Watkins w/the Rick Fowler Band, Foundry, Athens, Ga., 03/10/17 

I've enjoyed her music for years, and she used to be a regular on the jazz festival circuits in NC. I didn't know that she'd passed away, though.

RIP She's Sooooo Good Wow! She Wonderful!

She was from my city!?

Want more of this remarkable woman

Pretty amazing

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oh the visual!!!

That would be fun to do a secret camera thing. i've been thinking of pulling a stunt at an open mic and playing an expert keyboard player to jam with us, and him pretending that he's never played in a band.

Love this man. Great thought.

I'd pay good money to watch that.

There's nothing holding young women back. Ms. Watkins got recognition from many. A role model even in death.

Same old Doublé- Standard b.s.

Working on it..

Me for one 🤩

rock and roll Rhythm and Blues At Its Best ❤️!!!!!!!!

Too damn bad there is SO much great music that you can't hear because of GREED!

@@SGTJDerek That's absolutely right.... It's just as bad that rap has been force fed to SOOOOO MANY!! I once mentioned this to Robin Trower. He also acknowledged what had happened to music....

That's because we are Quick to fall for the O.K. DOKE!!!!!!

Absolutely

Me too Rock me redone by Steppenwolf in 60s

She a badd girl!🤣👍🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🥰

I'm madd too!! I'm almost #60 yrs.old n NEVER heard of this beautiful black queen 👑👑🌹👛

Aaaaaa

Where has this Woman been, OMG she is great!

You ain't lying about that.

Same 😅

a-m-e-n-n-n-n

Indeed! Amen, amen!!

I'm amazed Canned Heat Steppenwolf and a zillion others got songs from old blues stars. How about Pink Floyd. ?

Love it!!!!

I know right ! They should make a movie about her life ! She’s truly a gem

@@maureenwoodard9588 definitely your truly are seeing the true stuff of this world just needs to be true a movie and a white man I am I admire her more than white people you know because she is true from the heart she is blessed with God's mercy upon us all to give a good meaning to us Ohio to live this is how we should be just like she is right now in the old age enjoying it and living it that's what we need to do we all got to be like she is great person she is I know I feel it I love it I wanted to live it

Dalton AVEMARIA Right?? I would take her every where. Play for us Granny!

right down the middle. she's my grandma.love that stuff...

my Mother plays SLIDE "Like" a cross between Muddy Waters & Captain Beefheart, she's about to be 73.

Yes she is!!

That was my thoughts exactly.

Because their wretches x

She's awesome. They thumbed down because she makes a ton of choppy mistakes. It's okay. Some people are overly critical.

The thumbs down crowed are straight up disrespectful jack assess that won't even be able to give a thumbs down at her age because they got bad MOJO coming. She is 80 something years old got dressed and hit a club to have a drink and listen to music and got up and did a song had one more drink finished listening to musicians got a cab went home at 3 am .pretty f#cking cool lady.

@@RexAWells a f_ ing men!!!

Some people simply don't have a clue, that is all.

Right!

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She is one of many great blues artists and singers from back in day

She doesn't fit politician's and media narrative....Period!

Is that a rhetorical question?

Agreed

Amazed to not only hear clearly, but See this great BLUES lady! THX for bringing it home.

This is my dream. Exactly as she is, but I play bass.. always my dream to be well aged, lived, and still jamming. HARD. She inspires me so much. Tears.

Aw. Bass. Li

Yeah man. I agree. Why there are 1200 haters giving this old bluesy, soulful lady a thumbs down, I will never understand. Ok, so her licks aint as sharp as some of the younger gunslinger, but she's doing it, plus her voice is damn good.

She is bad to the bone there will never be a mother one like her gotta love it or hate the music but you can’t,,

Amazing!

WOW. That's Fire for sure 🔥 😎😃💪👍👍👍👍 🌹💝💙🤗

Very good statement. Eye opener ✌️

bom demais

🔥🔥🔥 💯 🔥🔥🔥

She has two Blues deep down in her soul the way she playing this thing she been to down her life she feeling it has soul and her bones you just don't play music like that off the top of your head it's a lifetime experience that you see and been through is to Crossroad of her life I admire her

" Re:The feel thing," "You don't pick the Blues, the Blues picks you.

She must have been a rebel as a teenager her life story would be fascinating such a character.

@@brenttamatea7578 Oh yeah. Just by picking up a guitar and wailin' with 'backy-chawin' whiskey drinkin' blues men she proved your statement. Gotta have depth of character to play the blues my man.

This is real blues

Wow she can swing with the best of them

And the award for the strangest use of quotation marks goes to.... YOU!

Man. where the hell have I been , She's doin the damn thang. I'm gonna research her.

R.F. Hopkins Mrs Watkins was one bad guitarists. Thanks U Tube for letting me discover ber.

Favorably impressed, I hope!

@@susanreed666 VERY!

Would love to see that

I hope there's video of it somewhere.

Actively searching for that clip!

didn't expect that

SOME TALENT, YOU MEAN GREAT TALENT, THEY DON'T GIVE THESE BLACK PERFORMERS ANY.DUE CREDIT 🙄

Damn, wish I could have been put up on her 40 years ago.

Amen

Yay RU-vid!

She's playing for JESUS CHRIST of NAZARETH now.

William Kirkland 🤣🤣🤣

kim thibodeaux 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@@williamkirkland7002 She always played for Jesus.

@@jamesadams6288 Amen ☆ there is an extra star in the sky now.

Me to look out she was a bad bad moma she us cut up on that guitar 🎸 🤪 my first x wow she play lik bb king 🤴 its all right with me 👏 😮 👏 wow

May she RIP..

And in this performance she just recovered from a bad bout of pneumonia too.

I just about passed out with this comment! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Damn straight ! 🎸

LOL

@@delaw2xoxo269 true exhausted from picking every part of myself apart and perfecting fine then tearing that down because it wasn't good enough for myself year after year day after day. Funny how God steps in Life threatening disease cancer hyperthyroid disease ECT. Bed rest no stress limits ECT kind of a blessing sometimes helps people like me stop and allow myself or give myself permission to just drink a beer eat a slice of pizza and take a nap and not run myself into the ground afterwards. I never had that kind of luxury even at my worst most undisciplined reckless carefree 20something party days. God does do for you what you can't do for yourself. When u can't love yourself enough God helps with little blessings so I can finally fuck off and take a vacation and not give a shit for once. God is good 🙏 🙏🙏🙌🙌 😇 yay thanks God for reminding me

I know that's right. I've never heard of her. I'm definitely going to look her up and add her to my music rotation.

Why make this a gender issue? SHE`s said: I`m a MUSICIAN!

No one I know ever said that. The heck? This is a musician period, gender has nothing to do with this.

You got that right

Said no one ever. I believe it was Albert King that said, "Strings don't know what color the fingers are". Same goes for gender.

I have never heard anyone say that...

I saw Matt guitar Murphy live in Edmonton about forty years ago and this lady is just as good.

Kmsl .... that was my first thought

She makes me feel so happy. That guitar and her belong together. I'm sorry we were deprived of her for so long. ❤😢 R.I.P. Ms. Watson

I think youtube keeps us in the loop or something. great little lady !!

Same here.

Me, too. Damn...

@@conniewolf7300 a few weeks ago

Same here. I’ve followed many blues artists since 60’s but this lady was a hidden gem for me! 2019 I stumbled across her on my YT feed. Totally rocks it! 😎

Margeir Ólafsson May she R.I.P, she was a gifted guitarist.

Singing n playing with da blues ANGELS in blues heaven!!! Awesome blues lady...love u n ur mama for giving u life!!!

Never heard of her was she underground to avoid paying taxes hum

Robert Horton LOL; maybe she lived in a sanctuary city?

Margeir Ólafsson Did she ever play in Iceland?

Please please please! You must post those here on RU-vid, for everyone to enjoy for all time.

I was raised on the Blues!!!!

And I want Kerry Washington to play her.

I totally agree never heard or seen her bfore

Be great but I know no one on her level, guitar wise, back then them females was the truth. We got some I got to think on this, she got to be a blues woman.

She is pure magic.Enough said

Yes,!!!!!!!

All grandmas can’t be the same!

Yess l never heard of her either

Oh man she died, noooooo

I bet you can play 💕💕💕good for you💓💓💓

U Go Gurl!!!!!!

Hey Old Timer....my Grandfather played Guitar and Harp following Jimmy Reed, Lightning Hopkins, and The "Hook". So I've been addicted to the "Natchal" Blues since I was around 3. I play Blues Harp and still learng at 63. Keep on hiitin' it my Man. ramsfire@juno.com

Amen

I still play good!!! Better now than ever and I will be 70 in December.😊 I miss jamming with other musicians but I still enjoy rockin' it on my own. ❤👍🏻

Gb87 I have new respect for the squire.Have one in the closet somewhere, I think I’ll check it out again.

I was thinking the same thing. I've got a sunburst Squire I haven't pulled out for a couple of years. Got me thinking real hard about starting back

I think she is playing thru a blonde Fender Super-Sonic at 3:48?

This Squier sounds Mexican. With goddess fingers to play on.

did you not kill these types ? Asking for a friend.

Che Guevara was a homicidal maniac you sick fuckhead

Depends on what side of the fence you're on. Man.

Che, what station are you listening to? I haven't found one with enough class to play the blues! Kids these days call rap, music. (what a joke!) So sad, our future leaders are ignorant!

@@geraldgreenfield5808 I hear you, I gave up radio quite a while back. Lots of great music on RU-vid. I pair with a bose color link and rock on.

Music is the spirit of the soul

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Essas músicas me acalma solos incrível!!!

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Absolutely !! LOL

How do you know she doesn't??? **wink wink**

@@nailahi.akinyemi-sankofa9855 Well, I can't promise, but I'm pretty sure. 🤔😊

Latashawelsh Call me

I don't care what she plays. If she sounds like that, she can play anything she wants

D MENACE at the roost Big Mama Thornton ...

@james crowe NO it's more like a mistake made by non-typers SMART ASS

Beautiful soul sister ❤

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awwww. Thanks for the update. What a gift she is.

It's Heaven's turn! Now she can rock on now and forever! God rest her lovely soul🎸

So glad I ran across this woman who gave me hope just when my cup needed to be topped off. I'm sad she left so soon

Frank Resendez They cutting up , Take it Beverly Naw you take it BB, We gonna give it to Bobby, 😁Thank you for sharing them with us Lord, I would say RIP but they ain’t Resting, They Tearing it up 🤣🙏🏾👍🏾🙌🏿❤️

@@Netbe277 You betcha'!!! 😂