Blues is what every emotion that every human has and brings our souls together. No matter of ethnicity, rich or poor, intelligence, we are all can relate. Good selection Jamel!
You kept saying: _"sleep with their guitars"_ and I'm cracking up because one of my guitars is laying on my bed right now. lols But what's amazing to me is that many guitars on stage and they could still hold it together. For those who don't know, it usually takes 4 or even just 3 guitars to make everything fall apart.
@@shannonslayter3162 WAS JOHNNY THERE WITH EDGAR THAT TIME YOU SAW HIM? EDGAR WINTER IS GREAT TOO, SAW HIM LIVE IN '72 AND AGAIN IN LATER '70'S WITH RICK DERINGER ON GUITAR!
Went to High School in 1966 with Robert Cray in Tacoma ,Washington and he was unbelievable then as he is now. Has won so many blues award new artist best song best blues album of the year. All the great blues men will give Cray a lot of credit.
I was in Conn driving by a dive bar and on the bill board it said Buddy Guy..So I went in to find a hand full of people while he played so beautifully.. Talk about being in the right time and right space.Probably in 1986 or so. what a joy
So, the very last song that Stevie Ray Vaughan ever played on stage was "Sweet Home Chicago", at the Alpine Valley venue in Wisconsin, hours before the helicopter crash that took his life. Playing with Stevie, in that final song of the night, was Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and Robert Cray. I'm sure they can't help but think of SRV whenever they play this song, and surely when they join the others that were with them that fateful night.
@@SueProv Was actually there that night, believe it or not. Had taken a bus to the venue, and I remember as we left the parking lot, I was thinking, "Man, how can the driver see anything in this fog?" Wasn't until the next morning that we heard what had happened.
@@DJHolte Seriously that's beyond imagination. I saw Jimmy Vaughan interviewed or read an interview where Jimmy went to identify the body and his wife went to keep him company. Jimmy prayed for a sign. Well as he was leaving some one there ran beside the car and tapped on the window. The man had the Coptic cross Stevie wore almost all the time. That was Stevie's sign that he was ok.
they did "Sweet Home Chicago" as the finale... according to Clapton's quote, everyone didn't linger but were all discussing transportation back to Chicago. EC said he'd ride, he wasn't in a hurry. SRV picked up an empty seat in the copter with two of EC's people (who also perished in the crash). The caravan of cars had left the area only minutes before the helicopter took off in the thick fog. It was airborne less that 3 minutes before it hit the side of the mountain. So, time was more compressed than we'd like to think it was. The cars didn't know about the crash until they got to Chicago. EC went with Jimmie Vaughan to the morgue the next morning to identify Stevie's remains.
This song was originally written and performed by Robert Johnson, the king of the delta blues. He also wrote Crossroads, They’re Red Hot, Come On In My Kitchen, Terraplane Blues, and many, many others. Here’s the original: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p0rjDAeApZQ.html
About the "Crossroads" ... 100 years ago there was a blues guitarist names Robert Johnson. (Charter member of "The 27 Club" - musical artist dying at 27 years old ... it's a long, IMPRESSIVE list!) Anyway - Mr Johnson went down to the crossroads, where he met with the Devil , and sold his soul for musical ability. Many blues artists will sing his songs about going down to the crossroads. And Eric Clapton would gather up and AMAZING line up every few years for his "Crossroads Tours".
This was outstanding, but how could it not be so much talent in one place. I'm super glad to see some Buddy Guy on your channel and would love to see more, he is a living legend and one of the last from his era of Blues - the Blues won't be the same without him.
👍😎 All that greatness on stage, and Johnny Winter gets applause. Ought to tell you how much he is respected. Same concert they do “The Thrill is Gone” with the BB Kong. It’s awesome.
Thank you for keeping the great music going definitely one of my favorite songs I grew up not too far from Chicago I would love it so I'm 58 years old nowadays bring it back memories
Eric Clapton has been known to hold several Crossroads festivals. We own a few on dvd. Soooo many great guitarists! Each one just as amazing as the other. I discovered so many artists old and new 🙌🏼 This was awesome. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Same with me, I loved the playing, went through the credits, found their names and got some tunes and more knowledge that there ARE still some Great artists out there! Hubert was the star here to me, one of the pioneers of "rockin' blues". He was an inspiration to more guitarists than I could mention!
I was lucky enough to see Johnny winter live at orange blossom junction before he passed. Johnny was a phenomenal player and had much respect for the blues. He pretty much brought muddy waters back to the scene and made him very successful. Buddy is a firecracker! Love this stuff..👍👍🇺🇸
Saw Buddy Guy play in Atlanta and he is the master Fender string bender. What a showman. Also went to his blues club Legends in Chicago. Cool place! Hubert Sumlin played with Muddy Waters then mainly with the great Howlin Wolf as well as solo.These are masters of blues guitar.
There's this kid I have been following for years. He opened for Buddy Guy's show a few times this month. He impressed Buddy. The last night he performed with him, there was another kid, 9 7r old Bay who played. Taj Farrant had him cone up and play his guitar with Taj a few months ago. It was fun watching Taj give more of his playing time and mentoring to Bay. You could see it impressed Buddy as well. Taj is an old soul 15 yrs old. Many people swear he's the reincarnation of Stevie Ray Vaughn. Party because he looks a little like him and also because he has similar style in playing. Funny thing is although even though Taj loves and plays some Stevie songs, he's more into Gary Moore. When Taj plays Gary's Parisienne Walkways you just want to hold on. He also is great playing The Sky is Crying. Taj is coming out with his first album next week. He had 6 original songs from it chart at #1 on the iTunes blues charts. Loved seeing him connect with Buddy!
Back in the days Eric Clapton had some severe alcohol and drug addiction but eventually got clean and sober. Crossroads is originally an old like blues standard written and first recorded by Robert Johnson and when EC was in the band Cream they did a cover version of that song. Nowadays it's a guitar festival hosted by EC and all the benefits of the festival goes to his treatment centre located at the island of Antiqua in the Caribbean.
I have several of the Crossroads Guitar festival videos. There a lot of moments like this. Incredible stuff! I love the 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013 ones. Each year they pick two dvds worth for sale. You WILL LOVE them.
Half the people on that stage were also on stage with Stevie Ray Vaughan when he played for the last time, when they turned this song into a 20 minute jam. And all of them have said many times that Stevie played his absolute best that night. And then they got on helicopters to head to Chicago. It's so ironic & heartbreaking. But at least Stevie had a heckuva great time, with people he loved playing with, in his last hours. Jamel, please react to one of Stevie's most beloved instrumentals, "Riviera Paradise", the version that's live from Austin "One Night in Austin" on Austin City Limits". He dedicates it to "anyone still suffering" & then spins beauty & magic that's been known to make grown men cry.💙🌿💚
There's a great new documentary on Buddy Guy that first aired last week ("Great Performances" on PBS). It's SO worth watching, Buddy's so interesting to listen to about his life. And then there's the part where he & Clapton discuss Stevie Ray Vaughan & that last night they played together. I highly recommend it to everyone.💙
some day all these ppl will be gone and all that great music ...time sure flies.it's people like Jamal keepin great music alive that should be appreciated. thank you Jamal.
Not just the NUMBER of guitars on stage, but the quality of the players! An embarrassment of riches, for sure....PS - There are a LOT of great videos of super performances from this Crossroads Festival over the years.)
Eric Clapton Hosts this Festival every year, and he invites the great Blues guitarists (that are still living) to his festival, and they all play each other's songs together. The great Johnny Winter is the guy sitting down with the long grey hair and hat. He died shortly after this. Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter are maybe the two best to ever pick up a guitar. He was in his mid to late 70s here. What a Blues guitarist he was.
I’m so blessed I’ve seen all them guitar gods live, except for John Mayer (so far). Sad that some of them have passed but their music will always be alive.
I got to hang out with Robert Cray once. My Buddy had been working the tour with them. We were looking for more beer at the end of the show and found a cooler full in a dressing room. It was Roberts room lol. He was very cool when he walked in seeing three drunk white boys drinking his beers. Shook my hand after I told him what a great show it was. We didn’t press our luck and left after that but it was a great memory. 1989 I think.
I really like to see you reacting to the Blues. I know you'll never be finished with all the great Rock, which is my favorite, but I love the Blues too. I especially love the videos like this where the best of both genres all play together. Thanks for doing this one.
This was so cool to see these greats ! Another suggestion would be “Old Love” live with Robert Cray backing up Eric Clapton ( sporting the purple dinner jacket ). They mesh their guitars as well as anybody I ever saw.
Now that was a religious experience. I absolutely love it when these guys have such great talent can get on a stage and share it and enjoy each other playing and allowing their guitars and their instruments to just speak to us. It makes a body feel good
Awesome, what a great collection of some of the greats, just enjoying each other and having a great time. Lifted spirits and made me smile just watching them. Ty mate Keep Safe Keep Strong
This was the last song SRV played with Eric Clapton, Jimmy Vaughan Buddy Guy and Robert Cray before he got on the helicopter. Double Trouble said it was the best he did.
Ive heard the recording . I never saw him but am so happy people experienced him but I can't imagine your shock. I remember when he died but I wasnt into him yet. I live in NY and it was so hot. I was sad. Glad he spread his musical genius and his even more impressive gentle humility. A force of nature on stage and a helping soul to lots of people to sobriety.
@@SueProv Oh yeah it was phenomenal! Everyone was really! I tried to get us tickets to the Saturday show because we wanted to see Jeff Healey, but is sold out so fast that we went Sunday instead...and unfortunately that was the end for Stevie.....
Classic Chicago Blues! "The Crossroads" refers to the legendary place where famed blues guitarist Robert L. Johnson supposedly made a deal with the devil at midnight.
really LOVE this version lots of Greats up there! First time I heard this one was with The Blues Brothers in the Movie with Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi! :)
@Jamel_AKA_Jamal @1:40 The guy on the right in the white shirt is Jimmy Vaughan, Stevie Ray's older brother. @1:19 The guy in the black and white striped shirt is Hubert Sumlin. He used to play for Muddy Waters. The rest I figure you know. Yes this is Crossroads Guitar Festival.
You should check out Robert Johnson. He wrote this song along many other blues classics. In some ways he's the father of modern rock and blues. Several early musicians credited him as their inspiration. His music is still played/ covered to this day, and he passed away in 1938.
At first, it used to kind of tick me off to see the spread on RU-vid of all the folks imitating your channel. But then, the more I thought about it, I thought all that means is that more and more and more people are being exposed to GREAT music, so even more people can keep it alive and enjoy it together!
What a lineup! Robert Cray was a big deal back in the day. He's one guy that people today may not be familiar with, but he is a very accomplished blues guitarist.
Went to see Robert Cray concert a few years ago. He is still touring and amazing. There is a big blues festival in Mammoth Hills, CA this week. Cray is headlining. Mammoth Bluesapalooza
I have three guitar heroes , really love them . Two are friends and sure must be jamming their guitar somewhere out there on the universe .Jimi and Johnny Winter, was lucky to see him live still in good shape , Jimi was too young . Eric first time i saw him at Long Beach , was a courtesy from my friend Dennis , had met him for just over a month. We used two have few beers at least three times a week at the garden where i and his girl lived , her apartment was 10 yards from mine . He never told me , and I had no idea until a girlfriend asked How did you meet him ? Looked around point at him saying ,,,you mean Dennis .Yes where? Right where you are standing at this moment. I'm from Brazil , sure I knew who they were but not their faces. She pushed away and told me ,I know his name, and she was really pissed . I said wtf , what's going on are you mad because i'm having a beer with my friend . There she told me , he is the drummer of The Beach Boys Dennis Wilson , Really he never told me , well she went in and I walked back finish my beer told him what .went on . Did not change a thing , was and still am a surfer knew their music but wasn't never a fan . Besides was not Noel Redding , Keith Moon there was just Dennis . Asked why he never told me , my Brazilian friend first The Band is over also i suck playing the drums . We laugh for at least a minute . One day he asked me if i liked Eric Clapton and i told him about my three big idols . His words , great taste my friend., here is for you take your girl and have fun . There are times in life you get presents no money can buy , tried for weeks to get the tickets . Found scalpers charging waay too much . Two days before the concert the tickets were handed to me at my door . Long drive from S Monica to Long Beach, now walking in and looking for our seats a girl came over asked to see the tickets and said , pls follow me . When she turned right and kept walking and the stage getting closer . She stopped on the second row to our seats . Man Long Beach Sports Arena was the same size as the Forum , where the Lakers used to play and big concerts usually were . Capacity around 13.000 and we at the second roll , Eric had a black Rolex on . RIP my good friend , he died drowned at the Marina , Dennis was an alcoholic , and was about to lose his boat also home . He died around two years later , during that time we became good friends . I hate those guys even more his brother Brian, Over that bunch of crap that i wrote the only survivor is Eric , talking about the older guys . You all RIP J and J get Dennis to play the drums once in awhile ; LoL
Crossroads Guitar fFestival is a benefit show (last in 2019) for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Rehabilitation facility in Antigua. It's a drug and alcohol rehab he started many, many years ago. It is a lot of blues but not only and always. I must say, there is a lot of great John Mayer performances online rom the festival. He belongs up there with those guys because he is there to pick up the torch from them. Clapton stated once "John is a master of his craft." Great stuff from those festivals.
Buddy is the shit and Eric is so tasteful! I've been to Eric's Crossroads fests and sat up front 7 times. What an utterly otherworldly experience those were! Nothin' compares. Me and the ol man were just floored; what a thing to share w/the one closest to you. All the musicians are fine ppl too; met some of em more than once. Oh Jamal, I got the privilege of standing right in front of Stevie Ray for 3 hrs, mesmerized and entranced...that was the night he was killed in a helicopter. I'm glad you got to experience this. ( Imagine hours of it bc that's how those shows are). I thk you for posting this so much. God bless
Jamel you are undoubtedly one of the coolest cats I've seen. I love your reactions and your efforts to keep great music alive through your videos. If you are ever in Kansas let me know as you and your family are welcome to come to our BBQ any time. I hope you like ribs smoked low and slow for 8 hours. Might even fry up some fresh catfish. Peace be with you.
I💖 Robert Cray I💖 Buddy Guy I 💖 the Vaughn bros. And of course SLOWHAND💖 **a fun video to watch is Buddy, Ronnie (Wood) and Johnny (Lang) Durring "Miss You" Buddy's string breaks, so they improvise 🎸 🎸 🎸
I can't wait for the stages to open back up, need to travel to Chicago and hit Buddy Guy';s legends club and Kingston mines... after the last year can't wait to hear some live blues.
Absolutely my favorite. Cebon Tiger, a guy from my hometown, now lives in Seattle. Local who changed his music journey the first day he heard SRV. Church him out live on his FB or website. Does a set that closes with Sweet Home Home as in the Blues Brothers
I've seen this one before, but never tire of watching/listening. Have tried getting reactors to react to Blues: doesn't go well. Outside of Blues circles, they just don't draw large views. There Is one, teez mc gee, who did a request for Shemekia Copeland & Kenny Wayne Shepherds' collaboration on Hit Em Back; think it got maybe 300 views...smh. Thnx for this, J ✌
Hi Jamal, since you are doing a few of these get togethers. This on is brilliant too. Clapton & Steve Winwood Voodoo Child at the 2010 crossroads festival. Believe me...you will love it !
Hubert Sumlin was blues royalty. He played with Howlin' Wolf. Also there was Jimmy Vaughn, brother of Stevie Ray, who would listen to his brother's blues albums and mess with his guitar back in the day. Rock would not be the same without people like Hubert, Pinetop Perkins and Johnny Johnson. Hey hey, the Blues are alright.
Say Brother, if you like blues this link is to the greatest blues band ever to Grace the stage. The Louisiana Gator Boys. Louisiana Gator Boys was an all-star band for the battle of the bands scene of the Blues Brothers 2000 movie. The members are: B.B. King (Vocals, Guitar), Eric Clapton (Vocals, Guitar), Bo Diddley (Vocals, Guitar), Travis Tritt (Vocals, Guitar), Jimmie Vaughan (Vocals, Guitar), Gary U.S. Bonds (Vocals), Isaac Hayes (Vocals), Tommy McDonnell (Vocals), Lou Rawls (Vocals), Koko Taylor (Vocals), Clarence Clemons (Vocals, Tenor Saxophone, Tambourine), Dr. John (Vocals, Piano), Charlie Musselwhite (Vocals, Harmonica), Billy Preston (Vocals, Synthesizer), Steve Winwood (Vocals, Organ), Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Guitar), Jack DeJohnette (Drums), John Faddis (Trumpet), Joshua Redman (Tenor Saxophone), Grover Washington Jr. (Baritone Saxophone), Willie Weeks (Bass).ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YQAHxROM3Ls.html
Crossroads Festival was founded by Eric Clapton and happens every year. But the idea of "The Crossroads" goes back Robert Johnson (or even earlier). The legend is that Johnson met the devil at the crossroads (in Mississippi) and sold his soul to the devil to get his guitar playing skills.
Hi Jamel what a great video that was a lot of guitars ! If you want to hear the best version of this song ever check out Magic Sam Blues Band from the Westside soul album it will make you want to run down to Chicago rite away to see what all the excitement is about.
Jamel if you want to hear who Jimi Hendrix considered the greatest guitar player ever saw and you like to hear guitars sing you have to you have to check out Roy Buchanan Roy's Blues
Look up the Blues Counsel and their song " the river is rising" they have like 8 guitarists, bass player, drummer. All the guitarist and the bass player have a solo in the song. The group is made of Christian musicians who play blues style rock. You will only be disappointed if you dont see the live vid of the song. So dont be disappointed, and give it a reaction.
There is a video with Stevie Ray, Eric Clapton. Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Robert Clay doing Sweet Home Chicago!! During it, they literally stop and just watch Stevie!!
