Cash McCall – The Blues

wait, why was there …
wait, why was there a picture of angelina jolie?

LOOK! just been on …
LOOK! just been on itunes and KING OF THE BLUES (remastered) which has 29 tracks on it is ONLY £2.49. Get on it……….it’s got to be a mistake.

@glenneveaux
If …
@glenneveaux
If you knew Robert Johnson’s story, it makes perfect scene. As a child he could only play harmonica, then he left home for a year or so, and came back the best guitarist around. Also, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Bonham (oddly enough, John Paul Jones did not) all sold their soul as well. Do some research before blabbing your mouth.

@glenneveaux I feel …
@glenneveaux I feel like I should be insulted by that.. But I really couldn’t understand you. How does it feel to know that no one really cares what you say, love?

Very impressive
Very impressive

i am planning to …
i am planning to buy a parlor guitar but most of them are so expensive. i want a cheap one but in very good quality(between $300-$500). any sugestions on this?

In Johnson’s day, …
In Johnson’s day, one of the scariest things that could happen to a young black man in the South was to be caught on the road in the middle of the night. Signs that read “Nigger, don’t let the sun set on you” were a ubiquitous sight in the South and many black men (and women) were lynched by white men who caught them wandering the roads.

That is where the emotion and earnestness of the lyrics and Johnson’s voice comes from. Not some silly legend.

Haha, RJ sang about …
Haha, RJ sang about it himself. The legend goes: RJ was a crappy guitar player, trying to copy Son House (another delta player) but everyone hated RJ’s music. Then he left for a month or two, and came back the greatest guitar player anyone has ever seen. He also sang about the devil. So people created a folk tale out of it. It’s not racist, “white fuckz” did n’t create the tale.

haha, this song was …
haha, this song was recorded in the 30’s. The crackling is from the record that someone recorded this off of.

I wouldn’t say the …
I wouldn’t say the its the only way to play guitar, but the soul of the guitar is the blues.

the WHOLE r.j. sold …
the WHOLE r.j. sold his soul 2 satan cunt-ignorant-shit (including the “brilliant?? e. clapton’s beliefs) is jest so pre-school!!! oh, a black man had 2 sell his soul 2 tha devil 2 create incredible, ground-breaking music???? that’s the only way, huh. maybe he was just talented and put in some hard work???? Quit wit/da r.j. soul-selling cunt-shit (especially u white fuckz). ALL’ uv ur “rock-gods” (i.e., led zep, aero, et al.) R “children” uv the blues! no magic, mystery necessary. just A FACT!!

wait what?
wait what?

This story goes …
This story goes back to 1760. Classical composer Vivaldi dreamed he went to heavan and saw a beautiful angel playing the harp. It was the most beautiful song he had ever heard. So he asked the angel to teach it to him. The angel said he would if he “Gave him obedience.”
Vivaldi realized at that point it was the fallen angel Lucifer.

@Nikalson – It’s …
@Nikalson – It’s not retro, it was recorded in 1936.
@HelloIzEveryone – As far as I’m concerned, the blues *is* the only way to play the guitar. Don’t worry about name brands. I don’t think Robert Johnson ever owned a Martin.

only 2 pics have …
only 2 pics have survived of Robert, the one on 0:31 is one of them

so you learned to …
so you learned to type, sentence structure, read, and numbers when your 2… that immprobable but ill give it to you. if you know what that means…

@FabToneRecordsUK …
@FabToneRecordsUK
come on robert is full of mistery i mean only 2 or 3 photos,the crossroad ´´encounters´´,we only know his life because of his songs,its like the earth ate him

im 2 years old and …
im 2 years old and i love this song, i will be 3 in a few months!

I’m only 13, but …
I’m only 13, but this is my favorite song ever. I only know one way to play the guitar, and thats the blues way. My dad plays it like that on his tele, and i play it like that on my charvel (not really a blues guitar, but it sounds alright)

you having a laugh …
you having a laugh aren’t you.

Robert,youve got …
Robert,youve got friends at the crossroads

I’ve read that it …
I’ve read that it was actually Tommy Johnson that first told the story of ’selling his soul to the devil’ and Robert then took that story and made it famous. Also there’s belief that the picture in this video at 0:31 is actually a picture of Tommy, not Robert.

as amazing and as …
as amazing and as beautiful as his guitar may sound, its his voice that seems to be so penetrating

I love the cracking …
I love the cracking in the background. It makes it feel so retro!

The story goes on.. …
The story goes on…At first he was just a normal guitar player who wanted to be famous then 1 day the “devil” came and asked him “want to be famous,if you do give me your soul..”Robert said yea and he lost his “soul” wich is why Robert died to be VERY young-only at about his late 20’s—-but,its just a story…