alright, finally! some Freddie gettin' down acoustically. Enjoy!. + Informações

A real treat for the blues buffs out there. Sure wish there was more video of this guy out there, especially something acoustic, but even on an electric Fred is something else. + Informações

"You Gotta Move" is a song written by Fred McDowell and Rev. Gary Davis. Being a well-known song of McDowell's, covered by The Rolling Stones in their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. The album which included this song was recorded at McDowell's home in Como, Mississippi in 1964, and in Holy Springs, Mississippi and Berkeley, California in 1965. Personnel: Mississippi Fred McDowell (vocals, bottle-neck guitar); Eli Green (vocals, guitar); Annie McDowell (vocals). CD Release Date: November 30, 1993 Label: Arhoolie Records Lyrics: You got to move You got to move You got to move, child You got to move But when the Lord Gets ready You got to move (guitar) You may be high You may be low You may be rich, child You may be po' But when the Lord gets ready You've got to move (guitar) You see that woman That walk the street You see the policeman Out on his beat But when the Lord gets ready You got to move (guitar) You got to move You got to move You've got to move, child You've got to But when the Lord gets ready You got to move.. + Informações

Delta blues giant Fred McDowell performs "Louise." From the DVD "Legends of Bottleneck Blues Guitar." More info at www.guitarvideos.com. + Informações

McDowell performing the classic north Mississippi hill country song "Shake 'Em On Down".. + Informações

McDowell playing a short electric version of "When I Lay My Burden Down". This man was the most haunting & rawest slide player that ever lived.. + Informações

Excerpt from the 1969 documentary "Blues Maker" featuring bluesman Fred McDowell. Blues Maker @Internet Archive: www.archive.org Fred McDowell @Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org. + Informações

McDowell was a great slide guitarrist full of feeling. He did not record until he was discovered in 1960.. + Informações

Fred McDowell recorded in Como Mississippi december 1 1965. Sleepy John Estes wrote this song and he recorded it in 1935. + Informações

Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 - July 3, 1972) known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues singer and guitar player in the North Mississippi style. McDowell was born in Rossville, Tennessee, near Memphis. His parents, who were farmers, died when McDowell was a youth. He started playing guitar at the age of 14 and played at dances around Rossville. Wanting a change from plowing fields, he moved to Memphis in 1926 where he worked in a number of jobs and played music for tips. He settled in Como, Mississippi, about 40 miles south of Memphis, in 1940 or 1941, and worked steadily as a farmer, continuing to perform music at dances and picnics. Initially he played slide guitar using a pocket knife and then a slide made from a beef rib bone, later switching to a glass slide for its clearer sound. He played with the slide on his ring finger.[4] While commonly lumped together with Delta Blues singers, McDowell actually may be considered the first of the bluesmen from the 'North Mississippi' region - parallel to, but somewhat east of the Delta region - to achieve widespread recognition for his work. A version of the state's signature musical form somewhat closer in structure to its African roots (often eschewing the chord change for the hypnotic effect of the droning, single chord vamp), the North Mississippi style (or at least its aesthetic) may be heard to have been carried on in the music of such figures as Junior Kimbrough and RL Burnside, while serving as .... + Informações

Blues great Mississippi Fred McDowell sings "Goin to the River", recorded by second generation and pioneering musicologist Alan Lomax. Images of Fred, Mississippi, the river and some bridges that cross it. While commonly lumped together with "Delta Blues singers," McDowell actually may be considered the first of the bluesmen from the North Mississippi region - parallel to, but somewhat east of the Delta region - to achieve widespread recognition for his work (see, Wikipedia). Lyrics: I'm goin' down that river I'm goin-a take that right hand road I'm goin' down the river I'm goin-a take that right hand road Lord, I ain't gon' stop walkin' 'Till I get in sweet mama's arms Lord, the girl I'm lovin' She got that great long curly hair Lord, the girl I'm lovin' Got the great long curly hair Lord, her mama an her papa, Lord Sure don't allow me there Lord, allow me Sure don't allow me Sure don't allow me Sure don't allow me Sure don't allow Allow me there Lord, Lord Sho' don't allow 'llow me there (guitar & comb) Sun rose this mornin', baby Lord, I was layin' down on my flo' Lord, the sun rose this mornin' I was layin' down on my flo' Lord, no woman to love me Baby, even no place to go Lord, nobody Love me, baby Lord, no place Place to go Lord Even no, place to go Lordy, Lordy, Lord, Lord (guitar) Lord, I'm goin' away, baby Don't you wanna go? I'm goin' away, baby Mama, don't you wanna go? Lord, I'm goin' somewhere I ain't never been before Oh, Lord, I Lord, I'm goin' Goin .... + Informações

Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 - July 3, 1972), known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues singer and guitar player in the North Mississippi style. McDowell was born in Rossville, Tennessee, near Memphis. His parents, who were farmers, died when McDowell was a youth. He started playing guitar at the age of 14 and played at dances around Rossville. Wanting a change from plowing fields, he moved to Memphis in 1926 where he worked in a number of jobs and played music for tips. He settled in Como, Mississippi, about 40 miles south of Memphis, in 1940 or 1941, and worked steadily as a farmer, continuing to perform music at dances and picnics. Initially he played slide guitar using a pocket knife and then a slide made from a beef rib bone, later switching to a glass slide for its clearer sound. The 1950s brought a rising interest in blues music and folk music in the United States and McDowell was brought to wider public attention, beginning when he was discovered and recorded in 1959 by Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins. McDowell's records were popular, and he performed often at festivals and clubs. He continued to perform in the North Mississippi blues style much as he had for decades, sometimes using on electric guitar. While he famously declared "I do not play no rock and roll," McDowell associated with many younger rock musicians: He coached Bonnie Raitt on slide guitar technique. He was reportedly flattered by The Rolling Stones' rather straightforward .... + Informações

Hill country bluesman Fred McDowell playing the blues standard 'Shake 'Em On Down. + Informações

Mississippi Fred gettin' down with the Big Joe Williams song Baby Please Don't Go, also some talking by him, explaining why he don't play no rock n' roll, and a little on his slide technique, pretty cool to listen to. + Informações

This is a small excerpt from a long recording of a live show Fred played in Tacoma, Washington on 14th April, 1971. To the best of my knowledge, the recording of the show is public domain, and is available from tela.sugarmegs.org The tune is the same as 'Fred's Worried Blues' (from the album 'Live in New York'), but the lyrics are different. Lyrics: (transcribed by me, any mistakes are mine) Way down in the fields, where I used to plow. You know some folks say, The worried blues ain't bad. Lordy, some folks say, The worried blues ain't bad. Lord knows where I've been baby, The worried blues I've had. I woke up this morning, The blues all around my bed. Lord, I woke up this morning baby, The blues all around my bed. I went to eat my breakfast, The blues all in my bread. I believe in my my soul, The blues gonna kill me dead. You know my heart's full of sorrow, Tears come rolling down. Lord, my heart's full of sorrow, The tears come rolling down. Lord, baby, don't mistreat me, I'm a stranger in your town. Lord, if you make me welcome, baby, Lord, honey, I'll go home with you. Thank you.. + Informações

"Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus." Fred McDowell, vocal and guitar. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi. September 25, 1959. From "Fred McDowell: The Alan Lomax Recordings." Released in 2011 digitally by Global Jukebox (GJ 1007) and on LP by Mississippi Records (MR 073). These are the first recordings made of Fred McDowell ? before the folk festivals and blues clubs, before "Mississippi" was inserted in front of his name, before the Rolling Stones covered his "You Got To Move." They're the sound of the music McDowell played on his porch, at picnics, and juke joints; with his friends and family; occasionally for money but always for pleasure. Freshly remastered from 24-bit digital transfers of Alan Lomax's original tapes, and annotated by Arhoolie Records' Adam Machado and the Alan Lomax Archive's Nathan Salsburg, they are an illustration of the mind-blowing revelation that was Fred McDowell. On the first day of fall, 1959, in Como, Mississippi, a farmer named Fred McDowell emerged from the woods and ambled over to his neighbor Lonnie Young's front porch with a guitar in hand. Alan Lomax was there recording the Young fife and drum ensemble, as well as the raggy old country dance music of their neighbors, the Pratcher brothers, and he had no idea what to expect from this slight man in overalls. He certainly didn't expect that Fred would soon become internationally known as one of the most original, talented, and affecting country bluesmen ever recorded.. + Informações

Lyrics: I got on that freight train; I tried to beat my way. Lord, them rocks and gravel, Lord, flew all in my face. (What happened, boy?) I asked the conductor, let me ride it blind. (Okay...) I asked the conductor to let me ride it blind. (What did he say?) Lord, he shook his head, said, "The train ain't none of mine." (Left you shook up, then...) I got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how it was read. (Feel any better, boy.) I got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how it was read. Lord, it's come at once, boy: your sure-'nough gal is dead. (...know whether to go blind, then...) Come at, come at once, sure-'nough gal, sure-'nough gal is dead. Said I left my baby standin' out back door cryin'. (Felt like somethin' else.) I left my baby standing out back door cryin'. I never felt so sorry, Lord, till she said goodbye. Lord, she?, Lord, she said good?, Lord, she said goodbye.. + Informações

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Goin' Down To The River. + Informações

Fred Mcdowell playing at Newport Blues festival. + Informações

My version of Fred McDowell's "Kokomo Blues" played on a late '30s/early '40s Supertone archtop that used to belong to Alvin Youngblood Hart. This one's still a little rough for me sometimes. Pardon the mistakes and the stupid faces. Tuned one half step low of open G (ie Spanish @ F#) C#-F#-C#-F#-A#-C# K & K Pure Western Mini Pickup played through LR Baggs Para-acoustic DI and a 50W Crate Limo portable amp. www.myspace.com. + Informações

Fred McDowell doing a wonderful spiritual piece on his red electric guitar That's right, it's video footage... not a slideshow This is the rest of this - www.youtube.com Blind Willie Johnson's version the song - www.youtube.com Rev. Pearly Brown's - www.youtube.com Skip James' - www.youtube.com. + Informações

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A great slide classic. Originally recorded and composed by Sleepy John Estes in the 30ties but it's Mississippi Fred McDowell's version that is the most widely known. My version is more influenced by the one JoAnn Kelly recorded for the Blues Goose label in the 70ties. I'm playing an old Stella in open A-tuning. Check out my new cd at Youtune Records www.youtunerecords.com I made a lesson dvd that includes this song (tab + detailed tuition) www.youtuberecords.com. + Informações

A sweet ass Fred McDowell tune from my vinal collection....he don't play no rock and roll... Reminds me of RJ's Sweet Home Chicago..... three and four makes 6? lol Groove to it yeah. + Informações

Lap slide version of this great classic by Mississippi Fred McDowell, although it was recoded first by Sonny Boy Williamson (the first) in the 30ties. I'm playing my "Daniel Brauchli" weissenborn style guitar in DADF#AD Check out my new cd at Youtune Records www.youtunerecords.com. + Informações