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Question - Who is going to fill the huge gap left when John Mooney days are over ? I see no one coming through the ranks. Let me know please folks. Love this man and his music, a true one off guitarist and vocalist, make the most of him, while he is still going strong.

First heard of this cat off of From the Cradle album 30 years ago. Dude has done everything.

This man right here is the last living link we have with the late son house🥹🥹

I would like to thank John Mooney and The Cottage Hotel in Mendon NY for giving me the blues. In the mid 1970's, there was a musical aberration called disco destroying people's leisure time, making them wear polyester and line up behind velvet ropes to experience garbage. John Mooney and Earl Weems were bringing real disruptive music to the outskirts of Rochester NY, and huge crowds of actual non-disco revelers would crowd into the Cottage Hotel and dance barefoot in puddles of beer. I have the blues, and it is the greatest gift that I didn't have to stumble into accidentally.

Debra is more than a teacher she’s a living embodiment of yoga as a human being expressing the light in all of us!

Ran around with Jerry in Europe during his hitch hiking trip. I remember about ten of us is a tiny house on the island of Formentara off Barcelona all banging on whatever instruments we could get our hands on. Quite a night...

I remember John with long curly hair. Saw him s few times in the80s. Before we both moved south. Rochester NY was a great place to grow up 😊❤

Thank you.

Legend!! I love his style! No complicated.Pozdeav iz Srbije

29:00 this is incorrect. Wolf served more time than that in the military up in Seattle, and as a result suffered PTSD from the treatment he received from the army life and his superiors. It was also his wife who learnt how to perform the dialysis machine.

I remember those days in the 70s in Rochester with John, Brian, Molly and Eddie. I was one of John's women. At that time he was cycling between me, Nancy, & Patty. I sure loved him too much so I had to bow out, it got too hurtful. But we sure had a lot of great times with Freddie & Barbara, Earl Weems, Davey Helander (rip) Roomful of Blues, great great times. Still love you John, lookin great, still sounding awesome.

Man! I wish I had a deep voice tone like his!

I play like you john, not because i try but because i can't help it brother czcams.com/video/qKj6tA8NvLA/video.html

well, mr. mooney got son´s style great to the bone ... it´s really amazing = congrats !!

You guys are complaining about this link to a time that’s long gone?

I lent him my fender super reverb when he was in Fort Collins Colorado because his shorted out, and I got to sit in with the band, Willie bigeyes Smith Calvin Jones Pinetop Perkins and Jerry Portnoy, what memories😐

This is one of the most FASCINATING interviews I’ve seen in a long time! Absolutely mesmerizing, listening to Jerry talking about Muddy and his band. Jerry is an absolute master storyteller, as well as a harp player!

Dick Waterman visited Grafton WI in 2007 to honor #sonhouse in the Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame WATCH HERE: czcams.com/video/nLDePdGqeSY/video.html

Just wanted to say wow and thank you. You giving me history on some my heroes

I saw Son and his Mrs. at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Incredible.

Very important social- and cultural history of African-American blues occurrences and development after 1945, note his distinction between the different generations which is important, i.e. the "real blues" is somewhat censored when arranged and performed in recording studios (1940-up) ...one can only try to imagine the extremely powerful statement it must have transformed in its original form-it was about hopeless working conditions, misery and life-threatening surroundings which often ended in death. Chris

hiding what! first time i met son at the 1965 newport folk festival we met in the park and after we exchanged names, he asked dont you want a drink.. i said sure..he smiled and said great go get a bottle..we sent 2 days.. drunk as skunks.. great times..never to be repeated..lol!!

That was excellent!

What a sorry crowd for such a huge blues star and such fantastic stories! Crap crowd for one of the kings of the harp.

What a character and one hell of a cool guy. And a fantastic harp player!!

Paul Butterfields name never came up? Kim Wilson came out of Mp;s/St Paul. Met Jerry at the Blues Saloon in St Paul. Nice man.

Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful .....if you care at all about the power and soul of Delta Blues Music. The sheer commitment and passion of those who, in spite of an apathy among American audiences to truth and the Art of the Real, helped these men to the stage where they were able to share this ancient, incredibly powerful form of communication, passion, and Divine music, which still to this day circles the earth, expanding our sense of what it means to be Human. Thanks to Dick Waterman and the UR Institute for Performing Arts. Bravo!

Sad that his guy doesn't acknowledge that Son House revived his career in this period ('64 to ''74) thanks in large part to Alan Wilson of Canned Heat. Wilson taught House how to play his own songs again. Son House had forgotten his own music. Wilson, dead at 27 in 1970, just before Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, of whom John Lee Hooker said, "I love this kid's harmonica. I don't know how he follows me, but he does.""

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Pls. More recordings, John Mooney, especially More like "Dealin' with the Devil" ? (Live) BUT, i guess that You, ONE of the most underrated Guitarist/Singers around....Ya just cain't *Get Through* to any 'hard core' T. Swift or copiers *Fans of The Bland.* (also, to the Swifties: 'i' cain't find 1(one) that 'i' can listen to Twice, and *that* is very rare, for a Top Artiste with over 10 yrs practice?)

It's too bad so few have seen this. I wish CZcams would sent me more just like this. I found his book mentioned on this at Amazon. It's fantastic. Both for his pictures and personal recollections about many of the greatest bluesmen/women. I probably have about 50 blues books on the real blues. This is one of the best. As of now, he's still with us. A treasure trove of interactions with the greats. If you can find one, you'll love it.

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Excellent!

I can never get enough of John Mooney and his colorful life stories. Carry on!

Excellent discussion, great stories on Son

Nice

Dick Waterman was de man who made Bonnie Raitt a professional en helped lots of great delta musicians survive

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Wonderful anecdotes on the last hurrah of these blues legends!

Wow...so amazing, John Mooney - so gooood. You're an inspiration!!

Can someone interpret this garbled mess?

Wild- Mooney’s reverted back to his Rochester accent in this context.

I have played harp most of my life and Jerry has always been one of my favorite players.Jim.Liverpool.

Excellent! Rich detail, plenty of information, presented with a perfect blend of accuracy and humor. Thanks for this upload.

Says he was born in Chicago... in 1941?

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From the times of Legendary Blues Band this unforgettable track: czcams.com/video/ng4XQXI6EKc/video.html Great Jerry.