I recorded Jesse Fuller giving a concert at Hull University in England on 4 March 1965. We succeeded in blowing up his crude 110-Volt amplifier by plugging it into the UK's 240-Volt supply! As a result he used the much better auditorium's amplification system. Happy memories.
@@christaylor2070 The commercial recordings he made are much better, particularly one he made in the UK. Unfortunately, it's the same (or similar) mic he used when I recorded him, although we used the auditorium's much better sound system, which he noted himself during the performence.
Jesse Fuller was one of the great one man band acts. 1st heard him back in the day with some of the other great bluesmen. this song is about hard work on the railroad, and mentions John Henry. musical history.
Did you know that Bob Dylan was a big fan and developed his style of playing harmonica while strumming the guitar from the great Jesse Fuller, whom he used to go listen play live in Denver?
Yes but never publicly credited any of the African-american artists who's style he blatantly imitated.-During the time of the civil rights movement. " Wealthy Jewish man plagiarised his 'Original style of folk music' from downtrodden poor men who were not allowed to even enter most places he performed and stayed in makes a fortune from ignorance of young white Americans"
@@hughsnuts7318 - i'm curious what songs are you referring to of dylans that were stolen or imitated? Name a few of his tunes that were blatantly imitated or stolen.
@@hammer44head I said he imitated their style of music to much greater commercial success than they were able to achieve due to racially discriminatory attitudes and rules regarding the television broadcasting of black performers and their access to wider audiences. No different to Elvis.
@@hughsnuts7318 - hell, everybody copied the blacks or african americans in american music, if you want to generalize, except country music and early folk music. Musicians have been influenced by, stolen by, all previous musicians, black, white, hispanic it aint nothing new. Everybody been doing it since music started no matter what their race is. Even eastern music has been included in america.
@@hammer44head Of course you're right, hammer44 ."Like Elvis," he says. Uh-huh. it's a lot of crap; he found an excuse to get his anti Semitic garbage in there. "Wealthy Jews" like, say, Led Zeppelin, which stole tons of shit from people? Or Woody Guthrie, who stole a million melodies and advised Dylan to do the same?
How can it be.? I’m 60 years old and never heard of Jesse Fuller ‘til 2022. I’ve gotta hear all his stuff now.
Mr. Fuller had the amazing ability to sound like a train and at the same time get all the feelings through. Absolutely fantastic!
He combines the words from Take this Hammer, 9 Pound Hammer and John Henry. Amazing
Truly. He also just has great energy lol
Son of a gun. Jesse Fuller, whether on his own originals or covering traditional songs, was a f***ing genius.
JESSE FULLER SOOOOOOOOOO GREAT ...WISH I COULD A SEEN AND MET HIM ....IN THE NEXT LIFE????
I recorded Jesse Fuller giving a concert at Hull University in England on 4 March 1965. We succeeded in blowing up his crude 110-Volt amplifier by plugging it into the UK's 240-Volt supply! As a result he used the much better auditorium's amplification system. Happy memories.
Musically his performance is brilliant - shame his vocals through that cheap mic sound like a bad transatlantic phone line😆
@@christaylor2070 The commercial recordings he made are much better, particularly one he made in the UK. Unfortunately, it's the same (or similar) mic he used when I recorded him, although we used the auditorium's much better sound system, which he noted himself during the performence.
Can't get enough of thus. Fuller was brilliant!
Jesse Fuller was one of the great one man band acts. 1st heard him back in the day with some of the other great bluesmen. this song is about hard work on the railroad, and mentions John Henry. musical history.
So great to see these videos! Glad someone had the good sense to film these!
Did you know that Bob Dylan was a big fan and developed his style of playing harmonica while strumming the guitar from the great Jesse Fuller, whom he used to go listen play live in Denver?
Yes but never publicly credited any of the African-american artists who's style he blatantly imitated.-During the time of the civil rights movement. " Wealthy Jewish man plagiarised his 'Original style of folk music' from downtrodden poor men who were not allowed to even enter most places he performed and stayed in makes a fortune from ignorance of young white Americans"
@@hughsnuts7318 - i'm curious what songs are you referring to of dylans that were stolen or imitated? Name a few of his tunes that were blatantly imitated or stolen.
@@hammer44head I said he imitated their style of music to much greater commercial success than they were able to achieve due to racially discriminatory attitudes and rules regarding the television broadcasting of black performers and their access to wider audiences. No different to Elvis.
@@hughsnuts7318 - hell, everybody copied the blacks or african americans in american music, if you want to generalize, except country music and early folk music. Musicians have been influenced by, stolen by, all previous musicians, black, white, hispanic it aint nothing new. Everybody been doing it since music started no matter what their race is. Even eastern music has been included in america.
@@hammer44head Of course you're right, hammer44 ."Like Elvis," he says. Uh-huh. it's a lot of crap; he found an excuse to get his anti Semitic garbage in there. "Wealthy Jews" like, say, Led Zeppelin, which stole tons of shit from people? Or Woody Guthrie, who stole a million melodies and advised Dylan to do the same?
Americana is soothing to the soul .. Bless this channel
A complete master of syncopation.
My favorite youtube channel. Thank you so much for preserving this history and sharing it.
Jesse was "The Lone Cat"!
nice work
the amazing Lone Star
@sandyrothman thank you.
Baltimore!
That's an unusual looking electric 12-string guitar. Anybody recognize the brand?
Probably Harmony or k
... it's a Silvertone which he bought at Sears in Detroit in 1962 after his "Maurer" 12-string guitar had been stolen
So good
Does anyone the tuning Jesse is using for guitar? Is it standard or año en tuning? Thanks😊
An open tuning?
An open tuning?