I'm an Australian. Jazz & blues are the United States gift to the world. I'm still tingling from that performance. Thanks guys

@richardcarew4708

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Taj Mahal is a gift to the whole World 🌎... carrying the message ❤

@jacquelinejeenmetelica2506

Жыл бұрын

Top Of the World Here

@lyallg7925

Жыл бұрын

I’m an Aussie too. Why don’t we hear the likes of this and Jonny Lang on our radio?

@garywhitt98

Жыл бұрын

Well thanks for the Emmanuel Brothers back at you!

@mindsigh4

8 ай бұрын

& this ear from U.S. tips his hat to Australians who Get It & know how to make the rock roll Edit: i lived in Darwin 1970-71 as a kid, & when people in America ask me what Australia is like, i tell them, i only been to their Northern Territory, but from what i saw there, camping alongside offshoots of the Adelaide River, & just the wild west vibe of the people, to my american friends, i tell em, yeah, man, they out Texas Texas. true story.

Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder on the same stage. The world just got a little better.

This couldn't have come at a better time. I'm having a rough morning. Music is so healing and Taj is a master. I consider Taj Mahal a Musical Shaman. And Ry Cooder is one of the icon's of American music in the lane of Woody Guthrie. Sincere thanks to both and the band. What a BLESSING!

Taj and Ry both great slide players were in band called the Rising Sons around 1965. And Ry played with distinction on Taj's early records. Both are deep musicians. The whole band is having fun on this tune. Taj's early version was Duane Allman's intro to slide, and we know where that went ;)

@robertwoodward9231

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it went stratospheric with Gregg's dynamic voice and Skydog makes it the go to version.

@kathywarrick2084

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, we sure do... 🔥

@kathywarrick2084

Жыл бұрын

I love both versions cause they're slightly different... ❤️🎶

@damamae950

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the deep info

@jacquelinejeenmetelica2506

Жыл бұрын

Nooo Noo. We Do Not Say Great..WE SAY MAESTRO.. Magic Man MASTER

Don't recall ever seeing a bunch of musicians having any more fun than these guys playing Statesboro blues with Taj.

When I first came across this video on KZread, the only reason I watched it "was" because I recognized Don Was on bass. I just wanted to see what he was up to. Then, when the video finished I was sitting in our family room with misty eyes, and said out loud just what POSROCKNROLL said just below - "It just doesn't get any better than that." If you don't love this music, you got no soul!

@mariebaillargeon1363

3 жыл бұрын

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@lonniewebb2061

2 жыл бұрын

Are you welcome to here

@rickardagren935

2 жыл бұрын

Ye ye ye RAa ystäviä

Real music played by real musicians. I had the honor of doing sound for Taj three times, and I've always been a fan of Ry Cooder since his first solo releases and his contributions to the Performance soundtrack. I also owe him a big "thank you" for his efforts in bringing Buena Vista Social Club to the rest of the world. These are world class people with few peers.

I love watching Ry jump out of his seat at the end 😂😂😂 oh god he’s precious

You two National Treasures, please stay safe! We still need you!

@ronschaffer5959

3 жыл бұрын

Stay safe from what?

This has to be my all-time favorite version of Statesboro Blues!

@greyskydawg5284

2 жыл бұрын

Mine as well.

@robertm2000

2 жыл бұрын

Have you ever checked out Taj's original recording of this from his first album? This is the record that introduced me to the blues, and Taj Mahal in particular!

@lindystanway8110

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@MikeFloutier

5 ай бұрын

I’m guessing this may be the original version, mentioned earlier; there are some super track on the compilation album it’s taken from here (The Rock machine turns you on) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6Nsx6SkoNOpj5c.htmlsi=oT7CgmyZNTEF2AFq

@extremelew1426

4 ай бұрын

Love it but Allman Brothers do it best.

Chillbumps.... Good stuff by Taj and Ry.

American music is the best the planet has to offer, there is no contest.

Taj, like a fine wine, keeps gettin' better.

@jjr41879

3 жыл бұрын

SAW HIM IN EITHER '71 OR '72 AT VANDERBILT. THE MONTH BEFORE, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS PLAYED IN THE GYM, AND STILL SOUNDED GOOD. WHEN tHE BYRDS FOLLOWED, THE ACOUSTICS KILLED THEM

Bought Taj's first album her in Oz in '68. Shaped my taste forever!!

OmG! That chair dancing from Ry is PRECIOUS. 💘✊

I'm so grateful that both of these great men are still alive in 2020. Amazing to see Ry with Taj again, right back where he started 55 years ago. I can't imagine what it must be like to play a gig with someone, really dig their music, and get together and do it all again more than half a century later.

@jacquelinejeenmetelica2506

Жыл бұрын

YOU BETCHA - WOMEN ARE GRATEFUL. I am Grateful. Lucious. Lucious Men.

When I listen to this i feel like I have gone back to America. It was a great country, I truly wish we could all go back.

I first heard Taj in 1967. For me he was the John Lewis of music. I knew if I listened, I'd be better for it. Only the Jerry Garcia Band put a similar smile on your face as you listened and you'd be better for it as well. Truth be told.

Americas gift to the world. Music. Can't get much better than this!! Love the respect and joy these guys are showing each other. Everyone in that room knew they were in the presence of Royalty.

I have to keep playing this over and over because I love Taj Mahal's version it's the best!

Buddy Miller led one of the first bands I ever played with- The Millstone Valley Boys...An Amazing musician! It's wonderful to see/hear him here.

Now that's a powerful performance! Taj Mahal is like a Mack truck at vocals. You can see Ry Cooder enjoying every second of it. Epic!

The drumming on this performance is fantastic a real musician he drives the song just great

@dougkanter4719

3 жыл бұрын

That's Joachim Cooder. Saw him in concert with Ry a few years ago and halfway through the show, my companion (72 year old woman) asked "Is it just me or is the drummer totally outstanding?"

The sheer pleasure one gets from this is overwhelming

@ronschaffer5959

3 жыл бұрын

Jeez, get your genitals back in your pants.

@Sirmullins

2 жыл бұрын

AMEN !!

There is no one like Taj Mahal. He is one of a kind.

Wonderful lineup... Buddy Miller is absolutely a master with the guitar.

Taj and ry started out in a band called Rising sons in 1964. This song was on the only album they put out .

@rickcampbell3735

4 жыл бұрын

White boy on piano hanging...

I have loved Taj since 1967 when I saw him for the first time. He brings life to any song he plays.

Four great musicians. Buddy Milker on guitar and Don Was on bass. Great American music.

So lucky to have seen both of these legends in concert (Taj twice, Ry once).

I first saw Taj in 1967. Bill Graham was renting warehouses and putting on concerts. There were hay bales on the floor on which one could sit. Once the music started, everyone was dancing and goovin'. I've been a fan ever since. It doesn't get much better.

Amazing Beautiful Amazing. That's how it's Played. ❤❤❤

Ry Cooder has such great tone.

Love Taj Mahal AND Ry Cooder! Together, it just doesn't get any better!

Being named after Ry Cooder, this is even more damn cool to listen to. They’re really riffing.

@musiclover9361

3 жыл бұрын

Named after Ry Cooder?? You should never have to pay for a drink for the rest of your life!

@peterlindholm7822

3 жыл бұрын

So's my son

@marktestoni6483

2 жыл бұрын

You have wonderful parents

Saw Taj 4 months ago at the Chicago theatre with the Jimi Hendrix Experience Tour and The Cat can still lay down those blues guitar licks. He’s an old school legend, not many left

@susanfischer3671

3 жыл бұрын

Saw Taj in Nashville years ago, nice little venue -as he left the stage, I put out my hand and he gave me Taj Mahal sweat that I treasure in my palm all these years later. Favorite line? "Thro' yo'r big leg over me mama, I might not feel this good a gain."

Very first artist I ever saw live! Taj Mahal at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. 1972

TWO GREATEST AMERICAN MUSIC MONUMENTS TAJ MAHAL AND RY COODER.

Today I went to the to the dedication of the William Samuel "Blind Willie" Mctell statue here in Statesboro. Mr. McTell originally wrote the song, in Ragtime, in 1928. Mr. McTell went from the 6-string to 12-string guitar that he played for most of his career. Taj Mahal covered Statesboro Blues in his 1968 debut album and gave it a version that was significantly different than originally written. In 1971 The Allman Bros. Band released their version of Statesboro Blues, and the rest is history, as they say. May I suggest anyone that is even casually interested, come to our very small town, take a stroll down the Statesboro Blue Mile in the Georgia's Low Country for a great look into a fascinating look at history. Mr. Mctell was inducted into The Blues Hall of Fame in 1981.

@boomer1954ful

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know Pete, you go inviting everybody and some damn liberal will come and say the statue isn't sufficient enough for the contribution from the black artist or some damn crap like that...and make you folks take it down. The South is rich in US History and they're tearing it down right and left.

@robertvonbargen8677

5 жыл бұрын

I drove from Atlanta to Macon and Savannah after the 2007 Final Four and stopped at a gas station in Statesboro, with the Allman version blasting on the CD player. Nobody noticed. I wish someone had, for I might have learned something about the history you've provided, Pete. Thanks. In Macon, I met Chris Patterson in the Rose Hill Cemetery and he showed me the graves of Duane and Berry and the statue of Little Martha... Chris is on KZread at a Gregg tribute the day of the funeral. He's a great local player. And I'm a goddam liberal who thinks boomer ain't got no soul... putting dumb politics up here.

@robertvonbargen8677

5 жыл бұрын

@@boomer1954ful no place for politics here

@ljswack

5 жыл бұрын

Thank You Pete for the info...Love it.

@TeeKay19

5 жыл бұрын

@@boomer1954ful You're right, the south is rich in US history. Slavery was just so much fun - if you're white. And who could forget siccing dogs on civil rights demonstrators? Who needs dog parks, right?

Magic combination, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal

What a performance! Judging from the smiles on their faces, the musicians were having as good of a time as the audience - they knew they were laying down something special that night.

@perrynay1533

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@jacquelinejeenmetelica2506

Жыл бұрын

Pure God Head Spirit…Celestrial Musicians. 2023

Just fantastic.....could listen all day long....heard Taj in the 70's singing six days on the road and loved it then and now...

They play this 3-4 times a day in Rock and Roll Heaven. Sometimes the Allman brothers want to jam. Stevie Ray too. Subbed.

@patchdavis35

Ай бұрын

The Allman's version live in 1971 ain't too shabby either.

Taj and Ry. Damn, American authentic, as you can get. Wow. I love Duane's version but wow this just blows my mind. It just doesn't get any better than Taj and Ry. I have been blessed and was lucky, I got to see Taj Mahal and I got to see the Allmans Brothers. The original. Thank you dear lord. Thank you. And the Grateful dead and Frank Zappa. Wow. What a ride.

Love me some national steel guitar. This is the best version of the song I have ever heard.

@brucekuehn4031

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing looks or sounds like an old National!

Love Taj, love Ry - so many great performances of this song BUT lets not kid ourselves here - nothing will ever come close to Filmore East. PEace out.

Taj, Ry, Buddy Miller! Wow! Wonderful!

Great version of a great song killer band nice slide work by Ry Cooder

Can't count the hours of pleasure these two have given me.

Wow, that tune, that beat just COOKED!

@bigpeeler

4 жыл бұрын

Jonny Beck - I was just thinking that very same thing.

Ry Cooder - still the king of Bottleneck guitar! Been a fan since 1970…❤️❤️

Two Great Blues Man.

Magic real music, not enough played on radio these days. Thank You.

@paulinechapman5669

2 жыл бұрын

Need to go underground like in times past to hear this get played as often as it should.🇨🇦

What a powerhouse of guys on so many musical levels...

Doesn't get better than this

This is great. Taj and Ry have been on it since their "Rising Sons' days in the '60s, which have only lately been re-released. Don Was standing in on the upright is a plus, and Joachim Cooder is a monster on percussion - dad must be proud. Gotta love this.

Taj and Ry . . . . you can't tell me it gets any better

The real blues inside and out!!!! The best!!!!

@neilladd5799

4 жыл бұрын

Love them blues!!!!!

This tune just makes me feel good . Great job guys .

Fantastic, Taj & Ry..........👍

Dang! This one's got that nice rollin' Blues rhythm to it - easy to listen to. Taj was singin' out pretty strong, and maybe that's why Ry Cooder was feelin' it a little, too. He really got in some smokin' licks in this baby. I sorta wish there was a DVD of this concert. If any more of it is like this it would be worth owning.

Love this song.

Love Taj Mahal since I bought his LP "Recycling The Blues And Other Related Stuff" from 1972 - everybody who's got a a heart and ears for blues should listen to this record!

Ry Cooder... awesome slide blues from the MASTER... and his son Joachim on the drums.. sweet

Love that Ry Cooder slide guitar work !!!

One of my favorite youtube videos!! Taj Mahal Band was the first live band I saw perform at Cal Expo in Sacramento in about 1969. Got to shake hands with him on Maui back in the 90's!

It's been real treat to see some of the older musicians we of the fuddy-duddy group got to listen to in our early years.

This combo playing this song!!What a delight!!

Everything about this is just incredible.

How good does it get. Pure blues pureness.

This voice; Americana, blues, life, legend. Thanks Taj.

Amazing….what a groove! I love my generation of blues rockers!

Taj and Ry are two of the best at what they do best. Sing the Blues and play slide guitar. Thanks for posting this video.

Ry Cooder me rappellera toujours la merveilleuse musique du film '' Paris Texas '' de Vim Venders. Salutation du Québec.

Taj is such a great great singer player, composer had the real privelage of doing a weeks playing supporting him in 79 .his whole band were so friendly, kind it was a fantastic experience

AWESOME!! Gotta wonder what type of people would give this a thumbs down!

@Demon-rq5de

3 жыл бұрын

Deaf people?

@allanjechorek4381

3 жыл бұрын

People that like Taylor Swift.

@djtrendsetta5766

2 жыл бұрын

Beliebers?

@Sirmullins

2 жыл бұрын

Dead soul people's !

@paulinechapman5669

2 жыл бұрын

Seems none so far..🇨🇦

Ry is my guitar hero!

One fantastic song that has three of the all time best Taj , Ry and the great Buddy Miller now that's one helluva guitar sound.

Man O man did Taj Mahal & Rye Cooder come packing The Ryman with the blues. The applause was profound and way overdue, wonderful and historic to see a legendary gifted African American like Taj Mahal received the way he was in The Ryman👏👏👏

@loilt5091

Жыл бұрын

It's R Y, M A N.

I have either been living in a cave or taj mahal was and is severely underrated, i just found him i dig his sound more than a lot of 60s mainstreamers.

@murph3001

4 жыл бұрын

Better late than never. Just enjoy

This is a show I would have loved to have seen.

WOW - what a sound

I can't stop playing this song. Nothing else needs to be said.

the intro threw me off...then Taj Mahal started singing!!!! LOVE love this...these guys had some chops!!!!!

@doitnowvideosyeah5841

5 жыл бұрын

The intro is McTell's intro.

Two legends! Best version of this famous song!

@glendonflowerspatton

5 жыл бұрын

umm allman bothers? it's all good though...

@greyskydawg5284

2 жыл бұрын

@@glendonflowerspatton You do know that Duane Allman stated that he wanted to learn slide guitar after hearing Taj.

Woof! Taj is a national treasure. He needs to be enshrined on Mt. Rushmore.

@robertcooper411

3 жыл бұрын

Saw Taj Mahal at Glastonbury festival about 40 years ago ,one of THE best live performances I've ever seen.

There is good music….there is great music…Then there is music that steps over the line….and on the other side there’s no words for it just jaws that drop….and stay dropped even when you go back to your great , good or crappie life.🎸

What a great groove Taj lays down, and they all chug along grooving hard ,awesome

Grew up in the 60s and 70s when rock and roll was king. Well Ive got news for you. This man is one of the best musicians who hasn't been recognized for his ability to pick up any instrument and make music with it. I don't care if it's an old half empty beer bottle. If it's close to possible there's gonna be music in the instrument that's in Taj Mahals hands.

@kathywarrick2084

Жыл бұрын

So true! Plus I love his voice! I know he plays guitar, banjo, harmonica and African thumb piano! Do you know of instruments I've left out? ❤️🎶

@earlblack2914

Жыл бұрын

@@kathywarrick2084 Not really I think that covers them all. Oh, he was great with a cowbell. He'd have the rythm going strong with just the bell and a drumstick. That's when I saw them in Davis 'west of Sacramento'. He'd made some big changes to the band. That's when he started using Howard Johnson and his horn section. That Tuba was a surprise. ✌

@loilt5091

Жыл бұрын

@@kathywarrick2084 Piano...the standard brand Yup, me too...grew up in the '60's & '70's, when the music was truly magic‼️ Back in 2002, I had the absolute privilege of seeing Taj perform a free, solo, high school gig, during NOLA JazzFest. Guaranteed, none of those African American kids had any idea who this guy was, as they dragged their bottoms into the auditorium. The rest of us were relegated to the other side of the room. Within a few numbers, the most amazing shamanistic transformation occured...only in the American South, due to the decades old tradition of Gospel/call-and-response. These kids were not only hooked by his musical, one-man virtuosity, but they were also hip, calling out, vocally answering & responding to the risque double entendre of the lyrics‼️ 🇨🇦

Glad to see so many young people in the audience!

Never gets old, only better. Missing the four tubas. All about the bass. Fillmore West ‘71.

I hear and see it again. This is a captured piece of music that remains for eternity. Well so.

these guys make some good music, love this

Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder recorded this song together long before the Allman brothers classic version

To see RY's expression of joy at the completion of this piece is priceless

@lisaengle6678

2 жыл бұрын

I love Taj and Ry's rendition of this song!

Awesome some of the last. That doesn't get enough credit. I'm older enough I've had many opportunities!!! Too see these guys. ! Yeah some of them. I can't remember so good .but I remember I was there. Rock On !!!

What a great show Tash Mahal & Rye Ccoder

Transcending the question and the stigma ..... long live the blues!

@ronschaffer5959

3 жыл бұрын

What stigma?

Though my all time favorite is ABB's Fillmore rendition this is a beautiful country blues version spreading the joy that the musicians had (look at Ry at 1:25 singing along and rockin' his chair)!

@greyskydawg5284

2 жыл бұрын

Duane Allman stated he wanted to learn slide guitar after hearing Taj.

Gaddamn!!!!!!!! Taj on Ry. Served up hot!

@calvinhobbes5686

4 жыл бұрын

Happy Haze - Nice!