Rhiannon Giddings can sing, write songs, and play the fiddle and the banjo. She is a fountain of talent.

@garyives1218

3 жыл бұрын

I'm only now becoming aware that this song is of unknown origin and was made popular around 1928 by Louis Armstrong. I thought it was an original by one of my favorite Folk/Bluesman Abner Jay after hearing his phenomenal rendition. This videos rendition is fantastic with incredible vocals, much respect, but I think it's waaaay too upiddy for the lyrics IMHO. I highly recommend listening to Louis Armstrong's and Abner Jay's performances......please!

@joelfortenberry7865

3 жыл бұрын

You made a short list- she's more than most people know. Historical visionary I'd say

@jonboydallas

3 жыл бұрын

@@joelfortenberry7865 I certainly agree.

@robertthomson5485

3 жыл бұрын

She is. And a trained opera singer.

@tiredofliberals1

2 жыл бұрын

She "kills" Crazy. Definitely a current equal to Patsy Cline.

Ms. Giddens can only be described as a genius. This duet is superb.

@amraceway

4 жыл бұрын

Try this she can do more than sing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6GEyJN8esSsZdY.html

What a tremendous voice Rhiannon has. Can't believe more people haven't viewed this!!!!

@Odin029

8 жыл бұрын

+Chic Charles We're just two of the lucky ones

@peteradaniel

8 жыл бұрын

I actually preferred the blue grass stuff she did earlier in the show, but yes I completely agree. She has an incredible voice.

@JohnyG29

6 жыл бұрын

Marten Dekker ??

@abbanjo13

5 жыл бұрын

She's definitely carrying the song over Tom Jones.

@spaceghost8995

4 жыл бұрын

@Marten Dekker You are the only moron on the fucking planet that thinks that.

Yet another song Sir Tom was born to sing.

Rhiannon Giddings is America's top talent today.

This lady turns any tune she sings into Gold ! She has the Midas touch ! This is what real , God given talent sounds like !!!

@mickberry164

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, she's sensational. But it's not just God given. She's studied, worked, and developed it. There are many who have the potential, but do nothing with it. It takes commitment.

@TAndrackeH

4 жыл бұрын

AND cultivated. This woman is SO highly educated -- probably a genius, creatively, skillfully, intellectually, academically, and damn beautifully throughout.

@PatrickNM57

4 жыл бұрын

She won a MacArthur genius Grant.

@garyives1218

3 жыл бұрын

I'm only now becoming aware that this song is of unknown origin and was made popular around 1928 by Louis Armstrong. I thought it was an original by one of my favorite Folk/Bluesman Abner Jay after hearing his phenomenal rendition. This videos rendition is fantastic with incredible vocals, much respect, but I think it's waaaay too upiddy for the lyrics IMHO. I highly recommend listening to Louis Armstrong's and Abner Jay's performances......please!

If hearing Rhiannon singing isn't impressive enough, consider she is one the best banjo players alive and can hold her own on the fiddle and is a fantastic flat foot dancer. All that in addition to being a musical scholar of the highest order.

@guitargygax

4 жыл бұрын

She can also sing in Gaelic!

@jimwieszczyk1882

3 жыл бұрын

have you heard her on the kazoo???

@bobcoleman3400

Жыл бұрын

I bet she rocks it

@jimquantic

Жыл бұрын

Well, she plays banjo, but I have never heard of her being a virtuoso--maybe she is; this is the first I have heard of it. The few things I have heard her play were simple tunes. Not disputing, just news to me.

@UTOOBISMYTOOB

Жыл бұрын

She's also GORGEOUS!

What could be better? A great song, two great voices and a great band. Absolute perfection.

Tom ages, but his voice doesn't. It just gets better. And Rhiannon is simply amazing regardless of the musical genre.

@Godfather9814

7 жыл бұрын

Renny Shelton most lose their voice strength later on but toms voice is as strong as ever!

@delores6458

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed !!!

@tracylemme1375

2 жыл бұрын

TJ has just gotten better. I used to think that he was little more than a one year wonder. His performance here is jus great.

@mizofan

Жыл бұрын

@@tracylemme1375 One year wonder? With his great voice and presence?

Just stumbled on this video. WOW. Had to watch it twice. The musicians. The singers. The whole feeling. Perfection.

I come back every now and then just to listen to this. I would never have thought of pairing these two together, but I'm damn glad somebody did.

Sir Tom still has what it takes, fantastic voice. The young lady also has a great voice, this was a great duet. Jools Holland and his band are the best. Well done by all.👍👍

Ms. Rhiannon Giddings has a powerfully beautiful voice. I love her music. Much respect to these two masters. Thanks for posting.

I was thinking "Jones still has it" and then Giddens started singing. OMG can she belt it. Great performance!!!

@CuriousChia

Жыл бұрын

I have followed her since The Carolina Chocolate Drops. They all have so much talent.

@gwenmanz

Ай бұрын

Tom still has it even though Giddens is spectacular. 😊

imagine seeing them live ...This is sssooooo great, you can see the sparks flying between Rhiannon, Tom and the band just mind blowing entertainment.

Two of the best voices you’ll ever hear in one place!

Love this duet. Rhiannon is so talented. And Tom Jones is a legend.

The PBS concert at the Ryman brought me here because of Rhiannon Giddens - had never heard of her. Wow! Super talented, beautiful and classy - very impressed.

From singing with Janis back in the day, to this fabulous duet with the wonderful Rhiannon, Tom Jones has quite the amazing run as an incredible singer.

❤️❤️ she is a treasure & he is a legend

@garyives1218

3 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend checking out his performance with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young if you haven't.

The art of expression from two talented singers!

Wow..........well done, perfect voice combination and outstanding accompaniment(thank you spell check) Rhiannon is one of the best singers I've ever heard. She is so versatile. Tom Jones.....a perfect fit.

This came at the end of a KZread rabbit hole which started innocently enough with Brandy's "I Wanna Be Down," and I'm glad it did. Big band, and two even bigger voices.

Discovered Rhiannon Giddens a few years ago. This lady has more pure talent than the bulk of shallow ass wiggling imposters that try to pass themselves off as "artists" these days..

@amraceway

4 жыл бұрын

She can do more than sing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6GEyJN8esSsZdY.html

@c.vanroosen5545

4 жыл бұрын

She knows how to buck dance, too (saw her perform in Atlanta).

@mikekaatman3194

3 жыл бұрын

My point exactly.

@isabella9845

Жыл бұрын

Why do we judge people for their taste in music and call people fakes because it’s not what you like? To be honest it depends what I’m in the mood for, I love soul music and jazz but sometimes I eat electric, other times I want lo-fi and besides being an artist means put emotions into a physical form be if painting, acting, dance, or music so who are you to shame others for preforming what they feel, if anything that makes you the shallow one for being so superficial when it comes to music, art is a feeling not a style so as long as you invoke an emotion while making music you are an artist, and consider this, if they invoked a feeling of anger with you, then they did ultimately achieve their goal, just not in the way they probably hoped

Rhiannon has a beautiful voice and a real stage presence. I'm so glad I found out about her, albeit a little late in her career.

@TAndrackeH

4 жыл бұрын

Most of us learned about her first with Carolina Chocolate Drops. A revelation, there.

@stephenrosen4987

4 жыл бұрын

Shes come into prominence within the last 5 years. Not late in her career.

Two special voices. Doubt if there any better in this genre. TJ can sing just about anything, especially blues. Rhiannon sings it all, even Scots Gaelic.

@mizofan

Жыл бұрын

She has a Welsh name, after the horse-riding Goddess Queen in the medieval Mabinogi tales.

She always gives everything she has, that's perfect. She is a musician through and through. Class woman and musician.

Crushing bigtime on Rhiannon Giddens! Truly a generational talent!

I have only been able to see her once but it was memorable. It was 2010 at a school auditorium in Harlem. She was still with the Carolina chocolate drops. It was the perfect time the perfect place and the perfect band. They all stayed in the lobby and mingled and chatted with everybody until there was no one left. It wasn't like a lineup for a merch table autograph. It felt more like hanging out backstage in a party or Green room situation.

I believe one of the most talented ladies on this planet.

Two great voices, TJ the voice, and my new favorite the wonderful Ms Giddens.

@davidbrell8408

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Don't forget Jools on keys and the rest of his awesome band.

Gotta love William H. Macy on the trumpet there!

@ednachalaire1306

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice Macy until you mentioned it. Wow!!

@btRU_funQsta

4 жыл бұрын

he calls out a name for the trumpeter at the end of the tune, and it isn’t Macy- tho, he is the spitting image

@garyives1218

3 жыл бұрын

What da heck do ya mean :)

@ps3598

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyives1218 she says Jon Scott, but maybe op meant another trumpet player from the band.

My mom passed away almost a year ago. I've been listening to some artists & songs that she enjoyed in honor of her. She loved Tom Jones, and while she didn't know Rhiannon Giddens, she surely would have embraced her voice, and her music. This performance was amazing.

Love this. Rhiannon is the best singer I’ve heard in ages. Tom as good as ever. 👍👍

Simply beautiful Cant get enough of Rhiannon Giddens

To have been there for that!

One of my favorite songs done in a way I never heard before Love it

Well that was rather tremendous. Rhiannon is the reason I watched, but respect to Tom Jones. Respect for recognizing Rhiannon's talent and respect for his singing.

Rhiannon is gold medal at everything: brains, beauty, and talent. I can't think of a more attractive woman.

Well, that is perfection my friends..

Fabulous duet. Tom Jones is a legend. I m do glad I found this video.

Exciting, and almost unbelievably talented Rhiannon and, of course, the timeless crooner Tom Jones. I forgot all about him since back in the day. He's as good as ever too.

@gynack

4 жыл бұрын

Timothy Janssen Aye, Tom Jones seems to be timeless. however, I'm taken aback by your description of him as a "crooner" when he's got that huge voice with which he can really belt out the Blues and Rock'n'Roll. I'd save the crooner label for the likes of Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, and Bing Crosby, to name just a few. Can you imagine any of them able to do anything like Tom Jones does here?

dear lord they are magical.

SO fun. Love to see performers having that great a time.

This song originated from a dirge about the plague in London. The song was taken to New Orleans in the 1700s by English migrants and emerged as a funeral trad jazz lament.

Oh my word!! Just happened across 😳 this vid. Rhiannon totally blew me away, incredible 👏 words can't describe her, so, I won't even try!

Tom Jones is one of my favorite singers of all time.

@garyives1218

3 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend checking out his performance with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young if you haven't.

Seen her twice in concert. Definitely a must if you like music and history.....and no one needs to talk up Tom Jones

Love how Tom Jones modulates his pitching Rhiannon blends perfectly !

took us back to the 20's she did

Way to go Rhiannon, it's so good to see where you've came, I've known you since the beginning.

That trumpet though!

So pretty. So talented. And to be singing with the great Tom Jones. What a blast !!

Pure perfection lesson in the blues...

That was badass

Rhiannon has the chops to go head-to-head with Tom Jones or anyone else -- remarkable singer, remarkable woman.

Просто улёт,таких монстров ,как Том больше нет и не будет!!!!

Tom Jones still has it and Rhiannon is simply fantastic, she’s wonderful!!

@mizofan

3 жыл бұрын

and she has a lovely Welsh name

Two of the best voices ever

my lord is this great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tom Jones still has a great voice even after all these years. And I absolutely Love Rhiannon Giddens ❤

Two great singers who are obviously enjoying themselves, a hot trumpet solo, and a swinging orchestra. C'mon what more could you ask for?!?

Great version!Just Great!

Oh My F'n God, the chills her voice gives!! The blues and her skat... Two great talents on one stage, not to mention one kick-ass band in the back there.... Thank you for posting...

This is just amazing !! The rhythm and deep earthy 'feel' is just fantastic! Wow!!!

Esto me hace seguir amando el blues! Tom Jones mantiene intacta su voz y esa chica es blues!

Awesome performance!

Came to this because I'm a fan of Rhiannon Giddens. I totally changed my mind about Tom Jones after seeing the Mike Figgis segment of Martin Scorsese's documentary on the blues. I had always dismissed Jones as Las Vegas glitter - something I detest. But listening to him discussing music in that "Red, White & Blues" segment (on the British blues scene), I had to change my view of TJ - he's a talented guy who cares about music. I very much comes across in that documentary. Those of you who don't know the origin of St. James Infirmary Blues, look it up on Wikipedia. I had thought it was a Louis Armstrong composition, but it seems Satch didn't write it but instead made it famous, all the way back in 1928!

@TeeKay19

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the typos above. Should read "It very much comes across in that documentary."

Just freaking awesome....I listen to this and I am in my happy place.

I heard Tom Jones in 1965 in Framingham Massachusetts at the Carousel Theater. Wow did he have pipes! I did not see him. We lived on Gleason Street and sat on the hill above the theater and could hear the show-without paying. It was a tent-theater in the round open air. Jimi Hendrix played there and Led Zeppelin. Nice! Thanks

Just wonderful, Jools amazing big band and two incredible singers. Just wow!

Awesome performance! Rhiannon is fantastic and we all know how great Sir Tom is! They sound marvelous together!

Love tom jones...and this girls voice is golden.

The future is in good, scratch that-- Fantastic hands, guys and girls ❤❤ Rhiannon puts the biggest smile on my face like NO other 😮

Oh Boy... the beginning just give me chills

THIS IS Tom Joooonesssss! Wow, very few singers keep the ability to sing well after so many years a career. He was not only a gorgeous man, it turns out.... :)

@MrImaginationUnleash

4 ай бұрын

You need to see that duet of him and Janis Joplin. Wow!

Tom has still got it!! Rhiannon as excellent as ever.

Did not have high expectations for this. So I'm very pleasantly surprised. That band is ...top. And the piano player is supreme. Giddons' voice is so powerful.

I am OBSESSED with rhiannon and this song

my favoite song!

I miss the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the group that Ms.Giddens helped to found. But, she has certainly expanded her work. And Sir Tom is always wonderful.

Great stuff! Especially enjoyed how Jools put a hat on for a second or two just at the end.

They're amazing, but FOR ME this is a sad song that couldn't be performed with such joy and happiness.

@oughtssought1198

Жыл бұрын

here's a version that rides both sides of that fence kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIVor7engLG5cdI.html

Great old song! Made even greater by this collaboration. Rhiannon Giddens is my new favorite songstress, Tom Jones is one of my old favorite singers.

This woman is magic.

Wizards of song in the transcendental New Orleans. Fascinating version.

She's wonderful.

So wonderful to see Rhiannon clogging, brings joy to my heart and my feet.

Great song, and Mr.Tom Jones still has it, can still sing.

The most talented woman alive? I think maybe so

@melgloberman3292

6 жыл бұрын

"Most Talented", yes 1000%! Who else can sing in so many different genres, languages, write lyrics, and music, play as many instruments, and most importantly articulate why what she does is important. But best of all is her voice and presentation, and personality! Clearly, she is an American Original, and is incomparable!

@debbiefulton1001

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! She's definitely a renaissance woman! So many fa so many facets to her talent. A true diamond!

@johnmorrison9934

5 жыл бұрын

@@melgloberman3292 Agree she is at the top, but please check out Julie Fowlis - I find it hard to pick one over the other. (Must confess to being a student and lover of Gaelic, that eliminates a lot of competitive talent)

@TAndrackeH

4 жыл бұрын

You could be right, but certainly a tough call. Talented, absolutely, but also cultivated to the extreme, of her own design. This woman is SO highly educated -- probably a genius, creatively, skillfully, intellectually, academically, and damn beautifully throughout. Few have covered the territory she has, and she's still young, too.

@trishgorham6381

4 жыл бұрын

@@TAndrackeH She won the MacArthur Genius Award.

When powerful talents meet, magic is born

Oh, my best, best, best and fantastic SIR TOM JONES!!!!!!!!!!!

When I was young I wrote off Tom Jones as just a typical pop singer. As I've grown older I've grown to appreciate what a great musician he is. The range of musical genres he covers is amazing!

@mizofan

Жыл бұрын

Tom a typical pop singer? With that exceptional voice and presence, I don't get it.

@Gto1927

4 ай бұрын

He had a great voice, but the material he recorded just wasn’t that good.

The whole production is so old TV, when there were big budgets. The whole thing is fantastic.

Definitely a new favorite of mine!

Our 8 piece all female jazz band is about to play this in an International jazz day concert and this version Ive suggested as it truly kicks butt!!! 😍🥁😍

@oughtssought1198

Жыл бұрын

so many great versions of this song ... with such very different flavors of mood and delivery to them if there's another song that has so wide.a variety of approaches by diff folk, I'm not aware of it .. and would like to be you may want to give this a look+listen kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIVor7engLG5cdI.html

Rhiannon voice is very beautiful! Amazing and true talent... Tom Jones is a lengend singer... Both fantastic artist...❤️

The best rendition of the this tune ever! Loved it.

This is great!!! Two excellent singers!!!

so great ! can´t find enough words .....