Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker et al-Blues Jam Session

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zoitz (2 years ago) this is the BEST!

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1950jimbei (2 years ago) I agree. This is a super session in its truest sense. Just out-of-the-world!!!
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demented20 (2 years ago) So much talent on that stage it should be against the law. Including my favorite guitarist of all time T-bone Walker.
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SoulTooSoul (2 years ago) All of the musicians on that stage had achieved blues stardom in their own right. Helen Humes was a jazz singer as well as a blues vocalist. This video is one of those rare musical gems. T-Bone Walker was one of those sophisticated blues artist. He also straddled the line of blues and jazz.

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acotw67(1 years ago) SoulTooSoul: Very well said. In the version of "Stormy Monay" i have, T-Bone sings more like Nat King Cole,Sinatra,or Billy Eckstein. Could it be because he left Louisiana for Los Angeles instead of Chicago?BTW,clever screen name-I love that 2x set of Aretha Franklin's early jazz recordings.
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SoulTooSoul (1 year ago) Thank you for the kind words. I need to make a slight correction. T-Bone Walker was raised in Texas and migrated to the west coast (L.A.) I checked wikipieda to make sure. You are right, he was cut from the balladeers of his day.

acotw67, (1 year ago) you have good taste in music.
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Immaculate416 Wikipedia is not the be all and end all of information - in fact, its often incorrect. However, in this case, your correct.
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CptPattern (2 years ago Makes owning a PC with broadband connection absoultely essential in the new millenium! - too good!

soursourapples (2 years ago My god what a line up! I wonder if this is what heaven will be like?

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blackdog2403 (2 years ago) Best band ever
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KJOCHO (2 years ago) Man !! this is a six stars video !!! amazing masters of blues !!!
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jonasbluesband (2 years ago) Willie, Sonny, Helen, Memphis, T-Bone...what else ? This is blues !!!
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HoneysuckleRose143 (2 years ago) what was helen's last name? i completely missed it.

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milespaul (uploader) (2 years ago) Her last name is Humes, Helen Humes ;-)

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HoneysuckleRose143(2 years ago) thank you, dear.

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porkpiepaul (2 years ago) Oh man, Memphis Slims a crack up, look at him eyein Helen. Hehe
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mountunpleasant (2 years ago) Un-freaking-believable.
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thejugglenaut91 (2 years ago) i would have died and gone to heaven at that moment if i had been there
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joe66746674a (2 years ago)She has an amazing voice.
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aztlanmazeton (2 years ago) T - Bone rules!
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DomAleixo (2 years ago) Incredible video! Amazing...don´t ever delete it!
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dynastychick3 (2 years ago) Wow!!!!! Where the heck did this video come from???? The talent all on one stage...WOW!! Her voice is great too.
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JosephNScott (2 years ago) "Wow!!!!! Where the heck did this video come from????" American Folk Blues Festival 1962.

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milespaul (uploader) (2 years ago) Yeah; this video is a fragment of "American Folk Blues Festival 1962- 1966". This dvd's are produced by Hendrix Family.
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lobizoon1 (2 years ago) If Muddy and Howlin Wolf were there, it will be truly the best band ever!
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RouteBGP (2 years ago) Incredible.
Thanks for posting it.

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TheCrazyAlShow (2 years ago) I'm over here thinking and thinking weather I should upload this or not, and HERE IT IS!! LOLOL I was looking for it under the name blues aint nothin but a woman- WOW this is my favorite blues performance ever! I have it on dvd, I have all 3 volumes of "The American Folk and Blues Festival"-if you dont have them yet, GET THEM! vol 1-3, I'm drunk as shlt with this stuff on! lol (When you listen to T-Bone Walker-ENJOY IT!, there only about 7or8 performances acctualy available- there all on utube

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clauerclauer (2 years ago) Fabulous! Absolutely amazing! Extraordinary good band. One of the best video´s I have ever seen. Thanks a lot milespaul.
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satobess (2 years ago) Fantastic music and footage. Thank you.

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bowlofricepudding (2 years ago) what a line-up... thats just insane, and as she introduces them it just gets better and better!!

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JimmySueOo (2 years ago) I was so surprised when they got Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee up there, what an amazing combo.

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Intermilan107107 (2 years ago) What class and elegance. keep the Blues alive!!!!
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janeythebrit (1 year ago) i got the most stunning shiver right thru ma body when she started singing and they all started playing...THIS is music !
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Gagagrr (1 year ago) Name of the bold guy singing "if the blues was money...?"

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jimzworld1 (1 year ago) Brownie McGhee.
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Bucksylvania (1 year ago) And there you go.....Not only is it an incredible band, but they are playin'and singing with no mics, just the raw gear....and we wonder why there aren't that many places to play.....think about it when you roll your half stack into your neighborhood bar and watch everyone leave......That's makin' music my friends, pay attention.....Peace.
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backstagebluzmama (1 year ago) Great video with a star-studded cast of bluzellers! Thanks for the posting. I really enjoyed it.
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cdubon22s (1 year ago) a group of all-stars... classic!
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spring41686 (1 years ago) T bone smokes

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Gagagrr (1 year ago) I watch this clip evrytime i'm on youtube. What a combo
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jtriffo (1 year ago) now thats the blues, you can feel it right away, really great stuff
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bdodger41 (1 year ago) Great Blues !!
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flyhead2 (1 year ago) I'd like to this line-up topped. Amazing musicians. Wonderful to hear T-Bone's fluid, jazzy playing.
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Isvarm (1 year ago) Love it :D

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ManyGodz (1 year ago) Wow.Talk about an All-Star band!!!
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Shadowlily21(1 year ago) what year is this from
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GlenDoll (1 year ago) Well, the audience gets up and does the Twist, a dance craze from the early sixties, so I 'd guess this is about 1962.
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Odin029 (1 year ago) Its hard to make music like this even if you've been doing it a while. Its the little stuff that you don't even pay attention to... like the set up T-bone gives Sonny Terry when he breaks into the harp solo. How many players would have done that? Just great stuff.

Oh, its from 1962
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robgoose (1 year ago) That was incredible. Man, I love the blues.
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boritomc (1 year ago) holy moses, this is so good i can't stop watching ist. unbelievable!
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Pepilotaaa (1 year ago) this is amazing! real blues! thanks for sharing!!!!!!! 1 year ago
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kontiki78 (1 year ago) Too bad some young people have no idea what was the roots of their own music, urban music I mean. Coming straight from black america every one of this artists made it to the top when blues was only for peasants, former slaves and junkies.

I guess culture does not pay thats why america prefers to have a short memory and forgets these true artists.
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julianozain (11 months ago) From the beginning... it was the blues
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thekid09406 (1 year ago) stage full of super, superstar legends of the genre.
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bulletstospare (1 year ago) I would have loved to have been sitting at one of those tables right up front sipping a cold drink.
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alsoknownasjaykay (11 months ago) Trully, the best ever blues band assembled on a stage ever!
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felixstoweblue (11 months ago) An absolute Dream Team.
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OscarPetersonFan (11 months ago) This is just perfect
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BanjoBoyMatteo (11 months ago) To me, that's what the blues is all about!
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FaustyFob (11 months ago) man o man, memphis slim really ripps it up on that piano
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phillaing (10 months ago) couldn't believe my luck when I found this vid! Absolute gem! 10 out of 10 milespaul
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kaliecan (10 months ago) Almost all of these folks played many times in Chicago, for a couple of buck cover you could sit & listen all night. I didn't see them enough times & now they are probably all gone.....more's the pity! Go and see the ones that remain NOW while you can...B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny & Edgar Winter, Buddy Miles. There are more, but the list is getting shorter.
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rugbygirlsdad (9 months ago) Awesome - what a cast! - started looking at this stuff again after seeing Cadillac Records at the local cinema..
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mangeldeth (9 months ago) Wow, is amazing, the best blues band.

Awesome. Five stars.
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cboyproductions(9 months ago) t-bone is one of the baddest dudes ever~!!!!
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kevincanwait (9 months ago) who says you can't dance to blues...there's blues in that there house...
and I ain't lyin!
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Zumramania (9 months ago) This is the reason why I like youtube!
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radicoolren33 (9 months ago) do it!!!! the footage is outrageous, so clear, so wonderful. mesmerizing

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ouchmyeyeballs (9 months ago) <3 Helen Humes
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AndrehFelipe ... (9 months ago) if the blues was money
id be the richest man in town...

man, this is just too good. ive got to save some money and buy the dvd's from this festival.
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thesoftparade3 (9 months ago) amazin videooooooo so many greats.

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alderaforall (9 months ago) lord have mercy what have I just stumbled across here? Best way to describe this is; jackpot.

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steffenmball (8 months ago) one of those videos you stumble upon that makes you feel like a million bucks!
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AndrehFelipe (8 months ago) someone probably said it before, but, well, who cares, i'll say it again:

music will never be like this again.
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9mej (8 months ago) you wont that is for shore some of the best artists
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ErikJoeNoise02 (7 months ago) man, what a great video from that time .... great archive!
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rosesredvioletsblue (7 months ago) Magnificent! 10*
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Gagagrr (7 months ago) This sure is the best blues constallation I can think of. Just great.
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julianozain (7 months ago) That's Gold , my friend... Thanks for share.a historyc moment

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leemasterfunk (7 months ago) How muh talent and legacy is on that stage!
That has to be THE greatest blues band ever to have come together?!

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pantheruny (7 months ago) wunderbar
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jerrymcandrew (7 months ago) Such a beautiful and pure soul sound. Does anyone know where this was recorded!

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matheo1960 (6 months ago) pleasee tell how to download this cd pleaseee pick me up ..
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ihop54 (6 months ago) Go to cd universe and look up American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume One under dvd or movies. There are two others. This one was recorded in Germany, there is a drop down that lists all the artists if you click on (full description)
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omleaninto (6 months ago) T-Bone Walker pumpin some great sounds out is guitar man....Stunning performance

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9mej (6 months ago) i love his solo i like the way sunny terry shouts the felling on that stage must have been amazing
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taurtue (6 months ago) I didn't know all those awesome blues players played together! Sonny Terry is my favourite. But they are all really good, it's like the Blues Dream Team. I'd like to know more about that DVD too
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bluzyslim (6 months ago) NOTHING LIKE THE BLUES AND GOSPEL MUSIC THE BEST MUSIC EVER....!!!!!111
StockOfWood1969(6 months ago) THIS IS OMG... i can not express how i feel right now..like THE BLUES is right here, in the flesh through many many musicians... and i LOVE this.. i cant talk anymore more its all rambling..

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MrGobbledygook (4 months ago) this is so important. super group right here.
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dingadang (4 months ago) Holy crap. I found the best clip on youtube.

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infamito (4 months ago) true! ;)

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angelbe88 (4 months ago) this footage is so classic. Thank-you
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ddysouth (4 months ago) great great great video!
Collest sound i ever heard!

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1971SuperLead (4 months ago) I can hear how many guitarist were influenced by T-Bone. I heard Jimmy Page, SRV for sure. Now who influenced T-Bone Walker? Robert Johnson?
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mbsnyderc (4 months ago) As a boy he met and help guide Blind Lemon jefferson around Dallas Texas.probale his frist Influence.
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demented20 (3 months ago) Blind Lemon Jefferson more than Robert Johnson. T-bone is from the Texas blues tree more than the Delta style.

Of course he was an original on so many things. So sophisticated and his timing and dynamics were so perfect.
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kzearo (3 months ago) Surely one of the best videos on YouTube.

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tradercujoh (3 months ago) a classic , thats for sure.. great stuff

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davetaylorbluespiano (3 months ago) Brilliant!

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B0FF01 (2 months ago) A window in time.. I was almost there.

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moritzhaki (2 months ago) what is the name of this song????i cant find it!!!:((((

TheBirdtrain (2 months ago) Its just a jam

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stizodd (2 months ago) If there is a God, this is, no doubt, teh house band in heaven.
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guitar0person (2 months ago) @stizodd well said!
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Mike2008and2008 (2 months ago) A MAY ZING!
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BostonRocker51 (2 months ago) hey! they're doing the twist, so this is early 60's. Great music, thanks so much for posting!

Now I don't have the blues so bad...
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lilmed2002 (2 months ago) Now THATS how its done!

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XDkenzoXD (2 months ago) Just GENIUS
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ViciousVarg (1 month ago) I know man, watching this I just feel like I've stumbled upon some sort of secret place where there is a tier of music so far beyond what we hear nowadays. It's like why didn't anyone ever tell me there was music this good once?
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rccarfreak997 (1 month ago) haha when memphis starts singing at 4:38 he makes an awsome face. these guys are so good!
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muddywatersjr1 (1 month ago) There is no name to this song friends... it's improve. That's why we get the chills to these there blues.
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AspiringSanta (1 month ago) This right here, in case you didn't figure it out for yourself, is the highest of highest, the master class.. Pure magic, something that's very rare in anything man does, in this case this is the best of the best, the beast of blues.
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xxThePeasantKingxx (1 month ago) what a GREAT all star cast of musicians, that would have been amazing to sit in that club and just soak in the greatness, even though id prolly be the only white dude there lol
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kirstensanny (1 month ago) Wow! Thanks for sharing this! All these greats on one stage! Amazing!

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record1207 (1 month ago) Wow this is like...Time Travel!!! lol
coffeeal (1 month ago) Great!!!! Thanks for putting this on .
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benthemiester (4 weeks ago) Superb recording and video quality.
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malot131 (2 weeks ago) this is one of the coolest things ive ever seen
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intensity26 (1 week ago) Amazing!!
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Marcin23395 (3 days ago) wow... this men with harmonica is amazing
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framuk (2 days ago) Great, thanks for this real gem! (The drummer's name is not John but Armand "Jump" Jackson)