Gunsmoke blues - Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, George "Harmonica" Smith

That' my brother Steve Wachsman playing guitar for Big Mama. On bass was Bruce Sieverson and Todd Nelson they were all friends and had a band at the time living and playing in/around Ventura California.

The blues, from which all modern music sprang. I'm so glad they filmed these legends. A little bit of heaven.

Back when real TALENT ruled the stage... oh, how I miss those days! This is GREAT.

This is why I love YouTube. Where else can you find gems like this?!

This should have 2 million views/ What is wrong with people today?

Just one man's opinion but, this is the best thing I've ever found on the internet, and I've been browsing web pages since 1995.

Who knew Big Mama Thornton blew such a great harp? Gonna get into her! I met Muddy at one of his concerts in the 1980's near the end of his career. You could not meet a nicer man! Of course he had an awesome talent! Totally unexpected and amazing that the film crew from Gunsmoke would haul off after the blues. Good job!

ROCK ME BABY, LIKE MY BODY AINT GOT NO BONES. Hell yea. Thats it. Whoever the older folks she said she learned from are the best ever. We are listening to bluesman who knew the best there was. Thats y their so good.

What a way of life ,bringing us the blues ,its music history ,Ilove it ,nothing like it ,good music ,good friends ,bring people together to have fun !!

Music for the back seat of a 1965 Chevy. Wow! Been listening to this all my life and I love it, y'all.

If you don't appreciate THE BLUEZ you can't appreciate life. What Soul. What Jive. What Rhythm. What Talent.

I still own the 78 of Houndog by Big Momma...one of the MANY 78 records I have by the Blues legends of yester year. I was lucky to be born at the time I was...this allowed me to see many of them in concert....such GREAT shows.

Wow! Everyone and anyone enjoying the same thing. Coming together to enjoy some great talent and having a great time.

I saw Big Mama Thornton ten years prior to this, at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles. She was a lot heavier then, and fortunately she lost a lot of weight, stopped smoking and added years to her life. But what a performer she was; she commanded the stage. I will never forget her opening, as they darkened the entire room and the stage. All you saw was this cigarette being lit, the glow of the cigarette, then some smoke wafting through the air, a dim red back light and the enormous profile there; and she was tall too, a commanding presence. In that relatively small room she blew the roof off that place. This generation of performer knew how to command a stage and bring it all; they had done thousands of one night stands; they lived on that stage. And they knew how to put on a show. In this decade, the blues became popular with white audiences; but black audiences had stopped listening to it in favor of more modern forms of urban music. In 1969 I saw Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker on the same bill in a small club in Detroit, and they played until about 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, alternating sets. The greatest show I have ever seen in my life. They played like there were 50,000 people in the audience, not 50. Muddy Waters had been in a motorcycle accident and played all night on crutches. In a small venue these performer's musical charisma was awe inspiring. Muddy Waters, when he sang, I still remember thinking - wow, this is like the Moon singing - that face - the resonance - it was so powerful. Hooker was also amazing, with a completely different performance style. He got too drunk to play the guitar, so started singing A Capella sitting on the edge of the stage - and it was even better. When I left that club, I thought - "that was it, it will never get any better."

Some days I get Lucky. I found this. Lucky day.

Diese Blues Session ist legendär und wird kommende Generationen überleben, vorausgesetzt die Menschheit wird trotz Corona und Klimakriese überleben. Heute ist der Blues wieder ganz aktuell. Alle Menschen dieser Welt - egal welcher Hautfarbe, Rasse oder Religion haben fundamentale Emotionen, die in dieser Session zum Ausdruck kommen, aber zur Zeit nicht gelebt werden können. Man kann nur hoffen, dass die Menschheit daraus die richtigen Lehren zieht.

i turned 43 2day..i got turned onto blues 2 years ago..from SRV to ALL THE KINGS..MUDDY..BUDDY GUY..Etc..Etc..Big Mama and this video show me i was born 15 years too late ...great music!!!!!!!!

tou uploaded this on my birthday...thankyou...ive listened to it a hundred times anyway....

It was always amazing to me that these black musicians were able to make it to the studio and record such amazing music, even though they had to fight with so much Injustice at the time. I will always be a fan!

Ran into her in a blues club in 1980 in Montreal. She sat at our table, as did BB King. One of those great, unexpected events, right place at the right time.