Robert Pete Williams - Scrap Iron Blues video free download
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Duration: 05:55
Uploaded: 2007/07/03
Robert Pete Williams, bluesman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, captured here in the process of improvising a new composition, Scrap Iron Blues, in 1971. Not only does he describe his current job, but he also explains the circumstances that led to his arrest for murder and incarceration in the notorious Angola Penitentiary.
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8 years ago
Deloumeaux jean-jacques
scrap iron blues .... YEEEHHH !!!!!!8 years ago
Deloumeaux jean-jacques
le blues de la ferraille ...... "why not"......9 years ago
Trevor Clifford
this was obviously cut from a larger piece, does anyone know the source?9 years ago
Judy FRANCIS XAVIER
Robert Pete Williams, bluesman from Baton Rouge9 years ago
Judy FRANCIS XAVIER
Robert Pete Williams, bluesman from Baton Rouge9 years ago
UnclePutte
Wow. That's one bad town to live in. But the song that came of it ain't bad.9 years ago
Christopher Stewart
I heard Jimmy Page list Robert Pete Williams as one of his influences in an interview once but have not been able to find it in YouTube. 10 years ago
AikiJoKen
Rare to hear absolutely authentic blues. Brilliant. 10 years ago
Nate Dorny
Good luck finding someone that can play it like that11 years ago
James Reger
This made me ad...apt into something far away from what i was assuming @ the time when ole Robert here said turn that page now ya hear...thank you11 years ago
MarkBiedron
jes hi is11 years ago
QuintinPenola
wonder what his tuning is11 years ago
ClutchzMuch
RAW IS GOOD12 years ago
JohnnyHorton
Scary story. I believe him. What a musician! Thanks for posting12 years ago
Google+ suck my cock
he is sooooo zajebisty;p12 years ago
BordiniBlues85
real blues deal12 years ago
Bari Mayberry
What would I do if it was me in the story? What would you do? Smart Ass puts his boney finger on your nose! Blocks the exit! Pulls a knife! What else is there except die? Not an option13 years ago
busessuck1
@Stevoblues that's the case with most of these guitarists, you can play the same notes in the same tuning... it'll never sound as good13 years ago
rob1927blues
fucking legend!14 years ago
fenderfish
@ the end he is saying he "never heard that one before" so he wrote the song as he played it ...wow. good stuff!Related Videos
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