Ambassador Bill: Big Bill in Britain - Big Bill Broonzy documentary

[@mrpepperman]

Oh my at last, never seen a frame of this show, thank you for sharing, I was the assistant cameraman on the Micky Moody clip 26 mins in, what a great days work.

[@tedsquires141]

I first heard Big Bill Broonzy on the light programme in the mid 50's as a 9 year old on Chris Barbers half hour radio show in the early evening mid week on an old valve radio owned by my grand parents. The music hit hard and left an enduring impression on me. Blues music, lyrics and personalities have stayed strong in me all my life. Well done to all for an excellent programme for us all to treasure - remember we only pass this way once and the blues describes all life to guide us.

[@josephmccabe2840]

One of my greatest regrets was not going to the Cavern in Liverpool to see Big Bill Broonzy. I was a young lad old working in solicitors office in Castle Street. It was 1956/7.

[@golds04]

Sad that so little footage of such a giant of music.

[@3GreeneBJ]

875 Views! Wot's 'app'nin? Come on people get educated. This is spot on stuff. The best Blues artist & musician I ever heard.You get the lot from Bill. Superb guitar style, good tunes & the message. So you do.

[@AnalogOpher]

Beresfordjohn Greene Well, as Joe Pesci says: waddaya gonna do? Broonzy touring England is on the level of Bach touring England. But the woyld is full of crownless kings.

[@boneyboney3575]

39865 now 😅

[@bobmiller7502]

70 odd years later. we might of got a bit more sophisticated now, but the music still spells the simple truth, i remember the 60s 70s in the UK grim times but there was a fierce energy that punk tapped into, we was sick of the same old same,we wanted to rip it down and start again naive we was but that spirit call it outlook has stayed with me, my body may be past it but in my heart of hearts nothings changed,, sorry went onto one there love the old blues ive even learned tp play the harmonica it brings me such pleasure its like a form of meditation, there i go rambling again,BLUES MUUUSICK IS GOOD xxxx

[@PaulSmith-zq4wy]

The greatest blues composer, singer, guitarist ever!

[@kitcarson57]

First heard him on a Dr John Grierson documentary . Superb. Glory of love

[@oker59]

I grew up discovering my father's John Mayall records. Big Bill and Blind Willie McTell were my two major discoveries back then as well. . . . Big Bill's acoustic country playing, as I found out mostly was towards the end of his career. Much of his early career was trying to play full band(horns, drums). Most of those recordings have so much hiss and cracking, you can hardly hear the song. . . . Big Bill only had to major albums of the great acoustic sound he found towards the end - I think the American album is called "One Beer One Blues", which had "Hey, Hey", and then in Europe , "Treat Me Right." which is my first Big Bill album. I have it all now, including the collective European recordings.

[@oker59]

Always good to see Micky Moody. He has some great Whitesnake albums, and I've seen some good youtubes of him. . . . as usual, seeing the music played live sometimes gives you more appreciation for it.

[@bobaldo2339]

I had 2 other of his albums many years ago - one was all his classic totally acoustic stuff, one with the addition of sax, piano, & bass - maybe drums too? - can't remember. Lost them in a fire.

[@beatxt]

This is great. Thanks for posting. I just watched it as a follow-up to the new BBC 4 documentary 'The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy' which takes a much broader view of his life an is less UK-centred than this.

[@MarcBrewer]

Thanks for posting

[@ryanhill1561]

Big Bill Broonzy is my favorite blues artist, i have everything by the man. Is there any way to get this on DVD?

[@kennyguitarallen5662]

glad i came across this,loved it,

[@coravisser727]

respect for this blues i love it so much.

[@KennethAndersonHams]

Big Bill is the best!

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

Blues guitarists who were at least ten years older than Broonzy include Elijah Avery, John Bray, Crying Sam Collins, Simmie Dooley, Andrew Everett, Willie Ford, Willie Harris, Nap Hayes, Myrt Holmes, Peg Leg Howell, Jim Jackson, Paul Johnson, Charley Jordan, Luke Jordan, Leadbelly, William Moore, Isaiah Nettles, Marshall Owens, Charlie Patton, Homer Roberson, Allen Shaw, Son Sims, Vol Stevens, Frank Stokes, Jimmie Strothers, J.D. Suggs, Joe Taggart, Steve Tarter, Elvie Thomas, Henry Thomas, Buford Threlkeld, Johnny Watson, Richard Williams, Hosea Woods, and others.

[@mlwsf]

Not sure what your point is here. Maybe you should make a documentary yourself to clarify.

[@nelsonmichel108]

Big Bill Broonzy Lo mejor de lo grandes master del blues.

[@rosscampbell1173]

First heard of him from the Beatles Anthology. George was a fan.

[@canesvenatici4259]

John Lennon, Bob Dylan too apparently.

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

Was Eric Clapton too expensive to interview?

[@oker59]

I'm watching a Jimi Hendrix documentary, from the American PBS, and they're not interviewing Eric or anybody else either.

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

That seems odd given the fact that EC had bought JH a brand new electric guitar, but he had already died on him. Jimi was a true wizard when it came to using effects, but his left-hand technique was highly unorthodox, fingers flat on the strings, not unlike a duck - see the B/W footage of Hey Joe, for instance.

[@lawrencedavies4398]

Well, given that Clapton was only 6 years old when Broonzy visited Britain in 1951, I'm not sure he'd have much to contribute!

[@mlwsf]

Does he really have to be in every blues documentary? Seriously.

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

@@lawrencedavies4398 Not as an eye witness obviously, but as someone profoundly influenced by him.

[@ARSciandra]

Brits yak way too much.

[@JustaWindingBoy]

So does everyone else. But it's worse when they vote.

[@jaimacpherson1082]

Aye they do.