Hellhound on My Trail- Jimmy Bowskill

Jimmy Bowskill at 12 years of age (2003) singing Robert Johnson's Hellhound on My Trail. www.jimmybowskill.com

[@384life]

this is one of the most outstanding things i have ever seen a kid that young to play the blues with that much feeling is incredible not to mention that is it is a robert johnson song outstanding

[@BluesAustralia]

Jimmy You've always been th BEST in the WORLD...even long before your voice broke. Come to Australia...I'm still tryin to get you here and i wont give up til' ya do! all the Best Jayme 107.3fm West Oz Radio

[@henley65]

I couldn`t agree more. The Blues is more a state of mind than a state of geography.

[@inhousefriend]

All you really need to know about this video is that it is a 12 year old boy singing one of his hero's songs live and straight from the soul. I think it's uncanny. His natural interpritation of the song is amazing for one so young.

[@realwata]

Man,,, this is the first time in my life to hear a cover for Mr. Johnson that is really better than the original !!!!! Even Clapton could not do it that good!!!!

[@Keyakina]

This kid got on such a young age already the feeling of blues!

[@MrRobtortelli]

Best Robert johnson cover I've ever heard and I've been a Robert Johnson fan for about 16 years!!

[@cryptonator1988]

Agree

[@KenElrick]

haha, this was 6 years ago. I went to school with him back in the day.

[@AngryMelon5]

those guys performed at my school last week,and i actually got to ask the vocalist 2 questions,im so honored xD

[@bnietzsche]

downloaded this and threw it on my mp3. listen to it almost everyday lol

[@mmsun44]

I normally don't dig thses youngster clips because it's usually not as good as the parents think. Don't forget, there are a lot of great musicians by that age. But this kid is excellent and he has soul. I saw Kenny Wayne Sheppard when he was 15 and he was outrageous. Keep it up young brother and maybe I'll see you at 15 too!

[@shmazy21]

I saw him Bancroft, Ontario not too long ago. AMAZING!!!

[@louisbrillon]

Last summer, he was at the montreal jazz fest. Amazing !

[@tambourini]

Soooo, sooooooo soulful!!!

[@wortman79]

This guy is unbelievable - I live in Canada and never heard of him. This kid is spooky.

[@Mike_FOH_Audio]

INf****nCREDIBLE!!!!! Hatts off to Talent!

[@autinspare]

he's got it. he's living that song. I hope we hear a lot more from this kid - let's hope his voice doesn't break too soon!

[@kanojas]

You gots a serious case of them Blues. What a great gift. I Hope to hear more.

[@awol2602]

Just fantastic

[@bogoebuster]

spillede på FOA, fehmarn 4-9 -2010. Det var bare Awsome

[@dangtang707]

he has the growl raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. so so so so so so so so so goood. did i mention how good this is

[@paulawalker958]

I was this boy's vocal coach, from the age 11 to 12… until Jeff took him under his wing, and time and busy separated us.

[@overthemountain67]

any one that can sing an rj song like that is great in my books

[@tombuttner]

Kids this young should never be so damn BLUE!!!

[@ryan-xm5nt]

you dont have to experience a traumatic event to play blues..its an emotion..that you yourself can release by playing the music...true he is like 10 here..but damn good...

[@BluzFan]

You go boy...I 2nd that!!!!!!

[@martinaxman2033]

Wow. He's really good!

[@PHJimY]

I just went and listened to COB's version. They have written a new song and called it Hellhound On My Trail, but it isn't the same song as Robert Johnson sang. They probably called it Hellhound... as a tribute to Robert Johnson, but it's an entirely different song. Chabelo182, you should listen to the original. Anyone who likes rock or blues owes a thanks to folks like Robert and should be familiar with the early pioneers of this music. I guarantee you that the members of COB are.

[@DutchJDoe]

Super Talent

[@merryprankster60]

he DOES understand the music ... he wouldn't be have the love and devotion to the music and the people behind the music if he didn't ... check out the clip from "smalltownstrings" called "Truly Local People (Cogeco) Jimmy Bowskill" ... this is an interview with Jimmy. Check him out live, if he ever comes to your town. I've just seen him at Healey's Roadhouse ... a 3 hour performance! He explores his music thoroughly! He's trying out Rock n Reggae now, and mixing his blues in there, too.

[@ruben1kord]

this kid has got it

[@JustinVK]

I cried

[@smalltownstrings]

Classy!

[@nickbarcenas]

i like this kid know he's like my age 22 he's outstanding on guitar and a wonderful musician but i do enjoy his voice better as a child but he still sounds good it just has more of that like neil young sound to it but still not bad what do you expect from puberty ... i hope the best for this kid though..

[@dagurgisla]

Yeah!

[@REDHAIREDMONSTER]

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Zboots]

I'll be buying everything I can of yours!

[@juanitoween]

yeaaaaah

[@KarenTbone]

Cool!!!!!

[@davidcotestratton]

he goes to my cuzin skool hes a kool guy

[@MinorMeriwether]

HOLY SHIT thats how its done thats the kid right there. hungry as shit. great alllllll thee way arounds.

[@jessupar]

thank you sophistikittenlin, I thought I was alone in thinking that. wonder if/when this kid hits puberty if he'll lose his way high pitched voice? lol.

[@DirtyDeck]

OH my god thatwas fuckin unreal!!!

[@MadCrazeTheBlade708]

i don't know much bout Robert Johnson's fame or awesomeness as some of others have suggested I just heard this kid singing this song not even two minutes after hearing the original and I admit the kids got talent and no he isn't poor or black(oh well?) but i liked this version, not as much as the "O.G" or Eric Clapton's ver. but it's definitely up their in mah favorites

[@miserkocho]

a musical savant!!!

[@GrahamFos]

sweet jeebus what is this kid doing nowadays. Id like to see him live yaknow!

[@beckabluesband]

damn.

[@poorperson2181]

Holy smokes.

[@gregory49]

Johnson Did use a slide. And this kid does amazing things here. True talent over that american idol bullshit

[@Zboots]

yeesh....

[@bassgigant]

Must be one of his first gigs and he played the blues as if he got it from his mother's milk! And his voice is "a little bit" older now, but still fucking great!

[@jimmerhoft]

solid cover. i just want to know of the people putting this kid down; would you rather he turn to emo?

[@daddymouse1975]

how is it that there are currently 24 people on this planet that disliked this?? i have nearly lost faith in humanity. i give massive props to any 12 year old kid who has any idea who the hell robert johnson is, nevermind a 12 year old kid who can balls-out play a cover of hellhound.

[@chenxi1963]

“lost faith in humanity” lol...

[@123gilbevan123]

nice , i tryed to catch jimmy when he came through peter patch but he cancled the show er somthing

[@kenkenes]

sheet !! so little but so great mdr ;)

[@KeniLeeBurgess]

This boy got a great set of pipes, but he is singing it way too over the top. It's a bit campy. I'm not sure if listeners are able to connect emotionally. It is very difficult to capture RJ, but I know if this boy continues to sing the Blues, life will teach him everything he needs to know. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Wonderful.

[@roswellj12]

Who cares if this kid is white or not poor or whatever. The blues has nothing to do with your background, colour or money. Wealth isn't a measure of how much cash you have. You can be rich but still have the blues. Sure this kid might not understand the full meaning of the song but that will come with time. His guitar playing and feel for the music is out of this world. I wish after the many years of playing I have that I could be this good.

[@Magublican]

No one should fully understand the blues. It hurts too much. His father played him a Robert Johnson album when he was ten just like mine did with Hank Williams at six years old. I didn`t fully understand any of the lyrics at the time either. I just dug Jambalaya and Hey Good Lookin` cause they jumped. You have to start somewhere. Making money at it this young, well that`s a whole other deal.

[@samaldini]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This kid is not just good for a kid, he's a REALLY GREAT MUSICIAN at all! WAY WAY better then 90% of famous musicians nowadays. Hey kid from this video (now an adult haha) please keep on your AMAZING work. You'll help save the good music along with Robert Randolph, Poppa Chubby, Danny Knowles, John Bonamassa, Mofro and some other ones that plays modern versions of old school good music.

[@SWiiTCHii3]

HAHA same here, but ya its nice :P

[@Cluckster112]

even eric clapton stated that it's damn hard to sing and play robert johnsons songs

[@sophistikittenlin]

It sounds like he's passing a kidney stone. Hopefully he'll grow up and calm down a little, because right now it sounds like he's about to bust a blood vessel, and it doesn't exactly make the song sound better.

[@cristianbam]

haters gonna hate

[@Bookstop1337]

Yeah you know robert johnson used a bottle right?

[@PHJimY]

How do you know what he used? Some folks seem to think it was a bone.

[@luckyjinxer]

what kinda blues has he experianced??? TIMEOUT!?!?! MOMMY SENT YOU TO BED WITHOUT DINNER??? I mean he's like six. he better be an orphan or something terrible like that.

[@rsman169]

i was expecting children of bodom, damn. gay. but nice.

[@Rmelcher77]

Children of Scrodom sucks

[@skwarok1]

Are you serious? This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read. You can't categorize an entire age group and say all 12 year olds want to play whatever is being played on MTV. It's perfectly reasonable to say this kid chose to play the blues on his own.

[@growl120]

you should be embarassed for writing such a mean comment. go back to bed.