it's funny because james carter was recorded singing this sometime in the 50s, got out of jail, and forgot about it. suddenly when o brother where art thou was made he got $20 000 in royalties and he didn't even know about it. when they found him and gave him the cheque he hadn't seen the movie or heard the soundtrack.
@southwestmichiganobserver35112 жыл бұрын
Where did you read this? I had read once a few years ago about the recording artist using tap or clog like shoes in the audio to record this song. Now I don’t remember the article or who it was that recorded it.
@crotalusatrox79312 жыл бұрын
Amazing fact and an amazing song.
@tanakazinoro6642 жыл бұрын
Send me the feed x
@t.k.13192 жыл бұрын
@@southwestmichiganobserver3511 both of these things can be true.
@t.k.13192 жыл бұрын
Good on them for doing right by him. Also, amazing find from the music director of the film.
@elrincondelaguitarra3050Ай бұрын
Those men with just their voices and hammers did convey so much feeling and emotion... A lesson for current artists who can't sing for sh1t without Auto Tune.
@patriciahoggard63909 ай бұрын
I would just like to give the women who scrubbed thier closes sooo clean, her praise. Thank you Mama
@omerrudnick819510 жыл бұрын
Lyrics: Well, the high sheriff He told his deputy Want you go out and bring me Lazarus Well, the high sheriff Told his deputy I want you go out and bring me Lazarus Bring him dead or alive, Lawd, Lawd Bring him dead or alive Well the deputy he told the high sheriff I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus Well the deputy he told the high sheriff Says I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus Well he's a dangerous man Lawd, Lawd He's a dangerous man Well then the high sheriff, he found Lazarus He was hidin' in the chill of a mountain Well the high sheriff, found Lazarus He was hidin' in the chill of the mountain With his head hung down Lawd, Lawd With his head hung down Well then the high sheriff, he told Lazarus He says Lazarus I come to arrest you Well the high sheriff, told Lazarus Says Lazarus I come to arrest you And bring ya dead or alive Lawd, Lawd Bring you dead or alive Well then Lazarus, he told the high sheriff Says I never been arrested Well Lazarus, told the high sheriff Says I never been arrested By no one man Lawd, Lawd By no one man And then the high sheriff, he shot Lazarus Well, he shot him mighty big number Well the high sheriff, shot Lazarus Well he shot him with a mighty big number With a forty five Lawd, Lawd With a forty five Well then they take old Lazarus Yes they laid him on the commissary gallery Well they taken poor Lazarus And the laid him on the commissary gallery He said my wounded side Lawd, Lawd My wounded side
@vicorochavidal5354 жыл бұрын
genial gracias
@mareks12613 жыл бұрын
Dzięki!
@hectorpaezescamez58172 жыл бұрын
La letra es acojonante!!!! ✌🏼
@rstone33532 жыл бұрын
Ain't much changed for Black folk, really! Same thing now just a different day!
@miltonfelix60302 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot.
@kdm93432 ай бұрын
Mr. (James) Carter was literally the neighborhood drunk in the area where I grew up. This is not to disparage him. My Mom basically took in all of the folks she considered "strays" (in our Chicago neighborhood) and offered folks meals and connected with them. For major US holidays (esp. Thanksgiving) we had a collection of these individuals from prostitutes, gangsters, drunks, drug addicts and transvestites who came to our holiday gatherings -- often as societal outcasts (this was the 1980s and 1990s). They were always fresh, smartly dressed and thankful for my Mom's hospitality. My Mom's heart was golden.
@ThaMadvonnie848 жыл бұрын
This song actually made me watch the movie to be honest. This song grips my soul.
@rickybrewerii5728 жыл бұрын
I can dig it
@MrDark0976 жыл бұрын
Chico Green which movie dude?
@bgodssoldier16 жыл бұрын
Danniel collado " o'brother where art thou"
@MrDark0976 жыл бұрын
Oh! it's a great film!
@Himijendrix0145 жыл бұрын
I love how they open the movie with that scene & song, it captures the setting & era of the movie right away. It shakes my soul that just 150+ years ago this was our society - such beauty in its simplicity & so unaware of what’s to come, much like any era, but still lacking accountability of a moral compass yet with a glimpses of social justice. It’s amazing how even then the “people” reigned by their sway of opinion overpowering the artiocrats somehow someway
@meradmohamedmehdi6847 Жыл бұрын
I am from Algeria and so in love with this soulful songs
@raymonds7492 Жыл бұрын
We get our soul and our rhythm from Africa after all
@meradmohamedmehdi6847 Жыл бұрын
@@raymonds7492 This is ahelil .. traditional religious songs from south of Algeria ... You can hear the ( call and response) just like blues ..and also the leader high notes kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmecZHh-dpqljaM
@redturtle17276 ай бұрын
@@raymonds7492 no we didnt we not africans
@UnfilteredAmericaАй бұрын
@@redturtle1727we are Africans boo.
@UnfilteredAmericaАй бұрын
@@meradmohamedmehdi6847thanks for sharing! You can see the similarity!!!
@MrMossberg113 жыл бұрын
im from louisiana nd i love this type of music its right from the soul nd you can feel it
@vjoshuastock17586 жыл бұрын
The movie 'Oh brother where art thou' is a piece of Art.
@eternalbeing3339 Жыл бұрын
Good movie.
@Research0digo8 жыл бұрын
One thing to help keep us going in this world - God WILL have His vengeance.
@MrBSeanB8 жыл бұрын
Research0digo
@zibounne61938 жыл бұрын
Bad news. There is no such thing as God.
@chaiseschillinger40298 ай бұрын
Have you changed your ways after these 7 years?@@zibounne6193
@aspektx2 жыл бұрын
Actually saw a short documentary visiting a train museum, living history site. One of the presenters showed how the song's rhythm matched the work of straightening the railway tracks.
@black4460 Жыл бұрын
I like this old time stuff. I feel more connected to it then anything else.
@belfastwildchild Жыл бұрын
this song is pure Americana at its finest
@SlashUgly9 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I just love the internet! This is amazing!
@SomeoneJr9 жыл бұрын
+Colorado Man i found a nice rich vein of cool shit in the the ether
@Research0digo8 жыл бұрын
+George Tayler Hunter S Thompson did too.
@yuriso98836 жыл бұрын
Vai internacional
@loveyou211ful4 жыл бұрын
I don't know why feel an affinity to this song. it makes me feel ever so connected...to what I do not know. I just play it all the time.
@eternalbeing3339 Жыл бұрын
Your ancestors or other spirits visiting you. After my grandpa passed away, i randomly had the urge to listen to 50's music that he used to play. I know he was visiting me.
@ashentwo660810 ай бұрын
@@eternalbeing3339ghosts always have such a great taste in music
@redturtle17276 ай бұрын
@@eternalbeing3339 the dead know nothing
@AshBarkPerson6 жыл бұрын
I just opened up three instances of this tab, because the ax hits sync up mostly, it's like the most chaotic soulful round ever
@blueberry36743 жыл бұрын
try playing it along W army marching cadence...interesting combo of sound an very similar rhythm.
@magshot12 жыл бұрын
the raw soul of this... the history, the emotion... really got to me. great stuff.
@whtyc3 жыл бұрын
Best song on the O, Brother soundtrack. Really powerful
@voztro4 жыл бұрын
I play this wal I do my chores, reminds me of my ancestors and gives the the strength to finish this bs
@VeronicaMartinez-kw1qb2 жыл бұрын
finish this bs😂
@theforcesofnature31282 жыл бұрын
wow thats powerful
@voztro2 жыл бұрын
@@theforcesofnature3128 ik
@droolingpine9658 Жыл бұрын
Tf your ancestors do?? Lmao be criminals?
@caffeineabuser954 ай бұрын
Me too. It's even better if you also sing along
@DavidLJarvis3 жыл бұрын
When I was the tender age of eighteen I had the honor of being given the gift of listening to "No Dead Black Women". The soul of "God" in my opinion.
@northrockboy8 жыл бұрын
bet those guys were as tough as nails - at least they kept their spirits
@hwgray5 жыл бұрын
Well, when the choice is either shit or go blind, what else are they going to do?
@chase66772 жыл бұрын
👴🏻-music to my hears
@ashentwo660810 ай бұрын
Jokes aside it's such a banger tho
@patrickrostock849412 жыл бұрын
Prisons were segregated, and there were no white inmates on this particular chain gang. White inmates were also subject to chain gangs, but this recording was made by Alan Lomax in 1959 at Mississippi State Penitentiary, which remained racially segregated into the 1970s. Also, the correctional staff was entirely white at the time, so it follows that white inmates likely received preferential treatment. Prison's no picnic, but let's not pretend that black inmates didn't have it tougher.
@benisontenison8225Ай бұрын
And it's soul music like this that helped them get through it. I'm glad that we keep records of this history. It's so naive to try and erase history just because it's ugly.
@kidssadeqi34232 жыл бұрын
This hit harder than my masters whip.
@eternalbeing3339 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@andrewwabik51257 ай бұрын
😮
@smokingjoe98645 жыл бұрын
Tells us about the Boom Boom Club Ray.
@somerandomgamer61955 жыл бұрын
O Brother, were art thou anyone
@chriswelcome81023 жыл бұрын
Where else you heard it?
@SelfInflictedSuccess2 күн бұрын
Where can I more of these songs
@joshuabrooks49074 жыл бұрын
I understand that a prison guard recorded this for some unknown reason, and when the "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack won Album of the Year in 2001, the lone surviving member of this group of prisoners was given a share of the royalties.
@garbeard37483 жыл бұрын
it was recorded by fame music collector, alan lomax
@FactsOnlyPlease.3 жыл бұрын
I would have told them to keep their money. I rather had a life!
@mikshinee872 жыл бұрын
@@FactsOnlyPlease. Well black men didn't have much of a choice. And they had a short life because of prison conditions. It's a miracle that this one man survived to be 77.
@talon86blake592 жыл бұрын
At work right now with this playing shuffling my feet lol
@deanwinchestah66077 жыл бұрын
God this is so soulful
@nadiabuchschacher2625 Жыл бұрын
Schweiz sagt Dankeschön für die Musik 🎶 alles andere brutal
@twiskins12 жыл бұрын
Pete got a brother?
@Shelovebadmon Жыл бұрын
I sing this at school when the teacher gives me the sweeping job
@raphallo8 жыл бұрын
i'm using it as alarm clock sometimes :)
@Leon-zu1wp6 жыл бұрын
If you wanna know how old this song is: lookup what a High Sheriff actually is.
@scottmccluremcclure39164 жыл бұрын
Was it the one chasing Robin Hood
@KamalShariff3 жыл бұрын
Poetic excellence in times of gross oppression.
@tiralarc11 жыл бұрын
At least he's got his money.So pretty honest of the Coen Brothers. But anyway, thanks for this info.
@zunedude912 ай бұрын
Having African and native American roots. I feel this. Being an American trooper, it all makes too much sense. We drum, cadence's just like this. That's how we keep step. Fudge man.
@vodeart55124 жыл бұрын
Mr moreau tu connais
@viktoriyaivanovnaserebryak6152 жыл бұрын
brings back memories 😂
@DeafmanDuhCyborg8 ай бұрын
The sound is chopping logs if you were wondering.
@TheActualCathal4 ай бұрын
Here because they took it off spotify
@Stepfather523 Жыл бұрын
They dont need a autotune🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@comefeastwithme441 Жыл бұрын
But you need grammar check
@comefeastwithme441 Жыл бұрын
Great comment though
@Stepfather523 Жыл бұрын
Okay
@roastierup8091 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if I can agree and Disagree about the reply
@Research0digo8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Elena.
@jcook6935 жыл бұрын
My dad was on a chain gang in the late 70s/ early 80s for failure to pay child support
@garbeard37483 жыл бұрын
it's a cruel system
@neuralnetwork1712 жыл бұрын
Thank you, finally someone says something that makes sense.
@prettyboi19148 жыл бұрын
I remember singing this while marching and climbing the mountains to Sigma land
@J.Strantz5 жыл бұрын
When you get arrested for stealing metronomes. Full circle. Brutal. 😓
@walterschroeder9995 Жыл бұрын
Einfach toll das du erinnerst ❤
@criez7236 Жыл бұрын
Is lazarus in the end survived the shot, or he is still somehow alive?
@adamcrookedsmile12 жыл бұрын
thanks for clearing this up. Until now I thought US prisons were segregated along with schools and hospitals.
@garbeard37483 жыл бұрын
they were
@amandalin41022 жыл бұрын
lol looking at yt comments from a decade ago are hilarious bc the site has changed so much these are kinda illegible
@rosstaylor8584 Жыл бұрын
If anyone is interested in listening to more of this music, check out john lomax prison recordings. I imagine this, too, was recorded by john and his son alan lomax.
@katiamagalhaes66804 жыл бұрын
I love that so much.
@britster6 жыл бұрын
My uncle James Carter escaped from prison long long times ago and they I got him ten years later
@garbeard37483 жыл бұрын
wow. was he the same james carter who was credited and paid for the rights of the recording when it was used for the coen brothers movie
@Research0digo8 жыл бұрын
15 people either don't know who Lazarus was (and then was, again) lol - or they just have no soul. Story goes of a plantation owner's wife asking her husband one day, if we beat them and treat them lower than animals, why do we teach them scripture? (I'm sorry I can't remember verbatim - such is old brain.) So many thieves, wife-beaters, debtors who can't pay - many were Caucasian, but it's always 'the other' that's easier to beat down. In the case of the chain gang, plantaion workers - everything, black men filled the bill. No one gave a second's thought about who was going to wake up the next morning and go bust rock. Anything was better than seeing Black Betty, though.
@klistiranikrupije17248 жыл бұрын
These are real roots of rock music, especially heavy metal. I, as a white man, bow to the ground to these true artists who as prisoners and former slaves are million times more honest, mesmerizing and creative than any musician of European descent.
@Dr.JeremyDunks8 жыл бұрын
Bless the Lomaxes for appreciating and recording these tunes. otherwise stuff like this and the blues movement may never have happened
@askariseraphim8 жыл бұрын
Chauchat 3137 you do realize that even the prisons were segregated so there was no white prisoners singing in this song.... and as for the white slaves myth... they suffer indignity under cruel slave like conditions. they were by no means slave you can look the up in any credible source of history. indentured servants yes. hard labors, yes. penal colonies yes. slaves No...
@askariseraphim7 жыл бұрын
Green EyedMonstr what an appropriate moniker.... its better then the music on your page...
@greeneyedmonstr2417 жыл бұрын
luv u.
@askariseraphim7 жыл бұрын
Also white slavery never exsisted in north america. You can corroborate that on any verified source (Wikipedia) maybe a .gov or .edu when you come back with that we will talk anyone can make a wikipedia page about anything...
@zacklukosius374710 жыл бұрын
some of these comments were enlightening, sharing in the dark history of humanity together, united by our love of solemn, soulful song... then there's people who don't look to their fellow humans and see responsible, thinking agents. it's this second branch of people that holds humanity back from being just, united, and powerful as fuck. the conservative few have power hold fast to it, and move to secure it. we don't move to secure power, we move to live. we dance and breathe the air of life, not the air of certainty. fuck 'em, but remember! every human on this planet has a story, and not a single story out of 7 billion should be ignored.
@donnarogers77326 жыл бұрын
Well said!Zack! I've watched this kind of thing my whole life,fought it,tried with all my might to live a different attitude than the times I was born into! Now look at this country and the people who are so called running it!!! My heart is sick and my soul sad that we as a nation,a society ,as a humanity have taken so few steps forward to stop the prejudice! I'll not have many years left to see the change I have always hoped for ,as far as we have come,there are still so many miles before we get it! Let each individual live respectfully,lovingly,and without judgment! One finger pointing forward has four pointing backwards! Peace to this Mighty Planet!
@megalodon79166 жыл бұрын
+Donna “Few steps forward”? Do have any idea how far we’ve come!? To say we haven’t come far is an insult to all the people who have fought for equal rights over the years, and to the memory of those who died in that struggle! The world has come a long way in the past century. Do not make light of the progress that has been made!
@winstonsmith95335 жыл бұрын
Conservatives? It was the Democrats who instituited Jim Crow, no?
@BoogalooBoy3 жыл бұрын
Me when I'm doin' yard work in August weather.
@Tedward-dh2no10 ай бұрын
Iam from Ireland and i feel a deep connection with these people ❤😢
@lucjanssens66982 жыл бұрын
where can I find the chords?
@fakemrvo23022 жыл бұрын
Banger
@TOMCABY-o7c Жыл бұрын
Psalms 137:3 Psalms 137:3 KJV: For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. ^ WE ARE THE REAL JEWS
@goodman409 Жыл бұрын
💯💯shit goes hard
@BjarneMarcussen6 ай бұрын
I remember when I was young my parents and I would take a trip or somewhere around town and the chain gangs would be working on or beside road. Some would be singing. Prisons need to go back to this. From Virginia
@روح-د9ر3 жыл бұрын
Makes me smile thinking of these men under the sun breaking down stones and screaming together. Makes me think they probably belong to that work by divine providence.
@eternalbeing3339 Жыл бұрын
That is horrible 😔
@the0wler143 жыл бұрын
on the second photo. Did they dig that deep or what?
@karaokedream1815 Жыл бұрын
Спасибо.
@tylerball70692 ай бұрын
Fun fact the movie O Brother Where Art Thou was based on the Odyssey!
@EliaFlowers2 жыл бұрын
Listening to this while cleaning my room
@Alpsan6 Жыл бұрын
missing good ol dayz son
@ItaloPrimus10 жыл бұрын
J'aimerais trouver les paroles.
@Research0digo8 жыл бұрын
+Italo Primus Merci.
@guitarhero221113 жыл бұрын
how many of those men do you think are innocent?
@garbeard37483 жыл бұрын
almost all
@mkofismith3 жыл бұрын
MANY... see the Jim Crow laws enforced and supported by the 13th Amendment.
@AssasiCraftYogUscus2 жыл бұрын
Easily over 75%, it be impossible to tell cause some charges were just made up.
@serjeoindahouse93455 жыл бұрын
Спасибо!
@jahazure7132 жыл бұрын
Lazarus ma middle name. Had to hear 👂
@timerM Жыл бұрын
hits harder then mastas whip
@danielafforo92628 ай бұрын
I need the lyrics 😢
@dude49927 ай бұрын
Filter top comments and scroll down a little, someone posted them
@michaelmortenson520012 жыл бұрын
cousin of mine did time and told me that all cons are innocent. it's just a question of "innocent of what?" he said "god puts us all in there for something. we're all guilty of something, sometimes god incarcerates us here for something only him and I know bout. innocent of somethings but guilty of others" I never thought of him as wise but i could be wrong.
@vclassickillz901 Жыл бұрын
👴🏻 ahh the good old days
@eternalbeing3339 Жыл бұрын
Good times.
@alleynealisleem97774 жыл бұрын
🙏❤️
@sonyjo861 Жыл бұрын
Love this song. Don’t love that the latest soundtrack (Volume 1 with the bonus tracks), removed this song from the soundtrack
@nadiabuchschacher2625 Жыл бұрын
😢❤❤❤❤😢😢❤❤
@tbone4264 жыл бұрын
We won’t be equal until you’ve given us 400 years😈 I’ll be waiting for you.
@ryanOGab4 жыл бұрын
Their not equal and nor should they be as they are prisoners not slaves, they have broken the /a law.
@tbone4264 жыл бұрын
Ry O' we’re still gonna do our enemy the same way the did us since the birth of the USA aka Babylon. They’re gonna hate me on my plantation 😈
@ryanOGab4 жыл бұрын
King Lil Tey well they deserved it they are prisoners they committed crimes they are not victims ,you are also not a victim! And theses people are not related to you in anyway. Nor did it happen to you, you’ve no right to claim being a victim for something you never had to endure in time you didn’t exist in. Victimhood is (laziness) an excuse so you never have to strive for anything and demand that everything is given to you. So there is no risk of you ever having a plantation.😎😜as that requires work,effort,craft intellect and skill.
@josgretf28004 жыл бұрын
@@tbone426 Mate, many of these men were rapists and murderers. they aren't on a chain gang for being nice guys
@AlbertoJesúsAguilarBañuelos Жыл бұрын
Esta canción no debería existir. Para mi, en este momento de mi vida, tiene una belleza que solo radica en que no debería de haber existido nunca.
@anandaalvarez4336 Жыл бұрын
amén
@g0th_AJ10 ай бұрын
Listening and singing this while cleaning up my room cuz my momma forcing me to😞
@smokingjoe98645 жыл бұрын
No way I would be in charge of a gang of men with axes
@LeeByrne3163 жыл бұрын
Say! Any o' you boys smithies?
@Unfav.Dani73 жыл бұрын
Mais alguém pelo livro AZ ???????
@yakoub42662 жыл бұрын
Ses la citer mgl
@NWSaint6 жыл бұрын
LoL.. hate to say this, especially in this day and PC age, but seriously, this reminds me of a scene from the movie entitled "Blazing Saddles" where the deputy states "c'mon now, give us a good ol' N' work song"... for whatever reason, this song always comes to mind.... them mf'ers slingin' it though, big time maulin' it, sweat drip'n, workin' for the man.......... respect!
@bastienduris51465 жыл бұрын
I have dream !
@MultiRwilson5 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@RichardSipesCartoonForKids1271 Жыл бұрын
2:13
@RichardSipesCartoonForKids1271 Жыл бұрын
0:59
@ajandrewsmusic8 ай бұрын
Speed up the audio and tell me it isn't country
@dude49927 ай бұрын
This isn’t beers and trucks country its sheriffs and outlaws country, more authentic. Pre Toby Keith era honest and soulful country, what it used to be before modern posers redefined it into trash in my opinion. Technically more on the blues side of the country spectrum
@rickyarbro62704 жыл бұрын
Po Lazarus
@biancabautista27103 жыл бұрын
Anyone here after reading about it in the Ahhh- Inspiring Bathroom Reader? 😊
@SoHoDave4 жыл бұрын
Lawd, Lawd, my wounded side 😣
@updownstate6 жыл бұрын
i remember seeing chain gangs in the southern u.s. in the sixties. awful.