Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Live at the Blue Front Café, Bentonia Mississippi

[@ASinn]

I just went there. Spent a few nights in downtown Yazoo and drove out to see if I could find Jimmy "Duck" Holmes at the Blues front Cafe. I did that. That was one of the coolest thing ever.

[@vanceelliott2704]

instablaster.

[@danielcox-gonzalez7430]

How did you find him?

[@ASinn]

I was looking for a place to go in the southern US and began searching around on the internet and stumbled across a documentary of Jimmy Duck Holmes. It was produced by a Canadian guy and being a fan of Heavy Metal I wanted to see where roots of all that began and a big part of that was the Blues. If found the Blue Front cafe by simply driving over there from Yazoo. I parked, walked in and asked the guy at the counter if Jimmy Duck Holmes was there and he said yeah, I'm him. We talked a bit and I hung out for the afternoon.

[@robertconnelyfarr]

going to Bentonia is spiritual - if you been, you know

[@Kotik_Kompotik.]

This is blues in itself: Jimmy Duck in Bentonia. I never imagine something more authentic than this nowadays.

[@hilmarwensorra1215]

A real HAPPY 75th Birthday to Mr. Jimmy Holmes and really ALL the best to him & helluva thanks for keepin´ the Blues ALIVE (2022-0728).

[@debrahsinger5856]

This style is so haunting, gets into your heart and “stays a spell”.

[@Mimi-ey5ej]

Couldn’t imagine pop singers of today could even try to make music like this, full of sass and country blues rhythms-and honesty.

[@bartstarr5471]

I agree

[@graybeard9942]

I love the sound of the older guitar, you hear the soul engrained in the wood and strings, plus with the amount of miles Ducky and that bad boy have traveled muscle memory is second nature here, real comfortable.

[@barrywhite828]

the smoker is IN THE FUCKING BAR!!!!!!!! bucket list!!!!!

[@robertconnelyfarr]

you’d be in heaven in Bentonia 🔥

[@MrGreg4r]

That is a real cool man. True spirit.

[@madamemarmot]

Words cannot describe this beauty. 💖💖💖💖💖

[@ChrisOkunbor]

This is how I like my blues served up :-)

[@robertconnelyfarr]

me too

[@hendrakosmadidjamahat1271]

Thanks for the video. Long Live Jimmy "Duck" Holmes. Happy Easter everyone.

[@michaelcurtis8419]

The six who disliked this performance is proof that zombies do exist.

[@toms1197]

They're wearing masks while swimming alone in the ocean

[@tealove75]

Yes yes was just here this week!!🎸🎶🎸🎶♥️♥️♥️

[@camofrog]

I love this music so much that I’m going to ignore it and play with Facebook

[@carereimar5975]

Thank you mate...this video is fantastic

[@ridingdallastx9039]

quack quack awe shucky ducky! So inspirational! touched my Soul!

[@michaelschulze4492]

This is fantastic.

[@cowboyhomembanda]

Awesome 👏👏🤠 From Balneário Camboriú SC - South Brazil

[@CrossBonesAlex]

Great insights

[@mrsweettater]

It's establishments like this, where the culture of the community comes oozing out, unfiltered! The world needs more of this and fewer stadium tours. Just sayin'..........

[@JohnnyBiner]

awesome!

[@LoneGranger]

Thank you for posting Jimmy Duck Holmes music. I don’t know who was trying to keep rhythm on the table or Cajon or whatever, but I wish they had not.

[@evilinkarnate]

You could cut both my feet off if you gave my fingers the ability to do this.

[@kenniskeysmusic1134]

Sounds good Duck

[@seymore1118]

yes,yes,yes:)

[@seacave853]

put down your phones people. jeez.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

The people with the phones realize how important this guy is so they're recording him.

[@TaichiStraightlife]

Hand phones are the ruination of our distracted world & nation...

[@Tdubsish]

@@thebrazilianatlantis165yeah but there’s ways of being discrete and polite about it. I would argue that flash photography like some of the people in the video are doing at the beginning, is exceptionally rude.

[@rich665150]

This is one bad ass mofo.

[@night77willis88]

Who that paw ( paw reply back ) boy get my damn bottle of moonshine and go set yo ass down somewhere

[@robertring4252]

This music tastes like bourbon whiskey.

[@xtc601x]

jack owens taught him how to play i heard

and henry stuckey. but there are no YT videos or anything of him to my knowledge, strictly a bentonia guy. the acknowledged father of bentonia blues. skip james was from there. played at the blue front long ago. jimmy owns and operates it. the oldest juke joint in mississippi.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

@ Duck says he didn't learn any complete songs from Henry but did listen to him play in about 1956. Jack was conscientious about teaching Duck a lot.

[@robertconnelyfarr]

Jack was a huge encouragement to Jimmy towards the end of Jack’s life - Jimmy talks about Jacks insistence that he (Jimmy) play & carry the Bentonia Style forward ❤️🙌

[@damianrjames]

Shame about the woman checking her phone most the time..

[@tommyguns9008]

Way the fuck out of tune

[@Ajc70fl]

Open E minor tuning. E B E G B E. He's in tune,

[@KenBeam-CalifonNJ]

hahaha! And that`s shows how much you know about Open tunings (nothing...haha!)

[@tommyguns9008]

Totally sucks

[@TaichiStraightlife]

You gotta stop screaming at that cracked mirror, Tommy boy!

[@richardbeltran2672]

Tommy Runs.you suck