Marc Ribot - Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)

[@AZCanyoneering]

There is no fear or hesitation in his playing. And I couldn't be more thankful for that.

[@Croot_Music]

This guy takes all the "wrong" notes and puts them in the right places.

[@ergbudster3333]

Marc inspired me to free up my playing and escape the tyranny of the time counter. The heart is a better time keeper than a damn metronome anyway. But that being said sometimes non- or other musicians say where's the beat? And I say it's in your head. Look for it.

[@kawaiimeatpie9795]

well said

[@AndyCassrol]

There's also something similar in "the Lost String" documentary that inspired me a lot, when M.R. explains that some guitarist are impressed by playing high notes "on-the-top-part-of-the-guitar-neck", but, he said something like "look, there is no such difference, why would it be more difficult than in standard position? The problem is less how you play a note, but why do you play it?". Feel free to comment if I distorted anything.

[@louisestaats234]

Willie Nelson has his own version of timing, and as you see, it sure works for him. How do you say, unique?

[@aleksatorbica2890]

It's cool but goddammit when I'm anxious while playing live my heart kinda rushes

[@dimitriosmarlas746]

Absolutely soulful music from a true artist. Marc Ribot thank you for playing guitar.

[@jordimateubartroli951]

I listen to all those shredders and they don't make any sense. I listen to this and it all makes sense.

[@andersonbranco58]

He elevates the guitar to another level of expression, he feels what he play, i think he's like an actor

[@fronkthetooonk]

absolutely memorable. this man makes traditional Asian sounding music and gives it a southern tone. My new favorite guitarist.

[@muhe1593]

this is the most precise description of this piece i've ever heard from the comments

[@davidteissier5704]

So Beautiful ❤❤❤❤ Marc Ribot FOREVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mimmocacciapaglia3417]

Marc, a genius!!!

[@Zenzeij009]

how much i love his sound, any of his notes, the way he plays, like no one else. hope to see him live again soon! thanks for posting this rare video

[@millerjohn6]

I like it, because it's a totally original take on the original, he's made it his own. Nice job!

[@realmusic97]

Tid is a tribute to the great and honorable musician blind willie Johnson !!

[@garymelnyk7910]

The Blind Willie original will be played at my funeral service.

[@ShamefulBoner]

i love how honest his playing is.

[@arahanttt6608]

Just beautiful...

[@fingersoundskronk9251]

A master of what he does.

[@lro0tslashwalker]

marc, thanks for the reminder that dissonance is a natural state of being

[@ANJI66ify]

Hauntingly beautiful;) It brought me to a faint memory I had forgotten until now! \m/\m/

[@poussieredetoiles]

C'est pour faire pleurer FelDeb Mood....!!!. Ses silences qui nous font pleurer.... Bon week-end à Vous......

[@GameBoyPL1991]

Yes, he did a lot of guitar work for Waits.

[@danielbatail9095]

Une musique inspirée et des sonorités au diapason de cette belle inspiration. Unique et personnelle.

[@TeleDan]

What a great take on this song!

[@MrTerryKay]

WOW, this is so beautiful.

[@BeerGogglesReviews]

BEAUTIFUL

[@VerhipBe]

It's an Extra on 'The Soul of a Man', the second in the series. I just bought the entire series on Amazon.

[@sofiaistambul3149]

thanks for uploading. It's a nice stuff!

[@dhh488]

Has Ry Cooder ever played this? This would be right up his alley with a slide.

[@mrhenning27]

Yup

[@grahambird3257]

Have you heard the soundtrack album to Paris, Texas? He references this tune throughout.

[@dhh488]

@@grahambird3257 It's popped up on my KZbin home page but I haven't listened to it. Thanks for the response, have a nice day.

[@davidcarr90]

0:35 gave me unexpected chills

[@camiloazula]

beautiful!

[@realmusic97]

best giutar players in the world: 1. Hendrix 2. marc Ribot........

[@bowie2too]

Thank you!

[@KenRubenstein]

beautiful

[@Existentialexplosion]

I could't put it more beautifuly!

[@xxAoakauaxx]

I transcribed a bunch of Marc Ribot's pieces : Merengue, Kivah, Variation 1, Delancey Waltz, Empty, Postcard from N.Y. on my blog : smugglersfield blog spot !

[@ribotaddict]

DIVINE !!!

[@BeerGogglesReviews]

@AceStapler There's a lot of cool music on that disc. Its called 'Murmers Of Earth'. Chuck Berry is on it too. When they asked Carl Segan if they should include Bach, he replied, 'Now that would just be showing off'.

[@darwinsaye]

I have the two pickup version of this guitar and heard a few others, and I can attest that they all have this unique airy tone due to the very hot, microphonic pickups. Which is why I die a little inside at the thought of all the idiots who have bought one and thrown out the pickups and installed modern humbuckers to try to make it into a Rawk machine... ffs.

[@slowpunkforslowpunks2050]

I have a two pickup model as well. I also saved one off a piece of wall art and replaced the bridge pickup on my Goya LPS copy, and have a four pickup Tiesco. Those pickups rule, and when you have one on a hollow body, it's special.

[@filmsasdreams9834]

I absolutely love the tone of that guitar. What guitar is it?? It's too dark (no pun intended!) and I can't work it out!

[@darwinsaye]

@@filmsasdreams9834 Mine is a 1968 Silvertone model 1418. The one in the video that Marc is playing may be a Tiesco. They were branded under both Silvertone and Tiesco but are basically the same guitar.

[@filmsasdreams9834]

@@darwinsaye I see! Thank you. And there's the Harmony H-44 Stratotone, which he also owned, and which seems close to these models, too, right?

[@darwinsaye]

@@filmsasdreams9834 His Stratotone is completely different. It is a solid body, while the one in this video is a thinline, fully hollow body; not even a centre block like in an ES-335.

[@naturphilosophie1]

anyone else a Bill Orcutt fan?

[@lucreziaborgia5798]

+naturphilosophie1 Yes, since the last ten minutes. Cheers!!!

[@matchinpunchies5387]

this is sick.

[@JamesDGardner]

That night, the master literally reinvented the Instrument

[@sargebaker]

holy shit I've never seen this. Thank yoU!

[@lesternesterenco3957]

And you had to walk all the way across town to tell us that? Next time save your shoe leather. We don't care. We fuckin love the guy and his crazy technique.

[@WanquanLoot]

i fucking love u, sir, jesus

[@katabatic222]

I want a Ribotomy. Then I can have my brain wired-up like his.

[@ObamaJoker]

Marc definitely has the best LSD connections.

Awsome

[@PhilbertQAverage]

This is so fucking good.

[@osd_p01preis58]

You ♥️ Dank

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

Interesting idea, using very low tension on guitar strings to kinda mimic a slide.

[@IgnatiusNV]

I have seen him play for Elvis Costello and Syd Straw in the 80's

[@miguelurdaci7884]

I wold love guitarists to reply with a considered opinion here. I listen to this and love parts of it and am frustrated by others. I reckon any guitarist who has built up strong points (even if weak points remain, as is Ribot's case) will feel the same. Ribot clearly hits cul-de-sacs and goes back to find a new way. Fascinating and frustrating. I half hope he had the sight and resources to move on straight away. But he moves back and repeats ideas already heard, often tripping up, before moving on. Asking whether I like it or not is not really the question. It is naked. It is compelling. It offers me a lot. It'a a bit tedious. It's like a mountain track.

[@h.j.w2783]

Anyone know what guitar he's playing, looks like an old Teisco? Model?

[@samuelward1148]

Any idea on what tuning he's using?

[@gabingo]

Master

[@milogooder9795]

what guitar is this? It kinda looks like a coronado but i dont think it is

[@jodyfinley3352]

Not 1 dislike. Nice 😁

[@franziskore]

Nope, it's a Teisco Del Rey, a 60s cheap ( but good cheapness ) Japanese one. I have one very similar. This original song by Blind Willie Johnson in 20s was the inspiration for the "Paris-Texas" theme by Ribot's twin soul Ry Cooder. Also the British power blues band The Groundhogs did a great cover.

[@abstractwater]

what year was this? He looks really young here.

[@SyncopatedProgress]

The documentary came out 2003.

[@thewinebottle]

Hey, what kind of guitar is that???

[@TheMtnManFromTennessee]

Dig the Dissonance....

[@bowie2too]

I think it's a Gibson ES125

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

No. They look different. Teisco's had that kind of tail piece. I am sure that is the right ident.

[@MrTerryKay]

@awesomewelles90 If covers don't match upto the originals does that mean Ringo is better than Joe Cocker. 'What would you do if I sang out of tune'? 'Well Ringo, we'd write a song for you to sing using only four notes'. I love Ringo, but I know which of those two versions I'd listen to.

[@howardcarter546]

... !!!

[@deltabilly1]

Love the duct tape.

[@sashakingcrimson187]

sasha king crimson ₪₪₪₪

[@333joemc]

It shouldn't work with all those flat notes in it but it somehow it does. It's so bad that its good!

[@henrykrinkles2208]

I really want to like this but can't decide whether it's hauntingly experimental or if it's just pretentious and shit...?

[@ChristopherWalborn]

Are you familiar with Blind Willie Johnson's recording of it? If not, seek it out, it's worth the time. Carl Sagan thought so, too, since he included it on the Voyager golden records. I find Ribot's performance to be a worthy tribute. He's almost always interesting. This isn't all that "out there" of a performance. If you want complete free jazz Ribot, go for his take on Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity. If you want something easier to digest, his Los Cubanos Postizos and Ceramic Dog recordings, or his Silent Pictures album are good. Or just listen to all his contributions for folks like Tom Waits, John Zorn, Elvis Costello. He was also part of the early lineup of John Lurie's The Lounge Lizards.

[@henrykrinkles2208]

yes. thanks for the tip...I shall look them up.

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

Can't it be a bit of both? I like this better than Ry Cooder's more reverential take because it is so different. Why redo Blind Willie on slide? Maybe to make people look up original but using no slide? A worthwhile effort, even if yea Nothing touches the original

[@lucreziaborgia5798]

vielleicht gut geklimpert!

[@stpatrick31782]

Kinda feel like's he's taken a song that's utterly beautiful in its simplicity and then made it more complicated. Not a fan.

[@LearnThatTheme]

Sorry to say this: not impressed :P

[@Samq666]

What is this? Flamenco ? terrible