Pink Anderson - Carolina Piedmont Blues and the Pink in Pink Floyd

Pink Anderson was a legendary piedmont blueseman from Spartanburg, SC. He spent most of his career playing medicine shows. Here I discuss his life and perform a classic song he recorded.
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[@KenIn_NH]

Ed , really love these historical pieces. Well put together and researched. Very much enjoyed this one!

[@lewstone5430]

It’s good to see Pink getting some recognition! Thanks!

[@imannonymous7707]

you truly are a national treasure keeping the real blues alive and thriving youre an amazing historian and even better musician bro

[@sapelesteve]

That was fantastic Edward! Great historical facts about Pink Anderson and well researched. Keep up the great work and this type of content! 👍👍😉😉

[@MrSmiley1964]

My God the fingers on that man! They are like Tentacles on an Octopus. I am indeed jealous, if not for his playing, then for his fingers.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

What an excellent history lesson and tribute to Pink. Yes, Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time, but I love blues, the true roots of rock-n-roll.

[@ibji]

So there really was such a thing as a 'medicine show'? That kinda makes Dr. Hook's band's name way more sense now.

[@boataxe4605]

Oh by the way, this one’s Pink.

[@robertwalling9010]

He's just fantastic, that's really what I think.

[@molometer]

4:54 Curly Fred lol imagine that? If Syd had took those names instead? Pink's playing shows the ragtime roots of the Piedmont blues. I've played a little Piedmont roll blues and it's pretty tricky. Great video loved the history summary. 🎶🎸👍🏼

[@kathyjones274]

I've always loved the blues, but when you getting together rhythm and blues ,I've been a rocker all my life and will be till the day I die,but the down home blues rock originated from, that story has to be told.

[@jrcrawford4]

Man, so hard to find Pink Anderson! I'm from the Piedmont and love the Piedmont style; all anybody knows is Delta, but it's a short step from Piedmont to Rag and Jazz. Great video - thanks for the cover of I Got Mine -- haven't found that one anywhere else yet.

[@IAmEnormous]

"Bluesmen of his time would have been expected to know songs from multiple genres in order to please audiences." I've always found it interesting how old blues artists' works were often 'all over the place', for lack of a better term, but I never knew why.

[@bluesblabber]

Maybe because all those old great guys are actually "songsters". They played folk songs, gospels, ragtimes, and played it in their own way.

[@canesvenatici4259]

@@bluesblabber Charlie Patton was a good example. Though you could count Lead Belly, Mance Lipscomb and Mississippi John Hurt in there as well.

[@wetdog1606]

Another great video from you - bringing American history into the modern world - and it was as cool as a racoon drinking a cold beer outside a juke-joint. Salutations.

[@194853DodgeTrucks]

Outstanding my friend!! Your words are so well thought out and genuine. The performance at the end?... was just fantastic, thank you for sharing that. :)

[@toddburgess6792]

I get all excited when I see a new video you've made. You could take this historical show on the road. I'd pay to be there. :-) Thank you!!

[@jeffbortniker7123]

Man, that cat had some loooong fingers. :)

[@j1w2t3]

Pink's playing sounds like shooting 22 shorts at a frying pan Thanks Edward another excellent video😃

[@GrumblingGrognard]

Roy Bookbinder speaks about Pink: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIObkIWpn798qLc

[@GrumblingGrognard]

...and more of Roy speaking of his old friend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH-sd5uIfph3kM0

[@MrTom-Songwriter-Composer]

I really enjoyed your video on the music history here in South Carolina. Hopefully see you around at some point, I started playing out again around Columbia. Have a great day.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

That Martin has issues with fret buzzing, but he just carries on he don't care. 💓🎸.

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

Crazy how Banjo rhythms are at the root of ragtime and blues, boogie Woogie and such. No truer American instrument, and it’s supported wonderfully with a fiddle

[@thomlev5217]

i had a question ? did the bluesman like R. johnson and patton used fingerpicks? and did B.WILLIE JOHNSON PLAYED LAPSTEEL?

[@orestes_io]

What a lovingly crafted video. You deserve all the success in the world

[@derin111]

Another great video….and your personal versatility is truly extraordinary!

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Raw talent. You can't teach that. You just have to have it. And he put the Pink in Pink Floyd. Legendary.

[@caryboyd2181]

You remind me of my friend Steve Pryor. He played blues. In Tulsa Oklahoma. At the Cains Ballroom. I play Nationals and I have a Gibson LG2.kind regards Cary in Tucson

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Pink Floyd also could have been called "Anderson Council". I guess it would have worked if Syd decided to go that way.

[@johnpaul2285]

Thank you Edward!🎵

[@themotiondoctor]

Thanks for this very informative video. I had never heard of Pink before.

[@dahoop5933]

What a wonderful channel, this is going to be fun - Thanks man!!

[@patrickcolvin4478]

Hi Ed - must agree with previous comment. Your historical pieces are well produced. Thank you. ☘️

[@angiemackcreative]

Pink Anderson's son: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pF68e52Jg792aNE

[@lindseysmi]

Thanks man ... love to learn stuff and I love the blues

[@mic19T]

This is produced as good if not better than a PBS documentary, cool cover at the end for a bonus. What more could you ask for? Great video!

[@steveo7116]

So cool man. Great work

[@raindogred]

I see Blues as a living and shared history that mysterious and connected. Part of the blues is to borrow bits of what came before, put your own twist and spread the word for the current generation. The jaw dropper for me was to learn that even Robert Johnson was repeatedly dropping the needle on the phonogram to cop Lonnie Johnsons licks :) But you gotta know your history, and give credit where its due. you care about your history..this is so great..as a bluesman your the real deal Ed.

[@cobyporschifer221]

Amazing ! Thank you for sharing you knowledge.

[@jamesonpace726]

Well, alright...!

[@danielsanbeg1707]

Your version of "I Got My Mine" at the end is really, really good

[@Holoether]

Thx for the research

[@CAYENNEOREZ]

Love it.

[@BillAltman]

Love it!

[@naptownrandb]

Good one

[@uncleh5460]

How do I pay You

[@michaelt2842]

Thanks!

[@OdySlim]

thanks Ed, I thanks for filling us in on Pink & Floyd ;-) Regards from Ody Slim

[@guillcazenave9836]

Thank you so much! Lv from Argentina

[@robsoneduardodrakho3204]

Wow !!I was already looking forward to a new video !!👏👏👏👏👏

[@williamkinsey8174]

Loves pink's work bold and interesting

[@robertstotts2343]

Solid i got mine at the end real good. Respect to this channel always

[@jimbishop8667]

Seems to me like piedmont blues was influenced allot by the great classic ragtime of Scott Joplin and others... either way they are both awesome forms of the jazz/blues tones and harmonies that far bypass the stuff we hear today... IMO.

[@canesvenatici4259]

The stuff we hear in the mainstream you mean.

[@uncleh5460]

Holy Macanolly kid

[@mediumjumbo7484]

👍👍👍

[@rudigazortipek2987]

thank you kindly!