Robert Belfour - Hill Stomp

Blues artist Robert Belfour performs at Colorado College.

[@jhanthony2]

I'm a 69 year old American that's been listening to the blues for decades and I never heard of Robert Belfour until today. How do I learn about him? from a 22 year old Japanese woman in Tokyo. Global connections rock!

[@Pur9leRain]

This comment made my heart swell for some reason (and I fit neither demographic - British Pakistani who is new to Blues)

[@imDezrt]

America has a tendency of keeping their greatest artists in obscurity. Sometimes you need to go to the other side of the world to see people get their proper credit. Same reason why most american jazz players were touring around germany in the 50s and 60s

[@mountain_girl]

I too am caught unknowing.....and further....I thought I had deep dived into the lesser known Mississippi Hill county blues archives.....only seeing this amazing treasure now

[@Hobart39]

North Mississippi Hill Country blues is a very underrated, late to the blues revival party. Even Alan Lomax stumbled across it in Oxford late in his journey

[@_MOORE_1986]

Oddly reading this comment, I never heard this before, and the song I just listened to just before clicking on this video was Deep Purple's "Woman From Tokio".

[@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493]

🎶 The Irish would call this a Jig. Makes you want to get up, and jam if you have soul. 👏

[@reddwing4368]

That riff makes me feel all I ever lost all I ever took and all I ever wanna take Thanks Wolfman

Robert “Wolfman” Belfour: 9/11/1940 - Born and raised in hills of northern Mississippi, this accomplished bluesman took up the guitar of his deceased father at the age of thirteen and absorbed the unique musical heritage of the area. In 1959 he relocated to Memphis where he spent the next three decades laboring and honing his now-potent skills as a true hill country bluesman. After he was prominently included on an ethnomusicologist’s 1994 compilation album, he signed to Fat Possum Records where he has released a number of acclaimed albums.

[@freedomisntfree2089]

All I can say is lawd have mercy...

[@Kolegate]

I just began listening to his music, but watching this I can tell he was great. And from what I read, I guess he didn't really start taking music seriously until after he worked 35 years in construction. He was in his 40's when he started playing on Beale Street in Memphis and 60 when he recorded his debut album. I guess when you have talent, you always have it. RIP sir!

[@GrittyFlixProd]

"Crossnote Spanish" tuning, which goes B-E-B-E-G#-B

[@_MOORE_1986]

I use Tuning C F C F A C

[@motioninmind6015]

What kind of strings would your say he'd use?

[@GrittyFlixProd]

No clue.. but if I had to guess (which most likely is wrong) probably something light and nickel? He has very good technique of bends, slides.. sounds so punchy.

[@antonellobelmonte7153]

BADASS...

[@DiattonBlues]

I want to listen this version all the time!...

[@williepritchard8014]

Diatton Blues

[@MusicNews360]

Amazing performance. Grateful to have had the opportunity to see Robert perform in 2011, before he passed away.

[@chief9875]

Iam a Black metal guy but this Is just magic i love this

[@vincentrose9114]

This is my favorite Doom Metal artist 😄Man I love this dark brooding style, could listen to this till I drop dead

[@bingfutch]

R.I.P. Wolfman. One of the last of the greats is gone.

[@shannonwgustaveson8635]

Serious juke joint all about the story. Close your eyes and you can tell the whole story. Excellence

[@t2tarantula552]

Love the melody over the open A string, simple but effective. Thanks for sharing

[@fredhands6685]

Amazing performance. Perfect simplicity.

[@Ido_Tsehori]

Who can dislike this guy?! He is amazing! ::)

[@deltabluesdavidraye]

i know him well and this is one of the most honest straight forward men out there truly a good soul and you can hear that down way way deep.I knew him well. Realize now i commented before he passed andedited this.

[@horsewithnoname12345]

Did his children pick up his music after him?

[@Blondfoxy24]

Love this so much

[@judeseamus]

Hypnotic...like an Indian sitar raga.

[@SquidPartyGames]

Mississippi hill country blues to be precise.

[@Yossiayano]

R.i.p repeat button 🔁

[@annmarieoneill4]

Aww man. Too cool 😎. What ye like? Stomp stomp stomp em blues 💙👌♥😎🎶

[@ddh2o759]

a Hill Country great - my man R.L. Burnside is adds to the mix

[@lone-wolf-1]

I'm a 51 y.o. guitar beginner (4 yrs selftaught) and interested in 3-strings-playing. Building now my first CGB. I woke up this morning with a simple tune in my head, grabed the 6-string and slide and played. My right foot did, what it never has done before: it stomped ritmically... I was surprised, and thinking about building me a stompbox. On YT I just tiped stomp blues in the search... And: - here we go! Never thought, this could be possibly a genre... (cheers to all blues-lovers worldwide, from Germany)

[@John-de5bg]

You're not old , just settling down to calm .

[@Odin029]

So much awesomeness from one man's hands

[@williepritchard8014]

Odin029 MP PM

[@JoRei953]

Just phenomenal: the way he dominates with that hypnotic bass line. Why the blues is so universal.

[@horsewithnoname12345]

That’s called a drone, an essential in Mississippi Hill Country blues, and one of the elements that sets it apart from delta blues.

[@MrAussie1957]

juz found nother unsung blues hero thankz much! if u cup aint full it cant spill the blues

[@sbluez6444]

This looks exactly like footage from the American Folk Blues Festival in the 60s. :-)

[@Moses-Cane]

Masterpiece 😎👌 💎💎💎💎💎

[@faunoram]

amazing and hypnotic guitar !! robert belfour is one of the most fascinating bluesmen today !

[@dhaeze]

I mean, inside blues. The whole north mississippi hill country blues sounds very african to me, compared to other styles. It has a very hypnotical, rythmic, natural feel to it . With very limited chords and little structure. It's all about feeling. By the way check out Bombino, an african touareg blues artist , it kinda reminds me of junior kimbrough's, RL Burnside's and Robert Belfour's music.

[@nevillegriffiths4395]

So so good

[@shan0247]

Love da flow....so gooooood!

[@horsewithnoname12345]

It’s called a drone. A key part of Mississippi hill country blues.

[@jasonw4053]

I love his sound---combination of cheap guitars, really light strings tuned way low, and a hell of a lot of soul. RIP Wolfman!

[@fredmichaels418]

Dr Peyton's Big Damn Band is the only way I discoverd the Late Mr. Belfour. To think I know so little about the Blues and thought myself smart.

[@blossompickin]

saw him play live today at Blues Festival in Port Townsend- awesome.

[@BluzFan]

54 in Canada and listen to blues day and night and never heard of him either! Thanks for posting!

[@nestoralvarez8035]

EXTRAORDINARIO BLUESMAN .... GRACIAS POR TANTO BLUES, POR SIEMPRE ROBERT BELFOUR!

[@lynettekomidar]

Cripes, goosebumps.

[@busessuck1]

I like this guy - here's hoping he comes to Europe again sometime

[@faunoram]

un maestro del blues moderno ! Robert Belfour

[@ethosyourbro]

Reverend Peyton interview brought me here .. I say thanks every time

[@gogh5025]

Rest In Peace.

[@SapphicTwist]

Soundtrack to the Revolution.

[@VorVZakone666]

La pelle d'oca!

[@ChrisWilliams-hs3jm]

What an awesome cool guitar. Only heard of him today. Where have I been?

[@BrianDupoux]

big Big Robert Belfour

[@marklittlefield6100]

Wow

[@Edu1963ful]

I agree with you. Sounds very hypnotic, ancestral, and with so much feeling. And I would also have all those fantastic musicians (Belfour, Kimbrough, RL Burnside, etc) in the same vain of Blues. Although not intended to me, thanks for the tip about Bombino.

[@GAMBERRO691]

MAS GRANDE QUE MUCHOS,INCLUSO ANTERIORES LA TRAE DURA!!!!!

[@lrm6919]

Hell yeah!

[@bg8881]

WOW

[@ethosyourbro]

Reverend Peyton and his big damn band brought me here

[@judeseamus]

Wow.

[@jipes]

I think you miss the point being able to play that tune doesn't mean that it's easy to duplicate because of the inherent feeling which is the trademark of this wonderful artist !

[@doyrayburn2668]

I hear me a little Jr Kimbrough in there...

[@andrewbeattieRAB]

I can play this but it’s a real challenge to match his speed.

[@rohara1]

I think you missed the point of my comment which is that you can play the song in standard based on an open Am shape. I've seen Robert several times and he's an incredible musician. I'm not trying to say that it's easy to match exactly what he's doing, but if you want to take the tune and make it your own, the melody and all of the notes are easy to play in standard tuning.

[@mootle661]

Every 30 seconds another advert (with audio) starts on the right of the screen. How does youtube expect you to watch a video while there's another advert playing right next to it?

[@Tom68070]

S Pagad where can I buy this African American African Africa blues music who are some of these musicians?

[@sidmanp]

There are a more than a few documented ones.... RL Burnside was my first favourite, Junior Kimbrough, even look up the Alan Lomax 'Hill Country Blues' movie. And then in Africa there's a lot of stuff to sink your teeth into... An obvious one would be Ali Farka Toure and his son Vieux Farka Toure

[@magnvsmarcvs]

rakija i blues ...

[@goodun2974]

That's an unusual amp he's playing through. Does anybody recognize it ?

[@pedrosila5813]

is there something like blues 12 bar rule or something like this? or its playing free?

[@sidmanp]

Blues guitar is so nebulous, but I guess the overall style is 'hill country blues'. Check out RL Burnside too.

[@Jacksonade]

I'm gonna ask a question, please answer if you can, If any you people gonna tell me, What is the soul of man? What is the soul of a man?

[@rockyesterline7942]

Love it but sometime you're going to have to switch it up Rocky and the hurricanes

[@sddennis86]

He plays a lot of stuff in open G, or "Spanish"

[@johnkragsdale3577]

Dog Gone!

[@tonybanjo1683]

hi anyone know where to get a tab of hill stomp

[@deltabluesdavidraye]

tony banjo WTF tab ? listen and Woodshed he is in Open G slacked down to a open E B E B E G#B

[@reklamodawcym.o9042]

I need TAB can someone give me ?

[@geffcassuto]

@chechen

[@Dejan24194]

anyone know the name or style of this guitar? sounds amazing

[@rohara1]

It's fairly easy to play this one in standard, just use the Am shape and go from there. Tune it way down to match this video.

[@marcuspearson87]

Get outta here with that next level picking, master.

[@jipes]

Ok then we share the same opinion, Sorry !

[@BulletmanDoom]

It's amazing how it's almost out of tune but not quite.

[@bilalattique]

That right there folks is more talent than the entire life of Justin Bieber put together