Booker White – Poor Boy Long Way from Home

Booker getting down lapstyle on the ol National

22 thoughts on “Booker White – Poor Boy Long Way from Home”

paulsmithguy
May 24, 2012 -

brilliant, brilliant, brilliant…such talent….thanks for sharing
johnnydobroboy
May 24, 2012 -

is this a square neck guitar or roundneck he placed in his lap i cant tell from the quality of the video someone please respond 🙂
HumanBornFree
May 24, 2012 -

I wish my strings could withstand this kind of abuse.
Doctorhamfat
May 24, 2012 -

BB King’s older cousin, he lent BB 10$ to buy his first guitar. Booker told me this in 1971 and a few years later BB verified to me that it was true.
Doctorhamfat
May 24, 2012 -

Back in 1971, Bukka, Jimmie Stagger, and myself sat up all night long singing 20 verse versions of this song, drinking Old Charter whiskey until dawn. Miss ya, Booker. Doctor Hamfat
eldeano1
May 24, 2012 -

I am so happy to see the amount of views this has. Though it is still relatively small compared to others on youtube, it is still astonishing and heart warming! This is probably the most constructive use of a knife as well
DEENVEE1420
May 24, 2012 -

The 12 dislikes are most definately people dressed up as gay transvestite muppets that listen to each others opera and country music while taking it right up the sewer pipe as they moan and groan about how pitiful their existance is! How about you dislikers "F" off and stand on the next street corner thank you very much!
arghhhstar
May 24, 2012 -

Upeeta,mahtavaa,loistavaa!!!….GREAT!!
olifantgamer
May 24, 2012 -

some people can’t just take that much a blues, they’ll end up dizzy and puking, and wake up the next day with a headache
applepie80
May 24, 2012 -

Bigger than life
abzreo
May 25, 2012 -

i’m going to chalk up the 12 dislikes to a button pushing error until some one with the cajones comes out and says such in the comments, so they can be better communicated with.
heinrichvon
May 25, 2012 -

John Fahey did a lovely, less intense version of this song on his great album The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death. He helped "discover" Bukka White and was true to the older man’s vision.
Sheindie
May 25, 2012 -

man, how cool! … he’s 1st older cousin of BB King & couldn’t teach BB slide 🙂 – I visited Booker White’s grave in Memphis
THEbchat
May 25, 2012 -

– Because 12 people couldn’t tell the difference between good music and a whole in the ground!
patobrun
May 25, 2012 -

prolly open d
patobrun
May 25, 2012 -

prolly open d
nickvaduz1
May 25, 2012 -

This is one of the greatest things I have ever heard in my life, period.
HumanBornFree
May 25, 2012 -

Goddamn! I still can’t believe how heavy this sounds.
mielazul
May 25, 2012 -

This is the second vid of this guy I’ve checked out – never heard him before – and man, he’s awesome! Really percussive guitar style, and a voice like Howlin’ Wolf, but gentler in a way. Fans of raw slide guitar blues might like "Rosetta West – Underground."
lymang
May 25, 2012 -

I get chills every time I watch & hear this, even after repeated viewings. That slide and sound from his guitar is just magnificent.
abzreo
May 25, 2012 -

why is there 12 dislikes? it must be from the people that dislike just because they dislike something in themselves and like to show it by putting it onto simply great things.
Frombonics
May 25, 2012 -

my fav ever, thanks for sharing this, excellent.

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