Josh White - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Videos

BluebirdGuitar Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Some great father/daughter chemistry going on there. Thanks for posting!

playtheblues2 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Fabulous...love Bessie Smiths version as well. thank you for this. ptb

12Zwolf Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Right, just give this 'family' situation one black-out in July 1977 in New York, and they'll be grabbing, running, yelling 'it's Christmas'; because they're members of the socially acceptable religions; amen, ya'all.Valkyrie Ziege Mourne

rawcer Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Thank you soooo much for this. But: does anyone have any video of Josh White Junior, or can someone post some songs from his great album "On My Own Way Now." I haven't heard in at least thirty years.

THOMAS1945STO Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Josh White was my absolute favorite i my teens in the 60ies. I went to every concert at Gröna Lund, Stockholm. His musicality and warmth impressed me deeply. As an extra show he changed a string that broke and tuned it in the middle of a song was fun. THANK YOU FOR SENDING IN THIS TAPE !!!!!!!!Thomas

bbeysiito Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - ho my god the girl is sooooo cute and her voice is so wonderful i want to mary her(if she s not too old now)

Moto3b3 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Whiteboy kneels at your feet

tbcass Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Shut Up!!!

dunkus42 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I second that....

saltysailor07 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - No one sang blues as smooth as Josh...no-one

saltysailor07 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - She is very cute..Josh is a good looking refined man..Posswibly she might be his daughter...She;s probably in her mid 70's now

bellerofonte2 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - yes, she's his daughter Judy, who retired shortly after his father's death in '69.

Juijk Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - third.. only I'm a girl

kluffe81 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - is it Sture nordin on bas?

darcystube Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Judy was born in 1947. She released a handful of great soul records on Buddah and T-Neck in the late 60s, then toured with the Patterson Singers until '72.

John55son Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - She appears on "Josh White at Town Hall," a concert recording from the 60's. Mercury, MG 20672. So is his son, Josh, Jr. However, I think her name is Beverly,not Judy as reported in an earlier post.

John55son Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I need to amend my prior post. It is Judy WHite and not Beverly. Judy made the tv appearances in 1967 in Sweden and proof of the date of this is evidenced by Josh's guitar. It is an Ovation built to his exact specifications in 1967. It's not his traditional insturment, a Martin 00-21NY. That was the giveaway once I looked at the video a second time. Sorry for not double checking.

aladindubai Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - harte worte weich gesagt

Padremigel Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I asked Josh why he traded the 00 for the Ovation. "Two reasons," he said. "Money from Ovation, and my goddam son dropped the 00 down the stairs.+

John55son Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Padremigel,Interesting comment. I only met Josh on three different occasions. Along with the money, Another strong motivation was the continual fingernail infections, making playing an often painful and bloody business. Ovation engineers built the OVation with a bit of extra space between the strings and built up his nails with a kind of epoxy that they later patented as Super glue. See Jeremy Wald's HIGH SOCIETY BLUES for more details.

Padremigel Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Yeah, he said the glued nails was "like playing with gloves on." I didn't know him that well either, but I think he was a great guy.Didn't know about the Super Glue history.Fr. Mike+

mchaletube Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Just thanks, he and other started me of on the road.

a1healer Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I saw Josh in 67 I think, his bass player was Bill Lee...The father of Spike Lee, no less. Josh died at age 59, heart attack. Far too young, he was one of the greats...Don't smoke kids!!!

c0nner08 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - That's Josh Junior, right? Josh White was doing blues back in the 40's until his death. He recorded on Elecktra, good stuff. Does anyone know how to find any of his recordings?Bill

GoodOldGar Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - That's Josh, Sr. in the video. Reportedly he used to follow Robert Johnson and Ledbelly around the streets of New orleans (or Houston, or Dallas, as you like) around the time of WW1, when he was still a little kid. I saw Josh at Chicago's Gate of Horn, new year's eve, 1961. Some kid named Judy Collins opened for him. I wonder what ever happened to her. :-)