
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram
Season 5 Episode 2 | 24m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Clarksdale, MI native Christone “Kingfish” Ingram stands at the crossroads of legacy and innovation.
A native son of Clarksdale, Mississippi, GRAMMY Award-winning Christone “Kingfish” Ingram stands at the crossroads of legacy and innovation, channeling the spirit of the Delta while fearlessly reshaping its future. Kingfish’s music breathes through the past, but he’s expanded the form, blending Funk, Soul, Hip-hop, Pop, and Jazz in a Blues fusion bridge of generations and genres.
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Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram
Season 5 Episode 2 | 24m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
A native son of Clarksdale, Mississippi, GRAMMY Award-winning Christone “Kingfish” Ingram stands at the crossroads of legacy and innovation, channeling the spirit of the Delta while fearlessly reshaping its future. Kingfish’s music breathes through the past, but he’s expanded the form, blending Funk, Soul, Hip-hop, Pop, and Jazz in a Blues fusion bridge of generations and genres.
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[upbeat blues music] [upbeat blues music] ♪ People all around livin' evil ♪ ♪ They don't seem to last too long ♪ Our people all around living peaceful ♪ ♪ They don't see nobody no harm ♪ ♪ Oh, we got the time ♪ ♪ I've got the place ♪ ♪ Baby, you got what it takes ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ I turn down the noise from the street♪ ♪ And let's bring some midnight heat ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ I just want to be your lover ♪ ♪ Wanna be the one that you're gonna need ♪ ♪ You will never find no other that'll do it for you like me ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ Oh, we got the time ♪ ♪ I've got the place ♪ ♪ Baby, you got what it takes ♪ ♪ I turn down the noise from the street ♪ ♪ And let's make some midnight heat ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ Make some midnight heat ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ Make some midnight heat ♪ ♪ Well, well, well ♪ ♪ Lay it on them Brother Levi ♪ [smooth blues music] [smooth blues music] ♪ Brother Levi is on the keys ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ When the temperature start rising ♪ ♪ And the moon turn to stone ♪ ♪ Let me be your easy rider ♪ ♪ Let me bring it all all back home ♪ ♪ Oh, we got the time ♪ ♪ I've got the place ♪ ♪ Baby, you've got what it takes ♪ ♪ I turn down the noise from the street ♪ ♪ And let's make some midnight heat ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ Make some midnight heat ♪ [smooth blues music] ♪ Make some midnight heat ♪ ♪ Well, well, well ♪ [smooth blues music] [smooth blues music] [cheering] [smooth blues music] [smooth blues music] [cheering and applause] - All right, can we play some soul music?
Is that cool?
[cheering] So this... so this next song is a soul joint.
Something a little new, something a little different.
This song is called "Nothing But Your Love."
It's for the lovers in the house.
[applause] [smooth slow blues music] [smooth slow blues music] ♪ Had my friends, had my music worried about weekend ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ I was running that there was nothing I was needing ♪ ♪ Other than you crashing in ♪ ♪ Made my whole world spin ♪ ♪ It was only then I knew ♪ ♪ Nothing but your love will do ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ Ain't nobody else compares to you ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ There ain't no going back now ♪ ♪ Everything has changed now ♪ ♪ The only thing that gets me through ♪ ♪ Nothing but your love will do ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ Something about your touch it keeps me reeling ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ Without your loving, girl, I'm in my feelings ♪ ♪ Lonely is how I find myself ♪ ♪ You're here on my mind every day ♪ ♪ And the way I'm yearning for you ♪ ♪ Nothing but your love will do ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody else compared to you ♪ ♪ Ain't no going back now ♪ ♪ Everything has changed now ♪ ♪ The only thing that gets me through ♪ ♪ Nothing but your love will do ♪ ♪ And it feels like ♪ ♪ Dancing in the streets now ♪ ♪ You make it hard to breathe now ♪ ♪ You're the one thing that I just can't lose ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ Girl, it's true you know you ruined me for anyone else ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ If we were ever not together I'd be by myself ♪ ♪ It'd be a waste of time to even try to find ♪ ♪ Someone who lights my nights up like you ♪ ♪ Nothing but your love will do ♪ [smooth slow blues music] ♪ Ain't nobody else compared to you ♪ ♪ There ain't no going back now ♪ ♪ Everything is ain't now ♪ ♪ The only thing that gets me through ♪ ♪ Nothing but your love will do ♪ [smooth slow blues music] [smooth slow blues music] [smooth slow blues music] [cheering and applause] [upbeat jazzy blues music] [upbeat jazzy blues music] ♪ From sticks to singing slick ♪ ♪ From sticks to the singing rail ♪ ♪ From young saying out of fear ♪ ♪ Y'all ain't seen the southern flip ♪ ♪ These roads are paved and known ♪ ♪ By the rails, preachers, and poem ♪ ♪ When game and shame aren't dope and hope you cope ♪ ♪ Oh, is there a higher note?
♪ ♪ Have you walked the tightest road?
♪ ♪ Bored and sweet more than you think you know ♪ ♪ That's why there ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ I walk the finest line, surviving the toughest breeze ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like, bad like me ♪ [upbeat jazzy blues music] ♪ Am I crooked letter, crooked letter ♪ ♪ I ain't messing when it comes to heat ♪ ♪ Fast and slow tempo ♪ ♪ Handclaps, shouts, stomp your feet ♪ ♪ Yo, don't go slow, you roll or get caught up on a creep ♪ ♪ Shout out to Argo Nate ♪ ♪ As he say, nobody does it better than we ♪ ♪ Oh, is there a higher note?
♪ ♪ Have you walked the tightest road?
♪ ♪ Boy done seen more than you think you know ♪ ♪ That's why there ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ I walked the finest line surviving the toughest streets ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like ♪ ♪ Bad like me ♪ [upbeat jazzy blues music] [upbeat jazzy blues music] ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ I walk the finest line, surviving the toughest streets ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad ♪ [screams] ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad like me ♪ ♪ I walk the finest line, surviving the toughest streets ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody bad ♪ [screams] [upbeat jazzy blues music] [cheering and applause] [upbeat blues music] [upbeat blues music] [cheering and applause] - Thank you so much.
[upbeat blues music] [upbeat blues music] ♪ Yeah, I come from a river town ♪ ♪ Talk about nothing to do ♪ ♪ Skiing the mountain when the sun go down ♪ ♪ Here's an awful sticky tune ♪ ♪ The Mississippi Delta ♪ ♪ The birthplace of the blues ♪ ♪ I was born down there in the 662 ♪ [upbeat blues music] ♪ Lots of people get up early ♪ ♪ Lots of people gettin' high ♪ ♪ They got a church on every corner ♪ ♪ You be searching for the by and by ♪ ♪ There's a sound coming from the ground ♪ ♪ And it cuts right through ♪ ♪ You can only find it down there in the 662 ♪ ♪ Come on, D ♪ [upbeat blues music] [upbeat blues music] ♪ My daddy worked at Cooper Tire ♪ ♪ My mama was raised in the hills ♪ ♪ My brother moved on to Baltimore ♪ ♪ I was stuck there paying the bills ♪ ♪ There's a sound coming from the ground ♪ ♪ And it cuts right through ♪ ♪ You can only find it down there in the 662 ♪ ♪ Well, I'm still kicking these blues in the 662 ♪ [upbeat blues music] - Thank you, Tennessee.
God bless y'all!
I appreciate ya!
Get home safe!
[cheering and applause] [upbeat blues music] [upbeat blues music] [upbeat blues music] [upbeat blues music] [cheering and applause] ♪
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Performs "Midnight Heat"
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Clip: S5 Ep2 | 6m 57s | Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram performs his song "Midnight Heat." (6m 57s)
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