No, I never saw him live. There's a preety good set of videos available from Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. In particular, Legends of the Bottleneck Blues Guitar features McDowell along with Jesse Fuller, Furry Lewis, and Mance Lipscomb. McDowell performs: Louise, Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning, I Heard Somebody Call, Break 'Em on Down, and My Babe. The phone number for the wrokshop is 201-729-5544. Good Luck.