Delta blues great Eddie "Son" House performs his classic "Death Letter Blues." From the Vestapol DVD "Legends of Country Blues Guitar, Vol. One." More info at stefan-grossma...
My dad told me this was my favorite song when I was a baby. I miss my dad, he could play the blues and sing at the same time. He passed away when I was 16 and I'm 26 now, still miss and love him. RIP Father.
Thank you for sharing that part of your life. Although I never met him, your father seems like a great man with amazing taste in music. Condolences for your loss friend. 🙏🏻
True, but just like we don’t really understand awesomeness from other modes of production, let’s say, feudalism... just wanted to point that out. Peace.
He came to my college (Cal State Northridge) and played for our Jazz History class. Shelly Manne was our prof. That was in maybe 1968 or 9. I’ll never forget it.
I have struggled with depression since I was a child. One day my husband came home and I was trying to find 'a sound that I felt inside'. He play several cords until he came to 'blues'. Since that time I feel relief in hearing something that expresses something so complicated - now I do my best to accept and work through depression rather than let it pull me under the water.
Real talk, blues is so perfect for everything. Cleaning the house, listening at 4am, sharing with your friends.. It’s beautiful. I hope you’re better. Depression is a plague. But you can make it. You can. I hope deeply in those 6 months you started feeling better, and in the next 6 months even better.. Ik how depression is. Went throught it 2 years with dissociation. Take care ⚓️
This music excites me, all go through our own struggles, I learned to be happy to wake up it makes everything alright, just because it's blues doesn't mean to get blue too
In another version he sings, "I ain't loved but four women in my life, my mother, my sister, that dead gal and my wife." Arguably the greatest song ever written. Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Man, I couldn't agree more. This is my favorite version of the song, been listening to it for like a decade, must have shared it with 1000 people lol. Cheers, brother.
@@brendendavis8596 you want me to be 100% honest with you? I really could not give a damn less whether people like what I have to say or didn't like what I have to say. You know why? I'm a blues guitarist regardless of what people have to say or don't have to say. I posted my comment because it's what I felt captured the Blues. People didn't respond, and well that shows me how there's not a lot of love in this world left anymore. I have a live to live and Blues to play. I don't have the time to check a forum like this.
@@africancoalminer1848 Ok, so you want me to sit there and take that disrespect? Hell no. It's also called a notification that alerts you to a comment. Besides, He can't speak for himself? Do you have to be his advocate to get his point across? Come on man
@@paulkersey1007 But this again dissproves the point you made in the comment a month ago, how you "Don't have time to check a forum like this". Also please don't delete the comment, it fits perfectly with the other's
The thing I love most about the classic blues player, that it was just one man and his guitar. Thats it. Song made easy, but kept a place in your heart.
@@angusrorison5849there is anpther but not playing. Any rock or metal musician or wanna be should take a vacation or a road trip at least where they came from. From just outside of Yazzo City Ms to just south of Clarksdale Ms on Hwy 49W there is a weird vibe about that area. Day seems out of place and time but night it is amplified. So many musems dedidicated to blues. Then take a road trip at night. Its sort of scary. Hell you may start wondering if you are on a major toute between Jackson and Memphis. Thete is sort of a desperation in that area and what I think the Blues musicians were tuning into with their music.
@@angusrorison5849there is anpther but not playing. Any rock or metal musician or wanna be should take a vacation or a road trip at least where they came from. From just outside of Yazzo City Ms to just south of Clarksdale Ms on Hwy 49W there is a weird vibe about that area. Day seems out of place and time but night it is amplified. So many musems dedidicated to blues. Then take a road trip at night. Its sort of scary. Hell you may start wondering if you are on a major toute between Jackson and Memphis. Thete is sort of a desperation in that area and what I think the Blues musicians were tuning into with their music.
"I didn't know I loved her, till I let her down" and he's talking about the funeral, and the double meaning. Dude, I can see why Jack White was obsessed with Son House. This is amazing.
It was back in 1969, that I had the pleasure of recording Son House in my dorm room in Rochester, NY. The resonance of his voice literally shook the windows. We got together for a down home cookout with Howin' Wolf and his band before Wolf performed in a concert I produced. No one knows how old Son was when he passed, but Muddy and Wolf looked up to him as a father. A d Muddy maintained that Son taught Robert Johnson! Son lived next door to Joe Beard and the two would play every Sunday, much to the chagrin of Son's wife...because he was also a preacher! He also mentored John Mooney The saddest day was when I learned some kids, wanting to learn bottleneck guitar, gave Son a jug of wine. He was found a few days later in a snowdrift, fingers ruined from frostbite. He was one of the best delta bluesmen!!!
+Chris Eisenhart Wow, that is incredibly interesting. Life is tragic, so often. You are sure lucky, though, to have gotten to experience those guys first hand like that.
+Chris Eisenhart Chris you are lucky... I live in SE Asia and though I am 55. We never get the chance to see the Blues artists up close but only feel them from their music... But I thank You Tube and the numerous YT ppl who upload these jewels... n' tho I m 55 --- I now get to see all these blues masters.... thank you TH-cam and the people who upload...
+Myat Htoo Thank you. There are many stories about Son. And most are true. He and Skip James were at Newport, and Clapton was in attendance. He had the opportunity to meet Son, but preferred meeting Skip James. Of course, Clapton and Cream capitalized on Skip's "I'm so glad." Clapton wasn't interested in Son and still thinks Robert Johnson was tops...but, it was Son who taught him. Son loved religion but also the bottle. When he went to the American Folk Festival in Europe, others there included Buddy Guy, Jr. Wells. Son and Junior both stuttered. And, they'd be stuttering and Buddy would throw out a word to complete the sentence. On their flight the stewardess asked Son if he like a little pony of booze. He grabbed a couple of them. And the attendant asked if he wasted some ice with his glass. He said no, and downed those mini bottles right then and there. He also had a flask of whiskey in his coat. The stewardess admonished him, to which he said," It's for my heart!" He was a great old guy, with that twinkle in his eye, but, my oh my, could he ever play that National Steel guitar!
Very few people can pull off a solo performance like this nowadays. The emotion, the intensity, the execution ... Unbelievable. This is golden. Son House is a legend.
It may look solo but if you pay attention there is another guitarrist in shot at the beginning of the video and you can hear him subtly in certain sections adding guitar.
It was a New York TV special, Channel 3,"Camera Three" series,and it showcased country/traditional blues(Son House) and contemporary Uptown blues(Buddy Guy and band).. Buddy sat in the Son House segment
@@michaelmakes4883 I used to see BUDDY GUY on a regular basis when l worked for BILL GRAHAM’s concessions @ FILLMORE WEST. was big on booking blues all week, in between the BIG NAMES. That venue was bigger than the AVALON (very intimate) & smaller than WINTERLAND (bordered on cavernous). That was more than 50 years ago….so lucky to have such easy access to so many great performers
A REAL Deep performance by this Icon, and you can tell, Page and Plant sucked up SO Much of this man's style and persona .... it's what gave Led Zep the Fame they still have.
Faith, Love, Sex, Uncertainty, Grief, Sobriety, Remorse, Repentance, Confession, Rejection, Heartbreak, Authenticity. This my friends is the most real expression of the blues.
I recommend watching a documentary called "2 trains running", which charts the search in the early '60s, for both Son House and Skip James, who had faded into obscurity and hadn't made music for nearly 30 years. Happily, they were brought out of their enforced retirement, and a new generation was introduced to these genius musicians. This is probably the purest Delta blues I've ever heard - raw, intense and utterly unforgettable !
My grandfather just lost his wife of 50 years , my grandmother may she rest in peace , and may all the souls of the men who have lost they're love remain mighty and strong to the song amen love ya all
Never liked listening to Blues on the radio. I much rather listen to a particular song when I am in the mood for it. Although it would be great for discovering new music.
The cooling board was very often placed in the dining room (if there was one). People had to hurry when somebody passed because there was no refrigeration in too many cases in small towns. It was on the wife to get the body ready for viewing and have the wake. Tough women back then.
This is. While we're on the topic Hey Joe another one that's actually really heavy that u don't really think about. And Goin Down South is heavy as hell too. Cheers
I was just learning how to play it and when I saw the tuning (open G) I thought.. DAAAMN! That, combined with the lyrics, It could easily be the heaviest song of all time..
Please don’t forget the many influences it took for blues to become what it did in the 21st century. Hawaiian music had a huge influence on American folk music.
Over a million views, that's the most heartwarming thing I've seen. I don't give a fuck WHO brought you here this man is living a second life because of all this genuine interest. Cheers! Rest in Peace Son House.
Got to meet Son in Rochester in around 1980. Talked with him, listened really, a couple more times before he passed. Wonderful, powerful, occasionally crabby human being. Awesome.
I once was told by a girlfriend that i play the blues way too well. I rather think she had a revelation and had lived hard times enough that it spoke to her in a way no other music ever could. As far as ability to get the message across to where it makes an impact like that i don't know but i do know that i like many have had hard times. I sing/play the blues when I'm blue because it's how i feel and it gives me courage to preserve and get through. I also sing/play the blues when I'm happy because it reminds me of how fortunate i am to have made it through.
To quote another TH-cam comment, coffee, cigarettes and this song are life's consolation prizes for those who struggled their whole lives and got nowhere
“I didn’t know I loved her; till I let her down”; damnnn and you can hear that he’s truly been through it, and the fact he’s old in this video; means he probably been without her for a long long time; R.I.P. I hope you found that missing love in the next life King 🖤
It's everything... probably he wouldn't have been so recognized as a guitar player if he never sang over it... But also, I don't think his spectacular voice would have got any attention if there was not a talented band behind him or, he himself, singing his thrilling vocals over those chords... This guy was pure feeling, but not only because of a thing. We actually never watched him fuck (thanks to god) nor boxing... but he might have been a pro in those areas too... When someone is almost God, everything seems to be easy when left in his hands. R.I.P. Son House. We all love you (those who know you, at least)
I saw him live in the Stockholm, Sweden, concert hall in the mid 60's. I had traveled some distance from home for this, and I had been smart enough to buy tickets to both shows. He was pure magic - when he sang the "Levee Camp Moan" I was mesmerized. Must be something like that when religious people get the rapture (is the sentence correct here?). As far as I did find out back then, long before any Internet, was that a levee camp was where the workers stayed. between shifts when reinforcing the walls built around the Mississippi river and nearby rivers in a try to stop flooding. And I got the impression that it was forced labor, even women wee "recruited" for the job. And anybody could guess from which group of people.
+Peter Måhlin Yes, the Irish and Italian immigrants were forced into digging canals and levees in New Orleans and getting paid less than the Blacks. It was a terrible time for Italian and Irish immigrants back then.
There is nothing that stirs the soul like old blues. Wish we could teach these young bloods what a hard life was really like. That's where these songs were born.
You don’t realize how heavy this song is until someone close to you dies, especially when you didn’t have a good and functional relationship with them. You see them in their dead state and you start to think about everything that could have been. You start to think about how you wish things could have been different. What could you have said or done differently? All those thoughts will drive you to some serious grief. They’re dead now and change is impossible. On top of all of that, having no one to comfort you in your grief is the absolute worst. Some people would rather eat a bullet than continue to deal with that grief. I know exactly what that feels like. You think physical pain is something? I was a soldier. I’ve broken bones and been beaten up badly. I’ve been stabbed before and injured in more ways than I would like to remember. All of that pales in comparison to the emotional pain I felt knowing I never had a chance to fix relationships with people before they died. You wanna know what’s REALLY painful? Knowing you’re going to have to go through it multiple times in your life because you have a dysfunctional family.
This is real music it has warts and scars. It was made to express the feelings of a community or individual and not to sell to a target demo. This is a man expressing himself! He’s exposing his heart for all to see! It’s beautiful!
My old guitar teacher loved this song. He was a big blues guy, so when he had me listen to this I immediately fell in love with it. Sadly he passed away this year. Thanks Dwayne for everything u taught me and for being such a great guy
I am so happy and quite shocked there are so many people who like this kind of music and appreciate the nuances of real Blues. It gives me a bit of hope. There are some people (admittedly, still too few) who still have feelings, real feelings. Posters, I salute you all for your flawless taste.....
There are so many great bluesmen but Son House is number one in my book. I still have the ragged 45 year old vinyl album where I first heard this song. It never gets old.
Hell yeah, brother! This Son House performance should be watched by everyone who wants to be a musician! SO much emotion here (which is what music is about!). I can't watch this without wanting to pick up my guitar. When people ask me how I put so much feeling into my playing, I say, "Son House, baby." That's all the "how to" you need! 😉
Jack White loves Son House. Love the ones who came before you. They are all your teachers. That's not a crime. I love Son AND Jack White. The Teacher and the student for all of us to enjoy. The main thing? Keep the blues alive.
Jack White regularly comes out and says that all he wants to do is bring blues to sheltered white kids. Its a noble goal, and he has no pretentions beyond it.
KoLathed "Jack White regularly comes out and says that all he wants to do is bring blues to sheltered white kids." Whatever turns him on, but middle- and upper-class young white people have already been buying about as much blues as anyone else during the last 30 years anyway.
@Viking Song slaves of all kinds created the blues...imagine the slaves of the pyramids.singing....relief man....and they DID sing wildly, for nature in Africa...and it would have scared the ish out of the weak KKK if they saw the powere.
He doesn't sing words, he sings emotion.
"I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around." Behold, the blues in a single line.
blues falling down like hail
Tis life past 50
Amen
Beautifully said isn't it
Jesus, this is the blues. Not just a good man feelin' bad, this is it.
My dad told me this was my favorite song when I was a baby. I miss my dad, he could play the blues and sing at the same time. He passed away when I was 16 and I'm 26 now, still miss and love him. RIP Father.
Thank you for sharing that part of your life. Although I never met him, your father seems like a great man with amazing taste in music. Condolences for your loss friend. 🙏🏻
No robot or AI will ever be able to understand why this is awesome. We win.
Brent Taylor Art I hope you're right! The neural link thing scares me a little.
Only if robots are made to be able to suffer.
Begin ethical philosophical discussion....
Brent Taylor Art Hell yes. Fuck the bad replies.
Why do you make such a conclusion?
True, but just like we don’t really understand awesomeness from other modes of production, let’s say, feudalism... just wanted to point that out. Peace.
I hope there will always be some people who listen to this kind of music
Yes , me
I just found out about Son House, now I need find some records of his to get :)
We gotta turn these young people on to it
He came to my college (Cal State Northridge) and played for our Jazz History class. Shelly Manne was our prof. That was in maybe 1968 or 9. I’ll never forget it.
@@jackthompson7575well you my friend have an epic memory to share with everyone, not many people can say that God bless 🙏 you n Son House too❤
I have struggled with depression since I was a child. One day my husband came home and I was trying to find 'a sound that I felt inside'. He play several cords until he came to 'blues'. Since that time I feel relief in hearing something that expresses something so complicated - now I do my best to accept and work through depression rather than let it pull me under the water.
Good music is healing to our soul. God bless you
Real talk, blues is so perfect for everything. Cleaning the house, listening at 4am, sharing with your friends.. It’s beautiful. I hope you’re better. Depression is a plague. But you can make it. You can. I hope deeply in those 6 months you started feeling better, and in the next 6 months even better.. Ik how depression is. Went throught it 2 years with dissociation. Take care ⚓️
We all find the blues at some point in our lives and it just seems to mirror what we are experiencing
This music excites me, all go through our own struggles, I learned to be happy to wake up it makes everything alright, just because it's blues doesn't mean to get blue too
Лиш одни копы не знают человеческой печали )))
RIP Son House (March 21, 1902 - October 19, 1988), aged 86
You will be remembered as a legend.
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
I’m just glad we breathed the same air, what a legend
One of the greatest of all time, that never got the fame he deserved. SO honored to have seen him, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy as a young man.
In another version he sings, "I ain't loved but four women in my life, my mother, my sister, that dead gal and my wife." Arguably the greatest song ever written. Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Man, I couldn't agree more. This is my favorite version of the song, been listening to it for like a decade, must have shared it with 1000 people lol. Cheers, brother.
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Good on you, as the Aussies say! 🪬👀🧬🏮
Spot on, Dave 🧮🎲☝️🌚👀🙌🏾🏮🧬❤️🔥
*_re. "Arguably the greatest song ever written..." - IMVHO - 'Definitively' - contra 'Arguably'...._*
Thank you…. 🌚🎲🧬❤️🔥🪬
Delta Blues. Hard, hard, hard livin’. From his heart. From his guts. Saw him play one just before he passed. The crowd went crazy.
"You know it's so hard to love someone who don't love you."
That ladies and gentlemen, .....is the Blues.
U thought this comment was going to get tons of likes didnt you
@@brendendavis8596 you want me to be 100% honest with you? I really could not give a damn less whether people like what I have to say or didn't like what I have to say. You know why? I'm a blues guitarist regardless of what people have to say or don't have to say.
I posted my comment because it's what I felt captured the Blues. People didn't respond, and well that shows me how there's not a lot of love in this world left anymore. I have a live to live and Blues to play. I don't have the time to check a forum like this.
@@paulkersey1007 I don't want to say anything like seriously, but you came back the same month he commented
@@africancoalminer1848 Ok, so you want me to sit there and take that disrespect? Hell no. It's also called a notification that alerts you to a comment.
Besides, He can't speak for himself? Do you have to be his advocate to get his point across? Come on man
@@paulkersey1007 But this again dissproves the point you made in the comment a month ago, how you "Don't have time to check a forum like this".
Also please don't delete the comment, it fits perfectly with the other's
The thing I love most about the classic blues player, that it was just one man and his guitar. Thats it. Song made easy, but kept a place in your heart.
I just noticed a second guitar in there, out of sight of the camera
@@angusrorison5849there is anpther but not playing.
Any rock or metal musician or wanna be should take a vacation or a road trip at least where they came from.
From just outside of Yazzo City Ms to just south of Clarksdale Ms on Hwy 49W there is a weird vibe about that area. Day seems out of place and time but night it is amplified. So many musems dedidicated to blues. Then take a road trip at night. Its sort of scary. Hell you may start wondering if you are on a major toute between Jackson and Memphis. Thete is sort of a desperation in that area and what I think the Blues musicians were tuning into with their music.
@@angusrorison5849there is anpther but not playing.
Any rock or metal musician or wanna be should take a vacation or a road trip at least where they came from.
From just outside of Yazzo City Ms to just south of Clarksdale Ms on Hwy 49W there is a weird vibe about that area. Day seems out of place and time but night it is amplified. So many musems dedidicated to blues. Then take a road trip at night. Its sort of scary. Hell you may start wondering if you are on a major toute between Jackson and Memphis. Thete is sort of a desperation in that area and what I think the Blues musicians were tuning into with their music.
"I didn't know I loved her, till I let her down" and he's talking about the funeral, and the double meaning. Dude, I can see why Jack White was obsessed with Son House. This is amazing.
Jack white led me here, and I’m very grateful
Laid her down
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
@hanna thompson Son led me to Jack and I am also grateful.
Who is Jack White?
Who needs a band when you got a mean blues bottleneck guitar and a voice endorsed with the crying pains of a soul inspired master..
Excellent
Back then, this music scared people. And for good reason. Man, this is just so dark and hopeless. It’s awesome!
It gives me serious chills
People don't like what they don't understand
It was back in 1969, that I had the pleasure of recording Son House in my dorm room in Rochester, NY. The resonance of his voice literally shook the windows. We got together for a down home cookout with Howin' Wolf and his band before Wolf performed in a concert I produced. No one knows how old Son was when he passed, but Muddy and Wolf looked up to him as a father. A d Muddy maintained that Son taught Robert Johnson!
Son lived next door to Joe Beard and the two would play every Sunday, much to the chagrin of Son's wife...because he was also a preacher! He also mentored John Mooney The saddest day was when I learned some kids, wanting to learn bottleneck guitar, gave Son a jug of wine. He was found a few days later in a snowdrift, fingers ruined from frostbite.
He was one of the best delta bluesmen!!!
+Chris Eisenhart Aw man that sad !!! But His legacy still has a great impact among the masses!!
+Chris Eisenhart thank u for sharing
+Chris Eisenhart Wow, that is incredibly interesting. Life is tragic, so often. You are sure lucky, though, to have gotten to experience those guys first hand like that.
+Chris Eisenhart Chris you are lucky... I live in SE Asia and though I am 55. We never get the chance to see the Blues artists up close but only feel them from their music... But I thank You Tube and the numerous YT ppl who upload these jewels... n' tho I m 55 --- I now get to see all these blues masters.... thank you TH-cam and the people who upload...
+Myat Htoo
Thank you.
There are many stories about Son. And most are true. He and Skip James were at Newport, and Clapton was in attendance. He had the opportunity to meet Son, but preferred meeting Skip James. Of course, Clapton and Cream capitalized on Skip's "I'm so glad." Clapton wasn't interested in Son and still thinks Robert Johnson was tops...but, it was Son who taught him.
Son loved religion but also the bottle. When he went to the American Folk Festival in Europe, others there included Buddy Guy, Jr. Wells. Son and Junior both stuttered. And, they'd be stuttering and Buddy would throw out a word to complete the sentence. On their flight the stewardess asked Son if he like a little pony of booze. He grabbed a couple of them. And the attendant asked if he wasted some ice with his glass. He said no, and downed those mini bottles right then and there. He also had a flask of whiskey in his coat. The stewardess admonished him, to which he said," It's for my heart!"
He was a great old guy, with that twinkle in his eye, but, my oh my, could he ever play that National Steel guitar!
Very few people can pull off a solo performance like this nowadays. The emotion, the intensity, the execution ... Unbelievable. This is golden. Son House is a legend.
It may look solo but if you pay attention there is another guitarrist in shot at the beginning of the video and you can hear him subtly in certain sections adding guitar.
The other guitar is young Buddy Guy
It was a New York TV special, Channel 3,"Camera Three" series,and it showcased country/traditional blues(Son House) and contemporary Uptown blues(Buddy Guy and band).. Buddy sat in the Son House segment
@@michaelmakes4883 I used to see BUDDY GUY on a regular basis when l worked for BILL GRAHAM’s concessions @ FILLMORE WEST. was big on booking blues all week, in between the BIG NAMES. That venue was bigger than the AVALON (very intimate) & smaller than WINTERLAND (bordered on cavernous). That was more than 50 years ago….so lucky to have such easy access to so many great performers
Y.E.S 👍
“You know, I didn’t know I loved her until they began to let her down.”
Sounded like he choked up a little at that part
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Jesus. I've got chills. His body could barely hold in all that power.
A REAL Deep performance by this Icon, and you can tell, Page and Plant sucked up SO Much of this man's style and persona .... it's what gave Led Zep the Fame they still have.
If you don't cry you don't have a heart I thought of this song of Sun's when my sister died
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Faith, Love, Sex, Uncertainty, Grief, Sobriety, Remorse, Repentance, Confession, Rejection, Heartbreak, Authenticity. This my friends is the most real expression of the blues.
I recommend watching a documentary called "2 trains running", which charts the search in the early '60s, for both Son House and Skip James, who had faded into obscurity and hadn't made music for nearly 30 years. Happily, they were brought out of their enforced retirement, and a new generation was introduced to these genius musicians.
This is probably the purest Delta blues I've ever heard - raw, intense and utterly unforgettable !
"It's so hard to love someone that don't love you". Love the Blues.
My grandfather just lost his wife of 50 years , my grandmother may she rest in peace , and may all the souls of the men who have lost they're love remain mighty and strong to the song amen love ya all
Rock roll only exists because of the blues.
I'm a student of the blues not only musically but in life
The blues ain't something you learn, but experience. No amount of reading or studying could've written this song.
Thank God this is on film
I don't understand how it's possible to play the guitar like that, let alone sing at the same fucking time!!! Mind blowing!!!
I play fingerstyle, no way could play like that ..great stuff "Sun house"
Cuz,I made a deal with the devil.He made a pact w/ thee devil after he waz kicked outta stage
Or practice.....?
when you have the blues it comes natural
U need soul and the blues
We need a radio station dedicated to this type of music
I agree agree agree!!!! It'd be WONDERFUL!!!
Been wo dering that for about 20 years now.. Great idea
Umm, SPOTIFY, my dear ones.
Blues radio
Never liked listening to Blues on the radio. I much rather listen to a particular song when I am in the mood for it. Although it would be great for discovering new music.
Me and my wife are on our 1 year anniversary. Currently sat in a log cabin by the lake drinking rum and whisky listening to this
Sounds like a great beautiful moment congratulations
You should try having sex.
Hope life is still good for you both!
This is why the Blues is the roots, everything else is the fruits
The heaviest song of all time
ViSiONx2 hurry hurry the gal you love is dead...the girl you love is laying on the cooling board
That's some heavy shit right there
The cooling board was very often placed in the dining room (if there was one). People had to hurry when somebody passed because there was no refrigeration in too many cases in small towns. It was on the wife to get the body ready for viewing and have the wake. Tough women back then.
This is. While we're on the topic Hey Joe another one that's actually really heavy that u don't really think about. And Goin Down South is heavy as hell too. Cheers
I was just learning how to play it and when I saw the tuning (open G) I thought.. DAAAMN! That, combined with the lyrics, It could easily be the heaviest song of all time..
yep -- heavy as it gets
It's that strummimg pattern that makes this style flow so unpredictably. Absolutely fascinating
It looks so simple, but I'm baffled by it.
Without this music there would be no rock n roll, hard rock, goth, metal, punk, industrial, techno, hip hop, R&B, or modern country music.
Yeah, blues is the predecessor to many genres (most of the American ones). Son House's performance here is the real deal and amazingly emotional.
Please don’t forget the many influences it took for blues to become what it did in the 21st century. Hawaiian music had a huge influence on American folk music.
Viking Song 😂
Viking Song the blues was pioneered by African American folk in the south and was derived from elements of slave songs and west African music.
You'd think all those genres would sound good if they're influenced by this. Ah well, at least we have that 60s rock and roll
Lord I beg you please, never let my soul hurt like this man's has.
Been listening to him 40 years ( I’m 60) never tire of his energy and passion. Long live the blues. The real cure.
Im 77, bought a Son House album in 1964.
“It's so hard to love someone that don't love you.”
That hit WAY too close to home 😢💔
Mississippi is the blues both my parents are from his home town so many of the greatest blues and country singers are from there
This is true authenticity. You cannot learn it. You have to live it.
if there is any genre to be considered REAL music it will always be the blues
Over a million views, that's the most heartwarming thing I've seen. I don't give a fuck WHO brought you here this man is living a second life because of all this genuine interest. Cheers! Rest in Peace Son House.
They say you die twice. When your heart stops, and when the last person says your name.
Then Son House will never die. As his music is amazing!
Joshua Stephens my dad use to play blues all the time I just heard of this man and I need all his music this is stuff I love not this new crap
son house family live in Rochester ny my mom just wrote his book and my grandma got his award it was a hall a fame award
Try this one, Tiffany Moon. It's a good place to start.
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I don't know enough words to describe how good this is.
+hammer44head this song makes my ears cry.
Ha.
+hammer44head
I know what you're saying. I just say Son House.
@hammer44head: The deepest feelings are expressed in silence. Everything good, everything that's enough, is known therein.
speechless dude
I was blessed to have had the opportunity to see Son House play at Penn State in 1968. It was breathtaking and I've treasured that memory to this day.
Got to meet Son in Rochester in around 1980. Talked with him, listened really, a couple more times before he passed. Wonderful, powerful, occasionally crabby human being. Awesome.
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
haunting and dark. everything about this recording and song just has something so unique about it. best song ever recorded.
I am 52 and my nephew is 20.. we both love this song.. true great music reaches us all
The further back you go into the Blues, the better it gets!
If we ever invent a time machine, I want to go back to that moment in time, be in that audience and enjoy this performance.
I once was told by a girlfriend that i play the blues way too well. I rather think she had a revelation and had lived hard times enough that it spoke to her in a way no other music ever could. As far as ability to get the message across to where it makes an impact like that i don't know but i do know that i like many have had hard times. I sing/play the blues when I'm blue because it's how i feel and it gives me courage to preserve and get through. I also sing/play the blues when I'm happy because it reminds me of how fortunate i am to have made it through.
only a man and a guitar.
that's what u need when u got talent! listen and learn young folks.
The pitch of the note at 1:54 comes straight from his soul. He sings it 💯,. Who doesn't love this?
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Only someone who is empty inside
@@energyvortex1000 Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
At 2:16 when I really felt his soul in this song.
Dude sang from his CORE in this version. It's definitely my favorite version, especially that growl at 2:12-2:13
To quote another TH-cam comment, coffee, cigarettes and this song are life's consolation prizes for those who struggled their whole lives and got nowhere
which is just about every person who has lived on this earth.
After all these years, blues music still sounds beautiful which I discovered 35 years ago despite being a southeast Asian.
The letter was written before I was born
Dr smacked my ass
When I was done crying it was time to die
I carried that letter all through life…….
Remember sitting at my father's feet while he played like this. I miss him so much.
I think I've listened to this a thousand times. Everything about it is dark and haunting. Brilliant song.
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Fortunate enough to have seen him play this. He was seventy nine and brought the house down. So powerful!
*_Not only the greatest song ever written ...but also the greatest performance thereof ...lays grim & bare, the human condition..._*
RAW and Beautiful
One word: AUTHENTIC
this is the greatest version ever ... PERIOD
don't want to know about your period, thanks.
"I said I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around."
You can feel it in his voice
Music Junkie you can feel the hurt and pain and feeling in his voice
“I didn’t know I loved her; till I let her down”; damnnn and you can hear that he’s truly been through it, and the fact he’s old in this video; means he probably been without her for a long long time; R.I.P. I hope you found that missing love in the next life King 🖤
one man and his guitar and the result is perfection!
This is one of the best songs I've ever heard. I'm simply stunned by it. Outstanding performance.
An old man from El Salvador brought me here. God bless him.
And God bless this man too.
hahah ftwd reference?
@@marsicorn7235 Yea.
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
My wife of 39 years died in mid January. I have to say I have taken some comfort from this tune.
G-d bless you Sir and I'm very sorry for your loss.
Sorry man 😢😢
Sincere condolences Ken.
Hey... Are u ok...?
Ken Jarvis sorry men
Most people think it's about the guitar, I see his voice as the stand out instrument.
Yes, one of the greatest blues singers of all time
He had the whole package.
It's everything... probably he wouldn't have been so recognized as a guitar player if he never sang over it... But also, I don't think his spectacular voice would have got any attention if there was not a talented band behind him or, he himself, singing his thrilling vocals over those chords...
This guy was pure feeling, but not only because of a thing. We actually never watched him fuck (thanks to god) nor boxing... but he might have been a pro in those areas too...
When someone is almost God, everything seems to be easy when left in his hands.
R.I.P. Son House.
We all love you (those who know you, at least)
ab so lute lee
Hard to argue that friend. You are right.
Just incredible.
Bass Rhythm and Lead all at the same time, and still delivers a great vocal - wow
I saw him live in the Stockholm, Sweden, concert hall in the mid 60's. I had traveled some distance from home for this, and I had been smart enough to buy tickets to both shows. He was pure magic - when he sang the "Levee Camp Moan" I was mesmerized. Must be something like that when religious people get the rapture (is the sentence correct here?). As far as I did find out back then, long before any Internet, was that a levee camp was where the workers stayed. between shifts when reinforcing the walls built around the Mississippi river and nearby rivers in a try to stop flooding. And I got the impression that it was forced labor, even women wee "recruited" for the job. And anybody could guess from which group of people.
+Peter Måhlin Well said and you are correct.
+Peter Måhlin Yes, the Irish and Italian immigrants were forced into digging canals and levees in New Orleans and getting paid less than the Blacks. It was a terrible time for Italian and Irish immigrants back then.
Word "No Irish" signs right next to "No Colored's"
Peter Måhlin
not quite true your comments,the levies didn't come til way after slavery.
There is nothing that stirs the soul like old blues. Wish we could teach these young bloods what a hard life was really like. That's where these songs were born.
You don’t realize how heavy this song is until someone close to you dies, especially when you didn’t have a good and functional relationship with them. You see them in their dead state and you start to think about everything that could have been. You start to think about how you wish things could have been different. What could you have said or done differently? All those thoughts will drive you to some serious grief. They’re dead now and change is impossible. On top of all of that, having no one to comfort you in your grief is the absolute worst. Some people would rather eat a bullet than continue to deal with that grief. I know exactly what that feels like.
You think physical pain is something? I was a soldier. I’ve broken bones and been beaten up badly. I’ve been stabbed before and injured in more ways than I would like to remember.
All of that pales in comparison to the emotional pain I felt knowing I never had a chance to fix relationships with people before they died.
You wanna know what’s REALLY painful? Knowing you’re going to have to go through it multiple times in your life because you have a dysfunctional family.
Thanks Joe Cool...you really are cool. You said exactly what i needed to hear..at the right time.
All I can say is tru dat
Same here. Much hostility and loathing. We all separated like shrapnel from a grenade.
But my kids are normal, and live close!
Dear JC. You are not alone.
@Bryan B yeah, me and my dad, why did it have to be that way ? And there is a tear in my eye.
I’m here from Finnigan and Wood 1972 album “Crazed Hipsters”. This is incredible. So glad I found the original!
This is real music it has warts and scars.
It was made to express the feelings of a community or individual and not to sell to a target demo. This is a man expressing himself! He’s exposing his heart for all to see! It’s beautiful!
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Not really, he is just singing the song he wrote
My old guitar teacher loved this song. He was a big blues guy, so when he had me listen to this I immediately fell in love with it. Sadly he passed away this year.
Thanks Dwayne for everything u taught me and for being such a great guy
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Crazy how many songs that came after it you can hear on this track. Very influential
I am so happy and quite shocked there are so many people who like this kind of music and appreciate the nuances of real Blues. It gives me a bit of hope. There are some people (admittedly, still too few) who still have feelings, real feelings. Posters, I salute you all for your flawless taste.....
Gems come from the delta of Mississippi even if they don’t get the credit or recognition that was well deserved especially back then.
One of the greatest performances ever!
His voice and slide playing is top notch! A master of blues ❤️
The finest piece of music I have ever heard. Quintessence of life itself.
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Huge metal and rock musician/guitarist here.. This guy is what its all about people. Bleeds pure beauty.
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Damn, just damn, Son House could move the Earth when he played this song.
As soon as that first twang hit, I was sold. This is the best music there is.
So hard and real. Almost impossible to comprehend. It’s the deepest most hard blues ever. Thank God it’s preserved forever. He’s immortal
Raw blues!!! Feel the pain... and liberation,,,
"Liberation", huh? Most percipient of you, Douglas.
That's actually so right.
The blues music gets no better. House was one of its greatest.
Son house could move the world with just his voice and guitar.
When living legends give this pioneering bluesman a mention I listen…. Son-house was a beast 💯
Son House is amazing. This one and "Levee Camp Blues" are just the tip of the iceberg for me!
There are so many great bluesmen but Son House is number one in my book. I still have the ragged 45 year old vinyl album where I first heard this song. It never gets old.
hauntingly beautiful. Something so authentic about the raw emotion of loss and regret.
spot on my man .
Hell yeah, brother! This Son House performance should be watched by everyone who wants to be a musician! SO much emotion here (which is what music is about!). I can't watch this without wanting to pick up my guitar. When people ask me how I put so much feeling into my playing, I say, "Son House, baby." That's all the "how to" you need! 😉
Perfectly said.
1:00 - 1:20 is such an amazing shot by the camera operator.
I got chills from that. Felt dark vibe. A painful song mate.
The blues as deep and as real as it gets. What's not to love?
I just heard of this guy tonight. He is the heart and soul of the blues. Incredible.
REAL BLUES!!
This is absolutely phenomenal! Oh man, I wish more people would know this true genius.
Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
Jack White loves Son House. Love the ones who came before you. They are all your teachers. That's not a crime. I love Son AND Jack White. The Teacher and the student for all of us to enjoy. The main thing? Keep the blues alive.
Jack White regularly comes out and says that all he wants to do is bring blues to sheltered white kids. Its a noble goal, and he has no pretentions beyond it.
KoLathed "Jack White regularly comes out and says that all he wants to do is bring blues to sheltered white kids." Whatever turns him on, but middle- and upper-class young white people have already been buying about as much blues as anyone else during the last 30 years anyway.
@Viking Song Blues came from Spirituals and work songs. And most of the so called blacks are indigenous to America, not from Africa.
@Viking Song slaves of all kinds created the blues...imagine the slaves of the pyramids.singing....relief man....and they DID sing wildly, for nature in Africa...and it would have scared the ish out of the weak KKK if they saw the powere.
@@benjamincole9723 Jimmy page wants your e mail address
So powerful!... In many ways.
The man and his instrument..