Son House "Death Letter Blues"

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  • @barnabyaprobert5159
    @barnabyaprobert5159 4 года назад +1240

    "I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around." Behold, the blues in a single line.

  • @pureviolet2742
    @pureviolet2742 3 года назад +153

    I hope there will always be some people who listen to this kind of music

    • @nomasksfckcorona1122
      @nomasksfckcorona1122 6 месяцев назад

      Yes , me

    • @avanlanche86
      @avanlanche86 6 месяцев назад +2

      I just found out about Son House, now I need find some records of his to get :)

    • @gracepethel9824
      @gracepethel9824 5 месяцев назад +6

      We gotta turn these young people on to it

    • @jackthompson7575
      @jackthompson7575 5 месяцев назад +3

      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.

    • @gracepethel9824
      @gracepethel9824 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@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❤

  • @martycrandberry3638
    @martycrandberry3638 5 месяцев назад +109

    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.

    • @MatticusFinch83
      @MatticusFinch83 3 месяца назад +2

      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. 🙏🏻

    • @TrEYEClopasaurus
      @TrEYEClopasaurus 2 месяца назад

      Peace be upon you young man.

  • @brenttaylordotus
    @brenttaylordotus 5 лет назад +2682

    No robot or AI will ever be able to understand why this is awesome. We win.

    • @rickybobby4827
      @rickybobby4827 5 лет назад +39

      Brent Taylor Art I hope you're right! The neural link thing scares me a little.

    • @robotsrule5051
      @robotsrule5051 5 лет назад +70

      Only if robots are made to be able to suffer.
      Begin ethical philosophical discussion....

    • @samuelhatfield7415
      @samuelhatfield7415 5 лет назад +15

      Brent Taylor Art Hell yes. Fuck the bad replies.

    • @jimcervantes5659
      @jimcervantes5659 5 лет назад +8

      Why do you make such a conclusion?

    • @fastsavannah7684
      @fastsavannah7684 4 года назад +5

      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.

  • @kathleenblair7278
    @kathleenblair7278 2 года назад +255

    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.

    • @josebarajas5368
      @josebarajas5368 2 года назад +12

      Good music is healing to our soul. God bless you

    • @jules8159
      @jules8159 2 года назад +7

      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 ⚓️

    • @mikemccartneyable
      @mikemccartneyable 2 года назад +10

      We all find the blues at some point in our lives and it just seems to mirror what we are experiencing

    • @CraBundy
      @CraBundy Год назад +3

      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

    • @vitaly8253
      @vitaly8253 9 месяцев назад +1

      Лиш одни копы не знают человеческой печали )))

  • @Musicaljay33
    @Musicaljay33 3 месяца назад +21

    Rock roll only exists because of the blues.
    I'm a student of the blues not only musically but in life

  • @reubenrozeyt5716
    @reubenrozeyt5716 6 месяцев назад +65

    He doesn't sing words, he sings emotion.

  • @3top5
    @3top5 8 месяцев назад +30

    Delta Blues. Hard, hard, hard livin’. From his heart. From his guts. Saw him play one just before he passed. The crowd went crazy.

  • @davem8836
    @davem8836 2 года назад +523

    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.

    • @LegaliseShemp
      @LegaliseShemp 2 года назад +16

      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.

    • @carolewhitrock3979
      @carolewhitrock3979 2 года назад +5

      @@LegaliseShemp
      Good on you, as the Aussies say! 🪬👀🧬🏮

    • @carolewhitrock3979
      @carolewhitrock3979 2 года назад +3

      Spot on, Dave 🧮🎲☝️🌚👀🙌🏾🏮🧬❤️‍🔥

    • @peterward9446
      @peterward9446 2 года назад +4

      *_re. "Arguably the greatest song ever written..." - IMVHO - 'Definitively' - contra 'Arguably'...._*

    • @carolewhitrock3979
      @carolewhitrock3979 2 года назад +2

      Thank you…. 🌚🎲🧬❤️‍🔥🪬

  • @Allagi22
    @Allagi22 3 года назад +308

    "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.

    • @DjinnRummy
      @DjinnRummy 2 года назад +13

      Jack white led me here, and I’m very grateful

    • @matt.willoughby
      @matt.willoughby 2 года назад

      Laid her down

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +1

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

    • @darrylsebastian3004
      @darrylsebastian3004 Год назад +4

      ​@hanna thompson Son led me to Jack and I am also grateful.

    • @GBCR
      @GBCR Год назад +4

      Who is Jack White?

  • @tedcabana
    @tedcabana Год назад +69

    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.

    • @angusrorison5849
      @angusrorison5849 9 месяцев назад +1

      I just noticed a second guitar in there, out of sight of the camera

    • @daveweed2765
      @daveweed2765 3 месяца назад

      ​@@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.

    • @daveweed2765
      @daveweed2765 3 месяца назад

      ​@@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.

  • @LPJack02
    @LPJack02 2 года назад +185

    RIP Son House (March 21, 1902 - October 19, 1988), aged 86
    You will be remembered as a legend.

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +5

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

    • @IrisG77
      @IrisG77 Год назад +8

      I’m just glad we breathed the same air, what a legend

  • @paulkersey1007
    @paulkersey1007 Год назад +107

    "You know it's so hard to love someone who don't love you."
    That ladies and gentlemen, .....is the Blues.

    • @paulkersey1007
      @paulkersey1007 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@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
      @africancoalminer1848 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@paulkersey1007 I don't want to say anything like seriously, but you came back the same month he commented

    • @paulkersey1007
      @paulkersey1007 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@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

    • @africancoalminer1848
      @africancoalminer1848 8 месяцев назад

      @@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

    • @Inky1967
      @Inky1967 5 месяцев назад

      @@africancoalminer1848shut da hell up

  • @Bob62798
    @Bob62798 21 день назад +3

    These are the greatest lyrics I think I’ve ever heard in my life

  • @wrlord
    @wrlord 5 лет назад +355

    Jesus. I've got chills. His body could barely hold in all that power.

    • @constitution_8939
      @constitution_8939 5 лет назад +12

      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.

    • @garywilloughby6893
      @garywilloughby6893 4 года назад +6

      If you don't cry you don't have a heart I thought of this song of Sun's when my sister died

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +2

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @chriseisenhart6413
    @chriseisenhart6413 9 лет назад +959

    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!!!

    • @yawnjones
      @yawnjones 9 лет назад +15

      +Chris Eisenhart Aw man that sad !!! But His legacy still has a great impact among the masses!!

    • @meryemseni4745
      @meryemseni4745 9 лет назад +27

      +Chris Eisenhart thank u for sharing

    • @srmd22
      @srmd22 9 лет назад +15

      +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.

    • @MyatHtoo
      @MyatHtoo 8 лет назад +24

      +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 RUclips and the people who upload...

    • @chriseisenhart6413
      @chriseisenhart6413 8 лет назад +44

      +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!

  • @wayne2150
    @wayne2150 6 лет назад +366

    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.

    • @monoyamono
      @monoyamono 3 года назад +20

      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.

    • @michaelmakes4883
      @michaelmakes4883 3 года назад +22

      The other guitar is young Buddy Guy

    • @michaelmakes4883
      @michaelmakes4883 3 года назад +10

      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

    • @carolewhitrock3979
      @carolewhitrock3979 2 года назад +4

      @@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

    • @Paulo-vi7qs
      @Paulo-vi7qs 2 года назад +1

      Y.E.S 👍

  • @LMedlock33
    @LMedlock33 3 месяца назад +13

    The blues ain't something you learn, but experience. No amount of reading or studying could've written this song.

  • @sharpshooter3195
    @sharpshooter3195 3 месяца назад +12

    This is why the Blues is the roots, everything else is the fruits

  • @OldManDoom
    @OldManDoom 4 года назад +89

    Back then, this music scared people. And for good reason. Man, this is just so dark and hopeless. It’s awesome!

    • @andybrennand1576
      @andybrennand1576 3 года назад +14

      It gives me serious chills

    • @gracepethel9824
      @gracepethel9824 5 месяцев назад

      People don't like what they don't understand

    • @peterliberty
      @peterliberty 2 дня назад

      ​@@gracepethel9824 more like the lyrics hit them in a place they'd rather not remember.

  • @visionx272
    @visionx272 8 лет назад +660

    The heaviest song of all time

    • @mickfunny4185
      @mickfunny4185 7 лет назад +54

      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

    • @jst6274
      @jst6274 7 лет назад +40

      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.

    • @mikew3959
      @mikew3959 6 лет назад +3

      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

    • @LuisGonzalez-ke7vv
      @LuisGonzalez-ke7vv 6 лет назад +4

      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..

    • @sonnyp4738
      @sonnyp4738 6 лет назад +1

      yep -- heavy as it gets

  • @maxmonas7131
    @maxmonas7131 10 лет назад +367

    I don't understand how it's possible to play the guitar like that, let alone sing at the same fucking time!!! Mind blowing!!!

    • @georgeakester8276
      @georgeakester8276 7 лет назад +5

      I play fingerstyle, no way could play like that ..great stuff "Sun house"

    • @romeomendoza4609
      @romeomendoza4609 5 лет назад +2

      Cuz,I made a deal with the devil.He made a pact w/ thee devil after he waz kicked outta stage

    • @bunterhiden7321
      @bunterhiden7321 4 года назад +10

      Or practice.....?

    • @unanonymous4655
      @unanonymous4655 4 года назад +15

      when you have the blues it comes natural

    • @pacmanLINY
      @pacmanLINY 4 года назад +10

      U need soul and the blues

  • @craigminchin593
    @craigminchin593 3 года назад +36

    Faith, Love, Sex, Uncertainty, Grief, Sobriety, Remorse, Repentance, Confession, Rejection, Heartbreak, Authenticity. This my friends is the most real expression of the blues.

  • @jamalkani1979
    @jamalkani1979 28 дней назад +5

    This is what raw, organic, unpolished talent looks! I love this song so much, "I walked up real close, looked down in her face, I said good old girl you have to lay there to judgement day" gets me every time! Incredible!

  • @SimonMiles-m8l
    @SimonMiles-m8l 8 месяцев назад +17

    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

  • @Goatchild90
    @Goatchild90 8 лет назад +375

    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.

    • @DennisRash
      @DennisRash 8 лет назад +48

      They say you die twice. When your heart stops, and when the last person says your name.

    • @Olaf275
      @Olaf275 8 лет назад +22

      Then Son House will never die. As his music is amazing!

    • @tiffanyluna7486
      @tiffanyluna7486 7 лет назад +9

      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

    • @jasminegonzalez7311
      @jasminegonzalez7311 7 лет назад +8

      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

    • @robsgirl6465
      @robsgirl6465 7 лет назад

      Try this one, Tiffany Moon. It's a good place to start.
      ruclips.net/video/gsS2BcR3V_g/видео.html

  • @hammer44head
    @hammer44head 9 лет назад +834

    I don't know enough words to describe how good this is.

    • @hugokilander107
      @hugokilander107 9 лет назад +9

      +hammer44head this song makes my ears cry.

    • @ibrake4butterflies
      @ibrake4butterflies 9 лет назад +1

      Ha.

    • @giovannisanseviero5726
      @giovannisanseviero5726 9 лет назад +13

      +hammer44head
      I know what you're saying. I just say Son House.

    • @MrOhjok
      @MrOhjok 7 лет назад +13

      @hammer44head: The deepest feelings are expressed in silence. Everything good, everything that's enough, is known therein.

    • @journeysfaith7200
      @journeysfaith7200 7 лет назад +3

      speechless dude

  • @jungleninja8415
    @jungleninja8415 Год назад +17

    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

  • @jamiemccallum9055
    @jamiemccallum9055 3 дня назад +1

    rawest blues song i've heard

  • @windyvista3657
    @windyvista3657 Год назад +67

    It's that strummimg pattern that makes this style flow so unpredictably. Absolutely fascinating

  • @DWinegarden2
    @DWinegarden2 5 лет назад +128

    “You know, I didn’t know I loved her until they began to let her down.”

    • @gminor6288
      @gminor6288 3 года назад

      Sounded like he choked up a little at that part

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

    • @markvickroy6725
      @markvickroy6725 17 дней назад

      Till I let her down

  • @mikado5792
    @mikado5792 4 года назад +51

    "It's so hard to love someone that don't love you". Love the Blues.

  • @fthomascianci
    @fthomascianci Год назад +22

    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.

  • @familyandfriendsfuntimes
    @familyandfriendsfuntimes 7 месяцев назад +3

    Just incredible.

  • @Junior-jw1bb
    @Junior-jw1bb 4 года назад +266

    We need a radio station dedicated to this type of music

    • @robertbarrett6267
      @robertbarrett6267 4 года назад +6

      I agree agree agree!!!! It'd be WONDERFUL!!!

    • @krismcreynolds984
      @krismcreynolds984 4 года назад +4

      Been wo dering that for about 20 years now.. Great idea

    • @rabokarabekian409
      @rabokarabekian409 4 года назад +3

      Umm, SPOTIFY, my dear ones.

    • @DockingFreidmanRecords
      @DockingFreidmanRecords 4 года назад +3

      Blues radio

    • @dennisdistant
      @dennisdistant 4 года назад +6

      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.

  • @cidangst2986
    @cidangst2986 6 лет назад +309

    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.

    • @RonaldPoe
      @RonaldPoe 5 лет назад +12

      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.

    • @pipstermayne
      @pipstermayne 4 года назад +6

      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.

    • @thiago140893
      @thiago140893 4 года назад +2

      Viking Song 😂

    • @StevenGill1002
      @StevenGill1002 4 года назад +19

      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.

    • @oldtimetinfoilhatwearer
      @oldtimetinfoilhatwearer 4 года назад

      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

  • @charleshendrix232
    @charleshendrix232 8 месяцев назад +10

    Thank God this is on film

  • @TheHEDRat
    @TheHEDRat Год назад +19

    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

    • @clodge5196
      @clodge5196 Год назад +6

      Sounds like a great beautiful moment congratulations

    • @okcommut3r
      @okcommut3r 9 месяцев назад

      You should try having sex.

    • @ruthmckay9086
      @ruthmckay9086 8 месяцев назад +2

      Hope life is still good for you both!

  • @jjgghhjk
    @jjgghhjk Месяц назад +2

    chills

  • @garyslater1243
    @garyslater1243 Год назад +18

    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 !

  • @johngore7744
    @johngore7744 3 года назад +52

    Been listening to him 40 years ( I’m 60) never tire of his energy and passion. Long live the blues. The real cure.

  • @MrSmiley1964
    @MrSmiley1964 4 года назад +24

    Lord I beg you please, never let my soul hurt like this man's has.

  • @strongcloud28
    @strongcloud28 4 года назад +67

    The pitch of the note at 1:54 comes straight from his soul. He sings it 💯,. Who doesn't love this?

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +2

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

    • @energyvortex1000
      @energyvortex1000 2 года назад +2

      Only someone who is empty inside

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +3

      @@energyvortex1000 Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

    • @kirkballard1028
      @kirkballard1028 Год назад +2

      At 2:16 when I really felt his soul in this song.

    • @bowlingstoned2113
      @bowlingstoned2113 Год назад +1

      Dude sang from his CORE in this version. It's definitely my favorite version, especially that growl at 2:12-2:13

  • @Pangloss6413
    @Pangloss6413 Год назад +5

    To quote another RUclips comment, coffee, cigarettes and this song are life's consolation prizes for those who struggled their whole lives and got nowhere

    • @1claudiusgothicus
      @1claudiusgothicus 4 месяца назад

      which is just about every person who has lived on this earth.

  • @jednatkin9959
    @jednatkin9959 4 года назад +30

    This is true authenticity. You cannot learn it. You have to live it.

  • @pippottopazzo
    @pippottopazzo 8 лет назад +571

    jimi hendrix , Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin , Eric Clapton ...all of them took lessons from him...

    • @cyrillewis8747
      @cyrillewis8747 7 лет назад +2

      strofilobugnalmacco Amen

    • @clowntrooper61
      @clowntrooper61 7 лет назад +22

      Even Robert Johnson was inspired by son house because he covered his song walkin' blues

    • @chuckironsight3914
      @chuckironsight3914 7 лет назад +34

      jack white as well, obviously

    • @zeroone7867
      @zeroone7867 6 лет назад +12

      Jack White doesn't count.

    • @green323turbo
      @green323turbo 6 лет назад +2

      Johnny Winter too

  • @Rachels123
    @Rachels123 6 лет назад +119

    Most people think it's about the guitar, I see his voice as the stand out instrument.

    • @jerryjames4090
      @jerryjames4090 4 года назад +8

      Yes, one of the greatest blues singers of all time

    • @karlconnolly3994
      @karlconnolly3994 4 года назад +4

      He had the whole package.

    • @pedropinon2553
      @pedropinon2553 4 года назад +3

      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)

    • @simonbeard7537
      @simonbeard7537 4 года назад

      ab so lute lee

    • @xendava7217
      @xendava7217 4 года назад

      Hard to argue that friend. You are right.

  • @BuDDAHMUZIC
    @BuDDAHMUZIC Год назад +7

    Mississippi is the blues both my parents are from his home town so many of the greatest blues and country singers are from there

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 Год назад +11

    “It's so hard to love someone that don't love you.”
    That hit WAY too close to home 😢💔

  • @100chuckjones
    @100chuckjones 4 года назад +31

    Huge metal and rock musician/guitarist here.. This guy is what its all about people. Bleeds pure beauty.

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +2

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @TheToocold
    @TheToocold 11 лет назад +152

    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.

    • @BetterMonsters
      @BetterMonsters 11 лет назад +21

      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.

    • @thebrazilianatlantis165
      @thebrazilianatlantis165 10 лет назад +5

      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.

    • @benjamincole9723
      @benjamincole9723 5 лет назад +7

      @Viking Song Blues came from Spirituals and work songs. And most of the so called blacks are indigenous to America, not from Africa.

    • @annonymost9318
      @annonymost9318 5 лет назад +3

      @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.

    • @brubeck1
      @brubeck1 4 года назад

      @@benjamincole9723 Jimmy page wants your e mail address

  • @Sternococktail
    @Sternococktail 9 лет назад +209

    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.

    • @comparedtowhat2719
      @comparedtowhat2719 8 лет назад +7

      +Peter Måhlin Well said and you are correct.

    • @fredmcgillicutty521
      @fredmcgillicutty521 8 лет назад +9

      +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.

    • @adamcochran1309
      @adamcochran1309 7 лет назад +7

      Word "No Irish" signs right next to "No Colored's"

    • @olddogcitypound5859
      @olddogcitypound5859 6 лет назад +3

      Peter Måhlin
      not quite true your comments,the levies didn't come til way after slavery.

  • @jjgghhjk
    @jjgghhjk Месяц назад +1

    Respect from Argentina.

  • @cobine
    @cobine Год назад +12

    if there is any genre to be considered REAL music it will always be the blues

  • @musicjunkie421
    @musicjunkie421 8 лет назад +137

    "I said I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around."

    • @ervinlay6917
      @ervinlay6917 6 лет назад +11

      You can feel it in his voice

    • @ervinlay6917
      @ervinlay6917 6 лет назад +7

      Music Junkie you can feel the hurt and pain and feeling in his voice

  • @Thedude-uq5mf
    @Thedude-uq5mf 8 лет назад +263

    The blues are the root and the rest is all fruit is what I've heard...

    • @vonroretz3307
      @vonroretz3307 6 лет назад

      nice rhyme. But Bullsheet.

    • @therealborischang
      @therealborischang 6 лет назад

      To paraphrase Robert DeNiro: “I hoid tings”.

    • @paulolaff
      @paulolaff 6 лет назад +2

      Bach is the root

    • @bentleykennedy-stone673
      @bentleykennedy-stone673 6 лет назад +10

      Tribal drums and chanting are actually the roots of all music, and this music in particular as Bach had basically zero influence on African musical culture

    • @rosalinacv1996
      @rosalinacv1996 6 лет назад +3

      oof Oh, Please!

  • @michaelgibson3126
    @michaelgibson3126 3 года назад +12

    The further back you go into the Blues, the better it gets!

  • @UnkleJustin
    @UnkleJustin 6 лет назад +9

    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.

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @deltabluesdavidraye
    @deltabluesdavidraye 2 месяца назад +2

    I still play this song after all these years. Best song ever

  • @sd4274
    @sd4274 4 года назад +19

    I think I've listened to this a thousand times. Everything about it is dark and haunting. Brilliant song.

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +1

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @pauljcjr
    @pauljcjr 7 лет назад +9

    I am 52 and my nephew is 20.. we both love this song.. true great music reaches us all

  • @kenjarvis7764
    @kenjarvis7764 5 лет назад +56

    My wife of 39 years died in mid January. I have to say I have taken some comfort from this tune.

  • @SweetSpringFarmer1222
    @SweetSpringFarmer1222 Год назад +6

    Raw blues!!! Feel the pain... and liberation,,,

    • @rachimbaskin6559
      @rachimbaskin6559 Год назад

      "Liberation", huh? Most percipient of you, Douglas.
      That's actually so right.

  • @wayneflexzky947
    @wayneflexzky947 4 года назад +15

    1:00 - 1:20 is such an amazing shot by the camera operator.

    • @fathergascoigne4609
      @fathergascoigne4609 4 года назад

      I got chills from that. Felt dark vibe. A painful song mate.

  • @msmirandagirl
    @msmirandagirl 8 лет назад +16

    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.

  • @bill1388
    @bill1388 10 лет назад +23

    this is the greatest version ever ... PERIOD

    • @bacfrere
      @bacfrere 6 лет назад

      don't want to know about your period, thanks.

  • @JoelZWilliams1
    @JoelZWilliams1 10 лет назад +216

    hauntingly beautiful. Something so authentic about the raw emotion of loss and regret.

    • @copee2960
      @copee2960 6 лет назад +2

      spot on my man .

    • @wayne2150
      @wayne2150 6 лет назад +5

      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! 😉

    • @brycecary
      @brycecary 4 года назад

      Perfectly said.

  • @eliasabbas8450
    @eliasabbas8450 5 лет назад +19

    An old man from El Salvador brought me here. God bless him.
    And God bless this man too.

  • @hvince67
    @hvince67 2 года назад +9

    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.

  • @xendava7217
    @xendava7217 4 года назад +32

    This is one of the best songs I've ever heard. I'm simply stunned by it. Outstanding performance.

  • @PharaohChreyOfEgypta
    @PharaohChreyOfEgypta 6 лет назад +28

    “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 🖤

  • @4jeffinseattle
    @4jeffinseattle 3 месяца назад +4

    REAL BLUES!!

  • @AvonNabors
    @AvonNabors Год назад +10

    haunting and dark. everything about this recording and song just has something so unique about it. best song ever recorded.

  • @keithmoses7052
    @keithmoses7052 2 месяца назад +1

    "Don't like your satisfaction, don't care what you do." Damn!!! Hard reality bars. I'm in tears.

  • @daviduliana9950
    @daviduliana9950 3 года назад +6

    I'm sorry but this is better than anything Robert Johnson ever did. He played percussion, lead guitar, rhythm guitar and bass all on one instrument. In fact, the back up guitar was not even needed.

    • @gudlisner501
      @gudlisner501 5 месяцев назад

      Be grateful and enjoy them both and because it’s not a competition.

    • @thedoctor7438
      @thedoctor7438 5 месяцев назад

      Back up guitar????It is Son House!!!

  • @jrnarvepettersen4083
    @jrnarvepettersen4083 4 года назад +18

    The finest piece of music I have ever heard. Quintessence of life itself.

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @peterward9446
    @peterward9446 2 года назад +8

    *_Not only the greatest song ever written ...but also the greatest performance thereof ...lays grim & bare, the human condition..._*

  • @emilianojustice5566
    @emilianojustice5566 5 лет назад +12

    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

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @bflyle
    @bflyle 2 года назад +2

    Remember sitting at my father's feet while he played like this. I miss him so much.

  • @mylesjs5326
    @mylesjs5326 9 лет назад +267

    That voice didn't have a single false note in it.

  • @jadecleveland865
    @jadecleveland865 6 лет назад +23

    One of the greatest performances ever!

  • @leroyjenkins4811
    @leroyjenkins4811 5 лет назад +62

    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.

    • @0patience4flz
      @0patience4flz 4 года назад +3

      Thanks Joe Cool...you really are cool. You said exactly what i needed to hear..at the right time.

    • @mindwave1236
      @mindwave1236 4 года назад +1

      All I can say is tru dat

    • @kickinbackinOC
      @kickinbackinOC 4 года назад +2

      Same here. Much hostility and loathing. We all separated like shrapnel from a grenade.
      But my kids are normal, and live close!

    • @rickyhuff
      @rickyhuff 4 года назад +1

      Dear JC. You are not alone.

    • @douglasallen511
      @douglasallen511 4 года назад +1

      @Bryan B yeah, me and my dad, why did it have to be that way ? And there is a tear in my eye.

  • @B.Schmidt-c9v
    @B.Schmidt-c9v Месяц назад +1

    That out of control guitar strumming technique and his powerful voice is simply a combination that works, and works very well.

  • @iainmason2762
    @iainmason2762 Год назад +4

    Bass Rhythm and Lead all at the same time, and still delivers a great vocal - wow

  • @fr7399
    @fr7399 8 лет назад +52

    this song is just so painful and beautiful at the same time

  • @hellradiolives
    @hellradiolives 9 лет назад +97

    Damn, just damn, Son House could move the Earth when he played this song.

  • @dynjarren8355
    @dynjarren8355 3 года назад +19

    Listen to the sound he gets just out of an acoustic guitar using slide. And his voice! Amazing amount of feeling and soul coming out of one man. This makes me cry it’s so powerful!
    I didn’t know I loved her until they started lowering her into the ground. OMG !😭
    It’s so hard to love someone when they don’t love you.
    Truth! I’ve experienced this pain. He knew about pain and loss and sang about it.
    Jack White idolizes him! And covers this song even.
    RIP Son House

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад +1

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

    • @Jamie-js3qw
      @Jamie-js3qw Год назад

      He 'covers' it in name.

  • @davidaustin7445
    @davidaustin7445 2 года назад +4

    speachless!!!!!!!... Rock on Sun house!

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @YoLoBong-xs3to
    @YoLoBong-xs3to 2 дня назад +1

    I wonder who ws playing the 2nd guitar in front of Son. Never noticed that before.

  • @Truthisscarierthanfiction
    @Truthisscarierthanfiction Год назад +4

    Crazy how many songs that came after it you can hear on this track. Very influential

  • @bcsorensenman
    @bcsorensenman 8 лет назад +26

    Hauntingly elegant grab you right in the guts tune. Absolute foundation of rock. The soul of music today is dead compared to this.

    • @msmirandagirl
      @msmirandagirl 8 лет назад +2

      Absolute foundation is right! Son House influenced Robert Johnson. And Robert Johnson influenced everyone who came after.

    • @absoluteego
      @absoluteego 2 года назад

      Welcome to the blues boys and girls.

  • @abdullamadheeh6400
    @abdullamadheeh6400 3 года назад +16

    His voice and slide playing is top notch! A master of blues ❤️

  • @mariodunn2798
    @mariodunn2798 2 месяца назад +1

    The most incredible song.

  • @codjogangavi5111
    @codjogangavi5111 3 месяца назад +1

    The man and his instrument..

  • @davisooi8971
    @davisooi8971 3 года назад +4

    After all these years, blues music still sounds beautiful which I discovered 35 years ago despite being a southeast Asian.

  • @bowlingstoned2113
    @bowlingstoned2113 Год назад +4

    Son House is amazing. This one and "Levee Camp Blues" are just the tip of the iceberg for me!

  • @tortugabob
    @tortugabob 6 лет назад +8

    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.

  • @ivansaric33
    @ivansaric33 3 месяца назад +1

    Real life music from the soul

  • @jamesbueker11
    @jamesbueker11 8 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @DANTHETUBEMAN
    @DANTHETUBEMAN 4 года назад +7

    We are lucky to have this pice of history.