That was the Americans that could be saved. What happened? He tells the scary truth and it heals our souls. I'm sorry I love American culture but I hate industry
Music is all about expression and there's nothing more expressive than the Delta Blues and no Delta Blues more expressive than Son House and Death Letter Blues.
"You know I ain't never loved but four women in my life...my mother...my sister...my dead gal and my wife." The greatest one line ever written, no teeth, tuning optional. To quote Sam Philips, "Perfect imperfection." Welcome to the blues boys and girls.
My goodness. This version is even more heartbreaking. Son House was so theatrical. He starts this version singing in the third person, before finally, after the funeral we hear him sing in the first person and realise that the heart-broken protagonist of the story was him all along. Possibly denoting that the protagonist could not deal with the amount of raw emotion and thus had to sing as if the tragic events happened to someone else 💔 A masterclass in storytelling right there.
Love all the old black blues guitarists they had an edge and a certain class and style you do not see today. You can keep all those bullshit 200 notes a second technical shredders. Give me son playing straight from the heart. Anytime
First saw this clip on Music Central 96 from Microsoft, but that was totally low-res video, so I had no idea where he got that pounding downbeat rhythm, or his fast slide vibrato on the fretboard, until I saw the full thing right here on RU-vid. And my jaw just DROPPED.
I bought my first Son House recording 1980, along with a Rev Gary Davies LP. The record shop in Manchester would let you play the stuff before you bought it. The guy was a mine of info about the blues. Great days!
Oh my goodness you have just witnessed words cannot explain wow deep down inside the man son house and his rendition his version you can't get that on this modern-day digital who blah truly a gifted talented artist real real time oh my goodness now back to the show
