In 1927, Son played at the Stovall Cotton Plantation while a boy nicknamed "Muddy" sat at his feet. In 1957, Muddy's Cadillac stopped to pick up a young man nicknamed "Buddy" who was holding a guitar and shivering in the cold on a southside Chicago street. After buying him dinner, Muddy asked Buddy if he could play something on the guitar he was carrying? "Yes sir," he replied.
@@captaincrunch72 Buddy Guy has said that in one of his interviews, which happened in the last 15 years. Muddy Waters gave him a sandwich after taking Buddy Guy in his Cadillac.
The thing that kills me is the video ending with two generations of country/blues/rock sitting together and jamming, and I just wish it was an hour-long video of THAT.
Amen and anyone that has never felt the true weight of the blues on their heart and soul, can never truly understand what the blues really is and what it's about. That's why that no matter how anyone tries, they cannot immitate or replicate the real sound, feel and authenticity of the blues. Son House Knew it, Robert Johnson knew it, Johnny Shines knew it as did many others.
@@WillieDines1 Best way that was said I remember from an old bluesman on TV years ago when i was a kid. " It gotsa be in ya 'for it can come outta ya." Wish I could remember who said it, but just too long ago.
Son House vocals are the living embodiment of the blues. Buddy Guys vocals are incredible, but talk about Son House being completely original and just belting it out with no cares at all..and not for his ego either. He belts it out for the simple fact that his life is the blues or had been. Hopefully at this point in his life he was successful enough to be wealthy enough to enjoy his life.. but he's not singing for any other reason than for the song itself. Don't get me wrong Buddy is AMAZING.. but theres a slight difference obviously in the style and originality. Nobody today comes anywhere close to these two guys. Son House is literally Americana Art at its finest. He was a living embodiment of art and originality that came from poorland nowhere USA. Nothing but passion and honesty. Absolutely beautiful and precious. I never understood people that weren't interested in the history of music in this country, which in turn became cultural history of course... Goodness..this video is just priceless..
Holy shit... I cannot believe I just watched two LEGENDS picking together.. Son House and Buddy Guy... wow.. just wow.. thank you so much for this gem!!! ✌🖤🤘
During some moments Buddy can't take his eyes off what Son is doing. Must be incredible to be sitting right next to the energy he is putting out. House is so physical with his guitar-- I love his percussive strumming and the sound it makes. And he takes his time getting through a song, so great.
Son House is pure emotion. You feel it In every pick, strum, and vocal. I was lucky to meet Buddy Guy over a beer at his club in Chicago. And that jam is dancing Chicago Blues at its best. Son and Buddy doing country blues is magic.
I adore and love SON, but this early Buddy at (16:30 and especially at 20:00) stuff is really something else!!! So hot, jesus! (think Hendrix and Prince got a load of inspiration of stuff like this...) Such a piece of history! Thank you for uploading!
Not doing it justice to say this film is a little gem. It's more a real godsend from The God of Real Soul Music... 🎶🎼🎼❣️🙏 And to think that the lovely, great Son House had begun to think that playing 'The Devil's Music' was about to catch up with him, God bless him. Anything BUT the Devil's music, Son. Legends... ❣️
I was 16 Back in 1930 something. First time I met Sonny House , now back then he could play . Him Bobby Brown and Robert Johnson . They was the Bomb . Son now he always plaued that tin Getar .. now Son was lots better a player back in the Day .. but after Roberr was poisined Sun started hittin the bottle. More and More .. and he got to the point he had to have a good buzz to even pickup his resonaitor .. always wonderwd who got his Resonaitor , who ever got it they got a piece of history ..
**Shared it also__added to my playlist collection (my husband JC States-Trumpet Player on those gigs with Charles Hicks (Drums)/Buddy Guy's Blues Band**
The 2nd guitarist with Son House, shown only from the back, is Jerry Ricks. A few years later he moved to Europe and performed as Philadelphia Jerry Ricks. When this was shot he lived on Lombard St. in Philly, half a block from Dick Waterman (cited on camera by Son) who was managing both House and Guy as well as many other blues greats. In that epic duet at the end with the profound view of Son's and Buddy's feet Buddy is playing Jerry's D-18 Martin. It's also kind of fun to notice that Buddy Guy, since become famous as the polka dot Stratocaster man is playing a Guild semi-hollow model on the band numbers. Son's steel National was, if memory serves, borrowed from Ariel Swartley.
at the time Son House was "rediscovered" he was living in upstate New York -- NOT Mississippi -- as he had worked for the NY Central RR starting I believe in WW2 -- he wrote a song about the NY Central runs on Eastern Time -- issued in the modern recording
That is correct. I love ALL of Sons music. His playing style is so unique and no one else plays like that. He plays like he is trying to break outta jail. They used to say that bout SRV but it really applies to Son House.
One more insight as I play thru this compilation. I can say these things because that's how the people in my community talked.Mist of them passed on now. Don't take this as racial anything other than looking at linguists but it's been a long damb time since I heard Rock & Roll called Monkey Junk. But's there's Blues and then there's Rock & Roll. He's explaining it to you if you listen.
imagine Son House vocals Frankensteined together with Buddy's guitar ability in one bluesman....luv Buddy, best concert I ever saw, but his voice annoys me. I musta listened to 'Death Letter' tho 10 000x...so good
And Ther's Buddy. Fully worthy of a title 👍👍 I got to see him play !! He went to play his take on Jimi Hendrix Little Wing and the whole crowd was silent. (I bought tickets for my parents who were on the other side btw) Then he jokingly says this is an original and my girlfriend yells out no it's not it's Jimi Hendrix.
Lord Have Mercy... Been playin me some Blues, fer 50+ years... Reckon I ain't never done seened me summat like Son House an Buddy jammin together, until today... Might havedta go change into some clean boxers, y'all...
If this film were to be produced today using all this modern digital sh*t, it wouldn't sound anything like this. Nothing today sounds good. Digital recording sucks.
Remember when wolf jumped all over house for being drunk, i saw wolf drunk as a skunk ten years later in another movie, but then played a half hour set, so...
Good Lord, good Lord. All that going on in the states that bordered the Mississippi as it flowed down the the Gulf of Mexico can be not only heard but felt as Sone House slaps out the rhythm. What you can't hear is the significance of his beautiful shoes. My Dad had a pair that he took care of like it was his first born once he was able to buy them. The children felt great pride when we saw him wear them on special occasions. They were the shoes of a gentleman. Forever more.
What a beautiful reminder of the true meaning of the blues. Two moments gave me a lump in my throat and brought tears to my eyes: 23:44 - "That was them three, they's gone back to the mother's dust from whence they came... and I got scared and quit playing for 16 years"; and 27:07 - the close-up of their feet tapping together. Thank you #JoeBonamassa for bringing this to our attention.
Thank God this was captured on tape and preserved. It’s hard not to think about everything else that was going on in 1968 when this was recorded. What a violent time.
Yes I spent 1968 in Vietnam and in August '69 I saw Mississippi Fred McDowell in Seattle and suddenly was given a context in which I could place my war experience.
The intensity of Son House's bottleneckin guitar and vocals could move mountains and part the seas,...the Blind Owl did an extremely noble act go hunt for him and bring back to us !!
