Son House and Robert Johnson(Experience).

[RocknLester2011]

One of the original masters! RIP Son

[deckard43]

this is the best!!

[luisdaweed]

0 dislikes!!! que mas se puede decir la buena musica seguira siendo buena musica por los siglos de los siglos xD

[WBOS72]

What is this song called?? I love it!!

[Krystahoselton]

@WBOS72 i'm pretty sure its Levee Camp Moan, but i could be wrong..

[marcelolemes100]

puta que paril é muito bom

[redk1994]

AWESOME, in a word...

[gibsongold1970]

man! is this on dvd? i love this stuff! "RAW BLUES" is so cool!

[drgreenthumb7]

I want more!!!

[brrichter]

I wish they'd teach the history of the delta blues in school. It's such an important part of American history. It's not only a lesson on music history, but a great lesson on politics and religion. This is all my opinion, but it sure is some of the most fascinating history I've ever studied. What's more difficult, is studying this part of history before the phonograph. We all know who Robert idolized, but who did Charley Patton and Son House idolize? That stuff was never recorded.

[diagreen]

THE BEST.THANX FOR THIS.

[arkee71]

"he went off to arkansas someplace"...he said..."i want you to see what i learnt"...fuckin classic!

[vanriver11]

If this isn't the Blues.... Shit, I don't know what is...

[osvelhos]

See: Os Velhos da Montanha

[boxingin]

All his songs sound the same....

[ChillyDrags]

@boxingin so do your farts, pal

[boxingin]

@ChillyDrags Hehehehehhe! Good one!

[didit1111]

Gotta listen to this to know where most music we hear came from. It's just fkng cool just like the guy below said!!!

[toddallenhooper]

Sing it man, sing it!!!

[osvelhos]

@toddallenhooper

See: Os Velhos da Montanha

[flaggmcnasty]

does anyone know what the name of the song is that son house is singing at the beginning? i tried googling it without success.

[GSUPanther2001]

@flaggmcnasty It's either "Levee Camp Moan" or "Government Fleet Blues". Both those songs have that opening lyric, if I remember correctly..Although to be honest, Son reused lyrics quite a bit

[Polde1243]

Happy birthday Son House!

[2meheavensentmusic]

I want to add, being white, we had to sneak after hours. i lived mostly with my gp, and always loved the fact , he just loved people. For who they were. Son House always takes me to those nights and little holes in the walls we went to. Ty for the memories, just hearing his stories makes me smile!

[2meheavensentmusic]

Thanks for posting. Takes me back to memories of my Grandpa and his best friend Clifford. They were the local private blues men. lol Clifford was 10 years older and black, he ran my Gp down to the train staton the day he was born in a potatoe sack and weighed him for my great grandma. 12 #s . lol They went to wwII and stayed together, until he died 8 years ago. Clifford and I both miss him so much!

[lilgreenthumb1]

robert johnson in my opinion did more a tradition blues whereas son house had a delta slide blues ,both i like!

[annc88]

@lilgreenthumb1 Robert johnson was pure delta there aint no one like him he is one of my favs beside howlin wolf

[joelzwilliams]

Pure, unadulterated blues music! the sine qua non of doo-wap, ska, scatting, funk, R&B, soul, modern rock, and perhaps even Reggae. Thank you Mr. House, for your generous contribution to humanity.

[16catire]

@joelzwilliams Wath a fucking god blues .....

[underrealm]

EPIC BADASSERY.

Southland forever!

[SECtennesseeSEC]

Delta Blues is a BEAST!

[Tockyard]

Pardon my language but that guitar is fucking cool.

[sivvybee]

@Tockyard The guy playing it makes it real cool.

[jedimind24]

@Tockyard pretty sure i seen bukka white play that exact same guitar in a video

[bbouch111]

@Tockyard That is a Resonator Guitar. It is a type of acoustic guitar that is louder and has a much nicer sound for slide guitar. 

[ACoustaDC]

@Tockyard it looks like a duolian... i;d say a 32 with a biscuit resonator.

[spjmfpjh95]

@Tockyard It's called a Dobro dude.

[hippyhay1]

@spjmfpjh95 "Dobro" is a brand name that has come to be associated (erroneously) with all resonator guitars (more specifically, square neck lap metal acoustic guitars). This looks like a 1934/35 National Duolian or Triolian resonator guitar, judging by the 14 fret clear fingerboard and open headstock (1933 models were 12 frets clear of the body, and 1936 models had a solid headstock). I own a '33 Duolian. Cheers.

[rfw45]

I have always thought Son House was superior to R/J. I know the classic rock guys, clapton, stones, etc, would disaggree, but I still do...even though ec is my rock idol. Son house is better.

[beepmotherfuckerbeep]

I'm going to agree with you here. Robert Johnson was good, but he doesn't even come close to Son House's raw intensity. When you watch a lot of these old clips of him playing it almost looks painful for him.

[jhank708]

It was Johnson's superiority on the guitar and as a songwriter that earned him his props from the 60s guitarists.

[fatas412]

i bet Johnson would agree with you though

[underrealm]

I kinda agree. The RJ legends are way more intriguing, and there's no telling what RJ could have accomplished had he lived longer, but... As it stands now, SH>RJ.

[loren1283]

funny story.

[abanks47]

What song is Son house playing at the start?

[sharknamedpeppy]

Yes, the Willie that he is referring to is Willie Brown. The crossroads that Robert Johnson is singing about in his song is between Highway 49 and 61 in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

[musicdream822]

Thanks for uploading this!!!! It is priceless to sday the least!

[Farmaz]

when sonhouse says about him & willie playing together is that willie brown?

as in "you can run, you can run, tell my freind willie brown" by any chance?

[geeyouknit345]

well if i remember correctly when johnson went to the "crossroads" he really went to arkansas some place like that and was tought the blues by a man named willlie brown

[RollingReunion]

Just curious where you heard that.....it's new to me.....I never heard Willie Brown was the cat who was related to R.J.'s crossroads story.

[geeyouknit345]

i dont remember where i heard but i knw it was on u tube and its not the same as the famous willie brown he was nother guitar player who never made it big

[RollingReunion]

cool man, thanks.

[rydochi]

no no, Willie Brown stayed with Son House... Robert Johnson went to Ike Zinnerman's place, and learned to play with him. Zinnerman's daughter confirmed this. Zinnerman even went back to the delta with Johnson...

[plasticaholic]

rydochi ..does anybody know anything about ike ? i cant hardly find anything, thanks

[plasticaholic]

Ok ,i looked a bit more and found that Ike never recorded so thats mostly what i was looking for...

[trumpzero2]

No, that ain't it. Ike taught him, and he would practice way off in the woods where no one could hear him, until he got it right. And when he played, he'd turn away from everyone because he didn't like it when folks figured out his tunes. The crossroads are in Mississippi.

[dimmukomun]

crossroad is fake like jesus

[PinkOld]

Too bad this clip cuts short where Son recounts Robert Johnson's story about what happened upon his return.

[nixli1980]

Well, the rest is kind of history dontcha think?

[sisterdiggins]

Priceless.

Thank you.

[CurtisMateer]

It is possible for a person to perform/learn from others/practise really hard for 6-8 months and improve so much in that time that when he/she comes comes back from the woodshed, he astonishes the people who haven't heard him play in that time with how much progress he has made. Thinking it is from a crossroads experience is like believing thunder is made by Thor! lol

[gibsongold1970]

WOW!!!!!

what son house said about robert leaving

for 6 to 8 months and then coming back

gave me the chills!!!!!

[bagManChannel]

this is cut short, son goes on to explain how he got good so fast, - down at the crossroads

[shawnyboie]

nyssan i agree!

[nyssa1049]

i would've given anything to sit down, jam a couple tunes, and then talk about the blues with son house

[onkelbuke]

Thanks for showing, i love this musik and i love Robert Johnson.Son House play fantastic, awesome i love it. is this a Robert Johnson song? i dont now this song? sorry ffor my bad English, i live now 17 Years in Germany, and i am now 24, so i lost my English, i hope you understand. thanks for showing this, Greez Christopher William.

[irokoutloud248]

To Son, Robert Johnson was the little kid that followed him around and broke his guitar strings. Son came before Robert, and it was because of him that Johnson made it anywhere at all.

[vauxhall908]

amazing that we have thing from that era so many other never even heard the people they learned from ike zimmerman was who robert johnson went to learn from when he left and they praticed in old cemetary's without these story's true or not rock&roll was born Thank's to all that play before me...

[djwilson19]

amazing men...amazing musicians, did they even know it? or care? the best of all time

[irokoutloud248]

i interviewed son's producer from 1964, dick waterman, and he said that son was very modest, shy man. he said that son put himself as a tractor driver first and he didn't consider himself a professional musician. son house's talent was a never ending flame that continues to shine on today's rock songs.

[hidendiamond]

@irokoutloud248 hey, i like that. thx for the info!

[3967410]

marabilloso

[alanstrainor]

Awesome Cheers

[zanklwang09]

where did you get this audio from?