Son House - Forever on my Mind

[rmcnabb]

My God.

[satierfleafar]

Jimi Hendrix`s grandpa?

[1ladoken]

son house becomes something of another world when he sings! im fighting back tears

[forkicksandgiggles4]

This is fucking fantastic. He really puts like all he has into this song. It's fucking amazing.

[wiredmanproductions]

what he lacks in teeth he makes up for in talent :D

[Houdini116]

@wiredmanproductions hahaaa

[Butown]

why cant blacks play music like this anymore. rap is fun but blues is holy

[shimsham35]

Damn this genuinely makes me sad.

[TheFredmaster100]

Thumbs up for.. I don't need a reason, this is frikkin' Son House! XD

[hammer95618]

The Father of the Delta Blues..........

[hammer95618]

This is as Real as it gets..........

[gillettexas]

Son House brought me here.



[ChooseFreedomNow]

"...there ain't but one kind of blues, and that consists of between male and female that's in love. Two people supposed to be in love. And one or the other deceives the other who they love. Sometimes that kind of blues will make you even kill one another or do anything, that kind of love. It goes here, this side (puts his hand on heart) that's where the blues started..." Son House.

[Bouchon211]

How did America go from this to Lil Wayne? This was godly.

[megajames3000]

there's a video of him and howlin wolf arguing about what's blues, watch it

[scoundrelpunk]

this is so powerful.

it brought tears to my eyes.

[Interminater]

hey guys thumbs up my ass.

[happylarry]

'Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing The Whites' on the BBC bought me here :D

[jon66065]

god?



[1952Telecaster]

I know his guitar isn't in perfect tuning, but it kicks some serious ass anyways. So friggin cool or what?

[urckrecords]

@1952Telecaster that's what makes it amazing, the out-of-tune-ness!

[SnoreFox]

Holy moley, now THIS is the blues.

[dvdsmlprstylr]

@SnoreFox amen.

[FCTwente75]

Tumps up if you know what he meant with if you dont care how you hot here.

(jack bring him here:P)

[Stereo116]

The blues I has them now

[Kmars121]

This song isn't on iTunes FML

[robgungor]

this is sO awesome

[sammarstoniscool]

Thumbs up if you don't care how you got here.

[arkee71]

shut the fuck up and listen...thats all there is to it

[robgungor]

@arkee71 hell yah!

[hammer95618]

The most real, chilling, heart-felt video I have ever seen..................

[johnpaullowfi]

Increíble que documento tan maravilloso.

[blister1324]

You would have the blues too if you looked like him. Lol jkjk I dont judge. Great music doesn't need a pretty face.. or a full set of teeth.

Anyway great music and great video. Thanks so much for the post :)

[Liquit31]

impresionante!!!

[Redd094]

Well, Lynyrd Skynyrd brought me here.

[Nepitaliaan]

Francis Cabrel brought me here.. Ain't that nice of him? Merci beaucoup, Francis..

[OGKush2010]

jack white is cool and has a fucking great taste and education in music, and without a doubt an amazing blues-rock guitarist. That being said, he does not compare to these amazing men who revolutionised the music of the world. Even if jack white did bring you here, as long as you listen to son house, FUCK IT! long live the blues.

[ardianarki]

does anyone have the lyrics to this song, i can't find them on any search engine.

[SeanTehGuitarGuy]

thumbs up if jack white didn't bring you here.

[mhannahfish]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy

Nope, Skip James

[blakeigle]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy whos jack white :)



[amacdonald27]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy thumbs up if jack white did bring you here and your happy that you know about both of them.

[Prodi1989]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy Ha, and if .. i can give thumbs down? (how else i should get on this old music?) But the important stuff: i love son house :D

[300daysandnights]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy lightning in a bottle reminded me of son house so i looked him up.

[lookingatcrap]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy jack who?

[thasupremeoverlord]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy who's jack white?

[ClanTGAMING]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy thumbs up if he did? does it really matter, atleast he is feeding this new kind of generation this music. I would rather my son listen to John Lee Hooker, Ray, and Son House then the new age of hipster-ness in music today.

[bbyyaahh]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy jack white sucks..check my shit

[NoRosesForMe]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy haha! right fkn ON!! xx xD

[kc2dtp]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy

Guitar guy, I had Son house records in Germany in 1970- could not understand every word but the music carved grooves in my soul. I went to visit the Delta three weeks ago.and saw Son House's blues markers and stood on the ground where he was born.

[bob2002ish]

@SeanTehGuitarGuy So you think that is is somehow bad that a modern musician is introducing countless people to true blues? Would you prefer that Son House's greatness remained untouched by all those but the glorious few? I think it's brilliant that all of these people's lives have now been enhanced by this music, no matter how they got here.

[kc2dtp]

You are,forever on my mind, Son House!

[tedphilo]

Whoa!

[JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed]

Been drinkin all evenin. I'm not a musical man. But when i've been drinkin and rents due and bills has got to be payed...this is all i wanna listen to

[saulhudson420]

@JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed LMFAO! 

[hydfawr]

@JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed Im fighting from your corner Man!! Good Luck

[Gurdndoof]

What kind of guitar is he playing? I know you can't see it but does anyone know? I've never heard anything like that

[Gurdndoof]

@Gurdndoof nvm. right after i said that i saw it haha.

[pgreenlief]

whatever - son house is a god - son house lives! another fantastic performance - he's taking his time and playing his ass off, as usual.

[bicho4422]

Ignore the all those who were born to live bitter, jelous, bitter, dumb, ugly in the soul, and the list goes on and on. and RACIST.

[ominousinc]

Anytime I watch a Son House vid it seems like I it is almost to personal to view. The guy puts it out there in a way that no one who has been captured on camera has or will. We are lucky to see the emotion behind the music.



[raveyard]

A Picasso of blues music

[OGKush2010]

Sky Arts recently had a show on the Newport Folk Festival in the 60s and Son House talks about the blues on there, it is absolutely amazing if anyone can find it.

[PopCultureSucks]

This is music to me, just one person, one guitar, and pure emotion that reaches down to your soul! That is why the blues will live on!!

[ezrajames1000]

The only way we can go back in time take it in

[hammer95618]

If this doesnt move your soul, you dont have one. Such a tortured song. More people should check out Son House.

[veeseee128]

hey whats old boy saying? rest old boy, rest.

[aerycksmusic]

Thanks @MuddyBoy61 for sharing this. 

[Wuotinsheer]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!...good old Son House,...and all these old bluesmen,...thx al lot for this wonderfull music....

[bodthemod69]

love when the camera checks out the girl smoking she froze then flicks .... she froze ............then she flick

[ricmoz]

the best artists there ever was.

[mvelvet100]

a giant !

[Necrus1981]

best emotional play i ever seen

[lionsome]

please don't take me seriously,but this is how hitler would have looked and sounded had he been a black blues musician

[MisterBeaucoup]

@lionsome I knew he reminded me of someone, hahahaha. JK

[zi9481]

@lionsome 

[GregTheBunny100]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[crunchyuncle]

great upload friend. much thanks.

[mitzi303]

proper blues init !!

yea man !

[misko1961]

this is "the blues" no one sings it like this

[uani69]

These old blues men all suffered and many spent time in prison so when they sing they cant help but feel blue and emotional, now im of to watch american idol and sniff glue

[MrBlueroads]

rest in peace Son

[mrhorncob]

he doesn't want it in tune <33

[dpramirez66]

Man this guy is possessed by his music. 

[rockntroopen]

this dude is amazing

[FBlackRules]

@rockntroopen Yep.

[pickinstone]

I wanna yell, I wanna cry, throw my fists into the sky. Instead I listen to Son Houses' sermon that preaches to a devilish agnostic like me. He liquidates pain...

[travesham]

You can totally hear the foundation for Jack White's music in Son House.

[igessthsisgrwnup]

@travesham

you here the foundation of every fuckin bluesmen since

jack white is no exception of the blues world, just another follower

[metazeko]

@igessthsisgrwnup I dont see it as following its more he is influenced by son house.alot.

[igessthsisgrwnup]

@metazeko

jack white is following the blues style that had been created over a 100 years ago

he is influenced by the works of son house, it doesnt take a mastermind to disover what you know considering that jack always proclaims son house as one of his major influences

SUCKEEEE SUCKEE 5 DOLLA?

[metazeko]

@igessthsisgrwnup seriously? its music. stop being so cynical about it all. get a glass of whiskey. close your eyes and listen to eddie play.

[igessthsisgrwnup]

@metazeko

I'm sorry. I did not realize you were such a pussy.

[igessthsisgrwnup]

@metazeko

o really

so hes not following the bluesmen style?

yet he is influnced by one its first creators

that makes sense..

and the only comparison between this and white is the slide guitar

[arkee71]

@igessthsisgrwnup what???..he IS the influence...hes the country blues...man there aint no blues before son..youre listening to the first

[ominousinc]

@travesham screw jack white.

[baracatjr]

Wow! This is maybe the most impressive video I've seen. Son House seems possessed!

[travesham]

@baracatjr He's not possessed, it's just genuine emotion, which most music lacks today. Auto-tune is the death of an art form.

[olivethis]

CRAZY GOOD!

[neeerv]

every line on his face tells a story.. he's so expressive, sings from his soul. amazing.

[GoldenWestSignArts]

Good Lord...Son House has more feeling, soul and life experience than we all have put together.

[Easterknight2461]

Aw shit its that low down shakin' chill!

[seamonkeyguitars]

death letter lyrics?



[enterkolwnsmind]

I hate 6 people.

[Chopin389]

@enterkolwnsmind I like what Muddy Waters said about that. He said "You may not like the blues, but you wrong."

[alves2722]

they playing with filings..

[bluv6]

Man watching @ 2:45... T-Bone Walker?

[Victoriasoulmusic]

pure, raw, THIS IS REAL MUSIC for God Sake! I love u Son House.

[louis0121]

The essence of Blues and no doubt.. 

[EdVidz]

I heard his voice back in the 60's and lost track due to the war and rock 'n roll. A few years ago I picked up a bargain CD and he about tore more heart out of my chest. It's the moanin' blues. Son House had a terrible drinking problem from what I heard. He saw and experienced stuff is all I'll say.

[adoxtater]

This is amazing.....

[Danuet]

Probably my favorite bluesman - every performance looks like he's going through an exorcism.

[mussman717word]

Damn.

[amazingtrainreck]

y'all just don't even know

[TheExplodingPumpkin]

Disliking this isnt racist... But depends on if you do it because of his color but or the music.

[partyhardydardy]

soooo much emotion in this shit. thats why i love son house. this is legitimate heartache.

[navroful]

This isn't in anyway absolutely awesome.

[navroful]

@HendrixClaptonSRV Yeah thanks for the' life' lesson. Ever heard of irony?

[JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed]

@navroful it's called sarcasm you muppet.

[navroful]

@JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed Jim Henson does not control me.

[JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed]

@navroful Well we both mutually love some Son House...and that's a good thing

[lokiravra]

@navroful then maybe you should get the cock out of you're ear and reply the song!! lol jk... kinda...

[lokiravra]

@navroful then maybe you should get the cock out of you're ear and replay the song!! lol jk... kinda...

[navroful]

@lokiravra Do you like this song more than me then?

[mussman717word]

@navroful

You aren't even cool even if you're trying to be sarcastic. Go hang out with your hipster friends and blast your synth-pop so-called "indie" bullshit.

[NintendoSinceBirth1]

@mussman717word i think hes just looking for inspiration, his band is sort of like synth with a delta blues feel and a latin beat, theyre called "The Eyeglass Frames"

[karl198]

Forever on my mind :/ i know the feeling >_<

[zebraboy777]

The great problem with you tube, free access to the worlds most wonderful songs, performers and performances, yet underneath virtually every one of them annoying pissy little arguments from talentless tits. x

[zebraboy777]

@zebraboy777 probably one of the greatest youtube posts ever made. 

[krisstark666]

6 people have no soul.

[mailmanofdeth]

Free me from clear skin and perfect teeth - Tyler Durden

[chcskater610]

@mailmanofdeth

shhh....

[TheExplodingPumpkin]

BE FUCKING EASY ON ME I DONT KNOW THIS GUY WE NEED PPL LIKE WHYFUCKWHENYOUCANEAT OF THE FUCKING INTERNET! HE IS AN ASSHOLE!

[TheExplodingPumpkin]

No really im new at hearing him whats with his teeth`?

[Farmaz]

@TheExplodingPumpkin

his teeth i guess would have been kicked out, sonhouse worked on the levee camps, if you read a book by Alan Lomax - the land where the blues began, you will see what terrible places the levee camps were. Were talking early 1900's to 1940's DEEP Delta here. They hung black guys for nothing, kicked the shit outta them etc.

Why you think sonhouse can PLAY blues, cause his known the REAL blues.

[purejudge89]

@Farmaz amazing comment thank you :)

[TheExplodingPumpkin]

What with his teeth?

[Krosstika1]

@TheExplodingPumpkin Your either really stupid, or really disrespectful. You think people are gonna be going to the dentist every month after working at the plantation? If you cant understand the music or the people then go watch MTV where everyones teeth will be pearly white and straight.

[l8er]

@TheExplodingPumpkin not to be a smart ass or anything, but its called "AGE" ^_^

[whyfuckwhenyoucaneat]

@TheExplodingPumpkin They fell out, asshole.

[BigAndo21]

@TheExplodingPumpkin

What with your grammar?

[TheExplodingPumpkin]

@BigAndo21 Fuck off im not hating you bitch or now I am!

[screenhound]

American Music Legend , Son was a pure Bluesman... the pain & troubles of life is etched into every wrinkle of his face, and his voice is a suffering-hoWL.. Although his heart seems in agony in this video, he pushes past the exhaustion to share his knowledge with us*** he is a fascinating subject of spirit- Blessed are the Musicians, Artists & Poets of the world who share there vision* THis is one my all-time FaV Blues Songs* Yep, there wouldn't be Rock/ PunK/ Alternative withouT SoN*

[deltablooz1]

Nice to see ya 'gain, Ol Man.

Lovin' this YouTube...get to re-live times I forgot all 'bout. Hell gettin' old.

[FreeTheGhetto]

@deltablooz1

Shut up with that corny typing.

[VeroNevermind1990]

thank you blues :)) there wouldnt be rock n roll without you

[ernests212]

Blues definition - A good man feeling bad..

[Shadowluigitails]

If Jack White hadnt done his version of "Death Letter Blues" in Blackpool , I would have been introduced to that , this or Grinnin In Your Face all of which he incorparated into the whole song , damn glad he did

[toiletgums]

been listening to son for 15 years, sucks that i can empathize with this song now, oh well. where'd i put my beer?

[xrodes]

From the man who Taught Robert Johnson.....nuff said....

[Krinisty]

@xrodes He taught Robert Johnson????

[Krinisty]

@xrodes I just did some research, that's so interesting! "House was the primary influence on Muddy Waters and also an important influence on Robert Johnson. It was House who, speaking to awe-struck young blues fans in the 1960s, spread the legend that Johnson had sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical powers."

[FIRECRACKER392]

Son House was in rare form here people !

,,,, DAMN !

[glenneveaux]

Sorry if i missed it, but does anyone know when this session took place (roughly)? incredible passion by Son House. thanks. peace

[kodack10]

Why does youtube attract all of the crazies?

I have just one thing to say to all of the racists in this thread.

What have YOU done that will ever be remembered like this because Son House is IMMORTALIZED through his music which transcends your pathetic shriveled souls.

[superagnitio]

@kodack10I prefer to think that racism created blues(it did). Otherwise, I lose all my faith in humanity, as I do mutiple times per day.

[phiaman]

@kodack10 i feel ya bro..LONG LIVE THE SOUL OF SON HOUSE!!!..

but the truth about what you said is the fact that its not their SOULS that are pathetic and shriveled..SOULS simply are quite the opposite and cannot be pathetic and shriveled..it is our MINDS and the illusions it creates which sometimes can be so dam pathetic and shriveled..let us TRANSCEND the emotions and see WHAT IS FUCKIN AWESOME..which quite simply is the ugly beautiful music that comes out of a SOUL in tatters ready to CHANGE

[theredhulke]

master of the master.... save robert johnson save son house...

[kipkenya]

Reading all of your fantastic positive and encouraging comments has restored my faith in humanity. Son House is truly magnificent and shares a lot in common with Joe Cocker and others. Raw. Pure. No gimmicks and CONNECTS with the inner soul.

[topsy420]

This IS the definition of soul and american music.

[jmarcoj1]

@topsy420

right, claim it as american. Its AFRICAN american music, if it wasn't for America these men wouldn't even have had the blues.

[topsy420]

@jmarcoj1 Wow, I'm complementing the mans talent and you turn this into a guilt trip. Just admit it, this music is american. I'm sure Son House wasn't born in Africa and probably never went there. That's why he is a black american. For the same reason I am a white american, and not a european american.

[CalypieAndroid]

@topsy420 THANK YOU SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET WITH COMMON SENSE. THE CONSTITUTIONAL WRITERS WILL BE PROUD OF YOU