My very favorite Delta Blues musician - THIS is my favorite recording (early 1940s by Library of Commerce/Lomax)- they got paid with a Coke - first time I heard Son House playing with his 'band' of friends - in the back of the Clack grocery store - Original wooden sign's in the Delta Blues Museum =)
@nicodagger I can only think of one older delta blues artist and that's Charlie Patton. The thing is there could be more blues musicians famous at the time but were not recorded and whose names are lost to history, so all we have left is the tradition of those songs e.g John the Revelatour , Black Betty to name a few.
@nicodagger Patton, Tommy Johnson, Willie Brown, Ishman Bracey were original Delta greats - Son was among them, but it was his style that is most resonated in the music of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters (no pun intended)
if any of you get a chance, see martin scorsese's the blues series. there's an interview with son house and he says that kids nowadays don't understand the blues, cause all the stuff that he and others sing about are stuff they've done.
Impossible to dislike.
CaptainHob 1 week ago
My very favorite Delta Blues musician - THIS is my favorite recording (early 1940s by Library of Commerce/Lomax)- they got paid with a Coke - first time I heard Son House playing with his 'band' of friends - in the back of the Clack grocery store - Original wooden sign's in the Delta Blues Museum =)
Sheindie 1 month ago
Is son House considered the first of the great Delta blues artists?
nicodagger 3 months ago
@nicodagger I can only think of one older delta blues artist and that's Charlie Patton. The thing is there could be more blues musicians famous at the time but were not recorded and whose names are lost to history, so all we have left is the tradition of those songs e.g John the Revelatour , Black Betty to name a few.
pleasetakemyhand 3 months ago
@nicodagger Patton, Tommy Johnson, Willie Brown, Ishman Bracey were original Delta greats - Son was among them, but it was his style that is most resonated in the music of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters (no pun intended)
busessuck1 2 months ago
@busessuck1
>resonated
Haha, You dog.
BrutalizeURf4ce 2 months ago
Magic.
gnatsalad 3 months ago
the world is yours eddie!! your the real king of the delta blues
man0warII 4 months ago
Recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress at Klack's Store, Lake Cormorant, MS, August 1941.
Son House: guitar, vocal
Willie Brown: guitar
Fiddlin' Joe Martin: mandolin
Leroy Williams: harmonica
blahblahy0y0 6 months ago 3
is thisin open g with a capo ?
whitecranecanada 8 months ago
@whitecranecanada I think this song's in B so I think the easiest would be to tune to open A and capo at the second fret instead of 4th on open G
Odin029 4 months ago
@Odin029 Thank You I'll try that.
whitecranecanada 4 months ago
thank you for posting
mattdamian 10 months ago
Classic.
NancyMcgill1 1 year ago
if any of you get a chance, see martin scorsese's the blues series. there's an interview with son house and he says that kids nowadays don't understand the blues, cause all the stuff that he and others sing about are stuff they've done.
classicrockNo1 1 year ago
I like this more than the Robert Johnson version.
needianame 1 year ago
Now this it what you call a good old jam session.
CavenEdwards 1 year ago
Too cool !
Deep and soulful.
In fact, it satisfies my soul.
NorthTulsaBoy 1 year ago 2
When Son sings the blues you know he means every word of it. Masterfull
johnnylyncher 2 years ago 18
Amazing stuff- as youd expect form Son. Thank you for posting. 5***** saved to faves
UnAmericanBandstand 2 years ago 5
Great!
grummeper 3 years ago 2