The song sounds the way it is supposed to... i am a big fan of son house.. at first i tought the guitar is out of tune also....,and actually it is tuned down from open g i aint shure but i think on the 2nd or 3 th string the title is downharted blues...offf course this is the way ,downharted blues sounds...and you should play d...i always like open tunings and messing around with them,so i think i got it right on this one...
Hmmm, obv this is a great performance but there is an argument between the out of tuners vs the in-tuners. I much prefer playing things a bit sloppy. And the guitar
well he is playing with heart and soul not with notes this is blues not pop where you have to follow the pattern on blues you have to follow your feelings
well he is playing with heart and soul not with notes this is blues not pop where you have to follow the pattern on blues you have to follow your feelings
If all you think about this music is that his guitar is out of tune, you need to learn some music theory. One of my favorite composers John Cage can explain it best. /watch?v=pcHnL7aS64Y
i saw it questioned if Son's guitar was out of tune. Son played with an open G tuning and the chords simply have a different character when played compared to that of standard tuning. Son played fairly roughly and I'd have to think that he would go out of tune quite a bit. If in the middle of the song you'd just have to roll with it. In tune, out of tune, whatever, I'd put Son up against any other man with only a guitar and a voice. He was that good. He was in the ballpark of anyone.
@slashsrealson I thought that too once, then I saw some footage......having a beer with Son would end badly. I love this guy but even Robert Johnson wouldnt drink with him....LOL Peace
@slashsrealson awwwww man that would be great. but his grave is near by me so i can at the very least go to his plot and play his music while having a lil taste lol
The guitar might be out of tune, but the singing and performance penetrates right through your ears and hits your soul hard. Rarely will you ever hear such a passionate blues voice.
@kickalion are you fucking retarded? son house is one of the best blues musicians ever to play. michael angelo batio is a good guitarplayer but he has no soulor no emotion in what he plays, and if you dont have those then you might as well not even play. if you call son house a "chicken shit music singer" then you must be ignorant and enjoy listening to the sound of your own masturbation. this music is a certian style and is respected by almost every musician that is out there. go fuck yourself.
@kickalion dude you just dont get it. mr. randy or zakk wylde or even black sabbath would not be here without blues music. blues was the start up of rock and roll then that transformed into hard rock and metal of the 70's. if you are going on a basis of skill then son house is a good guitar player. he was not the best (robert johnson or maby some other guys were) but he was one of the most influential. without son house white stripes would not be. you think hand pickin' is easy?
@kickalion....I hope God has mercy on your poor soul when you die, you Hipster. You must not have any idea about the roots of music or where music comes from. Stop buying everything that MTV and your washed-up guitar buddies tell you about. Mr.Crowley doesn't have a fraction of a percent of the feeling or soul that was put into this song. Just the fact Son House doesn't care about his tuning or the style of his guitar or the sound of his voice shows that he has more of a passion for music.
Yes, he was out of tune. His health was not the best by this time, and he may have been drunk, as he struggled with alchoholism.
However, his classic sides reveal him to be an excellent guitar player. And he is one of the greatest Blues singers who ever lived. I would say 'Top Five'. Everyone has their weak moments, and this was his. Still, you can hear his greatness in his singing.
@kickalion Haha, so you're going on various son house videos leaving inane comments about how he's rubbish and insulting people who call you a cunt talker... noone's forcing you to like the blues fuck off go listen to men in spandex
@kickalion So you're going on various son house videos leaving inane comments about how he's rubbish and insulting people who call you a cunt talker... haha noone's forcing you to like the blues fuck off go listen to men in spandex
@kickalion just shut the fuck up you piece of shit. you know nothing about music. repeatedly hit your head with a hammer so you have an excuse for being a retard.
@NorthTulsaBoy Nice reply. You defended him without denying reality. Some people don`t care if it`s good or not, they think anything from someone they like is gold.
This recording is after he was rediscovered, he had not played guitar in some twenty years but sat right down and started playing and recording. One of the best Country Blues Slide players, his caustic approach to the guitar coupled with his booming ministers voice...powerful beautiful my man, powerful beautiful...
@Ganjamancer i actually read somewhere that Dick Waterman maybe it was, after he found Son he actually had to reteach him to play some of his own songs
@TheJacquesHappy It's increadible, isn't it? :P If any other guy would sing with that kinda voice or with that playing on such a guitar he'd be laughed at in the smallest of clubs, but the emotion this guy can put into, man, it practically makes me weep
@tinpanalley67 i heard somewhere he used to flatten the 6th string down to a g as well. could be rubbish but it makes sense with the way he just bashes the strings
To those who complain about his guitar being out of tune:
Who cares? Blues is about imperfection. It has a power that cannot exist otherwise. The need for everything to be perfectly arranged leads to blandness, like today's manufactured pop music.
Enjoy the raw, powerful emotion that rumbles through the cracks.
It's part of what this genre represents and he was one of the few with such clear recordings and roots to this music, it's hard to say that the guitar is out of tune. It has it's flavor on it's own. If you down like the taste of this flavor, then leave and don't listen to it.
Honestly my very first blues song I listened to at length. An epiphany! I feel like life punched me in the brain then wrapped me in a comfy blanket and gave me a bottle.
PS, jrg45721- I loved your response. Allow me to interject, not only are you ears out of tune, it's your soul that needs tuning.
Makes you realise that not everyone is an empty piece of crap out to screw everyone and everything. I`m not a major blues fan but Son House is just something else, makes me feel real in a Manchester, Salford way...give them the blues up there SH, god bless you
@scout005 You guys are ridiculous!!! He isn't out of tune! Tunings are more than EADGBD. He's tuned to Open G dissonant (flattened B) for special, hauntingg effec!t
Where is this from? I have some video of Son House, but its bad quality compared to this. I love this clip and how it shows him keepin' time with his feet. Whenever you get fed up with all the useless dreck on the radio, put Son House on the hi-fi and if it doesn't inspire you - you just ain't right. Great post!
This is from the Old Grey Whistle Test, on BBC Television in the UK. He did a radio session for John Peel round about the same time. Apparently, when John Peel was showing him the sights of London, all he kept repeating was "the Blues ain't none of this foolishness!"!!?
I think I did hear that at one time- I believe there were two 'spoken' pieces, where he gives his description of 'the blues', but they've been edited from the longer versions on the original broadcast!?? Thanx!
I know many believe that wc handy was the father of reocorded blues. Fuck those who think so. WC was great. but was Jazz. bring it. all you handy fans. Handy WAS JAZZ NOT BLUES
I first heard Son House via Rock legend Eric Clapton. I'm glad I did. Awesome. Dare I say it...Better then Robert Johnson for sure. Some style, but better!!
Hahaha everyone's talking about it being "out of tune." I don't know, maybe they forgot that this is the blues... If your guitar isn't at least slightly out of tune you're doing something wrong. Son House beat the shit out of his strings and still made it sound damn good. Then you have that hauntingly beautiful voice over the top.
A bluesman's guitar might be out of tune because he has been busking for 7 hours or his guitar is a hand me down, but take it from a blues musician, no professional musician will purposely untune his guitar for a gig.
@DaveyD327 WELL SAID! I had my hands burnt in a fire, and now I play a lot of open tunning slide. Son House was a gifted man. He was the MASTER OF THE SLIDE BLUES.
@DaveyD327 Anyone who is distracted by the tuning of this man's guitar, surely lacks an ear for true soul. Y'all wish you had 1/4 of the soul of son house.
@DaveyD327 If you've ever played one of those kind of guitars, they sound like shit anyway because the strings are about an inch off the fretboard. It's amazing you can play one at all. Son House rules!
are you kidding me this is one of the great blues players and nobody sold anything its the blues if you cant appretiate these old blues then you got no right to listen to any of them
Son House was a true pioneer. The saddest thing about his life was as he became older he started drinking heavily and was shunned by other musicians and had to start working as a porter for a railroad.
Wow, thanks for the history on Son House. I just discovered him last night after seeing "It might get loud". Jack White said he is his favorite artist. There's one song that's his all time favorite w/o guitar, only hand clapping and I forgot the name of the song.
its just son house singing & clapping, i read about jack white's love of that tune in a book all about the white stripes. personally i think son house's tune called Pearline is his best music ever, but thats personal taste but Pearline is an amazing tune, check it out on here & you will hear what i mean!
He actually was a railroad worker and truck driver by profession. He never picked up a guitar until he was 26 and played with the likes of Charley Patton and Willie Brown by the age of 29. He never chose to make it as a professional musician because he had spiritual issues with the blues and church. He felt that the blues were a sin and never could bring himself to stick to it. He quit music for 15 years or so. Alcoholic, sure but 99% of musicians are/were. Still, not shunned by most!
I remember seeing the Scorcese blues dvds with Taj Mahal (i think) talking about the battle Son House fought between playing the blues and being a good Godly man. Given the fact the guy never totally devoted himself to his music, he was literally a genius, just imagine if he was 1000% committed. RIP Son House, one of the blues greats.
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i'm sorry, he may be the grandpappy of blues but that sounds like a cat being strung alive. afterall just because it was the first doesnt make it the greatest.
robert johnson couldnt play the guitar with crap...that is until one of 2 things happened:1.he sold his soul to the devil according to southern mythology 2. he went down south and played everyday at different bars and got alot better until eventually he had an affair with a bar tenders wife leading to the bartender poisoning rodney, ending his life....because he sold his sold to the devil maybe? :P
Indeed...this is raw,down and dirty and yet....pure delta blues!. Poweful interpretation of the lyrics...the guiter just slightly out of tune only adds to the emotion coming from Mr. House acting out the song done originally in 1922 by Alberta Hunter and covered one year later by the great Bessie Smith.
I like the heavy breathing in between lines. This is probably one of the heaviest live performances of the blues. It's not about show boating on the guitar. This guy came from a different era. He came from the age of steam! This man is on his last legs. This is the blues at its best...We are lucky to be able to experience this man, if only there were some footage of Robert Johnson. Amen.
i dont belive it's because he's drunk it coudl be his guitar too.. but this guy is very talented or its outa tune and he is and drunk and he don't care just picked it up and started to play
"sometimes i wish i could have my whole heart in my hands" thats a really good lyric
capi7al 1 week ago
Tuning the Guitar is overated
ch3rrysunbur5t 2 weeks ago
god?
jon66065 2 months ago
This man is a legend..... He should have a temple built in his honor just like the ones in Greece...
TheOrderoftheOwl 3 months ago
damn he makes an out of tune guitar sound good.
515742617000027 5 months ago
Thank you mr. dsofrank for this great selection of great blues!!!
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ratstompmusic 6 months ago
I'm going to say a prayer and put some flowers on his grave this weekend.
tweezee 6 months ago
Tuning your guitar is overated!
ch3rrysunbur5t 7 months ago 6
the guitar is not out of tune it's just suffering with his master!
Joaomota87 7 months ago 3
nothing but heart soul and pain
MolotovTNT 8 months ago 3
it's Mrs Son House I feel sorry for
DrunkOnPoppySeeds 8 months ago
Something that at first sounded out of tune never turned out tasting soo good. =]
MrZekeisme 9 months ago
The song sounds the way it is supposed to... i am a big fan of son house.. at first i tought the guitar is out of tune also....,and actually it is tuned down from open g i aint shure but i think on the 2nd or 3 th string the title is downharted blues...offf course this is the way ,downharted blues sounds...and you should play d...i always like open tunings and messing around with them,so i think i got it right on this one...
burninhellfire84 9 months ago
Hmmm, obv this is a great performance but there is an argument between the out of tuners vs the in-tuners. I much prefer playing things a bit sloppy. And the guitar
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well he is playing with heart and soul not with notes this is blues not pop where you have to follow the pattern on blues you have to follow your feelings
lordjaimeprimero 10 months ago
well he is playing with heart and soul not with notes this is blues not pop where you have to follow the pattern on blues you have to follow your feelings
lordjaimeprimero 10 months ago 2
If all you think about this music is that his guitar is out of tune, you need to learn some music theory. One of my favorite composers John Cage can explain it best. /watch?v=pcHnL7aS64Y
Gooseguy6664 10 months ago
@Gooseguy6664 fuck you
corzocl 10 months ago 2
@corzocl Are you slow?? I was agreeing with you. I don't see how you got voted up on that either.
Gooseguy6664 9 months ago
Imagine the fret-wear on that beauty!... no wonder Jack White thinks guitars should be a battle to win by playing them.
BigAussieBloke69 11 months ago
i saw it questioned if Son's guitar was out of tune. Son played with an open G tuning and the chords simply have a different character when played compared to that of standard tuning. Son played fairly roughly and I'd have to think that he would go out of tune quite a bit. If in the middle of the song you'd just have to roll with it. In tune, out of tune, whatever, I'd put Son up against any other man with only a guitar and a voice. He was that good. He was in the ballpark of anyone.
Wuddymaters13 11 months ago 2
i wish i could have a beer with son house.
slashsrealson 11 months ago 12
@slashsrealson I thought that too once, then I saw some footage......having a beer with Son would end badly. I love this guy but even Robert Johnson wouldnt drink with him....LOL Peace
bakedsushi 9 months ago
@slashsrealson awwwww man that would be great. but his grave is near by me so i can at the very least go to his plot and play his music while having a lil taste lol
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AVOLdesign 11 months ago
The guitar might be out of tune, but the singing and performance penetrates right through your ears and hits your soul hard. Rarely will you ever hear such a passionate blues voice.
FreeTheGhetto 11 months ago 16
@FreeTheGhetto best response ever
corzocl 10 months ago 2
Is it just me or does that guitar sound outa tune
bazerdazer 11 months ago
@bazerdazer YES! That's the secret! watch "Louie Bluie" by Terry Zwigoff
urckrecords 11 months ago
What a badass!!
olesne 11 months ago
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Probably my favourite recorded live performance.
destinysblade 1 year ago
Probably my favourite ever recorded live performance of anything.
destinysblade 1 year ago 2
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STREETCITYMOB 1 year ago
i can only dream of playing like that haha
amazing
clc9010 1 year ago
love this stuff
kw2709 1 year ago
Its nice to hear a little soft blues music now and then.. calms the heart
RulerL0rd 1 year ago
"dickheaded" lol...
hughpower123 1 year ago
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he is out of tune!! check out michael angelo batio..not this cheap street chicken music singer
kickalion 1 year ago
@kickalion are you fucking retarded? son house is one of the best blues musicians ever to play. michael angelo batio is a good guitarplayer but he has no soulor no emotion in what he plays, and if you dont have those then you might as well not even play. if you call son house a "chicken shit music singer" then you must be ignorant and enjoy listening to the sound of your own masturbation. this music is a certian style and is respected by almost every musician that is out there. go fuck yourself.
metalistR1 1 year ago
@metalistR1 say him to play mr.crowley
kickalion 1 year ago
@kickalion dude you just dont get it. mr. randy or zakk wylde or even black sabbath would not be here without blues music. blues was the start up of rock and roll then that transformed into hard rock and metal of the 70's. if you are going on a basis of skill then son house is a good guitar player. he was not the best (robert johnson or maby some other guys were) but he was one of the most influential. without son house white stripes would not be. you think hand pickin' is easy?
metalistR1 1 year ago
@metalistR1 u r dickheaded
kickalion 1 year ago
@kickalion nice grammer retard and mabye if you had some more info you could actually come back with a valid argument.
metalistR1 1 year ago
@kickalion....I hope God has mercy on your poor soul when you die, you Hipster. You must not have any idea about the roots of music or where music comes from. Stop buying everything that MTV and your washed-up guitar buddies tell you about. Mr.Crowley doesn't have a fraction of a percent of the feeling or soul that was put into this song. Just the fact Son House doesn't care about his tuning or the style of his guitar or the sound of his voice shows that he has more of a passion for music.
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@fruitbootin there is no god
kickalion 1 year ago
@kickalion
Yes, he was out of tune. His health was not the best by this time, and he may have been drunk, as he struggled with alchoholism.
However, his classic sides reveal him to be an excellent guitar player. And he is one of the greatest Blues singers who ever lived. I would say 'Top Five'. Everyone has their weak moments, and this was his. Still, you can hear his greatness in his singing.
Believe me, he was the real deal.
NorthTulsaBoy 1 year ago 2
@NorthTulsaBoy bullshit, u must be a moron
kickalion 1 year ago
@kickalion Haha, so you're going on various son house videos leaving inane comments about how he's rubbish and insulting people who call you a cunt talker... noone's forcing you to like the blues fuck off go listen to men in spandex
busessuck1 1 year ago 3
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@kickalion So you're going on various son house videos leaving inane comments about how he's rubbish and insulting people who call you a cunt talker... haha noone's forcing you to like the blues fuck off go listen to men in spandex
busessuck1 1 year ago
@kickalion just shut the fuck up you piece of shit. you know nothing about music. repeatedly hit your head with a hammer so you have an excuse for being a retard.
metalistR1 1 year ago
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@metalistR1 get a life niggers lover
kickalion 1 year ago
@kickalion i feel sorry for you
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Please don't spread your moronic gene pool brother, please do the world this one small favor...
torret0714 11 months ago
@kickalion {Please don't spread your moronic gene pool brother, please do the world this small favor)...
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@kickalion Please don't spread your moronic gene pool my brother, do the rest of the world this one small favor...
torret0714 11 months ago
@NorthTulsaBoy Nice reply. You defended him without denying reality. Some people don`t care if it`s good or not, they think anything from someone they like is gold.
PedroTightShorts 1 year ago
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Thanks.
NorthTulsaBoy 1 year ago
@kickalion <--- Is obviously a troll because even shredders know Michael Angelo Batio is a clown.
feedkillchain 11 months ago
This is one of the purest forms music will ever reach
michaelandeweg 1 year ago
son house is epic
TimBirkenholz 1 year ago
The soul comes through every single time, just imagine the emotion behind it...
blacklable1960 1 year ago
the guitar out of tone, passing a tension and troubled sound, just shows what was in the soul of this man.
Saulera777 1 year ago
it's in open G. obviously
transparentknife 1 year ago
Outstanding, outstanding!
tontokurt 1 year ago
This is a raw, honest, powerful musician.
JrisNOTW 1 year ago
Action is so high, strings are so old...Sounds like my first guitar when I was a kid.
beeroosterm 1 year ago
Tuning is for Squares! The "imperfections" are what makes this music perfect.
brianwaterssuperstar 1 year ago
People need to tune up there narrow mind.
PREZ150 1 year ago 3
Beautiful playing! This is a real legend of the blues!
misterd699 1 year ago
i wish i could play with half as much emotion as him
LedZeppGuitar 1 year ago
its so raw. i love it
coloursnspice 1 year ago 3
beautiful!
mamalaura 1 year ago
See my chanel and my favorites you will like my tastes of music
Vox572X 1 year ago
davey thanks for putting that straight hahaha. couldnt have said it better myself
SpaceBarbarian 1 year ago
I love his wig and his untamed guitar!
tontokurt 1 year ago
Hell , THIS is Blues!
QuanYin71 1 year ago
This recording is after he was rediscovered, he had not played guitar in some twenty years but sat right down and started playing and recording. One of the best Country Blues Slide players, his caustic approach to the guitar coupled with his booming ministers voice...powerful beautiful my man, powerful beautiful...
Ganjamancer 1 year ago 2
@Ganjamancer i actually read somewhere that Dick Waterman maybe it was, after he found Son he actually had to reteach him to play some of his own songs
SpaceBarbarian 1 year ago
@SpaceBarbarian you red that on wikipedia.
pretor92 1 year ago
@pretor92 actually i read it in a book. Not on wiki
SpaceBarbarian 1 year ago
What an incredible voice........................
bluepez57 1 year ago
crappy singer
crap guitarist
crappy guitar (probably worth a lot though)
shitty strings
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE
TheJacquesHappy 1 year ago
@TheJacquesHappy It's increadible, isn't it? :P If any other guy would sing with that kinda voice or with that playing on such a guitar he'd be laughed at in the smallest of clubs, but the emotion this guy can put into, man, it practically makes me weep
wannabefun 1 year ago 3
colour film!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!! shame so little film footage actually is available
JacquelineGaertner 1 year ago
robert johnson was is Son houses band .Roberts first break into music
chungazrevenge 1 year ago
This is the man in his day! Show respect.....
gymhourfee 1 year ago
speaking of tunning, what did he tune to?
zombieman12345678999 1 year ago
@zombieman12345678999 to open G dissonant DGDgbd ( flattened B)
tinpanalley67 1 year ago
@tinpanalley67 i heard somewhere he used to flatten the 6th string down to a g as well. could be rubbish but it makes sense with the way he just bashes the strings
TheBrowndawg 1 year ago
Transcendant. Unparalleled. Otherworldly.
Preacherclint 1 year ago
To those who complain about his guitar being out of tune:
Who cares? Blues is about imperfection. It has a power that cannot exist otherwise. The need for everything to be perfectly arranged leads to blandness, like today's manufactured pop music.
Enjoy the raw, powerful emotion that rumbles through the cracks.
olafolken 1 year ago
what kind of guitar is that??
jacksontrot 1 year ago
@jacksontrot most likely a Dobro resonator guitar
2112hippiemaster 1 year ago
@jacksontrot its a resonator guitar
degensen 1 year ago
It's part of what this genre represents and he was one of the few with such clear recordings and roots to this music, it's hard to say that the guitar is out of tune. It has it's flavor on it's own. If you down like the taste of this flavor, then leave and don't listen to it.
wondrme 1 year ago
Amazing , for me everytime i hear this its like the 1st time i heard it all over again.
timeless masterpiece.
RoadRacer77 1 year ago
Honestly my very first blues song I listened to at length. An epiphany! I feel like life punched me in the brain then wrapped me in a comfy blanket and gave me a bottle.
PS, jrg45721- I loved your response. Allow me to interject, not only are you ears out of tune, it's your soul that needs tuning.
vegasgary702 1 year ago 25
@vegasgary702 best reply in all of you tube
corzocl 10 months ago
Makes you realise that not everyone is an empty piece of crap out to screw everyone and everything. I`m not a major blues fan but Son House is just something else, makes me feel real in a Manchester, Salford way...give them the blues up there SH, god bless you
Viktorcz 1 year ago
Captivating.
thebluesbaby 1 year ago 3
OMG, this is like an exorcism! Son House is not playing the Blues .... The Blues are playing *HIM*! Incredible.
Bruneio 1 year ago 4
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qwerly45 1 year ago
can someone please tell me where i can get some tabs for this?
andyelliott22 1 year ago
I dont know where anyone can get a tab for life experience...
albyroblejo 1 year ago 13
wow, nice quality
castratedrhino77 1 year ago 2
quanto cazzo è sofferto sto pezzo....?!
lastoeldar 2 years ago
Oh yeah!
papasilvertooth 2 years ago
Superb Vid
theblueshotel 2 years ago
Wonderful. Great quality video. Is he out of tune/ or is that how it's supposed to be?
scout005 2 years ago
He's in tune with himself!!
mikegerrish 2 years ago 4
He's not out of tune - it's (y)our ears!
jrg45721 1 year ago 12
@scout005 You guys are ridiculous!!! He isn't out of tune! Tunings are more than EADGBD. He's tuned to Open G dissonant (flattened B) for special, hauntingg effec!t
tinpanalley67 1 year ago
@tinpanalley67 I mean EADGbe
tinpanalley67 1 year ago
Where is this from? I have some video of Son House, but its bad quality compared to this. I love this clip and how it shows him keepin' time with his feet. Whenever you get fed up with all the useless dreck on the radio, put Son House on the hi-fi and if it doesn't inspire you - you just ain't right. Great post!
Rabbitbox70 2 years ago 2
This is from the Old Grey Whistle Test, on BBC Television in the UK. He did a radio session for John Peel round about the same time. Apparently, when John Peel was showing him the sights of London, all he kept repeating was "the Blues ain't none of this foolishness!"!!?
mikegerrish 2 years ago
If it is the same thing I am thinking about, the radio session has been torrented. It is from an FM broadcast in 1970.
DeathxLetter 2 years ago
I think I did hear that at one time- I believe there were two 'spoken' pieces, where he gives his description of 'the blues', but they've been edited from the longer versions on the original broadcast!?? Thanx!
mikegerrish 2 years ago
Open tuning blues, Ya gotta love it!
The feeling in this music is so evident you can feel it in your bones..
Son House was a master...
Thanks for sharing this!
canajian 2 years ago 3
Son House's voice shakes your soul from the inside
Danman917 2 years ago 19
I think Bukka White's a much better guitarplayer. Son's playing on its's own is not really special imho, his singing is though.
mathiasmas 2 years ago
The simplicity of it is part of the charm. He's one of the few delta blues guys who had live recordings of himself.
rfw45 2 years ago 2
No, his guitar is not out of tune, dsofrank, it sounds perfect!
Thanks for posting, nice color footage!!
benguich 2 years ago
pure emotion, god damn son.. how the fuck do you play with this much energy and soul... we need more music played with heart and soul these days...
OhSoInsane 2 years ago 3
i like how he snorts
ianspitzig 2 years ago
Son House is the great Delta guy who has actual recordings.
rfw45 2 years ago
I know many believe that wc handy was the father of reocorded blues. Fuck those who think so. WC was great. but was Jazz. bring it. all you handy fans. Handy WAS JAZZ NOT BLUES
rfw45 2 years ago
damn thats vintage
kopenmaster1 2 years ago
God Bless you Son House!!
silverado2004 2 years ago 6
I first heard Son House via Rock legend Eric Clapton. I'm glad I did. Awesome. Dare I say it...Better then Robert Johnson for sure. Some style, but better!!
lovebeinamommy07 2 years ago 6
ive never seen a man with so much blues, he is the blues, this is blues, and this is good ol music
Jimmyboy222 2 years ago 12
Master
sliperuknot 2 years ago 7
this video brought tears to my eyes
musicjunkie1221 2 years ago 7
Great Voice!
Tonefid115 2 years ago 2
Hahaha everyone's talking about it being "out of tune." I don't know, maybe they forgot that this is the blues... If your guitar isn't at least slightly out of tune you're doing something wrong. Son House beat the shit out of his strings and still made it sound damn good. Then you have that hauntingly beautiful voice over the top.
Tuning... You kids are hilarious haha
DaveyD327 2 years ago 103
This man speaks teh truth
alexicon89 2 years ago 2
A bluesman's guitar might be out of tune because he has been busking for 7 hours or his guitar is a hand me down, but take it from a blues musician, no professional musician will purposely untune his guitar for a gig.
Smadlin01 2 years ago
Glenn Branca?
nicolasdurruti 2 years ago
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maxnooo 2 years ago
@DaveyD327 WELL SAID! I had my hands burnt in a fire, and now I play a lot of open tunning slide. Son House was a gifted man. He was the MASTER OF THE SLIDE BLUES.
gymhourfee 1 year ago
@DaveyD327: amen. Some people just don't get "the blues". Look in his eyes, listen to his voice...this man LIVED the blues.
nsbear1 1 year ago
@DaveyD327 True, brother.
jimbradylive 1 year ago
@DaveyD327 Anyone who is distracted by the tuning of this man's guitar, surely lacks an ear for true soul. Y'all wish you had 1/4 of the soul of son house.
IHateLongIsland 1 year ago 3
@DaveyD327 If you've ever played one of those kind of guitars, they sound like shit anyway because the strings are about an inch off the fretboard. It's amazing you can play one at all. Son House rules!
dchitty01 1 year ago
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Wow.. this brother is way out of tune.
Snotra 2 years ago
まさかサン・ハウスがカラーでみられるとは。いつごろなんだ？
electricchair1000 2 years ago 4
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crank dat soulja boy!!
wookieproductions 2 years ago
are you kidding me this is one of the great blues players and nobody sold anything its the blues if you cant appretiate these old blues then you got no right to listen to any of them
annc88 2 years ago 2
Son House was a true pioneer. The saddest thing about his life was as he became older he started drinking heavily and was shunned by other musicians and had to start working as a porter for a railroad.
walterwood1 2 years ago
Wow, thanks for the history on Son House. I just discovered him last night after seeing "It might get loud". Jack White said he is his favorite artist. There's one song that's his all time favorite w/o guitar, only hand clapping and I forgot the name of the song.
nrobnas43 2 years ago
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zeppelin72189 2 years ago
the tune is called grinnin in your face.
its just son house singing & clapping, i read about jack white's love of that tune in a book all about the white stripes. personally i think son house's tune called Pearline is his best music ever, but thats personal taste but Pearline is an amazing tune, check it out on here & you will hear what i mean!
Farmaz 2 years ago 2
John the revelator
jahmerican876 2 years ago
He actually was a railroad worker and truck driver by profession. He never picked up a guitar until he was 26 and played with the likes of Charley Patton and Willie Brown by the age of 29. He never chose to make it as a professional musician because he had spiritual issues with the blues and church. He felt that the blues were a sin and never could bring himself to stick to it. He quit music for 15 years or so. Alcoholic, sure but 99% of musicians are/were. Still, not shunned by most!
brturner1974 2 years ago 4
I remember seeing the Scorcese blues dvds with Taj Mahal (i think) talking about the battle Son House fought between playing the blues and being a good Godly man. Given the fact the guy never totally devoted himself to his music, he was literally a genius, just imagine if he was 1000% committed. RIP Son House, one of the blues greats.
BuckMarley612 2 years ago 4
ok your a bunch of idiots. This is Son House and this is blues from the heart and all points south of there.
fallingblade0com 2 years ago
Yes your right, this is some deep shit! This is what comes out of a man when he's been beaten & broken but he's still standing.
shaserv 2 years ago
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i'm sorry, he may be the grandpappy of blues but that sounds like a cat being strung alive. afterall just because it was the first doesnt make it the greatest.
millball 2 years ago
robert johnson couldnt play the guitar with crap...that is until one of 2 things happened:1.he sold his soul to the devil according to southern mythology 2. he went down south and played everyday at different bars and got alot better until eventually he had an affair with a bar tenders wife leading to the bartender poisoning rodney, ending his life....because he sold his sold to the devil maybe? :P
sugar730 2 years ago
if you think that then you are a idiot he is one of the most famous people around and player there are not any one like him today its song no devil .
annc88 2 years ago 2
Son House, one of the very best. That's all.
Optimistiq1 2 years ago 2
Indeed...this is raw,down and dirty and yet....pure delta blues!. Poweful interpretation of the lyrics...the guiter just slightly out of tune only adds to the emotion coming from Mr. House acting out the song done originally in 1922 by Alberta Hunter and covered one year later by the great Bessie Smith.
Rest in Peace Brother Son House (1902-1988)
bluesonthelake 2 years ago
I like the heavy breathing in between lines. This is probably one of the heaviest live performances of the blues. It's not about show boating on the guitar. This guy came from a different era. He came from the age of steam! This man is on his last legs. This is the blues at its best...We are lucky to be able to experience this man, if only there were some footage of Robert Johnson. Amen.
MrLewisFloydHenry 2 years ago 3
hallejah brother
MrDukezen 2 years ago
who cares about the guitar...that's a really powerful voice.
MrDukeFreeman 2 years ago
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the guiar sounds soo old and stuff he probly made it himself haha
shawnyboie 2 years ago
i no what your talkin about true raw blues nothing better
TheWindycityblues 2 years ago
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Dat's dat Ol' Nigga Style!!! A Ol' Nigga from up outta Mississippi on yo' ass! Real Americans know what I'm talkin bout.
Oyegbami 2 years ago
Well played, old man.
DeadJerker 2 years ago
Recorded at the BBC [i think]
hartnell114 2 years ago
Looks like the Whistle Test studio
sparksrule 2 years ago
It is. This was on the other night, 'Blues at the BBC' on BBC 4
zoso7889 2 years ago 2
listen to death letter
THATS A GOOD EXAMPLE
shawnyboie 2 years ago
i dont belive it's because he's drunk it coudl be his guitar too.. but this guy is very talented or its outa tune and he is and drunk and he don't care just picked it up and started to play
shawnyboie 2 years ago
its the blues dude, who gives a fuck about being 'in tune'
TheBrowndawg 2 years ago 49
@TheBrowndawg - Yeah I believe Alvin Lee once said something like - "good enough for jazz" - when it was about tuning...haha!
Rhon243243243 1 year ago
@TheBrowndawg YOU get it.
jimbradylive 1 year ago