Son House - Death Letter Blues

Son House performs "Death Letter" in an archival clip from Night Music.

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• house
• deather
• letter
• blues
• archival
• night
• music
• nightmusic

[32646286]

Who are the women he says he loves after his mother and his sister?

[scmm42]

@32646286 One of them is definitely "my wife." The other line has been the subject of much discussion in these comments. Leading theories are "kin gal," "kid gal" and "dead gal." Check out the comments from about a year ago for detailed discussion of this.

[XArcane]

@diggyu Bruv are you working for the KKK or something? Is this what they do nowadays to stir up racial tension? I'm black, I reckon Son House would probably like Jack White, but he would slap the shit outta you.

[FirstBornSunBand]

@diggyu Are you the expert? Leadbelly had a lot of white friends, but I doubt you knew that. Not all blacks hated whites, and not all whites hated blacks. It's attitudes like yours that perpetuate racism.

[slimydick23]

I can't figure out how he's making those sounds with that guitar.

[nassreiskulturen]

@scmm42 "kid girl" would make sense in a way that he means "his" daughter (?). I mean three of the four women "he" lists are part of "his" family.

[finkdd8]

@32646286 tin can

[wabman]

@Gepetto48 The civil rights movement only ended because most of the great black leaders of the time were killed. A community with out any proper leadership is bound to have major problems especially if their own government is trying so hard to keep them down

[Gepetto48]

Funny how the true Africans I meet from Africa are gracious , polite, and respectful. Just like I am to them. The blacks from the U.S. hate me for no reason, they are rude, they are bullies, and they will stick a blade in you just like it was nothing. And that's just the women. The men are usually worse. Blacks had a chance to do something after the civil rights movement, but they BLEW IT. And they have no one to blame but themselves. Oh by the way, Bill Cosby basically said just that

[Gepetto48]

My my, what a bunch of race-baiting whiners on this thread! What's the matter?  Do you need someone else to blame for your inconsequential little existence? I could have sworn it was just a video of a man playing a song. Or do you even recall why you clicked on it in the first place?

[retrobananaguy]

@diggyu You sir, seem to be a very grumpy, opinionated racist. Before you go pointing fingers at an ENTIRE race for allegedly "stealing" music that originated with black people, know that we are all allowed to enjoy the music we choose. Music can't be divided like race was, otherwise white people would be stuck with cheesy 90's synth pop like depeche mode (no offense depeche mode)

[theofakostas]

@lostthebattle Thank you! It's kind of a relief that it's not just me hearin "kitty cat".

[lostthebattle]

@scmm42 kitty cat

[AussieOddball]

love this song