Son House "Preachin' the Blues"

The back drop is an old abandoned, forgotten Black Baptist Church

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• blues
• church
• alabama

[FullTraction4]

I'm 40 and have been listening to the blues for many many years, but I am embarrassed to admit that I only recently discovered Son House through my best friend, who happened upon him on one of the torrent sites. I don't think I've ever felt the music as much as with Son! So far, "Live at the Gaslight Cafe...Damn!

[messabout1]

@FullTraction4

Son House is the blues. Give a listen to "John the Revelator"

[tommy2chips]

He is okay? I don't have as many children as he had. LOL In fact I have no Kids. I am a blues lover. I do not hate any blues Music @ all. With the exception of Billie Holiday. I hate her.

[messabout1]

Billie was more of a Big Band, jazz singer to me

[tommy2chips]

Good Googa Mugga. I love this stuff!!! I am Black American who love the blues but I can't find this anywhere but you tube. man I am diggin' this man . I have always know of him but never got into him. 10,000,000 thanks.

[messabout1]

Son House, old school but sweet

[bluedanbob]

Yeah, to elaborate on what blaqfather said, tabs for blues songs are bad. To play the blues properly you cannot play a memorized arrangement, it's all about improvisation and feeling. What you bring to a song through your own voice and experience makes the song what it is.

Tune your guitar to an open chord, usually G (DGDGBD), get a slide, and make bar chords. Feel it out and get a groove on. You never have to play it the same way twice.

[blaqfather]

It's almost always a pre-tuned bar cord like E-Major or (C-Major) / Minor. Then there are relative majors and minors. ( A-Minor) goes with C-Major, and so forth.( Move the slide to the bar frets ) Tune the guitar with a tune fork like in the old days. Use medium gage strings, not light gage. Use an old guitar. Record with one microphone in front.

[rydochi]

@messabout1 If you haven't, check out the original recording of "John the Revelator" by Blind Willie Johnson.

[Iused2BeGod]

If it was a video it had to be in the sixties this version was from the 1930 Paramount sessions. Nobody was really making videos of poor southern black ex-preachers back then, white people were still painting their faces with black makeup and dressing in grass skirts to play 'natives'...

[Iused2BeGod]

An original video? IT WAS RECORDED IN 1930! So if someone has the original video of this song and posts it, I'll sell you the sun for only 10 billion USD (buyer collects).

[Duwop77]

Is that someone or something looking out the old abandoned church window?

[nzephier]

Son House sounds so different when hes singing.

[FullTraction4]

@messabout1

It's awesome!

[badjackbrowning5]

@tommy2chips Billie Holiday is amazing. You should keep listening to her.

[zyruemusic]

HELL YES!!!!