Son House - Death Letter

Son House performing the song Death Letter.

This is from a documentary made by the BBC, I do not own the rights and all rights go to the BBC

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Son
• House
• Blues
• Delta
• blues
• slide
• guitar
• bluesman
• BBC
• documentary
• music

[obwunn]

Thank you for keeping good music around. All genres of music should be heard by all. Never listen to one type of music. Open your mind to everything out there and it will be the sountrack to your life. Peace.

[ghostdog1987]

@obwunn

Very well said :) and I'm glad you like it.

[JamezFromMaine]

son house was known for switchin it up from time to time adding words and changing it up the sound of how he plays the song

[ghostdog1987]

@JamezFromMaine

Thanks for shedding some light on the matter :) I heard quite a few versions indeed.

[kickalion]

that's not death letter

[ghostdog1987]

@kickalion

I'm pretty sure it is actually.

[tweezee]

@WSMitchell1 I was born and raised in Detroit. His grave site is just 8 blocks from my house. i put a rose on his plot maybe 4 weeks ago.

[windirian]

the kind of blues you feel in your guts..the devil blues....this is amazing. robert johnson just got bumped off my number 1 for my blues favorites.

[davec3487]

@tweezee You should post a video of the site.

[newman015]

Although awfully out of tune, he still manages to create a awesome sound and vocal ability. A true blues man!

[hugoadancampuzano]

beautiful man! i know this song thanks to the white stripes... but this version is a masterpiece by itself... beautiful indeed...

[LedZeppelin420x]

@kickalion unless you knew the man personally you really can say

[Spookaduke100]

@AdrenLine It's completely out of tune and STILL sounds bad ass

[nofxrulez1]

@AdrenLine thats the whole thing about the blues, its supposed to rough, not perfect.

[dirtynuke]

I'm cryin. This makes me cry.

[j45syounennba]

Great !!

[AdrenLine]

This song is amazing and all but horribly out of tune.. wtf