Son was a preacher and a church pastor before turning to the blues at 25. This song was a centerpiece of his performances in the Blues revisited during the 1960's. He often altered the tempo and lyrics for different performances, sometimes performing them twice, during the same show. From a great time in the advancement of the Blues as we know it. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Frank. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

Son House one of the early delta bluesman. Ran with Charley Patton and Willie Brown. Robert Johnson follwed Son House around to learn. Gave up playing in forties, rediscovered in the early sixties. Al Wilson from Canned Heat came along and helped him relearn the guitar. Geat story behind this guy. Great reaction!

@LuxuriousInterior

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Thanks for mentioning Al's involvement. It's a real shame that he's basically been forgotten

@Shamacanada

Жыл бұрын

@Brandon Blind Owl left us too soon

@danielschaeffer1294

11 ай бұрын

I was privileged to see the Al Wilson Canned Heat three times. Once was a jam session with Jim Morrison! Wilson was a hero of mine when I was learning guitar. Those were the days when giants walked the earth.

Thank God for these old blues men who created a uniquely American form of music appreciated all over the world. They suffered greatly while blessing us all beyond words.

To dip your toe a little deeper into the waters of 'classic blues', I recommend an electrified slide blues player named Elmore James, w the song "DUST MY BROOM"... Mr. James invented a slide guitar riff so iconic that it's still standard in blues songs 70 years later. This song will make your feet dance for sure!

@richardmather1906

Жыл бұрын

Tremendously influential player, from the Allman Brothers to Fleetwood Mac (Jeremy Spencer) to George Thorogood to, well, just about everybody blues based.

@redcaddiedaddie

Жыл бұрын

@@richardmather1906 ... & Mike Bloomfield!

Son House is awesome.....one of my favorites White Stripes did a decent cover of this

Check out John the Revalator and Grinnin in Your Face both from Son House. Great songs from an old blues man

Another blues legend

A few years ago, we attended the Son House festival here at the Eastman Theater in Rochester, NY, USA. Many blues artists played that were influenced by House. As I recall, he spent a few years here. He had a hard life. Glad to hear this again. Unique sound. Tough words. Thanks Harri.

Watching you listen I can see your mind spinning back. Imagining the Delta in the late 20s . This is the real stuff. Raw

Many great covers to hear. Always loved hearing these old timers do their rendition, interesting thing is, you never really know how far back the lyrics and influence go. I love hearing slide on those resonator guitars.

Amazing choice! Thanks to whoever paid for this! Grinning in your face is also a must! Some of the hardest stuff ever recorded lol no joke

Raw, original, so darn good.

I think we should appreciate the fact that this video footage exists. This kind of footage must be extremely rare.

My favorite of his is Preachin' Blues, as covered by Larkin Poe. (My first exposure to that one was at a Tedeschi Trucks Band concert, with Warren Haynes. Excellent, but I don't know of any recordings of it.)

Son House is my favorite Blues man. He is another level of greatness

I love the blues. A man,a guitar, don't need much else.

During the 1960s the “British Invasion” gave us American blues music a boost by blues -rock bands like The Rolling Stones, and The John Mayall Blues Band, blues bands who teens at the time discovered blues for the first time. And we worked our way backwards and Son House was a cornerstone of the foundation that fortunately was recorded.

Son House is an absolute legend - actually that isn't an adequate description. You ought to hear the original recordings when he was in his prime - it is earth shaking stuff. He is so powerful and it will hook you on the old blues forever. Pure Mississippi Delta blues - he is one of the all time greats - and amongst those greats he is one of the greatest.

My favorite blues man is Jimmy Reed, so many people have covered his songs,you need to check her out

the line is "i thought i'd never love but 4 women in my life, my mother and my sister, my kid gal and my wife". Kid gal can be interpreted as a side piece so the line is actually partly humorous. A phrase Son also used for this is "railroadin' on the side" '

Love the Blues, love it when it's rough and basic. It would be great if the sound quality was better, but this is the very nature of the raw songs then.

Rory Block also did a great version of this song, if you'd like to hear a woman's rendition - similarly stripped-down like this, just her and the guitar.

Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson does an amazing cover of this song on her album New Moon Daughter.

Hendrix stole the guitar lick for “Voodoo Child.”

I think he does the song at the begining of the blues bros2.

Don't you mind people grinning in your face. One of the greatest blue songs you can ever hear I I would implore you to check that song out there's a video of him on the internet what a great song what a great performer what a great blues man

Check out Grinnin' in your Face. By Son.

Son House recorded this in the early 30's and you can see how this recording process worked in a Jack White doco. Skip James recorded his stuff in 1933 so I suspect Son House did the same. When Son was rediscovered in the early 60 I think it was Chess that recorded him. This clip I am sure is from the early 60's. There are another couple of clips and the one that hooked me was so powerful it gave you chills.

@danielschaeffer1294

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Actually he was recorded on Columbia, and the record producer was John Hammond. (Hammond had tried to get Robert Johnson to play his famous “Spirituals to Swing” concerts but by that time Johnson had died, so it must have given Hammond great joy to produce the man who TAUGHT Robert Johnson. Hammond had a fascinating career, and life. He produced Billie Holliday, Bob Dylan, SRV, and a host of others.) Son House got rediscovered by Al Wilson, of Canned Heat, who played harp and second guitar on the Columbia album. This was the result of a search by various members of “the blues Mafia,” a bunch of players and musicologists that included the great John Fahey. The guitar hook for this got stolen by Jimi Hendrix for “Voodoo Child.”

@billeaton9562

Жыл бұрын

@@danielschaeffer1294 Thanks for that Daniel, I assumed it was Chess as the guy talking to Sun House on the recording sounded like the guy from Chess. (cant remember his name). I agree with the Robert Johnson learning from Son House comment . Also I have always thought Robert must have heard some Skip James along the way.

@danielschaeffer1294

Жыл бұрын

@@billeaton9562 Al Wilson certainly learned how to sing falsetto from Skip James. Remember “On the Road Again?” Actually once you start reading liner notes and histories it becomes clear that there was a huge underground of blues fans, folkies and country types who all knew each other all through the early sixties, and this network laid the basis for nearly all the significant music that came after.

Son House........ isn't he the guy who was resurrected by Canned Heat's "Blind Owl" Wilson?

Harri: I suspect this video is from the mid-1960s when he was re-discovered. Next, Bukka White? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZZ81rCGqaSoZ8o.html

Keb Mo, Taj Mahal

a true original.. check out "grinnin in your face" by son house. no guitar, just him clapping and singing. trust me, you won't regret it.

@lukeafterluke

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Hi Harrii! Could you please react to The Creeps' Lovemagic? Thank you! ❤️

Harry Listen to an up and coming female blues artist She is only 24 Song is called Broken and Blue and features Joe Bonamassa doing what he does best Her name is Ally Venable

I think your reactions are the best. You sir have what we musicians call big ears. Such a great range of music.

@debbiechang5781

Жыл бұрын

You are definitely correct Dexter. Harri is the very best. Most diversity and best insights and commentary

The White Stripes did a real well good version of "Death Letter", ya should check it out. Ya should check-out R.L. Burnside too. R.L. didn't pass away until the mid 00's, and actually gained quite a bit of notoriety later in life in the 1990's. Since R.L. was a child he was a neighbour of, and grew up listening to, musician 'Mississippi' Fred McDowell, and Fred became R.L.'s mentor. R.L. Burnside's type of Blues is a little different from the Mississippi Delta Blues. Burnside plays what is known as North Mississippi Hill County Blues. Other popular Hill Country Blues are Junior Kimbrough, T-Model Ford, Othar Turner, North Mississippi Allstars, to name just a few. R.L. Burnside "See My Jumper Hanging On The Line" (1978) is a good start...

THOUGHTIT WAS DEATH LETTER BLUES BUT MAYBE IT IS JUST DEATH LETTER

Him out sorry