Son House - Scary Delta Blues (Live)

[@markscungio2996]

We NEED A REAL, HIGH QUALITY BIOPTIC MOVIE about him...like we had "Ray" a few years ago...Son-House = NATIONAL HISTORIC TREASURE !!!

[@douglaspaterson5269]

Who you think would be a good actor to play him?🤔

[@budpazur4674]

I saw him live ,at Penn State in 1967, with Waterman hovering over him, in a small auditorium, only about 25 guys attending,; I was so close to him, and what I heard and saw changed the musical and cultural arc of my life. If not a god, he is one of God's dearest prophets.

[@denisepazur1351]

Here's Bud's story about seeing Son House live in 1967, at a new blog, deltadownload.com. deltadownload.com/1967-i-was-there-1

[@saltshakergg1813]

ong even robert johnson was influenced by this man here

[@cocoelyssesofficial]

WOW ‼️

[@bloodfiredebt4928]

Speaking of god, I'm so very jealous. There are men, myths, and legends.... Son house is the man the are talking about

[@ExplorerOfTheGalaxy]

How old are you my old man!?? I'm 20 and it's pretty cool to read that!!

[@bubbsruebella8902]

Son House plays like a broken man. He is the best to ever personify the blues.

His body may have been broken because of a hard life, but not his spirit. That is what the Blues is really all about.

[@roelandwindig7349]

I saw him in 1967 together with Skip James , Bukka White, Sonny Terry and Browny McGee in Amsterdam concert hall. And what is more; I recorded it with one of the first cassette decks “ borrowed” it from my father..still have those recordings..

[@declanobrien660]

Please upload them somewhere, you've got history in your pocket

[@milan4080]

Please upload this great stuff. Je hebt waarschijnlijk prachtig materiaal. :)

[@perryamberson]

This performance is an excerpt from the documentary film "Devil Got My Woman, Blues at Newport" directed by folklorist Alan Lomax. At Lomax's request in 1966 the Newport Folk Festival Board set up a replica of a Southern juke-joint in which the older Blues performers could play and be filmed. For several, including Son House and Skip James, it was early in their return to live performance after decades of not playing music. The 61-minute film is available on DVD from Rounder/Universal. As it's a legitimate licensed release, it's possible that the various performers' estates may receive compensation.

[@denisepazur1351]

Dick Waterman referred to all this footage as bootleg.

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

Thank you for the info.!!

[@zlessly]

This was the same show where House got very drunk and started Heckling Howlin Wolf as he was beginning to perform, i think that really messed with Wolf coz Son House was obviously a man he looked up to very very much. Dick Waterman talked about how he was very vigilant in controlling House's Alcoholism while he was his manager and this must've been one of the few times where Waterman lost control. curious to see all the footage from this film to see how that whole scene played out

[@nataelgarcia3722]

Thank you so much

[@skulliesabel]

You can feel his soul in his music. Truly a legend.

[@markwilliams-fb8nh]

Wow as a kid during the seventies, i remember my Uncle Eugene talking about Son House. Thanks for this video.

[@Albert-lm4ik]

He don’t play the blue he is living the blues

[@dklang]

Only one Son House. What a legend

[@dklang]

Any young uns coming up today who want to learn to play the Real Blues, need to listen to Son House. He not only played the blues, he lived it.

[@maksim.guitarism]

Old, but gold.

[@_Peremalfait]

As real as it gets.

[@MOBROOKS]

Realer than real. I love this.

[@michaelkamfwakunda9890]

The blues. The soul. The real feeling. You hear your soul crying. The best of the best. How can one explain this dame feeling.

[@chucktesta5186]

Beautiful art like this often comes from the soul's cry of despair.

[@soulvaccination8679]

Son House I feel is the greatest bluesman in history?Yeah baby Son House ain't no joke.

[@mssjoseph8650]

in blues world there is no greatest everyone is great in his own playing

[@getpeko54]

Yeah huh! He's my fav, too. His voice is so powerful. Many can play guitar but few can generate that kinda' roar when he wants it.

[@johnsolis7631]

@@getpeko54 he is the greatest conjoiner and Elmore james, howling wolf

[@getpeko54]

@@johnsolis7631 Conjoiner and Conjurer! I'm gonna go listen to John the Revelator right now.

[@alext2566]

Charley Patton, Lead Belly, Son House, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt are the OGs. Robert Johnson came after.

[@thecowboypreacher6568]

This is the greatest thing ever created. If emotion was a sound this would be it.

[@n8vgirl271]

Best. Comment. Ever.

[@andrewj.mulheriniv4075]

Amen that

[@tonyphillips878]

JUST A FYI,,,,IT IS EXACTLY THAT,,,,,NO EMOTION,,NO BLUES,,,,RITE ON,BROTHER,,,,,YOU GOT IT ! ,,,,

[@thomashoermann316]

As Son himself described it, "The B. L. U. E. S....."

[@opheropher9639]

I was fortunate enough to see him play live and he just blew you away!

[@stevea1236]

Jesus Christ. Long live Son House. He’s getting every drip of emotion out of that slide. Never heard anything like it.

[@written12]

His strums are so expressive, too.

[@mattdoe2368]

This is real music with soul and feeling love it this is what a lot of rock and roll is based on but nobody plays with this much emotion now a days

[@underdawg2743]

Listen to Love Spreads by The Stone Roses

[@funksway8565]

This is so haunting, beautiful and rare at the same time. Robert Johnson was Definitely chasing this type of blues playing. First time ever heard a guitar cry in black and white footage!

[@Snagglefratz]

Pure, raw, beautiful, perfect.

[@OscarWolf84]

that's the real old blues

[@roberttaylor7064]

He came before Robert Johnson.

[@regularladz]

Yes, but after charlie patton ​@@roberttaylor7064

[@palfab962ify]

Wow...top 10 blues ever...amazing..

[@throbnobulator]

Thanks sooo much for posting this piece of Blues History. Son House Rules.

[@andriypodolskyy]

Respect to him and to his family

[@timoaksel9320]

This is magic.

[@Crossroad_Blues]

This is voodoo magic

[@cindymorris6544]

The Great Son House

[@kennygk79]

So glad Rory Gallagher mentioned Son House in the Guitar Player magazine interview. Had to check out this ol' blues master.

[@saqibshabir9755]

Son House and Rory Gallagher were awesome guitarists!

[@alejandramarquez235]

If it wasn't for Rory Gallaguer, I wouldn't have known Son House. Now I get his admiration and style.

[@Quinn_Wise1]

I just recently discovered him at a African American music historical museum in Nashville, TN when I saw him I immediately had chills. He looks identical to my grandfather and his brothers. I believe he is a ancestor of mines. ♥️ I feel blessed to experience these live performances of him. Blessing on to him ♥️

[@DonaldRumsfailed]

Had the honor tonight of seeing this for the first time. Thank you for filming, whoever you are, long dead though you may be, and thank you for posting, mr vevo, and not giving me commercials. Besides stopping me in my tracks and blowing my mind with its naked powerful beauty, it reminded me of what keith once said about all guitar players just being singers at heart. And this guy is a singer.

[@bcsorensenman]

Amen, no one plays like this anymore. Our loss, this is magnificent, I feel more from ten seconds of this than all modern music. We don't even have a good poser copying stuff like this. The torch was passed, and dropped on the side of the road in the ditch. And NOBODY has what it takes to pick it up and carry it on. RIP Son, thanks for the soul strafing blast of gut wrenching angst.

[@julienmasson8285]

How about Jack White ?

[@dsnodgrass4843]

Hozier does a pretty good job covering Skip James. Just sayin'.

[@HarmonieguitareBlogspotFrjltei]

"no one plays like this anymore"and"We don't even have a good poser copying stuff like this",totally agree with you,we are far,very very far from that powerful,intense,moving and beautiful original blues stuff...not mentioning the voice style completely lost today,and maybe it is kind of natural:other times,other story, other music...to me this is forever in the Music Paradise,a kind of eternal and timeless place for our beloved players who bring tears in our eyes when we listen to them...and I find today we have fantastic players in all styles,they just do something different and,no doubt to me,great!

[@therealsi-b1141]

Maybe your lookin in the wrong place - just sayin.

[@michaellorah9051]

There is a man named Seasick Steve. I suggest you look him up. He's probably one of the most genuine and authentic bluesmen of the modern age.

[@andrewj.mulheriniv4075]

performed with more heart than seen

[@coravisser3846]

This one is unexplainable this touch your whole soul.Thank you SONHOUSEVEVO for uploading,

[@NCS61]

Fantastic! Legend!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Scary. Because real emotions are scary. Nobody feels a song like Mr. House. Thanks

[@MrJohn7778]

Very stoic audience love the vintage video footage!

[@Xavierhanacki]

Gives me chills the whole time

[@laurelmarshall6903]

I don't quite remember when I bought a brand new, shrink wrapped Son House LP record with this song on it; I think it was around 1976. It was right after I had bought a Mississippi Fred McDowell ("I Do NOT PLAY NO ROCK and ROLL) for $1.00 at the Foothill College Bookstore, back in 1975. I love the Blues & I love Son House on this particular song; among some others by Son House. In 2014, I started taking Blues Bass Guitar lessons for about 7 years; playing with Blues bands at a Downtown club in Sunday Jam sessions (until Covid came along & shut everything down, that is...). Oh well. I just want to say that the "REAL" 'Blues feeling' that I've been able to achieve or have with my own Bass-playing was acquired by my first listening to Son House & Guitar players who "influenced" Son House.

[@r.l.six-musicandrecords552]

That's the best Fred McDowell record, and my favorite. And Son House, while not my favorite blues man, is the greatest of them all, I don't care what anyone says. Without him, there would be no idea of bottleneck slide. No Johnsons, no Howlin' Wolf's, no Leadbellys. It started with him and I am so happy it didn't die with him.

[@Cattledestroyer]

That EMOTION! Fantastic

[@camronbay1]

Imagine hearing this out in the woods at night.

[@srvfan454]

I would probably find him, them tell him how awesome he is. Probably while holding up a lit cigarette lighter and cheering.

[@freedomisntfree2089]

I would know from the start it was Most likely the ghost of Son, or I somehow drifted back in time because no one alive in modern days can play and sing with this pure feeling style and emotion.

[@jasonmusic3]

Lol! 🤣🤣

[@NR-ur1dn]

@@freedomisntfree2089 jack white is the only person who even comes close IMO so its definitely no surprise that son was his first music inspiration lol

[@freedomisntfree2089]

@@NR-ur1dn I like Jack White. But still Son had more aggression and more blues emotion in his playing in other words Jack loves it and plays it but there is a big generation gap of many years. Son lived it during his time. Different feelings

[@poetcomic1]

Jazz is one long escape from the blues.

[@carlsmith1263]

poetcomic1 love some Miles Davis, Paco, Frank Sinatra SRV Nirvana Country. Pretty diversified and can play all including Hendrix on guitar

[@0224DJRick]

and that's what i call blues ! the truly blues music because he sang with his soul c'mon i'm only 30 years old, i'm a white dominican american man and how come u gonna call this gem a scary ? ( instead I would call it a rare gem)

[@DanFreeman723]

Honesty is what commercial music dont have. Real Blues can't tell lies. Just the ugly truth.

[@desertdetroiter428]

Maaaaaan, Jack White has this guy all in his spirit.

[@mssjoseph8650]

this is what we call singing with feel

[@GaryOslide]

King Of The blues

[@tonyholland2320]

not named Scary Delta Blues, plus video started after actual original video starts. but it shows the sho nuff, raw genius of SonHouse

[@jeanmarieLillymar]

This is the BLUES

[@draug7966]

son fucking house, impossible to listen to without getting goosebumps.

[@BopLouie]

Hell yeah

[@pena.3302]

Whp can do anything like this &The womans +The Whiskey..A lil bit of What These Gods Did..blues Tradition.

[@dunnock1989]

This is from a tour of the world by SON HOUSE, circa 1941/1942. Recorded in the back room of Clarks' country store in Robinsonville by Lake Cormorant in Mississippi, with John Lomax, this is the only recording of Son House with a band.

[@Stanlayy-em4fk]

www.amazon.com/Devil-Got-My-Woman-Newport/dp/B000067NPL

[@user-fm8xs3hr3w]

Godamn this so sooooooo good!!!!

[@chrismackeown1198]

The shit just got real. Son House amazing. The 2 dislikes...what is wrong with you, bro?

[@TheSecretmuseum]

Thanks for this. One of the Elements.

[@jamesstoltzfus887]

Beautiful comment

[@johnnybajone9994]

PURE DIRT ,MAN!

[@violalmao2603]

No one plays like this wich is a big loss cause i love this💕✌️😓😫

[@gordonc4721]

He Is my friend and I never knew him.

[@elineeugenie5224]

Ohh... 🙂

[@RubinoPride]

no one plays like this anymore

[@mickfunny4185]

Steven Blankfield do you still have your front teeth,

[@carlsmith1263]

Why not i do

[@homesickclifford1966]

@@mickfunny4185 FUNNY MICK NOPE!...CANT STAND DENTURES NEITHER..BOYS KINDA LOADED HERE I HAVE TA GET LIKE THAT TA REALLY GIT IT OUT. BUT HIS GUITAR SOUNDS AS SHIT FACED AS PO SON IS WELL WELL WELL..I DONT SOUND AS GOOD AS I THINK I DO WHEN LOADED..BEST PLAY IF POSSIBLE.... SOBER

[@Banzo_]

He quit playing guitar for like 20 years apparently so he probably lost a lot of the technical act of playing blues, but his performance as a whole, if he was loaded or not, made it great.

[@michaeljoseph9722]

I at least try to

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

Love it.

[@raiavomwaldesrand1928]

Love it! ❤

[@brucetoo3294]

There is FINALLY a HOW TO PLAY SON HOUSE GUITAR DVD available. I think it's from Stefan Grossman.

[@ffchianello]

Legend !!!

[@berndf7437]

When Adam met Eve in paradise that's when these BLUES started 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🍀🍀🍀🏝️🏝️🏝️

[@betsyp500]

SOMEONE JUST POST A PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS MAN ON FACEBOOK, AND I HAD TO LOOK HIM UP, IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM, HE WAS AMAZING"

[@epicoutdoorracin2010]

Son House - Forever on My Mind. (correct title).

[@jeremiahjj3089]

Cody Moraga No, Forever on My Mind is not the correct title. The correct title is Levee Camp Moan, from the 1965 sessions.

[@0patience4flz]

Thanks

[@eduardocarrochio6326]

'one with the song' like a boss!

[@jonasmmg7331]

Fantástico!

[@nickmontreal738]

The Scary Part Is This Type Of Music Come From Da Soul

[@steelhorseclub]

The dude in the audience and the chick with the cigarette... awesome!

[@bluesisgold]

All I can say is thanks a million for posting this. Damn.

Blue de profundis

[@gregorygiacoio7077]

Amazing

[@michaelreidperry3256]

The sound of America!

[@prolefeed1628]

Goddamn that is badass. I got goosebumps.

[@jeremyelliott8017]

THAT VERY LAST NOTE THOUGH. JESUS

[@Sprunkiphase510]

I watch him too also Johnson. And beatdown smith...great player

[@danspringer12]

You got to feel it

[@wallaceboyhemde5538]

Isso sim é uma relíquia 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@kumad21]

Badass

[@carolyngordin6091]

ANOTHER WOMAN'S AFTER MY MY WOMAN

[@camronbay1]

He sure is scary this sounds powerful.

[@andrewclack4881]

Ah Son House what a GOD!

[@Stanlayy-em4fk]

I think Son House was extremely intoxicated at this point. Didn't matter, this is wonderful!

[@deanphelps10]

I doubt it.

[@deanphelps10]

You may have been extremely intoxicated when you posted this, not sure but I know he would not been able to play at this level if he was intoxicated.

[@Stanlayy-em4fk]

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[@michaelkamfwakunda9890]

Yeah he was a heavy drinker. But intoxicated or not your soul controls you and not the drink. He's soul felt bluesy on this this particular day many moons away. I can hear him missing notes yeah but it was the spirit had it's day.

[@vincentpjones1]

By god, he could play..........

[@antoniotrucillo733]

Hot stuff: Dis is the BLUES, man!

[@andysheldon828]

Feel it !

[@nickwadesbluesandgospelcha9072]

Great God Almighty

[@mariocastillo7997]

Great effects

[@donaldfred5304]

Hello, nice meeting you

[@roboi2241]

Just checked his dob/d, born 1902 and died this day October 19 in 1988. RIP

[@erikulisesbecerramonreal3916]

Me encanta

[@ap2729]

The 8 people who disliked this have no soul.

[@blacksabbath5124]

Justin bieber fans

[@Alkholikhash]

Vevofans

[@Africa1000]

The devil took them!

[@MOBROOKS]

@@Africa1000 You beat me to it. Hahahahahaa A crossroads deal gone bad (as they all do).

[@codybuffoord3172]

left em at crossroads

[@michealjovanie7143]

Would you sit right down and you can write to me, I said little girl if you ever get lonesome mind, I said you can sit right down and you can write to me I said I can read your little writing now baby, oh yeah I don't what in this old world it be. You know if i dont ever nomore see you honey, You will forever be on my mind I said what if I never no more, Oh honey you will forever be on my mind You know every time I think about you, Dear god i just cant keep from crying, You know it so hard to love Someone looking over you, I said its so hard to love Ah someone is over you You know it dont look like it be satifaction boy, Oh i dont care what in this ole world you do. You know the blues is nothing but an unwanted ole heart desease, I said is the blues nothing but a Ah but a an unwanted ole heart desease, You know look like the better one you be doggin around boy is so dog gone hard to please, You know somtimes i wish i had my whole heart in my hand, You know Somtimes i always wanted I had my whole heart in my hand, Then my suger somthin Wouldve known how to treat a man.

[@mwelch5124]

he got the blue's ant he boys

[@Amerikingswillbilli]

The key to the blues is not to put a performance but play to heal the hurt

[@drunkmadala]

This lady with cigar, with open legs drives Son House to madness (at 3:53)

[@edondoss6066]

She was Son's longtime friend, you can see her in a later footage while watchin - and arguing- Howlin Wolf playin how many more years live in 1966

[@guysee3669]

GOD JESUS N ST.JOHN R sharing a bottle of wine as they watch "THE MAN OF THE HOUSE JAM"! YA I SAID IT!

[@zachary1657]

This song is actually called "Forever on my mind" I'm not totally sure why vevo named it "scary delta blues" Did he ever refer to this song as that?

[@Stanlayy-em4fk]

It gets people's attention would be my guess.

[@petercollins5861]

not the name of the song. just a title for the clip. "scary" as in "amazing" in modern parlance.

[@TheImmortalCheneys]

perfect

[@doghouse0041]

son house and Robert Johnson kings of the blues

[@hlewerenz]

Don't forget leadbelly

[@murdochdonovan908]

Robert Johnson wasn't shyt

[@carlsmith1263]

Lightning Hopkins

[@josephbrown9699]

Charley Patton! Skip James, and Blind Willie McTell as well

[@antiteroristickejedinicepo4830]

And Tommy Johnson and Willie Brown

[@David53D]

Plays like a madman.

[@praisedio4763]

The best there ever was.