Son House - Death Letter

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

Channel: Music
Uploaded: January 28, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Author: scmm42

Length: 03:12
Rating: 4.96
Views: 294232

Tags: archival blues deather house letter music night nightmusic son

Video Comments

written12 (August 20, 2008 at 5:06 am)

Thanks so much. His singing and playing are extraordinary. It's amazing what presence and power he has up on a stage by himself. Meanwhile, so many rock bands depend on painful, ugly volume to make an impact.

sanfy1985 (August 19, 2008 at 1:38 pm)

awesome, i love this music

72grantorino (August 18, 2008 at 8:00 am)

My eyes are opened

francescaemc2 (August 17, 2008 at 5:28 am)

a masterpiece. Thanks Jack White for keeping this alive.Son House lives.

francescaemc2 (August 16, 2008 at 2:18 am)

reply to dweeb: Yeah, Jimi Hendrix in the context of modern guitarists. Just said Page, did not rip off this riff as far as I know. As for great guitarists, we just heard one. My personal favorite is Robert Johnson.Also Blind Wille McTell. This was just in context. It's not an argument.

zekethemadelf (August 16, 2008 at 2:01 am)

jimmy page uses a very similar riff in in my time of dying. but even jimmy said he lifted alot of old blue riffs. but the speed and the cleaness he plays them at makes it different. i just wish they had better sound equiment back then so you could hear better what this dude is playing.

Garret00074 (August 15, 2008 at 6:51 pm)

Oh, Jimi is the only one?

marksimpsonhas23test (August 15, 2008 at 1:33 pm)

i know. it goes without saying. so many artists owe these great musicians a debt of gratitude and respect.

thaibites (August 15, 2008 at 11:42 am)

This thing gave me the chills! God bless whoever put this on U-toob.

fishman017 (August 14, 2008 at 2:58 am)

Yeah. Half the bands in Rock have used this riff. Such bands aren't 'lifting' the riff, they are paying respect to the original artist. This and several other old delta blues songs have almost become public domain. This song is an institution of its own.