Son House

Still traveling through time, my friends. That's the way you find a lot of hidden treasures, unheard songs, sounds, the way you discover the uncovered...

Right now, the whole world is on some sort of Crissis. Economical, yeah, but I dare to say it goes way beyond than Economical. Once I heard that Economy reflects somehow the way society is going on. I agree and disagree at the same time, but anyway. The times aren't good nowadays, but this situation isn't new.

Back in the early years of XX century, there was a phenomena called "The Great Depression". Basically, it was an economical phenomena which caused a lot of business collapse, derivating in leaving thousands of people unemployed all around the world. The same situation is happening right now, dear fellows. We all have the technology knowledge, but what for? We aren't able to find a solution for this crissis that seems to never end.

Going back to the Great Depression times, there was a way (at least, it seems so for me) to let's say, heal this. Music. All over the United States, people was still making music, but no one made music like the black musicians from that times. Which is the case of the blues people, who were kind of in the same situation millions of people are right now, homeless, moneyless, with families to raise.

Among this musicians, there were many that really, had to do very weird works, ranging from trailer drivers, to hotel guardians. But that's not the point of this entry. What I'm trying to say, is that the musicians from this era, really channeled their needs in the music.

One of this musicians was Son House. It is said, that his guitar playing is what encouraged Robert Johnson to pick up a guitar.



- Tell me this is not the sound of a person who's channeling his feelings!

Just, close your eyes, hear this music, and let your wounds be healed...

His music has been covered thousands of times, by countless musicians. But, no one could play the blues like those guys did, 'cause back then, things were really rough. Maybe, with the current times, and the so-called "Winds of Change", we'll see the rise of a new legion of upcoming blues musicians, who will sing the pain the whole world is in right now...

Crissis it's not just the lack of money. In my opinion, crissis goes way deeper, where you meet you trying to understand a lot of things that surround you, like the basic facts of life, such as love, hatred, broken communication, and so on...

Hope we could evolve into something else, maybe this humble music could help...