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I first heard of Son House when I watched the recent documentary, It Might Get Loud, an excellent film featuring interviews and archival footage of Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White. Son House is Jack White's favourite musician ever, hands-down, period, and when you hear how beautiful this is, how much soul he has, it's not hard to understand why.
Jack White's cover of this same tune with White Stripes is also pretty awesome. A totally effective modernization of the tune which stays true to the original while still giving it a fresh, hard-edged take. I developed a newfound respect for Jack White's approach and his playing after watching that documentary, that's for sure.
On an unrelated note, this Howlin' Wolf tune also kicks the damn roof off:
Jack White's cover of this same tune with White Stripes is also pretty awesome. A totally effective modernization of the tune which stays true to the original while still giving it a fresh, hard-edged take. I developed a newfound respect for Jack White's approach and his playing after watching that documentary, that's for sure.
On an unrelated note, this Howlin' Wolf tune also kicks the damn roof off:
