Son House
Birthday: 1902-03-21
Place of Birth: Lyon, Mississippi, USA
Biography: Edward James "Son" House Jr. was an American delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a preacher and for a few years also working as a church pastor, he turned to blues performance at the age of 25.
Movies
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
Rhine Record's 2-DVD documentary accompaniment to their Blues Masters CD series. Includes the only k...
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Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
Shot after hours at Newport Folk in 1966 by American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, this recording fe...
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Blues Masters
In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greatest blues performers to gather in a stu...
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Festival
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival,...
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this rel...
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation...
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Blues at the BBC
Collection of performances by British and American blues artists on BBC programmes such as The Beat ...
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