House performed little after the early 70s, and from 1976 until his death on october 19, 1988, he lived in detroit with his wife evie, whom he had married in robinsonville in 1934. The most notable of the albums house recorded was the 1965 columbia lp father of folk blues. Father of folk blues was a result of columbias effort to capitalize on this new market for blues. Son house father of the folk blues full album youtube. Father of folk blues was a result of columbias effort to. House pioneered an innovative style featuring strong, repetitive rhythms, often played with the aid of slide guitar, and his singing often incorporated elements of southern gospel and spiritual music. Father of the folk blues son house columbia, 1965 blues. March 21, 1902 october 19, 1988 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 as a church pastor, he turned to blues performance at the age of 25. He helped define the blues in the 1930s and 40s, his impassioned vocal delivery and brutal guitar method laying the groundwork for everything to come. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. A giant of the delta blues, with his ferocious, barking voice, and stabbing bottleneck phrases. Son house s place, not only in the history of delta blues, but in the overall history of the music, is a very high one indeed. House subsequently recorded the album father of folk blues, later reissued as a.
Father of the folk blues son house on allmusic 1965 this was the first such presentation of a delta. Son house father of folk blues veroffentlichungen discogs. March 21, 1902 a october 19, 1988 was an american blues singer and guitarist. James infirmary with the 12 bar blues format, then adds a steel resonator guitar. The complete 1965 sessions, is a warm, fuzzy oneclad in a ski sweater, house leans on a guitar and looks off in the distance, wearing a smile, almost as if he had. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. If there was ever a living and breathing personification of the blues, it would have to be in the form of the one and only eddie james son house. Very best of son house remastered cd released in 2003. Son house father of folk blues 200g analogue productions. The cover picture on the double compact disc, son house. The complete 1965 sessions 1992 son house was a blues singer and guitarist who helped influence and popularize the delta blues style, influencing many artists both then and today, including robert johnson and jack white. Son house my black mama part 1 preachin blues part 1 dry spell blues part 1 levee camp blues walking blues special rider blues pony blues death letter pearline from. Son house the legendary father of folk blues 200g vinyl lp.
Son house father of folk blues lyrics and tracklist genius. Skip james hard times killing floor blues, american folk and blues festival, cologne oct. The producer john hammond asked wilson, who was just 22 years old, to teach son house how to play like son house, because wilson had such a good knowledge of blues styles. During the blues explosion in the 1960s, son house was one of several aging musicians summoned from obscurity to perform once more. Son house revelled in his living legend status, and when the folkblues revival was boosted by new interest in all forms of blues music after the british invasion of the midsixties, he toured extensively in the usa and europe. According to legend, it was son houses blistering bottleneck guitar. Son house was a blues singer and guitarist who helped influence. After over a decade and a half in retirement, he was rediscovered by the thenburgeoning folkblues movement, and in the mid60s, made his first. Folk revival performances death letter was the centerpiece of son house s live performances during the blues revival of the 1960s. Son house father of folk blues 2012, 180 gr, vinyl. Delta blues great eddie son house performs his classic death letter blues.
Son house himself alleged that he was middle aged during world war i, and, more specifically, that he was 79 in 1965, which would mean that he was born around 1886. Son house father of folk blues columbia records sealed vinyl record lp. Listen to your favorite songs from father of the delta blues. Son houses music embodies the times he lived in and the realities he faced during the. He was a major innovator of the delta style, along. Mississippis son house was already legendary for a small collection of live field recordings made by folklorist alan lomax in 1941 and 1942, and for having taught some important licks to both robert johnson and muddy waters before he was rediscovered by a new generation of collegeage fans in 1964. Father of the folk blues, one of the key albums of the folkblues revival, helped introduced the deepest of the delta blues singers to a new generation of listeners in the 1960s. Delta blues regional blues slide guitar blues country blues acoustic blues field recordings prewar blues blues revival work songs also known as edward james house, jr.
Father of folk blues by son house album, delta blues. The classics like death letter, grinning in your face, preachin blues and levee camp moan along with new favourites downhearted blues, pony blues and many more. Son house was a mississippi jazz musician who was born on march 21, 1902, near clarksdale, mississippi. A documentary film was made of his lifestory in 1969, but next year son house fell into illhealth. After over a decade and a half in retirement, he was rediscovered by the thenburgeoning folk blues movement, and in the mid60s, made his first. After being rediscovered by the folkblues community in the early 60s, son house rose to the occasion and recorded this magnificent set of performances. Vinyl lp, album, limited edition, reissue 180 gr country. Allowed to stretch out past the shorter running time of the original 78s, house turns in wonderful, steaming. Sorry, all the rar files that i downloaded from you works wrong. Son house s gravesite son house death letter blues video harrys blues lyrics online, son house lyrics old blues. Son house father of folk blues 1965, vinyl discogs.
House had just begun performing again after years in retirement, and, although tapes of earlier performances from late 1964 and 1965 have since surfaced on various. His concert performances were chilling in their passion and intensity, as he seemed to go into a trancelike state when he sang, striking guitar chords with heavy blows, rising from his chair only on occasional to sing a. Of several albums house recorded in the 60s, the most notable was the 1965 columbia lp, father of folk blues. The full sessions are here the original father of folk blues album along with many unreleased numbers and alternate takes. Father of folk blues 1965, columbia 2417 in concert oberlin college, 1965, stackohits 9004 delta blues 19411942, smithsonian 31028. Eddie james house, alan wilson father of folk blues music skip to main content. Some renditions exceeded fifteen minutes in length. Oct 11, 2007 delta blues great eddie son house performs his classic death letter blues. Preachin the blues daniel beaumont oxford university press. Buy son house father of folk blues rate your music. From the vestapol dvd legends of country blues guitar, vol. Mississippis son house was already legendary for a small collection of live field recordings made by folklorist alan lomax in 1941 and 1942, and for having taught some important licks to both robert johnson and muddy waters, before he was rediscovered by a new generation of collegeage fans after many years of musical dormancy in 1964.
House subsequently recorded the album father of folk blues, later reissued as a 2cd set father of delta blues. Father of the folk blues to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. He was a major innovator of the delta style, along with his playing partners charley patton and willie brown. Folk revival performances death letter was the centerpiece of son houses live performances during the blues revival of the 1960s. Son house father of folk blues 2018, vinyl discogs. March 21, 1902 october 19, 1988, better known as son house, was an influential blues singer and guitarist. Father of the folk blues, one of the key albums of the folk blues revival, helped introduced the deepest of the delta blues singers to a new generation of listeners in the 1960s. This is one of the finest examples of delta blues that can be had. House pioneered an innovative style, incorporating strong repetitive rhythms with elements of southern gospel and.
Music on vinyl is a vinyl only record label that releases high quality 180g lp and 7 vinyl pressings of titles licensed from a wide range of record companies and artists who control their own repertoire. Buy son houses album titled the legendary son house. After being rediscovered by the folk blues community in the early 60s, son house rose to the occasion and recorded this magnificent set of performances. House often altered the tempo and lyrics for different performances of death letter, occasionally playing the song more than once during the same concert. Son house father of the delta blues we fucking love music. Illustrated son house discography planungsburo wirz. Son house was one of the most influential delta blues singers and was famous for his emotional style of signing and slide guitar playing. Son house death letter the american folk blues festival. Jul 25, 2010 american folk blues festival 19621966. So begins preachin the blues, the biography of american blues signer and guitarist eddie james son house, jr.