Son House
USA
Born: 21 March 1902
Died: 19 October 1988
Styles: Delta Blues, Country Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues, Pre-War Blues, Field Recordings, Traditional Folk, Blues Revival, Early American Blues, Work Songs
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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. He was a major innovator of the Delta style, along with his playing partners Charley Patton and Willie Brown. Few listening experiences in the blues are as intense as hearing one of Son House's original 1930s recordings for the Paramount label. Entombed in a hailstorm of surface noise and scratches, one can still be awestruck by the emotional fervor House puts into his singing and slide playing. Little wonder then that ...
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