Son House

Born: 1902-03-21

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.


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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

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Released: 1993-11-02

Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the...

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Released: 1967-10-23

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk...

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Blues Masters

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Released: 1999-01-01

In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greatest blues performers to gather in a...

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Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966

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Released: 1996-10-18

Shot after hours at Newport Folk in 1966 by American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, this...

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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

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Released: 2004-08-31

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this...

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Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues

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Released: 1993-01-01

Rhine Record's 2-DVD documentary accompaniment to their Blues Masters CD series. Includes the...

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Blues at the BBC

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Released: 2009-05-01

Collection of performances by British and American blues artists on BBC programmes such as The...

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The Blues

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First aired: 2003-09-28

The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the...

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