Son House was one the greatest performers of Mississippi Delta Blues. He started off as a sharecropper who taught himself to play the guitar. He developed a highly dramatic slide guitar style. In 1930, he traveled to Wisconsin to record with Paramount. In 1942 he was recorded for the Library of Congress. In the mid 40s he moved to Rochester, NY to work as a railway porter and his music was forgotten. In 1964 during the blues revival he was re-discovered and recorded and toured extensively during the 60s and 70s. The emotional fever in his singing and slide playing inspired Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson.
Discography: Son House & the Great Delta Blues Singers 1928 - 30. 1994, Document. Delta Blues. 1991, Biography. Death Letter Blues. 1965, Edsel. Delta Blues and Spirituals. 1995, Capitol. Blues from the Mississippi Delta. Aug. 1964, Smithsonian/Folkways. |
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