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Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Recordings (CD)

By: Son House (Artist)

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Son House Artist Snapshot:

One of the most influential of all Delta bluesmen, Mississippi-born Eddie James "Son" House was a direct inspiration to Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, having shown both of them some of his guitar techniques. His vibrant, aggressive style was captured by folklorist Alan Lomax on some Library of Congress recordings in the early 1940s, but he retired by the end of the decade. Like many of his peers, Son House was rediscovered during the folk/blues boom of the '60s, and was coaxed into performing and recording again, which he did brilliantly for another decade before retiring for good in 1974.

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DISC 1 for Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Recordings (CD) Album By Son House (Artist)
1   Death Letter
2   Pearline
3   Louise McGee
4   John The Revelator
5   Empire State Express
6   Preachin' Blues
7   Grinnin' In Your Face
8   Sundown
9   Levee Camp Moan
 
DISC 2 for Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Recordings (CD) Album By Son House (Artist)
1   Death Letter - (bonus track)
2   Levee Camp Moan - (bonus track)
3   Grinnin' In Your Face - (bonus track)
4   John The Revelator - (bonus track)
5   Preachin' Blues - (bonus track)
6   President Kennedy - (bonus track)
7   Down The Staff, A - (bonus track)
8   Motherless Children - (bonus track)
9   Yonder Comes My Mother - (bonus track)
10   Shake It And Break It - (bonus track)
11   Pony Blues - (bonus track)
12   Downhearted Blues - (bonus track)
 

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Review

Living Blues (Sept.-Oct./92, p.76) - "...represents the finest of House's rediscovery recordings...intriguing works by a master...Essential recordings by one of the greatest bluesmen ever..."

Title Note

Contains 9 tracks previously released on Columbia as THE LEGENDARY SON HOUSE: FATHER OF FOLK BLUES and 12 previously unreleased and/or alternate takes from the same session. The set also includes liner notes in which Son House relates a story about Robert Johnson.

By the time his name was spreading through the collegiate blues circles of the early '60s, Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. had been retired for nearly 20 years. 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. Tracked down by his new fans in 1964, Son House regained his chops and went out on the college blues circuit for several years, showing worshipful youngsters just why he deserved the title "Father of the Delta Blues."

In 1965, Son House recorded the 21 tracks featured on FATHER OF THE DELTA BLUES for Columbia Records. Whereas the nine songs on disc one were released that year as THE LEGENDARY SON HOUSE, the 12 alternate takes and previously unissued songs on disc two, including an elegy called "President Kennedy," remained unheard until this 1992 release.

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