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Son House
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sun House, Edward James "Son" House Jr., Edward James House Jr., Eddie J. House, Jr., Sonhouse, Eddie James House
American blues singer and guitarist (1902–1988)
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- Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the truth of the information, that a son of General La Fayette, is now within the United States
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Acting · Lyon, Mississippi, USA
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.
Known for
- Blues at the BBC — Self2009
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 — Self2004
- The Blues — Self (archive footage)2003
- Blues Masters1999
- Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 — Self1996
- Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues — Self (archive footage)1993
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music — Self1993
- Festival — Self1967
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1902
- Active to
- 1988
Discography
- Preachin' the Blues Part I / Preachin' the Blues Part II1930
- Blues from the Mississippi Delta1963
- Father of Folk Blues1965
- Live!1966
- The Legendary 1941/42 Recordings in Chronological Sequence1969
- Delta Blues and Spirituals1970
- The Real Delta Blues: 14 Songs From The Man Who Taught Robert Johnson1974
- Library of Congress Recordings 1941-19421990
- Son House and the Great Delta Blues Singers (1928-1930)1990
- Delta Blues1991
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Eddie James House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988), better known as Son House, was an influential blues singer and guitarist. His date of birth is a matter of some debate. 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. However, all legal records place his birth on March 21, 1902. House was born, the middle of three brothers, in Riverton, Mississippi, two miles from famed
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward James House Jr. , ( 1902-03-21 ) March 21, 1902 , Lyon, Mississippi , U.S.
- Died
- October 19, 1988 (1988-10-19) (aged 86), Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
- Genres
- Delta blues
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1930–1943, 1964–1974
- Labels
- Paramount Columbia
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Wikidata facts
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- name in native language
- Eddie James House
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- Edward James House
- end of work period
- 1974-00-00
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- Son House
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- Son House
- date of birth
- 1902-03-21
- date of death
- 1988-10-19
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
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Son House, Minneapolis, May, 1971 Edward James "Son" House Jr. (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 while working as a preacher, he turned to blues performance at the age of 25. He quickly developed a unique style by applying the rhythmic drive, powerful delivery, and emotional intensity of his preaching to the newly learned idiom. In a short career interrupted by a spell in Parchman Farm penitentiary, he developed his musicianship to the point that Charley Patton, the foremost blues artist of the Mississippi Delta region, invited him to share engagements and to accompany him to a 1930 recording session for Paramount Records.