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Track Listing
DISC 1:
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:
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)
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
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.
Industry Reviews
...represents the finest of House's rediscovery recordings...intriguing works by a master...Essential recordings by one of the greatest bluesmen ever...
Living Blues (09/01/1992)
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