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Father of Delta Blues

Son House

SKU: PPAN9217

Barcode: 5060149620304

47.00 £47.00
  • Genre: Blues
  • Label: Pure Pleasure
  • Released Date: 21st August 2006
  • Buying Format:
    180g 2LP

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House’s recording session ran over a few days and saw the studio set up like a small club with an invited audience. I remember John (Hammond) running around crazed, as was Son’s manager, Dick Waterman (a man to whom Son owed everything). Al Wilson of Canned Heat was sat alongside Son, and once the recording started occasionally played harp and guitar. He appeared to have a decidedly calming influence on House, who throughout would turn to him to discuss various things. Once things had begun Son was quite nervous but ever so slowly, as time wore on, the emotional intensity of his performance transported one back to the Mississippi Delta c. 1930 when Son, as a young man, ruled the roost along with Delta legend Charlie Patton. And today, many years later, the images are frozen pieces of time, forever stored in my memory.

Excerpt from a piece by Lawrence Cohn who was present at the session.

Recording: April 1965 at Columbia’s studios, New York City
Production: John Hammond and Frank Driggs

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Track Listings

1. Death Letter Blues
2. Pearline
3. Louise McGhee
4. JohnThe Revelator
5. Empire State Express
6. Preachin' Blues
7. Grinnin' In Your face
8. Sundown
9. Levee Camp Moan
10. Death Letter Blues (alternate take)
11. Levee Camp Moan (alternate take )
12. Grinnin' In Your Face (alternate take )
13. JohnThe Revelator (alternate take )
14. Preachin' Blues (alternate take )
15. President Kennedy
16. A Down The Staff
17. Motherless Children
18. Yonder Comes My Mother
19. Shake It and Break It
20. Pony Blues
21. Downhearted Blues

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