Delta Blues [2003], Son House, Music CD

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Delta Blues [2003]


1	Delta Blues 5:21
2	Government Fleet Blues 6:46
3	Walking Blues 6:48
4	Shetland Pony Blues 3:29
5	Levee Camp Blues 2:13
6	Special Rider Blues 3:12
7	Low Down Dirty Dog Blues 5:07
8	Depot Blues 3:02
9	American Defense 3:00
10	Am I Right or Wrong 1:51
11	Walking Blues 3:06
12	Country Farm Blues 2:15
13	The Pony Blues 4:14
14	The Jinx Blues 3:28
15	The Jinx Blues 4:13

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Editorial Reviews

This single-disc set collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and House's huge rasping voice and vibrant slide guitar style are everywhere here, both on the solo selections and on a handful of African-American string band pieces that find friends Leroy Williams (harmonica), Fiddlin' Joe Martin (mandolin), and Willie Brown (guitar) lending a hand. These intimate field recordings, which were tracked at Clack's Store near Cormorant, Mississippi, combined with House's complete Paramount recordings from 1930, which amounted to three brilliant double-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," and "Dry Spell Blues"), form the true heart of House's recorded legacy, since his rediscovery sides for Columbia in the '60s catch him, quite honestly, with diminishing powers. Catfish Records got it exactly right by combining everything here with House's powerfully dynamic Paramount 78s for 2000s Preachin' the Blues collection, and it remains the only truly essential Son House purchase. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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Delta Blues [2003]


1	Delta Blues 5:21
2	Government Fleet Blues 6:46
3	Walking Blues 6:48
4	Shetland Pony Blues 3:29
5	Levee Camp Blues 2:13
6	Special Rider Blues 3:12
7	Low Down Dirty Dog Blues 5:07
8	Depot Blues 3:02
9	American Defense 3:00
10	Am I Right or Wrong 1:51
11	Walking Blues 3:06
12	Country Farm Blues 2:15
13	The Pony Blues 4:14
14	The Jinx Blues 3:28
15	The Jinx Blues 4:13

All Music Guide

This single-disc set collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and House's huge rasping voice and vibrant slide guitar style are everywhere here, both on the solo selections and on a handful of African-American string band pieces that find friends Leroy Williams (harmonica), Fiddlin' Joe Martin (mandolin), and Willie Brown (guitar) lending a hand. These intimate field recordings, which were tracked at Clack's Store near Cormorant, Mississippi, combined with House's complete Paramount recordings from 1930, which amounted to three brilliant double-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," and "Dry Spell Blues"), form the true heart of House's recorded legacy, since his rediscovery sides for Columbia in the '60s catch him, quite honestly, with diminishing powers. Catfish Records got it exactly right by combining everything here with House's powerfully dynamic Paramount 78s for 2000s Preachin' the Blues collection, and it remains the only truly essential Son House purchase. Steve Leggett

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1991
Release Date: 07/15/2003
Label: SHOUT FACTORY
Catalog No.: 30170
UPC: 826663017021
Sales Rank: 64,988

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Son House		Primary Artist, Guitar, Vocals

Technical Credits
Chris Albertson		Liner Notes
Greg Allen		Art Direction
Arnold S. Caplin		Reissue Producer