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Good Lord, it's been a mighty long time since I've had the strength to grip the neck of my steel-bodied guitar and sing my blues.I have been called the Father of the Delta Blues, though I would probably give that title to Mr. Charley Patton and maybe not so much to myself, but maybe that's just because Charley made so much more money than me at it. It's too bad he got taken out, back in the 30's, he was a good friend, as close to me as Willie Brown. I also knew Robert Johnson real well, I always liked that boy, he was always polite and never got in any trouble.As for me, I'm still around after all these many long years, so old now I can't hardly remember the time when I was young and had the strength of my convictions. It's only through God's grace that I and my music have survived.It seems that most of my music that is available for listening is from the 1960s, so I put up this page to showcase some of my earlier work from the Prewar era. Enjoy this humble offering and God Bless you. --Son House

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Member Since: 10/8/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/sonhousemyspace
Band Members: Just me and my steel-bodied guitar, and a slide on my ring finger. That's about it, not even a guitar pick!
Influences: Willie Brown, Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Gishie Wiley, hell just roll off the list of all the Delta Blues musicians that were around in the late 20's. I knew 'em all, and I guess we all kind of influenced each other. Mostly we were influenced by the pain and suffering we all endured at the time, and that our families had been through. Our heritage was slavery, and in the 20's we didn't have it much better than the slaves did. They say that the best writing comes from pain and suffering, and maybe that's why our blues music has endured so long. You ain't never had the Blues, and I hope you never will.
Sounds Like: Some of the greatest music ever to grace God's Green Earth.
Record Label: Paramount
Type of Label: Major

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Son House Speaks about the Bluse

This is from a filmed interview with Mr. Son himself, found it on UTUBE today and personally transcribed it. Here it is word-for-word, and written as he spoke it. One thing to take note of is that he ...
Posted by Son House on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:15:00 PST