SON HOUSE
DEATH LETTER BLUES (LIMITED) (180 GRAM) - LP
UPC: 8436563185786
Label: BLUES JOINT
Format: LP
Release Date: October 18, 2024
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Son House (1902-1988) was one of the initial pioneers and most important exponents of the Mississippi Delta blues. Developing a slashing slide guitar technique that featured strong rhythmic repetitions and a vocal style reflective of spiritual and southern gospel singers, House was a critical innovator who had a profound influence on countless other bluesmen. The majority of the tracks featured on the LP Death Letter Blues, presented here, come from two emblematic sessions recorded by Son House in 1941 and 1942.
PERSONNEL:
SON HOUSE - (vocals & guitar)
ON TRACKS A1 & A8:
TV show soundtrack, Seattle, early 1960s.
ON TRACKS A2-A7 & B1-B2:
Recorded by Alan Lomax in Robbinsonville, Mississippi, July 17, 1942.
ON TRACKS B3-B7:
Add Willie Brown (vocals on B5-B7, guitar on B3, B4 & B6), Fiddlin’ Joe Martin (vocals on B6-B7, mandolin on B3-B5 & B7), Leroy Williams (harmonica on B3-B5). Recorded by Alan Lomax at Klack’s Store, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, August 24-31, 1941.
TRACK LIST:
A1 DEATH LETTER BLUES
A2 AMERICAN DEFENSE
A3 LOW DOWN, DIRTY DOG BLUES
A4 THE JINX BLUES [Part 1]
A5 THE JINX BLUES [Part 2]
A6 THE PONY BLUES
A7 WALKING BLUES [1942 version]
A8 JOHN THE REVELATOR
B1 COUNTY FARM BLUES
B2 SPECIAL RIDER BLUES
B3 GOVERNMENT FLEET BLUES
B4 DELTA BLUES
B5 LEVEE CAMP BLUES
B6 CAMP HOLLERS
B7 FOUR O’CLOCK BLUES
