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King of the Delta Blues

Artist: House Son

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    Levee Camp Blues – Son House 03:44
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    Government Fleet Blues – Son House 06:49
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    Walking Blues – Son House 06:43
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    Shetland Pony Blues – Son House 03:25
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    Camp Hollers – Son House 02:27
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    Delta Blues – Son House 05:19
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    Special Rider Blues – Son House 00:40
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    Special Rider Blues – Son House 03:08
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    Low Down Dirty Dog Blues – Son House 04:55
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    Depot Blues – Son House 02:58
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    Demonstration of Concert Guitar Tuning (The Key of Minor) – Son House 01:31
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    American Defense – Son House 02:55
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    Am I Right or Wrong – Son House 01:47
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    Walking Blues – Son House 03:01
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    County Farm Blues – Son House 02:10
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    The Pony Blues – Son House 04:12
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    Jinx Blues, No. 1 – Son House 03:25
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    Jinx Blues, No. 2 – Son House 04:25

King of the Delta Blues is a single-disc set that 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 finds 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 double-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," and "Dry Spell Blues"), form the true heart of House's legacy, since his rediscovery sides for Columbia in the 1960s catch him, quite honestly, with diminishing powers. Catfish got it exactly right by combining everything here with House's powerfully dynamic Paramount 78s for 2000's Preachin' the Blues, and it remains the only truly essential Son House purchase. Steve Leggett, Rovi

  • Genre: Blues
  • Subgenre: Electric Blues, Country Blues
  • Category Delta Blues, Work Songs, Blues Revival, Slide Guitar Blues, Acoustic Blues
  • Release Date: October 25, 2005
  • Artist: House Son

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  • Online Item #: 11417361
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-02-9814
  • Made in the USA or Imported