Original Delta Blues

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Product Details

Artist : Son House
Format : Best of
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0074646551523
Label : Sony Music Canada Inc.
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-07-14
UPC : 074646551523

ASIN : B000007T4P

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Death Letter
2. Pearline
3. Louise Mcghee
4. John the Revelator
5. Empire State Express
6. Preachin' Blues
7. Grinnin' in Your Face
8. Sundown
9. Levee Camp Moan
10. Pony Blues
11. Downhearted Blues

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Customer Reviews

Raw and captivating - voice of lonely soul (2004-05-10)

There is so much built on blues out there, so much derived from it, that it is easy to forget where it all began. Son House is so raw, so unaffected by technical tricks or crafty ideas, so far from any pose, pretence or stereotypical imagery of show business that you feel actually privileged to be allowed to come into contact with his singing.

It is like entering an empty temple in an unfamiliar country: you have seen some of the signs, you have some of the knowledge about the faith, but the experience is new and humbling.

Yes, humbling is the word. If loneliness had a voice, it would be the voice of Son House.

Short but sweet (2003-11-11)

Well, maybe "sweet" isn't the right word, but Columbia/Legacy's "The Original Delta Blues" is a really fine distillation of the label's double-disc set "Father Of The Delta Blues", containing 11 highlights from that comprehensive overview of blues legend Eddie "Son" House's 60s recordings.

These 55 minutes of music feature Son House and his National steel guitar, which he played with a slide, and Columbia have managed to include all of House's essential 60s songs.

The powerful a capella spiritual "John The Revelator" is here, as is the slashing slide guitar workout "Pearline", the sarcastic "Preachin' Blues", the bitterness of "Grinnin' In Your Face", and the fantastic 9½-minute "Levee Camp Moan" with Canned Heat's Alan Wilson playing great harmonica fills behind House's clanging, percussive guitar playing.

And then there's the awesome, razor-edged "Death Letter" ("I got a letter this morning / say, what d'y'reckon it read? / Said hurry, hurry, 'cause the gal you love is dead"). Music journalist Ted Drozdowski of the Boston Phoenix once wrote something like this about House: "The voice of the great Son House not only sounds as though it could split the earth asunder, it is also the voice of a soul utterly alone".

I couldn't have said it better myself. Which is why I steal Mr Drozdowski's line.

the master of the delta blues style (2003-05-15)

Son House taught Robert Johnson the slide blues. Son House taught Muddy Waters. When Son House started performing at Blues festivals again in the mid 1960s, Muddy Waters would tell all his band members to be quiet and pay attention when the man played because even compared with Muddy, this was the real deal.Son House is the real deal. Listen and learn

texace on the Original Delta Blues - Son House (2002-11-04)

The is the real deal. Put this on your cd player with Bukka White, Walter Jacobs, Frank Frost, Muddy, Elmore James on random play and sit back. It don't get no better than this. Born and raised on piney woods and cajun rice between Leesville and Ville Platte, Louisiana in the 50's. Son House is in the same league with Bukka White.

Son House Blew Me Away... (2001-10-03)

For me, this was one of those rare CD's that from the first play became an instant favorite. I had heard of Son House, of course, but had never heard him. I have played this CD about a hundred times since I bought it a month ago (my wife is about to have me put away...) It is absolutely incredible. I have never heard anything like Son House.

I have quite a few blues discs but this one, more than any other, really moved me. If I could only keep one, this would be it.

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