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| The Original Delta Blues | 
 enlarge | Artist: Son House
Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Category: Music
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1306
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 723276
UPC: 886972327624
EAN: 0886972327624
ASIN: B0012GMUW2
Release Date: February 1, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Death Letter | | • | Pearline | | • | Louise Mcghee | | • | John the Revelator - Son House, Traditional | | • | Empire State Express | | • | Preachin' Blues | | • | Grinnin' in Your Face | | • | Sundown | | • | Levee Camp Moan | | • | Pony Blues | | • | Downhearted Blues |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
This Columbia Legacy reissue of the 1965 release is one of the few recordings available of one of the blues' founding fathers. It contains some of his best songs, which have unsurprisingly become classics of the Delta blues genre: "Death Letter," "Preachin' Blues," "Levee Camp Moan," "Pony Blues," and "Downhearted Blues" are all here. Though not as comprehensive as Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions, this CD is an excellent introduction to this seminal artist's work, revealing the creativity, passion, skillful guitar playing, and rich singing that helped form a whole new kind of music. --Genevieve Williams
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Son is the man July 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
For all those pursuing deep blues this is essential listening. Sound quality is excellent. Guitar playing is rough and ready by modern technical standards, but hey - that's the way it is - all feel. Vocals are stunning. Great to hear his homage to Patton's 'Moon going down' -'Empire State Express'. This is your chance to hear real deep delta blues sans the crappy dynamics of 78RPM recordings. If only more of the old Delta players had survived long enough to be able to be re-recorded with such quality.
 plagiarism? June 11, 2008
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
I just listened to this CD. If you listen carefully, you'll notice that this dude stole a lot of riffs from old Led Zeppelin records.
 the orignal delta blues /son house July 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this cd is classic delta blues i feel honored to be able to receive this quality of music john m king thanks for having such great music
Wow! May 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you wanna' know where it started, if you wanna' learn to play slide, if you wanna' get chills and fee like you're on a front porch in the delta, get this one...
Early master of the blues May 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Son House is an early blues singer, who, along with Charlie Patton and Willie Brown, in the words of the liner notes, "helped to shape the music of three younger men who would far exceed their fame"--Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters. The musical progeny of House and his colleagues alone testifies to their significance.
The songs on this CD were recorded long after he had ceased making singing a career. He was in his 60s when these tracks were recorded in 1965. Even at that, the results speak to a master bluesman.
In "Death Letter," he shows a lively acoustic guitar style, well played. Although past his vocal prime, he sings this tune well. One nice line:
"You know it's so hard to love someone
Who don't love you."
"John the Revelator" is a song with religious themes. It is voice only, with only his clapping serving as any sort of instrumentation. The vocalizations are compelling. One recurring set of lines:
"Tell me who's that writin'?
John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals."
"Empire State Express" features Al Wilson on guitar backing House on vocals and guitar. This is a lively tune. The song focuses on his baby being on board a train, and all that goes with that. Nice blues tune!
So, here is a CD with rather few songs on it, but it is still a nice entree to the work of Son House.
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