Son House
Sign in to saveAmerican blues singer and guitarist (1902–1988)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1902-03-21
- Died
- 1988-10-19
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the truth of the information, that a son of General La Fayette, is now within the United States
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Film & TV
Acting · Lyon, Mississippi, USA
Edward James "Son" House Jr. was an American delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a preacher and for a few years also working as a church pastor, he turned to blues performance at the age of 25.
Known for
- Blues at the BBC — Self2009
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 — Self2004
- The Blues — Self (archive footage)2003
- Blues Masters1999
- Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 — Self1996
- Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues — Self (archive footage)1993
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music — Self1993
- Festival — Self1967
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Eddie James House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988), better known as Son House, was an influential blues singer and guitarist. His date of birth is a matter of some debate. Son House himself alleged that he was middle aged during World War I, and, more specifically, that he was 79 in 1965, which would mean that he was born around 1886. However, all legal records place his birth on March 21, 1902. House was born, the middle of three brothers, in Riverton, Mississippi, two miles from famed
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Key dates
- Born
- 21 March 1902
- Died
- 19 October 1988
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lyon
- Place of death
- Detroit
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
Connections
Categories
1902 births1988 deaths20th-century African-American male singers20th-century American criminals20th-century American guitarists20th-century American male singers20th-century American singersAfrican-American guitaristsAmerican blues guitaristsAmerican male criminalsAmerican male guitaristsAmerican slide guitarists