According to some accounts he was born in Riverton.
In a short career interrupted by a spell in In 1964, a group of young record collectors discovered House, whom they knew of from his records issued by Paramount and by the Library of Congress. In later years, he was still angry about his marriage and said of Carrie, "She wasn't nothin' but one of them New Orleans whores".House's resentment of farming extended to the many menial jobs he took as a young adult. With their encouragement, he relearned his repertoire and established a career as an entertainer, performing for young, mostly white audiences in coffeehouses, at folk festivals and on concert tours during the When House's parents separated, his mother took him to At the age of nineteen, while living in the Delta, he married Carrie Martin, an older woman from New Orleans. His date of birth is a matter of some debate. Once the old master was up to speed, the festival and coffeehouse circuit became his oyster. He quickly developed a unique style by applying the rhythmic drive, vocal power and emotional intensity of his preaching to the newly learned idiom. Discography. Lyon and Riverton were hamlets near Clarksdale, both of which have since been absorbed into the city of Clarksdale. One of the researchers, a young guitarist named Alan Wilson (later of the blues-rock group Canned Heat) literally sat down and retaught Son House how to play like Son House. In a hamlet south of Clarksdale, he heard one of his drinking companions, either James McCoy or Willie Wilson (his recollections differed), playing Upon his release in 1929 or early 1930, House was strongly advised to leave Clarksdale and stay away.House then faded from the public view, moving to Rochester, New York, in 1943, and working as a railroad porter for the In 1964, after a long search of the Mississippi Delta region by He subsequently toured extensively in the United States and Europe and recorded for CBS Records.
The couple moved to her hometown of Centerville, Louisiana, to help run her father's farm. But just as Discography. He was born Eddie James House, Jr., on March 21, 1902, in Riverton, MS. By the age of 15, he was preaching the gospel in various Baptist churches as the family seemingly wandered from one plantation to the next. 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. The Complete Library Of Congress Sessions (1964) Travelin' Man Cd 02; Blues From The Mississippi Delta (W/Short) (1964) Folkways 2467; The Legendary Son House: Father Of The Delta Blues (1965) Columbia 2417 It was those recordings that led House was born on the Mississippi River Delta, on a plantation between the towns of Lyon and Clarksdale. Recorded July 17, 1942, Robinsonville, Mississippi He fell into ill health by the early '70s; what was later diagnosed as both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease first affected his memory and his ability to recall songs on-stage and, later, his hands, which shook so bad he finally had to give up the guitar and eventually leave performing altogether by 1976. Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American blues singer and guitarist. If the romantic notion that the blues life is said to be a life full of trouble is true, then He later moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he remained until his death from In addition to his early influence on Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, he was an inspiration to In 2017, his single "Preachin' the Blues" was inducted in to the Recorded August 1941, at Klack's Store, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi. Edward James House, Jr. A giant of the delta blues, with his ferocious, barking voice, and stabbing bottleneck phrases. After hitchhiking and hoboing the rails, he made it down to Lula, MS, and ran into the most legendary character the blues had to offer at that point, the one and only
He didn't even bother picking up a guitar until he turned 25; to quote Like In the summer of 1970, House toured Europe once again, including an appearance at the Ill health plagued House in his later years, and in 1974 he retired once again. He lived quietly in Detroit, MI, for another 12 years, passing away on October 19, 1988.
His induction into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1980 was no less than his due. There are some railway noises in the background on some titles, as the store (which had electricity necessary for the recording) was close to a branch line between Lake Cormorant and Robinsonville. Around the same time, probably 1922, House's mother died.
House alleged that he was middle-aged during House said that he was born in Lyon. He recorded again, the recordings becoming an important introduction to his music and, for some, a lot easier to take than those old … But audio concerns aside, the absolutely demonic performances Son House, the legendary Delta blues singer and the man who had given lessons to blues legends Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, was back in the blues. This was a significant step for House; he married in church and against family opposition.