Delta Blues [2003]
Delta Blues
This single-disc set 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 find 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 brilliant double-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," and "Dry Spell Blues" , form the true heart of House s recorded legacy, since his rediscovery sides for Columbia in the '60s catch him, quite honestly, with diminishing powers. Catfish Records got it exactly right by combining everything here with House s powerfully dynamic Paramount 78s for 2000s Preachin' the Blues collection, and it remains the only truly essential Son House purchase. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
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Credits »
Chris Albertson - Liner Notes
Greg Allen - Art Direction
Greg Allen - Design
Arnold S. Caplin - Reissue Producer
Pat Kraus - Audio Restoration
Shawn Amos - A&R
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Willie T. Brown
Charley Patton
