Son House
Birthday
1902/03/21
Day of death
1988/10/19 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lyon, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
Edward James "Son" House Jr., Edward James House Jr.
Biography
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.
Acting
(1993) Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(1996) Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
as Self
(1999) Blues Masters
as ---
(1967) Festival
as Self
(2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self
(1993) Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self
(2009) Blues at the BBC
as Self
(2003) The Blues
as Self (archive footage)