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Son House
Acting • Born 1902-03-21 – Died 1988-10-19
Acting0Lyon, Mississippi, USA
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.
Filmography
8 credits
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
Movie • 1996
Self
Blues Masters
Movie • 1999
Festival
Movie • 1967
Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Movie • 2004
Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Movie • 1993
Self
Blues at the BBC
Movie • 2009
Self
The Blues
TV • 2003
Self (archive footage)