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Son House
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 t…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2009
Blues at the BBC
Movie Self
- 2004
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2003
The Blues
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1999
Blues Masters
Movie
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1996
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
Movie Self
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1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Movie Self
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1993
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1967
Festival
Movie Self
