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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 21, 1902
Died
October 19, 1988
Place of Birth
Lyon, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
- Edward James "Son" House Jr.
- Edward James House Jr.
Son House
0.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.0
Self
Blues at the BBC
2009
10.0
Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004
7.2
Self (archive footage)
The Blues
2003
6.0
Blues Masters
1999
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Self
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
1996
6.0
Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
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Self (archive footage)
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
1993
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Self
Festival
1967
Credits
Blues at the BBC
as Self
2009
5.0
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self
2004
10.0
The Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.2
Blues Masters
1999
6.0
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
as Self
1996
0.0
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self
1993
6.0
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1993
0.0
Festival
as Self
1967
5.7