02701nam 2200589 a 450 991045647170332120200520144314.00-19-026806-91-283-16839-197866131683990-19-975335-0(CKB)2550000000039347(EBL)737379(OCoLC)741613263(SSID)ssj0000525004(PQKBManifestationID)12179850(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525004(PQKBWorkID)10488232(PQKB)11228844(StDuBDS)EDZ0001158268(MiAaPQ)EBC737379(Au-PeEL)EBL737379(CaPaEBR)ebr10483506(CaONFJC)MIL316839(EXLCZ)99255000000003934720100825d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPreachin' the blues[electronic resource] the life and times of Son House /Daniel BeaumontNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-539557-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. The Second Coming of the Son; CHAPTER 2. Ramblified; CHAPTER 3. The Blues Blowed My Spirit Away; CHAPTER 4. My Black Mama; CHAPTER 5. Dry Spell Blues; CHAPTER 6. Jinx Blues; CHAPTER 7. Eclipse; CHAPTER 8. Father of the Folk Blues; CHAPTER 9. He Was Who He Was; APPENDIX 1. Lyrics to Selected Songs; APPENDIX 2. Southold, NY, Police Report; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; IndexIn June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James ""Son"" House, Jr. (1902 - 1988). House pioneered an innovative style, incorporating strong repetitive rhythms with elements of southern gospel and spiritual vocals. A seminal figure in the history of the Delta blues, he was an important, direct influence on such figures as Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. The landscape of Son House's life and thBlues musiciansUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.Blues musicians782.421643092BBeaumont Daniel E849454MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456471703321Preachin' the blues1896968UNINA