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Son House

Specialty
Acting
Birth
March 21, 1902 · 86 years
Death
October 19, 1988
Origin
Lyon, Mississippi, USA

Technical Alias

Edward James "Son" House Jr.Edward James House Jr.

Professional Trajectory

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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