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Son House
Acting
🎂 March 21, 1902📍 Lyon, Mississippi, USA🕯️ October 19, 1988 · Age 86
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.
BODY OF WORK
Son House's Filmography
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Blues at the BBC
2009⭐ 7.5
as Self
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004⭐ 10.0
as Self
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Blues Masters
1999⭐ 6.5
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Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
1996⭐ 7.0
as Self
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993⭐ 7.5
as Self
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Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
1993
as Self (archive footage)
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Festival
1967⭐ 6.0
as Self