Son House - In Seattle 1968

Size: 145,6+108,0 MB
Time: 62:45+46:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Delta Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Intro Son House Talking ( 5:09)
02. Death Letter ( 4:50)
03. Son House Talking ( 3:23)
04. Government Fleet Blues ( 9:13)
05. Son House Talking ( 4:52)
06. Empire State Express ( 3:38)
07. Son House Talking ( 1:12)
08. I Want to Live So God Can Use Me ( 3:16)
09. Son House Talking ( 8:35)
10. Preachin' Blues ( 5:36)
11. Son House Talking ( 1:16)
12. Louise McGhee (11:38)

CD 2:
02. Interview (1:22)
03. All Night Long Blues (Louise Johnson) (3:10)
04. Interview (5:10)
05. Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues (Charlie Patton) (3:05)
06. Interview (1:45)
07. M & O Blues (Willie Brown) (3:04)
08. Interview (3:55)
09. Ham Hound Crave (Rube Lacy) (2:53)
10. Interview (5:57)
11. Terraplane Blues (Robert Johnson) (3:01)
12. Interview (6:50)
13. My Black Mama Pt. 2 (3:15)

Jack White of the White Stripes says, Eddie 'Son' House was his favorite blues singer. House was born in 1902 in Mississippi. He was an influential slide, or bottleneck stylist and a great storyteller, his songs might be five, ten, or even 15 minutes. And he told stories on stage. This great set is presenting thirteen songs, plus interviews, and stage talk, plus a 24-page booklet with his biography and newly researched facts.

Eddie James Jr. - everybody knows him as Son House – was born March 21, 1902 in Riverton, Mississippi . After working as a preacher for several years, he turned to playing the blues during the late 1920s. His highly rhytmic and percussive style influenced contemporaries like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters.
Although he recorded for Paramount (alongside Charlie Patton), he remained unknown outside the local Coahoma County region in Mississippi.
In the early 1940s he was recorded by researcher and archivist Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress – and gave up music for the next two decades after moving permanently to Rochester, New York.
In the early 1960s a group of folk and blues enthusiasts, students and record collectors developed a strong interest in the pre-war blues originators. Son House was still suspected in Mississippi, and the young folks were surprised to finally discover him not far from their universities on the east coast in the state of New York.

With the support of his discoverers, the second career of Son House began. He played for mostly white students at universities and in coffee shops, recorded a new album for Columbia and toured the world, also as a member of the American Folk Blues Festival. Son House died October 19, 1988 in Detroit, Michigan.
During a career spanning over more than 60 years, Son House inspired Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and John Mooney, Bonnie Raitt, The White Stripes, John Hammond a.m.o.

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VA - Black Snake Moan OST

Size: 118,1 MB
Time: 49:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Delta Blues, Blues Rock, Soundtrack
Art: Full

01. Scott Bomar - Opening Theme (0:38)
02. Son House - Ain't But One Kind Of Blues (0:11)
03. Samuel L. Jackson - Just Like A Bird Without A Feather (2:22)
04. The Black Keys - When The Lights Go Out (3:13)
05. Jessie Mae Hemphill -Standing In My Doorway Crying (4:40)
06. Bobby Rush - Chicken Heads (2:32)
07. Samuel L. Jackson - Black Snake Moan (4:04)
08. Precious Bryant - Morning Train (3:00)
09. John Doe - The Losing Kind (2:33)
10. Outrageous Cherry - Lord Have Mercy On Me (3:04)
11. Scott Bomar - Ronnie And Rae's Theme (1:08)
12. Scott Bomar - The Chain (2:50)
13. Samuel L. Jackson - Alice Mae (3:48)
14. Samuel L. Jackson - Stack-O-Lee (3:30)
15. R.L. Burnside - Old Black Mattie (4:10)
16. Son House - That's Where The Blues Started (0:21)
17. North Mississippi Allstars - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down (7:31)

This soundtrack to the film written and directed by Craig Brewer is as steeped in the Southern blues as his Hustle and Flow was in hip-hop. The biggest surprise here is how well actor Samuel L. Jackson (who seems to have a thing for "Snake" films) holds his own as a blues singer against selections from Son House and R.L. Burnside. He sounds like a throwback to the classic Delta bluesmen on "Just Like a Bird Without a Feather," does a convincing take on the Blind Lemon Jefferson title track, and rocks the juke joint on "Alice Mae" and a down-and-dirty recasting of "Stack-O-Lee." Produced by the Bo-Keys' Scott Bomar (who also scored Brewer's previous movie), the 17-cut soundtrack features a kaleidoscopic array of blues, from the primal throb of the Black Keys' "When the Lights Go Out" and the funk of Bobby Rush's classic "Chicken Heads" to the spiritual lilt of Precious Bryant's "Morning Train" and the North Mississippi Allstars' expansive finale, "Mean Ol' Wind Died Down." --Don McLeese

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Various - Classic Delta & Deep South Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:34
Size: 154.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic delta blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[2:37] 1. Big Bill Broonzy - C.C. Rider
[2:26] 2. Roosevelt Sykes - Woman In Elaine, Arkansas
[3:01] 3. Son House - Death Letter Blues
[2:46] 4. K.C. Douglas - Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
[3:33] 5. Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues
[1:57] 6. Cat-Iron - I'm Goin’ To Walk Your Log
[3:20] 7. Clifton Chenier - Why Did You Go Last Night
[3:54] 8. Sam Chatmon - I Stand And Wonder
[3:59] 9. Johnny Young - Sleeping With The Devil
[2:47] 10. Shortstuff Macon - Short Stuff's Corinna
[2:01] 11. Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
[3:01] 12. Little Brother Montgomery - Up The Country Blues
[4:48] 13. John Littlejohn - Dream
[3:40] 14. Doctor Ross - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
[3:31] 15. David Honeyboy Edwards - Catfish Blues
[3:41] 16. Memphis Slim - M & O Blues
[4:19] 17. Scott Dunbar - Forty-Four
[5:03] 18. Son House - Sun Goin' Down
[4:03] 19. Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Frisco Line
[2:58] 20. Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes

Mississippi, particularly the Delta, lays claim to being the land where the blues began. Forged in the crucible of poverty and racial oppression, blues flourished there as nowhere else, evolving into what most critics consider the deepest or most intense strain of the blues tradition. During the Great Migration, music changed consistently, adapting to its new surroundings like St. Louis and Chicago, while retaining its connection to its down home Delta roots. This collection celebrates the diversity and dissemination of the blues’ most powerful and influential voices.

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Son House - Preachin' the Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues
Time: 70:16
Size: 162,1 MB
Covers: Full

(6:42) 1. Walking Blues
(3:06) 2. My Black Mama Pt. 1
(3:13) 3. My Black Mama Pt. 2
(2:59) 4. Preachin' the Blues Pt. 1
(2:47) 5. Preachin' the Blues Pt. 2
(3:07) 6. Dry Spell Blues Pt. 1
(3:11) 7. Dry Spell Blues Pt. 2
(3:46) 8. Levee Camp Blues
(6:51) 9. Government Camp Blues
(3:28) 10. Shetland Pony Blues
(2:28) 11. Camp Hollers
(5:20) 12. Delta Blues
(0:42) 13. Special Rider Blues
(4:57) 14. Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
(2:56) 15. Depot Blues
(2:55) 16. American Defense
(1:48) 17. Am I Right or Wrong
(2:12) 18. County Farm Blues
(4:14) 19. The Pony Blues
(3:26) 20. The Jinx Blues

Another respectable reissue. Son House' Delta Blues highlights 20 exemplary performances recorded between May 28, 1930, through July 17, 1942, including "Preachin' the Blues," "Levee Camp Blues," "My Black Mama," and "Dry Spell Blues." Collectors should note that these tracks have been cleaned up to the point where the high end is flattened out and a bit muddy, but still, this is revelatory primeval material recommended to anyone not familiar with one of the pioneering Delta blues guitarists. The series is nicely packaged in a digipack with a 12-page booklet. -- Allmusic.

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Woody Mann, Son House, Jo Ann Kelly - Been Here And Gone

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:44
Size: 134.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. 4 O'clock
[3:22] 2. Sun Going Down
[0:58] 3. Green River
[2:16] 4. Come To Die
[1:35] 5. Been Here And Gone
[3:04] 6. Henry Millers Dream
[3:43] 7. Jo's Mistreated Blues
[3:50] 8. Bothering That Thing
[2:22] 9. Traveling Solo
[3:19] 10. King Street
[2:54] 11. Baby Where You Been
[1:42] 12. For Son
[4:10] 13. Blues Ain't Nothin'
[2:46] 14. Come To Die- Son's Take
[2:44] 15. Slow Motion
[3:41] 16. Rolling Log Blues
[2:55] 17. Pigmeat
[1:26] 18. Sour Jive
[2:55] 19. New Stock Yard Blues
[3:32] 20. Drunken Barrelhouse
[2:04] 21. Coda For Jo

On separate occasions, when Woody Mann was just a teenager, he recorded a series of duets with Son House and JoAnn Kelly. These recordings have recently been remixed and released for the first time on “Been Here and Gone.” Mann’s distinctive guitar style is already evident and serves as a powerful accompaniment to the classic blues vocals of the legendary Son House, and British great Jo Ann Kelly in an intimate exchange between one guitarist and one vocalist. On the tracks with House, the veteran Mississippi bluesman sings with the intensity of his 1920’s recordings that recalls memories of long ago. The songs with Jo Ann Kelly might be thought of as “blues expansions.” The duo used traditional material as a springboard for their own improvising and original songs – and Kelly sings with the depth and creativity that has become the hallmark of her career. Throughout the album are seven short instrumentals recently written or arranged by Mann specifically for this CD. These impressionistic pieces interweave throughout the vocal tracks to create an overall unity of blues-based textures and moods. These, along with the earlier sessions, show Woody’s ability to capture the essence and nuances of acoustic blues guitar playing at it’s finest. “Been Here And Gone” is a historically important recording that showcases two of the greatest vocalists ever to sing the blues. Their timeless artistry and powerful musical presence is as fresh today as it was then.

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VA - Milestones Of Legends: Delta Blues Vol. 01 to Vol. 10

Size: 1.55 GB
Time: 11:28:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic Delta Blues
Art: Front

Vol. 01:
01. Charlie Patton - High Sheriff Blues (3:06)
02. Son House - Mississippie Country Blues (2:50)
03. Son House - Clarksdale Moan (2:57)
04. Blind Willie Johnson - God Don't Never Change (2:56)
05. Leadbelly - Packin'trunk Blues (2:53)
06. Casey Bill Weldon - I Believe I´ll Make A Change (3:02)
07. Blind Willie Johnson - When The War Was On (3:00)
08. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan (2:50)
09. Joshua White - The Prodigal Son (2:58)
10. Lonnie Johnson - Away Down In The Alley Blues (2:49)
11. Son House - My Black Mama Part One (3:11)
12. Son House - My Black Mama Part Two (3:18)
13. Sonny Terry - Touch It Up And Go (2:25)
14. Mississippie Jock Band - Hittin' The Bottom Stomp (2:35)
15. Big Joe Williams - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff (3:02)
16. Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues (2:29)
17. Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2:36)
18. Blind Boy Fuller - Homesick & Lonesme Blues (3:06)
19. Son House - Dry Spell Blues Pt. 1 (3:08)
20. Son House - Dry Spell Blues Pt. 2 (3:12)
21. Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine (2:44)
22. Mississippie Fred McDowell - Shake 'em Down (3:18)
23. John Lee Hooker - My Baby Don't Love Me (3:03)

Vol. 02:
01. Charlie Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues (2:56)
02. Charlie Patton - It Won't Be Long (3:23)
03. Charlie Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt. 1 (3:04)
04. Charlie Patton - High Sheriff Blues (3:06)
05. Charlie Patton - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (3:04)
06. Charlie Patton - Lord I'm Discouraged (3:08)
07. Charlie Patton - Shake It And Break It (3:07)
08. Charlie Patton - Rattlesnake Blues (2:44)
09. Charlie Patton - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:06)
10. Charlie Patton - A Spoonful Of Blues (3:10)
11. Charlie Patton - Pony Blues (3:00)
12. Charlie Patton - Magnolia Blues (3:11)
13. Charlie Patton - Moon Going Down (3:13)
14. Charlie Patton - I'm Goin' Home (3:03)
15. Charlie Patton - Elder Green Blues (3:00)
16. Charlie Patton - Jim Lee Blues Pt. 1 (3:01)
17. Charlie Patton - Banty Rooster Blues (3:04)
18. Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues (3:09)
19. Charlie Patton - I Shall Not Be Moved (3:02)
20. Charlie Patton - Going To Move To Alabama (2:58)
21. Charlie Patton - Pea Vine Blues (3:02)
22. Charlie Patton - Green River Blues (3:09)
23. Charlie Patton - Bird Nest Bound (3:09)

Vol. 03:
01. Son House - Levee Camp Blues (3:43)
02. Son House - Government Fleet Blues (6:50)
03. Son House - Walking Blues (Version 1) (6:42)
04. Son House - Shetland Pony Blues (3:28)
05. Son House - Fo' Clock Blues (3:52)
06. Son House - Camp Hollers (2:27)
07. Son House - Delta Blues (5:20)
08. Son House - Special Rider Blues (Test) (0:45)
09. Son House - Special Rider Blues (3:04)
10. Son House - Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (4:59)
11. Son House - Depot Blues (2:55)
12. Son House - Alan Lomax Talking (1:32)
13. Son House - American Defense (2:56)
14. Son House - Am I Right Or Wrong (1:49)
15. Son House - Walking Blues (Version 2) (2:56)
16. Son House - County Farm Blues (2:13)
17. Son House - The Pony Blues (4:14)
18. Son House - The Jinx Blues (Pt. 1) (3:27)
19. Son House - The Jinx Blues (Pt. 2) (4:26)

Vol. 04:
01. Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom (2:57)
02. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues (2:33)
03. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind (2:51)
04. Robert Johnson - Kindhearted Woman Blues (2:48)
05. Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues (2:58)
06. Robert Johnson - I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (2:39)
07. Robert Johnson - Walking Blues (2:27)
08. Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2:37)
09. Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues (2:34)
10. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago (2:59)
11. Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues (2:48)
12. Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen (2:47)
13. Robert Johnson - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (2:32)
14. Robert Johnson - Me And The Devil Blues (2:29)
15. Robert Johnson - Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) (2:50)
16. Robert Johnson - Stones In My Passway (2:24)
17. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (2:39)
18. Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues (2:46)
19. Robert Johnson - When You Got A Good Friend (2:35)
20. Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues (2:13)
21. Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail (2:36)
22. Robert Johnson - From Four 'til Late (2:22)
23. Robert Johnson - Honeymoon Blues (2:15)
24. Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues (2:15)
25. Robert Johnson - Malted Milk (2:21)
26. Robert Johnson - Little Queen Of Spades (2:18)
27. Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot (3:02)
28. Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man (2:24)
29. Robert Johnson - Love In Vain (2:18)

Vol. 05:
01. Bukka White - District Attorney Blues (2:42)
02. Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2:35)
03. Bukka White - Special Streamline (2:52)
04. Bukka White - Shake 'em On Down (2:58)
05. Bukka White - When Can I Change My Clothes (2:56)
06. Bukka White - Promise True And Grand (3:06)
07. Bukka White - Po' Boy (2:53)
08. Bukka White - The New Frisco Train (2:57)
09. Bukka White - Sic 'em Dogs On (2:20)
10. Bukka White - High Fever Blues (2:47)
11. Bukka White - Pinebluff, Arkansas (2:46)
12. Bukka White - Strange Place Blues (2:49)
13. Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues (2:36)
14. Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues (2:48)
15. Bukka White - I Am In The Heavenly Way (3:05)
16. Bukka White - Black Train Blues (2:54)
17. Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (2:32)
18. Bukka White - Good Gin Blues (2:20)
19. Bukka White - The Panama Limited (3:06)
20. Bukka White - Fixin' To Die (2:45)

Vol. 06:
01. Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:45)
02. Big Joe Williams - Crawlin' King Snake (2:47)
03. Big Joe Williams - Long Tall Woman, Skinny Mama Too (3:53)
04. Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:27)
05. Big Joe Williams - That Thing's In Town (3:44)
06. Big Joe Williams - King Biscuit Stomp (2:35)
07. Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk Blues (2:45)
08. Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:40)
09. Big Joe Williams - Jump, Baby, Jump! (2:42)
10. Big Joe Williams - Delta Blues (2:38)
11. Big Joe Williams - Stack Of Dollars (3:10)
12. Big Joe Williams - Throw A Boogie Woogie (2:39)
13. Big Joe Williams - Drop Down Blues (2:53)
14. Big Joe Williams - Somebody's Been Worryin' (3:13)
15. Big Joe Williams - Don't Leave Me Here (2:56)
16. Big Joe Williams - Banta Rooster Blues (2:56)
17. Big Joe Williams - Blues Left Texas (3:18)
18. Big Joe Williams - I'm Getting Wild About Her (2:45)
19. Big Joe Williams - Walk On, Little Girl (2:53)
20. Big Joe Williams - Mellow Peaches (3:08)
21. Big Joe Williams - P Vine Blues (3:08)
22. Big Joe Williams - No.13 Highway (2:22)
23. Big Joe Williams - I Got A Bad Mind (2:19)
24. Big Joe Williams - Arkansas Woman (3:13)
25. Big Joe Williams - I Done Stop Hollering (3:58)

Vol. 07:
01. Leadbelly - Midnight Special (3:04)
02. Leadbelly - John Hardy (3:12)
03. Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:00)
04. Leadbelly - T.B. Blues (3:09)
05. Leadbelly - Easy Rider (3:14)
06. Leadbelly - Alberta (3:09)
07. Leadbelly - Rock Island Line (2:35)
08. Leadbelly - Alabama Bound (3:03)
09. Leadbelly - You Can't Lose-A Me Cholly (3:04)
10. Leadbelly - New York City (2:58)
11. Leadbelly - Roberta (3:05)
12. Leadbelly - Leaving Blues (3:03)
13. Leadbelly - When The Boys Were Out On The Western Plains (2:54)
14. Leadbelly - I'm On My Last Go Round (3:12)
15. Leadbelly - Mother's Blues (2:33)
16. Leadbelly - Pretty Flowers In My Back Yard (2:24)
17. Leadbelly - Pick A Bale Of Cotton (2:56)
18. Leadbelly - Sail On Little Girl (3:12)
19. Leadbelly - Fannin Street (2:33)
20. Leadbelly - Packing Trunk Blues (2:54)
21. Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues (3:21)
22. Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues (2:53)
23. Leadbelly - The Boll Weevil (3:01)
24. Leadbelly - Shorty George (5:01)
25. Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene (2:40)

Vol. 08:
01. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:10)
02. Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (2:55)
03. Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues (2:47)
04. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues (2:59)
05. Skip James - Drunken Spree (3:01)
06. Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues (2:47)
07. Skip James - Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader (2:51)
08. Skip James - Illinois Blues (2:51)
09. Skip James - How Long Buck (2:59)
10. Skip James - Four O'clock Blues (3:02)
11. Skip James - 22-20 Blues (2:51)
12. Skip James - Hard Luck Child (3:02)
13. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road (2:37)
14. Skip James - Be Ready When He Comes (2:49)
15. Skip James - Yola My Blues Away (2:55)
16. Skip James - I'm So Glad (3:14)
17. Skip James - What Am I Gonna Do Blues (2:53)
18. Skip James - Special Rider Blues (3:05)

Vol. 09:
01. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (3:23)
02. Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's Dirty Business (2:54)
03. Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' (2:53)
04. Mississippi John Hurt - Louis Collins (2:59)
05. Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues (3:03)
06. Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues (2:52)
07. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee (2:55)
08. Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Blues (2:44)
09. Mississippi John Hurt - Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2:49)
10. Mississippi John Hurt - Blessed Be The Name (2:45)
11. Mississippi John Hurt - Praying On The Old Camp Ground (2:35)
12. Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues (2:50)
13. Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues (3:13)
14. Blind Willie Johnson - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:04)
15. Blind Willie Johnson - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (3:09)
16. Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water (2:58)
17. Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Is Coming Soon (3:12)
18. Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator (3:18)
19. Blind Willie Johnson - Cold Was The Ground - Dark Was The Night (3:19)
20. Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Will Soon Be Over (3:06)
21. Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me (3:08)
22. Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine (3:08)
23. Blind Willie Johnson - The Soul Of A Man (3:12)
24. Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down (3:11)

Vol. 10:
01. Muddy Waters - Country Blues (3:33)
02. Muddy Waters - I Be's Troubled (3:05)
03. Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Farm Blues (2:53)
04. Muddy Waters - Ramblin' Kid Blues (Partial) (1:10)
05. Muddy Waters - Ramblin' Kid Blues (3:15)
06. Muddy Waters - Rosalie (3:02)
07. Muddy Waters - Joe Turner (2:46)
08. Muddy Waters - Pearlie May Blues (3:22)
09. Muddy Waters - Take A Walk With Me (3:04)
10. Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Blues (3:13)
11. Muddy Waters - I Be Bound To Write To You (First Version) (3:25)
12. Muddy Waters - I Be Bound To Write To You (Second Version) (2:52)
13. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number One) (3:21)
14. Muddy Waters - You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days (2:08)
15. Muddy Waters - Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You (2:07)
16. Muddy Waters - Country Blues (Number Two) (3:34)
17. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number Two) (3:40)
18. Muddy Waters - 32-20 Blues (3:24)

10CD set of the greatest innovators of the Delta Blues - 25 artists across 224 tracks. Featuring Charlie Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Big JoeWilliams, Lead Belly, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson and Muddy Waters.

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Son House - The Delta Blues Of Son House

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:14
Size: 135.6 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. Death Letter Blues
[3:04] 2. My Black Mama, Pt. 1
[1:44] 3. Am I Right Or Wrong
[6:48] 4. Government Fleet Blues
[3:24] 5. The Jinx Blues
[2:52] 6. American Defense
[2:53] 7. Depot Blues
[3:46] 8. Fo' Clock Blues
[4:54] 9. Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
[3:04] 10. Special Rider Blues
[5:08] 11. Delta Blues
[2:56] 12. Walking Blues
[4:11] 13. Pony Blues
[4:22] 14. The Jinx Blues
[2:55] 15. Clarksdale Moan
[2:09] 16. County Farm Blues
[1:30] 17. The Revelator

This album features legendary Delta Blues guitarist Son House performing many of his best known and loved songs including Death Letter Blues, John The Revelator, My Black Mama, and many others. Compiled from various sources, including House s legendary Library Of Congress recordings and rare previously unreleased television performances, all tracks have been Digitally Remastered to provide a superior listening experience. This album makes for a great introduction to one of Blues music s true pantheon greats, and is sure to be enjoyed by any fan of the Country Blues.

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Son House - New York Central Live!

Size: 135 MB
Time: 38:20
File: FLAC
Released: 2002
Styles: Acoustic Delta Blues
Art: Front

01. Introduction / It's So Hard (10:59)
02. Judgement Da ( 3:54)
03. New York Central ( 3:03)
04. A True Friend Is Hard To Find ( 1:37)
05. Preachin' Blues ( 8:32)
06. Change Your Mind (10:12)

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Love is the main source of the blues, says Son House in his extended introduction to this live performance made after his 1960s rediscovery, and he's not talking about the love of God, he makes a point of saying. Yet, while it's romantic troubles he has in mind, somehow religion never seems to be far from his thoughts. In "A True Friend Is Hard to Find," this former minister jokes, "I want to be a Baptist preacher/So I wouldn't have to work." On most of this album, House accompanies himself on a sparsely picked slide guitar, creating a minimalist effect. But on "Change Your Mind," he demonstrates his fingerpicking ability, playing in a style more reminiscent of Mississippi John Hurt. The confluence of religious and romantic love may occur to him because he is also so concerned with death, as he makes clear in "Judgement Day." But even when the object of his affection seems to be alive and healthy, things aren't easy. As he notes more than once, it's hard to love someone who doesn't love you. ~by William Ruhlmann

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Son House - A Proper Introduction To Son House: Delta Blues

Year: 2004
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:12
Size: 177,5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, Delta blues
Scans: Full

1. My Black Mama, Pt. 1 (3:13)
2. My Black Mama, Pt. 2 (3:21)
3. Preachin' The Blues, Pt. 1 (3:08)
4. Preachin' The Blues, Pt. 2 (2:56)
5. Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 (3:13)
6. Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 2 (3:17)
7. Levee Camp Blues (3:50)
8. Government Fleet Blues (6:54)
9. Walking Blues (6:45)
10. Shetland Pony Blues (3:32)
11. Camp Hollers (2:31)
12. Delta Blues (5:23)
13. Special Rider Blues (3:09)
14. Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (4:59)
15. Depot Blues (2:58)
16. American Defense (2:57)
17. Am I Right Or Wrong? (1:50)
18. Walking Blues (3:01)
19. Country Farm Blues (2:14)
20. The Jinx Blues, Pt. 1 (3:30)
21. The Jinx Blues, Pt. 2 (4:22)

This single-disc set collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and adds in House's complete Paramount recordings from 1930, which consist of three double-sided 78s ("My Black Mama", "Preachin' the Blues", and "Dry Spell Blues"). Since House's rediscovery sides for Columbia in the 1960s catch him, quite honestly, with diminishing powers, the material presented here is the truly essential stuff. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Son House - At Home The Legendary 1969 Rochester Sessions

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1992
Styles: Blues
Time: 79:13
Size: 182,2 MB
Covers: Full

(20:40) 1. Son's Blues
( 1:53) 2. Yonder Comes My Mother
( 3:45) 3. Shetland Pony Blues
( 2:38) 4. I'm So Sorry, Baby
( 0:48) 5. Plantation Song
( 2:49) 6. Mister Suzie-Q
( 4:52) 7. Evening Train
( 7:25) 8. Sundown
( 7:23) 9. Preachin' the Blues
( 8:49) 10. Empire State Express
( 3:47) 11. Never Mind People Grinnin' in Your Face
( 7:11) 12. Sun Goin' Down
( 7:08) 13. A Spoken Message

Recorded at his home in September of 1969 by blues enthusiast Steve Lobb, Son House turns in one of the most vital and compelling performances available from his late career comeback. While the 1965 Columbia Records sessions require explanations about his age and extended retirement, there is no excuse necessary for the contents of this CD. Opening with the 20-minute long "Son's Blues," he radiates explosive power, his voice surging and his guitar strings snapping against the fretboard in a slow, fiery performance. The tension and sustained strength of this one piece makes this CD far more valuable as a specimen of Son's best work than any of the CBS material -- this is the perfect companion to his inimitable Alan Lomax and Paramount recordings of the 1930s and early 1940s. Nothing else here quite matches the opening track, although Son still seems in far better form than he did on some of his better-known comeback recordings. -- Allmusic.

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Son House - Father of the Delta Blues The Complete 1965 Sessions

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1965/1992
Styles: Blues
Time: 44:59 + 52:43
Size: 103,4 MB + 121,3 MB
Covers: Full (12 page booklet)

CD1: Father of the Delta Blues Disc 1
(4:21) 1. Death Letter
(4:34) 2. Pearline
(6:13) 3. Louise Mcghee
(2:32) 4. John the Revelator
(3:41) 5. Empire State Express
(5:45) 6. Preachin' Blues
(2:08) 7. Grinning in Your Face
(6:14) 8. Sundown
(9:28) 9. Levee Camp Moan

CD2: Father of the Delta Blues Disc 2 (outtakes and alternates)
(5:53) 1. Death Letter
(4:52) 2. Levee Camp Moan
(3:14) 3. Grinning in Your Face
(2:17) 4. John the Revelator
(5:29) 5. Preachin' Blues
(3:45) 6. President Kennedy
(3:42) 7. A Down the Staff
(4:30) 8. Motherless Children
(3:40) 9. Yonder Comes My Mother
(2:43) 10. Shake It and Break It
(5:24) 11. Pony Blues
(7:09) 12. Downhearted Blues

After being rediscovered by the folk-blues community in the early '60s, Son House rose to the occasion and recorded this magnificent set of performances. Allowed to stretch out past the shorter running time of the original 78s, House turns in wonderful, steaming performances of some of his best-known material. On some tracks, House is supplemented by folk-blues researcher/musician Alan Wilson, who would later become a member of the blues-rock group Canned Heat and here plays some nice second guitar and harmonica on several cuts. This two-disc set features alternate takes, some unissued material and some studio chatter from producer John Hammond, Sr. that ocassionally hints at the chaotic nature inherent to some of these '60s "rediscovery" sessions. While not as overpowering as his earlier work (what could be?), all of these sides are so power packed with sheer emotional involvement from House, they're an indispensable part of his canonade. -- Allmusic.
According to legend, it was Son House's blistering bottleneck guitar that prompted Robert Johnson to pick up a six string. House's potent early recordings from 1930 and 1941 to 1942 showcased his raw, emotionally powerful style, but never received the acclaim of Johnson's. House had quit music for years When he was rediscovered during the '60s blues revivalist movement, his voice still possessed wall-shaking intensity and his idiosyncratic slide guitar still had bite. These 21 recordings (including five alternate takes) offer superior fidelity and significant room for House to stretch out. The first disc features his classic "Preachin' Blues," a stirring a capella "Grinning in Your Face," and a nine-minute "Levee Camp Moan," with Canned Heat's Al Wilson on harp. Disc two (outtakes and alternates) includes an odd homage to President Kennedy and a riveting version of the spiritual "Motherless Children." Son House is the real deal. Listen and learn. -- Amazon.

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Son House - The Complete Library of Congress Sessions 1941-1942

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues
Time: 67:59
Size: 156,7 MB
Covers: Full

(3:48) 1. Levee Camp Blues
(6:52) 2. Government Fleet Blues
(6:43) 3. Walking Blues
(3:30) 4. Shetland Pony Blues
(3:50) 5. Fo' Clock Blues
(2:29) 6. Camp Hollers
(5:21) 7. Delta Blues
(0:44) 8. Special Rider Blues
(3:07) 9. Special Rider Blues
(4:57) 10. Low-Down Dirty Blues
(2:56) 11. Depot Blues
(1:34) 12. The Key of Minor
(2:55) 13. American Defense
(1:48) 14. Am I Right or Wrong
(2:59) 15. Walking Blues
(2:12) 16. County Farm Blues
(4:15) 17. The Pony Blues
(3:28) 18. The Jinx Blues, Pt. 1
(4:22) 19. The Jinx Blues, Pt. 2

This classic release features 19 blues recordings from Mississippi Delta bluesman Son House recorded in 1941-42. Folklorist Alan Lomax came to Mississippi in late August 1941, bringing with him a 300-pound "portable" disc-cutting machine, and cut five acetate masters. These recordings are the only ones ever made of Eddie "Son" House playing with a band: Son House is on guitar & vocals, joined by Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin & Leory Williams. These tracks were cut in the back room of Clack's country store in Robinsonville by Lake Cormorant. At one point, you can actually hear a train passing by outside. These cuts may not quite match the power of House's ferocious 1930 Paramount recordings, but barely anything does, and these are tremendous recordings in their own right. Perhaps the chatter of the other three musicians on the first three tracks, and the sound of a mandolin being picked dulls the raw intensity of Son House's music a little, but you can still hear why Muddy Waters was so much in awe of Son House, stating that "back where I came from, down in the Delta, Son House was the king!" The remaining numbers (which include a longer version of "The Jinx Blues") were cut the following summer, and on these tracks, House performs alone. This is where the power and intensity of House truly shines through, showcasing what an effective guitar player he really was. Son House may not have been Charlie Christian, but his loud, grinding, strongly rhytmic playing, filled with wailing slide riffs, was the perfect background for his huge voice and emotionally charged singing.

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Various - Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers 1928-1930

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:11
Size: 167.6 MB
Styles: Mississippi Delta Blues, Country Blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:08] 1. Son House - My Black Mama, Pt. 1
[3:15] 2. Son House - My Black Mama, Pt. 2
[3:02] 3. Son House - Preachin' The Blues, Pt. 1
[2:50] 4. Son House - Preachin' The Blues, Pt. 2
[3:07] 5. Son House - Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1
[3:11] 6. Son House - Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 2
[2:56] 7. Son House - Walkin' Blues
[3:07] 8. Willie Brown - M & O Blues
[2:58] 9. Willie Brown - Future Blues
[2:46] 10. Kid Baley - Mississippi Bottom Blues
[2:56] 11. Kid Baley - Rowdy Blues
[2:49] 12. Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 1
[3:13] 13. Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2
[3:07] 14. Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues
[3:05] 15. Garfield Akers - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues
[3:08] 16. Joe Callicott - Fare Thee Well Blues
[3:12] 17. Joe Callicott - Traveling Mama Blue
[3:03] 18. Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues
[2:52] 19. Blind Joe Willie Reynolds - Outside Woman Blues
[3:11] 20. Blind Joe Willie Reynolds - Nehi Blues
[3:14] 21. Blind Joe Willie Reynolds - Married Man Blues
[2:38] 22. Blind Joe Willie Reynolds - Third Street Woman Blue
[3:19] 23. Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jail House Groan
[2:53] 24. Rube Lacy - Ham Hound Crave

Have you ever put an album into a player and been shocked as a surge of intensity, both beautiful and at the same time disturbing hits you like nothing before? You're mesmerised, finding it hard to believe that this is a man, relying on little more than his relentless, pounding rhythmic guitar playing and his own dark, rich, voice. These are the first few seconds of Son House's My Black Mama Part 1 recorded for Paramount in 1930 and just a hint to what is to come. This album is not just an album of singers. It is a snapshot of some of the finest bluesmen to have recorded. This is the blues un-distilled. Raw, hard hitting, being exorcised and torn like a demon from man's tormented soul. This is undoubtedly the best collection of vintage Mississippi blues singers guitarist available. After being in the Document catalogue for over fourteen years it is still one of their best sellers. Blues fans certainly know a classic when they see one.

Son House was rediscovered and feted in the 1960s as the greatest surviving Delta Blues singer. The recordings that Son House made for Paramount label in 1930 are rightly considered classics of their kind. These are deep voiced, solo performances, with Son House brilliantly accompanying himself on guitar, using a slide to produce that special Mississippi Delta sound. The tracks that Son House recorded were "My Black Mama" (1 & 2), "Preachin' The Blues" (1 & 2), "Dry Spell Blues" (1 & 2) and most remarkably featured here is a test pressing of "Walking Blues" discovered in an attic in 1985! This previously unissued recording by Son House also features a second guitarist, almost certainly Willie Brown, a musical associate of House and Charley Patton, who recorded at least four solo performances at the same session. The fiery delivery of Son House's blues with his razor sharp bottleneck guitar playing is contrasted by the more delicate playing of Willie Brown (Immortalised as "my friend Willie Brown" by the recording of “Crossroads Blues” by Robert Johnson). Friends of Charley Patton both House and Brown can be heard together on Walking Blues. Garfield Akers' recordings for the Vocalion label are pure Mississippi blues with his guitar providing an insistent, pulsating rhythm, his vocals only being a step away from a field holler style. The more obscure names provide no less in the power of their performances including Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds' "Outside Women Blues" which was later covered by the sixties super group Cream.

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Son House - Depot Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:08
Size: 149.1 MB
Styles: Delta blues, Bottleneck guitar blues
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[2:53] 1. Depot Blues
[1:42] 2. Am I Right Or Wrong
[4:51] 3. Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
[2:52] 4. American Defense
[0:39] 5. Special Rider Blues I
[3:04] 6. Special Rider Blues 2
[2:56] 7. Walking Blues
[2:09] 8. County Farm Blues
[4:11] 9. The Pony Blues
[3:24] 10. The Jinx Blues 1
[4:21] 11. The Jinx Blues 2
[5:17] 12. Delta Blues
[6:47] 13. Government Fleet Blues
[3:25] 14. Shetland Pony Blues
[2:26] 15. Camp Hollers
[3:42] 16. Levee Camp Blues
[6:37] 17. Walking Blues (Part 2)
[3:46] 18. Fo' Clock Blues

Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American 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 as a church pastor, he turned to blues performance at the age of 25. He quickly developed a unique style by applying the rhythmic drive, vocal power and emotional intensity of his preaching to the newly learned idiom. In a short career interrupted by a spell in Parchman Farm penitentiary, he developed to the point that Charley Patton, the foremost blues artist of the Mississippi Delta region, invited him to share engagements, and to accompany him to a 1930 recording session for Paramount Records.

Issued at the start of The Great Depression, the records did not sell and did not lead to national recognition. Locally, Son remained popular, and in the 1930s, together with Patton's associate, Willie Brown, he was the leading musician of Coahoma County. There he was a formative influence on Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. In 1941 and 1942, House and the members of his band were recorded by Alan Lomax and John W. Work for Library of Congress and Fisk University. The following year, he left the Delta for Rochester, New York, and gave up music.

In 1964, a group of young record collectors discovered House, whom they knew of from his records issued by Paramount and by the Library of Congress. With their encouragement, he relearned his style and repertoire and enjoyed a career as an entertainer to young white audiences in the coffee houses, folk festivals and concert tours of the American folk music revival billed as a "folk blues" singer. He recorded several albums, and some informally taped concerts have also been issued as albums. Son House died in 1988.

In addition to his early influence on Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, he became an inspiration to John Hammond, Alan Wilson (of Canned Heat), Bonnie Raitt, The White Stripes, Dallas Green and John Mooney. ~wikipedia

Note: Album cover art credits 'Son Terry' as the artist, an error made by Hallmark Records which issued this compilation.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - Takoma Blues

Styles: Acoustic & Electric Chicago Blues,
Recorded: mid 1960's
Released: 1998
File: mp3 @ 320 k/s
Size: 157.19 MB
Time: 72:09
Art: Front+Back

01. Hesitation Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - 2:32
02. Minglewood Blues - John Lee Granderson - 1:39
03. Chicago Breakdown - Dr Ross - 5:55
04. I Feel So Worried - Big Joe Williams - 3:00
05. V 8 Ford Blues (Going To Your Funeral In A V-8 Ford) - James Cotton - 3:51
06. Crying Won't Make Me Stay - Maxwell Street Jimmy - 2:56
07. Michigan Water Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - 3:35
08. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - John Lee Granderson - 2:46
09. Hobo Blues - Dr Ross - 4:36
10. Stack O'Dollars - Big Joe Williams - 2:43
11. Polly Put The Kettle On - James Cotton - 1:50
12. Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd - 2:54
13. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Dr Ross - 3:01
14. Alberta - Maxwell Street Jimmy - 2:57
15. I Ain't Got Nobody - Big Joe Williams - 2:57
16. Preachin' Blues - Son House - 4:43
17. I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down - Rev Robert Wilkins - 3:54
18. Pleadin' Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - 4:21
19. Lend Me Your Love - Sunnyland Slim - 3:57
20. Two Trains Running - Maxwell Street Jimmy - 2:17
21. Whistlin' Pines - Big Joe Williams - 2:20
22. O Lord I Want You To Help Me - Rev Robert Wilkins - 3:25

Personnel: Various Artists - see above

Notes: The Takoma acoustic blues/folk recordings have been extensively reissued and written about in these pages for several years, making available once again those seminal sides by guitar geniuses such as John Fahey and Leo Kottke. To continue with this reissue programme, Takoma now presents a collection of recordings made in Chicago in the early 1960s by performers who, at the time, represented the predominant traditional blues sound of the city.

Recorded in various locations, from small apartments and tucked-away basements to intimate clubs and tiny studios, the selection demonstrates an easy and natural union between the musicians. There is no sense of formality, just a sense of trying to please one another, evoking a very personal and unusual compilation.

Little Brother Montgomery is best known for his dixieland playing in Chicago's larger and noisier clubs. But on 'Hestitating Blues' and 'Michigan Water Blues', accompanied by Michael Bloomfield, was a rare occasion where he played traditional tracks at a smaller club called the Fickle Pickle - the music he loved best.

John Lee Granderson was in his 50s when he recorded his solo contributions. A Tennessee man who had travelled and played all over the South during his younger days, here he recorded in a Chicago apartment were he worked as a janitor. Using the most basic guitar he displays a mastery of the instrument.

Dr Isaiah Ross acquired his nickname "The Doctor" because he obsessively read medical books during his military service. He played guitar and harmonica at the same time, and occasionally interjected with his own vocals. Both 'Chicago Breakdown' and 'Hobo Blue's were recorded in concert at the University of Chicago in 1965.

Big Joe Williams plays in the harsh Delta tradition and is best known for playing the 9-string guitar. Here he plays 6-string and is accompanied by Paul Butterfield on harmonica. Recorded in 1965 in a small film studio the two improvise a session reminiscent of the 1941 Bluebird sessions with Big Joe and Sonny Boy Williamson.

Harpist James Cotton was a pupil of Sonny Boy Williamson. He came to Chicago after a recording stint alongside Howlin' Wolf for Sun Records and joined Muddy Waters' band then went solo. Here he plays with Paul Butterfield, alongside guitarist Elvin Bishop.

Maxwell Street Jimmy's real name was Charles Thomas. He was discovered playing outside his restaurant on Maxwell Street, in his cook's apron. Here he was recorded at the Fickle Pickle on the traditional blues night in 1963.

Finally, Eddie Boyd arrived in Chicago having followed the same route as Cotton, but playing the piano. He left Waters' band saying Muddy didn't play sweet enough for his taste. Having recorded for many small Chicago labels, including J.O.B and Chess, he recorded his blues classic 'Five Long Years' in 1952. This version was recorded 11 years later.

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