Son House

Son House

Person / 1902 - 1988 / United States

delta blues blues acoustic blues

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.

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Analysed songs (8)

Clarksdale Moan

Son House

This is a plainspoken Delta blues meditation on home -- specifically Clarksdale, Mississippi -- rendered through the traditional…

place and belonging poverty endured with dignity memory and habit

Death Letter

Son House

Son House recounts the death of a lover through a series of stark, repeated images: a letter, a wake, a burial, a failed prayer.…

grief and loss delayed recognition of love religious doubt

Delta Blues

Son House

A weary blues confession built almost entirely from repetition and small variation, this piece follows a speaker trying to talk…

romantic exhaustion self-deception and resolve restlessness and departure

Forever On My Mind

Son House

A Delta blues lament built on the classic AAB stanza form, this song traces a man's attempt to reconcile betrayal with lingering…

betrayal and abandonment obsessive longing wounded pride

My Black Mama Part 1

Son House

An early Delta blues performance built from loosely linked verses about a woman, sexual and romantic frustration, and…

desire and dissatisfaction mortality and religious doubt masculine boasting

My Black Mama, Pt. 1

Son House

This is a Delta blues built from the traditional AAB stanza form, stringing together loosely connected verses about a woman,…

desire and dissatisfaction mortality and religious doubt masculine bravado

Pony Blues

Son House

A loose, half-spoken reworking of a traditional blues frame in which a horse becomes a vehicle for restlessness, desire, and…

restlessness and wandering the search for a lover freedom through motion

Sun Goin' Down

Son House

A solo Delta blues lament built from the traditional AAB verse pattern, tracing a man's helplessness as his relationship…

romantic abandonment powerlessness gossip and rumor