Son House - Discography

Discography

78 RPM Recordings
Recorded May 28, 1930, in Grafton, Wisconsin, for Paramount Records.

  • "Walking Blues" (unissued and lost until 1985)
  • "See The My Grave Is Kept Clean" (unissued)
  • "My Black Mama — Part I"
  • "My Black Mama — Part II"
  • "Preachin' the Blues — Part I"
  • "Preachin' the Blues — Part II"
  • "Dry Spell Blues — Part I"
  • "Dry Spell Blues — Part II"
  • "Clarksdale Moan"
  • "Mississippi County Farm Blues"

For Library of Congress/Fisk University
Recorded August 1941, Clack Store near Lake Cormorant, Mississippi

  • "Levee Camp Blues" (with Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams)
  • "Government Fleet Blues' (with Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams)
  • "Walking Blues" (with Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams)
  • "Shetland Pony Blues" (with Willie Brown)
  • "Camp Hollers" (with Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams)

Recorded 17 July 1942, Robbinsonville Mississippi

  • "Special Rider Blues" (two takes)
  • "Low Down Dirty Dog Blues"
  • "Depot Blues"
  • "American Defense"
  • "Am I Right Or Wrong"
  • "Walking Blues"
  • "County farm Blues"
  • "The Pony Blues"
  • "The Jinx Blues (No 1)
  • "The Jinx Blues (No 2)
  • Several Interviews

The music from both sessions and most of the recorded interviews have been reissued on LP and CD.

Singles

  • "The Pony Blues" / "The Jinx Blues", Part 1 (1967)
  • "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" / "Shetland Pony Blues" (1967)
  • "Death Letter" (1985)

Other albums

  • The Complete Library of Congress Sessions (1964) Travelin' Man Cd 02
  • Blues From The Mississippi Delta (W/ J.D. Short) (1964) Folkways Records
  • The Legendary Son House: Father Of Folk Blues (1965) Columbia 2417
  • In Concert (Oberlin College, 1965) Stack-O-Hits 9004
  • Delta Blues (1941–1942) Smithsonian 31028
  • Son House & Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926–1941) Biograph 12040
  • Son House - The Real Delta Blues (1964-65 Recordings) Blue Goose Records 2016
  • Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers (With Willie Brown,) Document Cd 5002
  • Son House At Home : Complete 1969 Document 5148
  • Son House (Library Of Congress) Folk Lyric 9002
  • John The Revelator Liberty 83391
  • American Folk Blues Festival '67 (1 Cut) Optimism Cd 2070
  • Son House - 1965-1969 (Mostly Tv Appearances) Private Record Pr-01
  • Son House - Father Of The Delta Blues : Complete 1965 Sony/Legacy Cd 48867
  • Living Legends (1 Cut, 1966) Verve/Folkways 3010
  • Real Blues (1 Cut, U Of Chicago, 1964) Takoma 7081
  • John The Revelator - 1970 London Sessions Sequel Cd 207
  • Great Bluesmen/Newport (2 Cuts, 1965) Vanguard Cd 77/78
  • Blues With A Feeling (3 Cuts, 1965) Vanguard Cd 77005
  • Son House/Bukka White - Masters Of The Country Blues Yazoo Video 500 :
  • Delta Blues and Spirituals (1995)
  • In Concert (Live) (1996)
  • Live At Gaslight Cafe, 1965 (2000)
  • New York Central Live (2003)
  • Delta Blues (1941–1942) (2003) Biograph Cd 118
  • Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways 40134 (2003)
  • Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2 Smithsonian Folkways 40148 (2003)
  • The Very Best of Son House: Heroes of the Blues Shout! Factory 30251 (2003)
  • Proper Introduction to Son House (2004) Proper

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