Son House- The Last of the Delta Blues Singers

Gavin B. · 11-03-2013, 01:21 AM

Thanks for the info on Son. He's been a hero of mine for many years. In 2008, female blues singer Rory Block did a tribute album to Son House called Blues Walkin' Like A Man.

Rory was the daughter Allan Block, owner of the Block Sandal Shop which was a Greenwich Village hangout for folk/blues musicians like Dave Van Ronk, John Sebastian and David Bromberg in the mid-Sixties. Rory was a blues guitar prodigy who began playing at age 11. By age 14 she was listening to, transcribing and playing the music of many of the delta blues masters. Son House met her and heard her play at age 15 and was astonished by her skills. So it's kind of fitting that Rory did a Son House tribute album.

Below is a video of Rory do the same song, Death Letter Blues. She is so good at playing Son House's music, it's almost like she's channeling him.

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Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Thanks for the info on Son. He's been a hero of mine for many years. In 2008, female blues singer Rory Block did a tribute album to Son House called Blues Walkin' Like A Man. Rory was the daughter Allan Block, owner of the Block Sandal Shop which was a Greenwich Village hangout for folk/blues musicians like Dave Van Ronk, John Sebastian and David Bromberg in the mid-Sixties. Rory was a blues guitar prodigy who began playing at age 11. By age 14 she was listening to, transcribing and playing the music of many of the delta blues masters. Son House met her and heard her play at age 15 and was astonished by her skills. So it's kind of fitting that Rory did a Son House tribute album. Below is a video of Rory do the same song, Death Letter Blues. She is so good at playing Son House's music, it's almost like she's channeling him. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt