A Proper Introduction to Son House: Delta Blues (2004) more music like this

by Son House

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 ...

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Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (2001) more music like this

by Charley Patton

Perhaps the most sumptuous, nay incredible, box set package ever devised for a blues artist, this lavish production contains seven CDs that not only contain everything Patton recorded as a soloist, but a ton of peripheral tracks to which he contributed or was associated. Yes, this has all 54 known extant Patton performances (including four ...

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Masters of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton (1991) more music like this

by Various Artists

As the most popular blues craftsman of the Mississippi Delta, Charley Patton had a resounding influence on many of the musicians that passed through the region during the '20s and '30s. Following his initial session for Paramount in 1929, he recommended both Son House and Willie Brown, as well as his mistress Louise Johnson and common-law wife ...

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Delta Blues (2004) more music like this

by Son House

The Complete Blues on Snapper is another respectable reissue series coming on the heels of 2003's PBS special Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues. 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 ...

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Legends of Country Blues (2003) more music like this

by Various Artists

JSP's Legends of Country Blues compiles five CDs of performances by Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Tommy Johnson, and Ishman Bracey. These historic prewar recordings have been remastered, and according to the packaging, feature "unprecedented listening quality." While that claim is a bit of a stretch, the majority of this material does sound ...

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Complete Recorded Works of Son House & the Great Delta Blues Singers (1990) more music like this

by Son House

Complete Recorded Works of Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers isn't entirely devoted to Son House -- there are cuts by several other musicians, including Willie Brown, Garfield Akers, Rube Lacey and Joe Calicott -- but this disc, which contains a complete 1930 session, is the best place to get his earliest songs ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' ...

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Southern Country Blues, Vol. 2 (2001) more music like this

by Various Artists

Southern Country Blues, Vol. 2 features three discs of music, each filled to the brim with legendary country blues performers from the South. There's no shortage of big names here: Memphis Minnie, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Leadbelly, and many others. It's somewhat of a letdown to discover that each performer only gets one song on the ...

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Robert Johnson Classics: Hellhound on My Trail (2004) more music like this

by Various Artists

It's really difficult to say what this collection is trying to do, since there are no tracks by Robert Johnson on it, and what is here seems split between tracks that might have influenced Johnson, tracks that may have been influenced by him, tracks that have no apparent connection to Johnson whatsoever, and a handful of tracks that make mention ...

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