Preachin' the blues
Subtitle: the life and times of Son House
By: Daniel Beaumont
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780195395570
Subjects: Blues musicians; Biography
Description: Follow House's journey from rural pulpits and labor farms to smoky juke joints. In the 1930s, he became the decade's leading bluesman in Mississippi, and an important influence on Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. This account of his life offers a fresh perspective on how the blues influenced American culture and spread throughout the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p. 195-198).