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Preachin' The Blues is the story of Eddie "Son" House, sharecropper, preacher, convict and Delta Blues great. Son House was a friend and peer of blues legends Charley Patton and Willie Brown, a mentor and major influence on Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. Preachin' The Blues is the story of this "lion of American music." 


Table of Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1: The Second Coming of the Son

Chapter 2: "Ramblified"

Chapter 3: "The Blues Blowed My Spirit Away"

Chapter 4: My Black Mama

Chapter 5: Dry Spell Blues

Chapter 6: Jinx Blues

Chapter 7: Eclipse

Chapter 8: "Father of the Folk Blues"

Chapter 9: "He Was Who He Was"

Appendix 1: Song Lyrics

Appendix 2: Southold, NY, Police Report

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

 

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