Browsing: Son House

Marshall Chess himself told me, “I always had deep respect for his knowledge and honesty and true love of the blues.”

The perfect setting for two undisputed blues legends of their generation, both of whom had been ‘the lost kings’ dragged from their 1930s obscurity.

“Upon hearing it, I was haunted by this particular Son House song and lyrics and thought about rumination, being a trace of one’s self lost in the eroded and overgrown lands of the past.” – Video Director Robert Schober

‘Forever On My Mind’ by Son House was recorded in the fall of 1964 (ahead of 1965 “rediscovery” album) and never released. Features first-time-on-record title track “Forever On My Mind,” plus never-heard recordings of “Death Letter” and “Preachin’ Blues”

While holding on to his deep Blues roots, he has also developed a unique jazz guitar style; playing bass, rhythm, and lead simultaneously.

Like Forest Gump, Dick Waterman has always been where the tipping points are in blues.

Award winning director, Sam Pollard, and producer/writer, Benjamin Hedin, give life to two stories that many of us know, but have never put together.

Now, in the 21st century, these early players are recognized as founding fathers of the blues genre. These musicians are the pillars upon which the houses of folk, rock, and blues have been built.

When young sportswriter and photographer Dick Waterman discovered the man known as Son House on a porch in Rochester, New York in 1964, he had no idea what he would find…

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