This appeared in an email in my in box this morning:
PREACHIN' THE BLUES - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SON HOUSE by Daniel Beaumont As a young Baptist preacher Eddie "Son" House scorned sinful music until one night in 1927 when the hauntng sound of a bottleneck guitar changed his life. House began singing and playing guitar and within a few short years he was a blues legend. This full-length biography traces a life and career marked not only by musical greatness but also by violence, alcoholism, two marriages, two decades in obscurity, and fianlly a surprising comeback. Hardcover. 224 pp. 581-6.....$24.95 [Biography] http://www.elderly.com/books/items/581-6.htm
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" Chapter 10: The Legacy of Son House Appendix 1: Song Lyrics Appendix 2: Southold, NY, Police Report Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
I didn't know it was out already. Jeff Harris is doing an interview with the author on his show this Sunday, at http://www.sundayblues.org.
Anybody catch this? I had a band practise but caught about the last hour of it & it sounds like this is quite a book with some new info about House that we didn't know about previously . . . including the fact that Son killed (another?) a guy in the 1950s in Long Island! Jeff, please offer this show as a download, the author sounded like he really knew his stuff.
Anybody catch this? I had a band practise but caught about the last hour of it & it sounds like this is quite a book with some new info about House that we didn't know about previously . . . including the fact that Son killed (another?) a guy in the 1950s in Long Island! Jeff, please offer this show as a download, the author sounded like he really knew his stuff.
I know there's lots of interest in this book on the forum. Dan's a good friend of mine so I've read the book in its various forms over the past couple of years. I may be biased but I think this is a first rate biography and a very compelling story. Here's the link to the full show: http://sundayblues.org/feeds/brb_5.29.mp3. Show notes (mostly drawn from the book) and playlist available at the website.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2011, 02:52:03 PM by jharris »
Just a head's up that there's now a website for the book at: www.preachingtheblues.com. Content is still being rolled out so make sure to check back. In upcoming days the author will post a chapter that did not make it into the book called "Legacy."