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“I wish I could hold my whole heart in my hand.” – Son House

“I wanna be a Baptist preacher, just so I won’t have to work” – Delta Blues guitarist Son House

“You can sing the blues in church if you use the words right.” – Son House

“I’m talkin’ about the blues. You talkin’ about monkey junk.” – Son House

“Ain’t but one kind of blues…” – Son House

“I believe I can tell ya’ll what it’s all about.” – Son House

Go away, blues; go away and leave poor me alone – Son House

The blues is not a plaything like some people think they are – Son House

Thanks to his legendary musical performances, the father of the blues, Charley Patton, famously owned a new car in the 1930s Mississippi Delta, an extreme rarity which helped inspire a younger generation of black men who idolized Patton to also become performers — including Howlin’ Wolf, Son House, Robert Johnson, Willie Brown, Pops Staples, Tommy Johnson, Honeyboy Edwards & many others…

The first photo of Elvis Presley was taken while visiting his father in Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Farm prison — the same farm which housed blues musicians including Bukka White, T Model Ford & Son House.

Gov’t Mule’s self-titled debut album began with a cover of Son House’s “Grinnin’ in Your Face”.

Delta Airlines was born on the same Mississippi farm that Charley Patton, Son House and a young Howlin’ Wolf worked & played music — at around the same time, 1930.

20 years after he gave up music, Son House began an illustrious second career after he was shocked to discover he had become a hero of the folk music explosion.

Son House was born in Lyon, (Clarksdale) Mississippi in 1902.

Son House’s given name was Edward James House, Jr.

Son House made his first recording in 1930. He did not record again professionally until 35 years later.

Canned Heat’s Alan Wilson not only credited Son House as his major influence, Wilson also re-taught Son his own guitar techniques after House spent decades in retirement.

In 1968, Son House made a TV appearance on a show called “Camera Three”, accompanied on guitar by a young Buddy Guy.

In 1941, Alan Lomax recorded Son House for the Library of Congress.

Bluesman Son House was married five times.

Trains can be heard in Son House’s Library of Congress music because it was recorded beside rail lines in a Mississippi general store — the closest place with electricity.

The movie Black Snake Moan opened with a clip of Son House discussing the blues.

When Paramount Records shut down, it was rumored that the blues master recordings from Charley Patton, Skip James, Son House and Blind Lemon Jefferson were thrown into the nearby river.

Jack White called Son House’s “Grinnin’ In Your Face” his favorite song ever in the rock doc “It Might Get Loud”

The White Stripes dedicated their self-titled first album to delta blues legend Son House.