Father of Folk Blues

Tracklist

• 1
  Death Letter
  4:21
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Pearline
  4:34
• 3
  Louise McGhee
  6:13
• 4
  John the Revelator
  2:32
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Empire State Express
  3:41
• 6
  Preachin' Blues
  5:45
• 7
  Grinnin' in Your Face
  2:08
• 8
  Sundown
  6:14
• 9
  Levee Camp Moan
  9:30
• 10
  Pony Blues
  5:19
• 11
  Downhearted Blues
  6:05
• 12
  Motherless Children
  4:21
• 13
  President Kennedy
  3:39
• 14
  Yonder Comes My Mother
  3:28

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Release credits

• Alan Wilson
  guitar [5], harmonica [9]
• David Mitson
  re
• Frank Driggs
  producer [1-10, 12-13]
• John Hammond
  producer [1-10, 12-13]
• Lawrence Cohn
  task
• Son House
  guitar [2], lead vocals [1-10, 12-13], steel guitar [1-3, 5-6, 8-13], vocal [2, 11]
• Steve Berkowitz
  artists and repertoire
• Tony Russell
  liner notes
• Watts Design?
  design

Issues

• 

  F
  (Combined release view)
• 

  F
  Father of Folk Blues

  12" Vinyl
  1965
• 

  D
  Death Letter

  CD
  1985
• 

  T
  The Original Delta Blues

  CD
  30 June 1998
• 

  T
  The Original Delta Blues

  CD (remastered)
  20 July 1998
• 

  T
  The Original Delta Blues

  CD
  1998
• 

  T
  The Original Delta Blues

  CD
  1 February 2008
• 

  F
  Father of Folk Blues

  12" Vinyl
  2012
• F
  Father of Folk Blues

  Hybrid SACD
  2016