Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Son House

Tracklist

• 1
  My Black Mama, Part 1
  3:07
• 2
  Walking Blues (Unissued Test)
  2:57
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Dry Spell Blues
  3:09
• 4
  Country Farm Blues
  2:11
• 5
  Levee Camp Blues
  2:11
• 6
  Walking Blues
  6:45
• 7
  Shetland Pony Blues
  3:26
• 8
  Delta Blues
  5:20
• 9
  Special Rider Blues
  3:09
• 10
  Depot Blues
  2:59
• 11
  American Defense
  3:00
• 12
  Am I Right or Wrong
  1:48
• 13
  Walking Blues (Death Letter)
  3:03
• 14
  Grinnin’ in Your Face
  2:08
• 15
  Empire State Express
  3:07
• 16
  John the Revelator
  1:44

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Release credits

• Alan Lomax
  field recordist [4, 6-8, 10-13], producer [6]
• Fiddlin’ Joe Martin
  mandolin [6], spoken vocals [6]
• Frank Driggs
  producer [14]
• John Hammond
  producer [14]
• John Wesley Work
  field recordist [6], producer [6]
• Leroy Williams
  harmonica [6, 8]
• Lewis Jones
  field recordist [4, 6-8, 10-13], producer [6]
• Son House
  guitar [1, 3-4, 7-13], lead vocals [1, 3, 6, 9, 14], slide guitar [1, 3], vocal [1, 3-4, 6-8, 10-13]
• Willie Brown
  guitar [6]

Issues

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  Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Son House

  CD
  9 September 2003