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| (James McCoy) |
| (o): | Son House (1930) | label: Paramount |
| | Learned it from James McCoy of Lyon, MS, just like My Black Mama (see there). If the title Preaching The Blues sounds contradictory: Son House was a preacher, keeping church music and the devil's music strictly apart: when Saturday night became Sunday morning, his blues became gospel. |
| (c): | Robert Johnson (1936) [as Preaching Blues], Gun Club (1981) , John Hammond (1992) , Rory Block (1995) [as Preaching Blues], Colin Linden (2000) [as Preaching Blues], Peter Green & Nigel Watson (2000) , Steepwater Band (2001) , Dion (2007) [as Preaching Blues], |
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| Son House was like a master to Robert Johnson, as guitar player and as a singer. (again see My Black Mama) |
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