Son House

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Headshots of Son House and (inset) Jack White

"It became my favourite song the first time I heard it, and it still is": How Jack White rocket-fuelled his hero Son House for a whole new generation

By Henry Yates published

When The Whites Stripes' Jack White was 18, he heard Delta bluesman Son House for the first time. It was a song that spoke to him "in a thousand different ways"

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Jack White playing guitar onstage

Which is better: Son House's Death Letter or The White Stripes version?

By Charles Shaar Murray published

A heartbreaking story of love and loss written in 1930 by ex-convict Son House, Death Letter was covered by alternative scenesters The White Stripes. But who did it best?

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A Preacher, A Killer: the incredible story of Son House, king of the Delta Blues

By Jerry Gilbert published

How the life and legacy of one of the most influential bluesmen of them all was dragged from obscurity

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