Preachin' the Blues

Soundcheck | Jul 21, 2011

Son House is now known as a prominent Delta Blues musician. But he wasn’t discovered until much later in his life, in spite of his influence on major blues musicians. Daniel Beaumont, author of the new book “Preachin’ the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House,” joins us to make the case that the blues great ‘made music that changed music.'

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