Son House - Forever On My Mind - LP 180 Gr.

Eddie James "Son" House is one of the greatest blues singers and guitarists in history. Born in 1902 and deceased in 1988, the musician influenced blues greats such as Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters.

In 2022 there will be a special reminder of the legendary "Father Of The Delta Blues" with "Forever On My Mind": a new album with previously unreleased recordings.

"Forever On My Mind" comes from the archives of noted blues manager and historian Dick Waterman. It was recorded at a November 23, 1964 performance at Wabash College, a small men's school in Crawfordsville, Indiana, but was never released. It includes the title track "Forever On My Mind," which Son House never recorded in the studio, as well as never-before-heard versions of "Death Letter" and "Preachin' Blues."

The songs represent the earliest recordings of house following his return to the limelight after a more than 20-year hiatus. Within months of being rediscovered by Waterman, Nick Perls and Phil Spiro, the once-unknown 62-year-old musician was made famous by a report in Newsweek magazine and has brought to the fore a number of performances at folk music festivals across the country.

For the release of Forever On My Mind, the recordings were restored to remarkable clarity by producer and Black Keys mastermind Dan Auerbach for Easy Eye Sound. Auerbach on his work: »It's also part of my story – some of the first blues music I heard was son house. I grew up listening to his Columbia LP, Father of Folk Blues. My dad had this album and played it around the house when I was a kid, so I know all those songs by heart.”