James and Bukka White. The young guitarist Alan Wilson (later of Canned Heat) was a fan of House's. The producer John Hammond asked Wilson, who was just 22 years old, to teach "Son House how to play like Son House," because Wilson had such a good knowledge of blues styles. House subsequently recorded the album Father of Folk Blues, later reissued as a 2-CD set Father of Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions. House performed with Wilson live, as can be heard on "Levee Camp Moan" on the album John the Revelator: The 1970 London Sessions. House appeared in Seattle on March 19, 1968, arranged by the Seattle Folklore Society. The concert was recorded by Bob West and issued on Acola Records as a CD in 2006. The Arcola CD also included an interview of House recorded on November 15, 1969 in Seattle. In the summer of 1970, House toured Europe once again, including an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival; a recording of his London concerts was released by Liberty Records. He also played at the two Days of Blues Festival in Toronto in 1974. On an appearance on the TV arts show Camera Three, he was accompanied by the blues guitarist Buddy Guy. Ill health plagued House in his later years, and in 1974 he retired once again. He later moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he remained until his death from cancer of the larynx. He had been married five times. He was buried at the Mt. Hazel Cemetery. Members of the Detroit Blues Society raised money through benefit concerts to put a monument on his grave. Honors In 2007, House was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Tunica, Mississippi. In 2017, his single "Preachin' the Blues" was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame. Discography 78-RPM recordings Recorded May 28, 1930, in Grafton, Wisconsin, for Paramount Records "Walking Blues" (unissued and lost until 1985) "My Black Mama – Part I" "My Black Mama – Part II" "Preachin' the Blues – Part I" "Preachin' the Blues – Part II" "Dry Spell Blues – Part I" "Dry Spell Blues – Part II" "Clarksdale Moan" (unissued and lost until 2006) "Mississippi County Farm Blues" (unissued and lost until 2006) Recordings for Library of Congress and Fisk University Recorded August 1941, at Klack's Store, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi. There are some railway noises in the background on