Death Letter,’ the mournful masterpiece from Delta Blues master Son House’s landmark Columbia LP Father of the Folk Blues, represents blues at its deepest level. House’s paean to a departed lover was recorded in Boston in April of 1965, not long after the rejuvenation of House’s career during the folk blues revival. House was 63 at the time. This selection was released only as an album track and not as a single. The Blues Hall of Fame inducted the Father of the Folk Blues LP in the Classics of Blues Recording: Albums category in 1992. House (1902-1988) was in the inaugural group of artists elected to the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980.
