11-year-old blues artist, Blue Fire Foley, plays Son House's "Preachin' Blues" at the 2006 Script 2 Screen Blues Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Blue Fire was asked to play by Oklahoma bluesman, DC Minner, who received an award for lifetime achievements in the arts. While some have commented that Robert Johnson originally recorded "Preachin' Blues", common knowledge among blues historians indicates that Johnson was only a harmonica player when he would watch Son House play in the juke joints in Mississippi. Catch Son House's "Preachin' Blues" on Father of the Folk Blues (Columbia 2417), and then check out Johnson's version on any release of his music. You'll see that Son House is listed as the author on his records, and that Robert Johnson is listed as the author on his records. So, who came first is academic, but less important than the fact that young people today can still be inspired by this music.

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