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Thread #165359   Message #3965618
Posted By: GUEST,Tunesmith
09-Dec-18 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: Blues musicians 10 yrs older than House
Subject: RE: Blues musicians 10 yrs older than House
The following is from Son's Wkipedia entry:
"His date of birth is a matter of some debate. House alleged that he was middle-aged during World War I and that he was 79 in 1965, which would make his date of birth around 1886. However, all legal records give his date of birth as March 21, 1902"

Well, a lot of that makes no sense. If Son had been born around 1886, like he claimed, he would not have been middle-aged at the time of World War One - which he also claimed ( unless he considered 30 to be middle-aged).