Blues from the Mississippi Delta remains one of Jack White's key touchstones, especially the scarifyingly deep blues of preacher-turned-bluesman Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. In It Might Get Loud, White cited House's a cappella song "Grinnin' in Your Face" as his favorite song ever, and he's done his best to take House's music to the masses. The White Stripes' eponymous 1999 debut was dedicated to him, they covered his song "Death Letter" on 2000's De Stijl, and White wrote the liner notes for the 2003 compilation The Very Best of Son House.