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neil.innes 31 Jan 2012

Skip James born in Mississippi  was a sharecropper and made bootleg Whiskey in the 1920's before developing his three finger picking style often played in an open E-minor tuning giving a dark feel to a lot of his early performances. He played during the 20's and 30's and then seems to have disappeared from the Blues scene during the Great Depression and became a choir director and was later ordained into both the Baptist and Methodist Church. This video is from 1967 and was presumably filmed after his re discovered during the 60's blues revival.   10

Sid_Bonkers 29 Jul 2013

Short and incredibly sweet. Pow.

jamesclohessy 30 Jul 2012

I may have posted this before, but if I haven't then it's about time you heard the wonderful Mr Skip James.

bagerap 23 Jul 2013