Skip was living in west philly with his wife. I would go over for piano lessons. I’d have a pint of whiskey which skip and I would sneak a hit from while his wife cooked dinner. Wonderful music, nice home. The best memories.
Stephen Jackendoff hey philly resident and huge Skip James fan. Grew up right outside the city and remember when I found out he was buried in my hometown... do you remember where he lived? Places like that and the Coltrane house need to honored properly. I’d like to pay my respects as well...
You may think you'd be intimidated with Wolf n son house n whoever else XD but Wolf is probably younger than skip yes he is by about 8 or 10 years, and son house is contemporary, he probably knows them so not too much problem, however if was me or you probably be a shock : -D
Fkn Legend. Gave everyone in the room chills when he started hitting the verses with that chord and rhythm on devil got my woman. Even Howling wolf was bobbin his head towards the end lol.
He has an otherworldly quality to him. It feels like he’s not the kind of guy you could visit to have a few beers with but rather confess your sins to.
Dave LaBaron - Skip James was actually an ordained minister in Baptist and Methodist churches, but the extent of his involvement in religious activities is unknown.
Or listen to his, he had a lot of trauma and darkness in his life, admitted to shooting a man in a lumber camp, was said to be quite cynical, hard bitten, the original bluesmen had different temperaments, some were traumatized, some had a modern outlook, some had anxiety disorders (Robert Johnson) or PTSD (Robert Pete Williams), I was blessed to know and learn from many of the original bluesmen.
The ambiguity of these songs hold inherently infinite value. It’s a feeling akin almost to a well kept secret that only a select few ever hear in this life.
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (09 de junio de 1902 - 03 de octubre de 1969) fue cantante, guitarrista, pianista y compositor de blues norteamericano. 122 AÑOS 067 AÑOS 055 AÑOS 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
O K poverty is not woke cause i want to be in agreement to the s hared experiernce of music....that folks can all share and consume====freak the critics if the people like it!
"My baby don like whiskey, and I know she ain't crazy about wine....but it was nothin' but the Devil, he done changed my babies' mind". The haunting falsetto, sinuous and brittle guitar licks, Skip was perhaps the most unique of all the bluesmen, the sound quality is much better on vinyl, this entire DVD is great, see order info above!!!!!
The irony is Johnson heard Skip James and wrote "Hellhound on my Trial" in the Skip James style. At this point Skip was dying of cancer and had to re-learn guitar as well. Listen to some of the original recordings and you will hear one of the greatest ever. Give Skip James some respect!
You understand nothing... Skip James influenced a lot Robert Johnson. Johnson had a huge respect for him and wrote him a song. Make sure you know your subject before talking...
