Skip James
スキップ・ジェイムス
- BORN: June 9, 1902, Bentonia, Mississippi
1902年6月9日、ミシシッピ州ベントニア生まれ - DIED: October 3, 1969, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1969年10月3日、ペンシルヴェニア州フィラデルフィアにて死去 - vocals guitar piano
1931年にパラマウント・レーベルに18曲を録音した後、ブルースから足を洗い、父親と一緒に教会の仕事に従事。40年代には牧師となった。64年、ミシシッピ州チュニカで入院しているところを、ブルース研究家たち(ジョン・フェイヒイ、ビル・バース、ヘンリー・ヴェスティン)により再発見され、ステージへと引きずられた。調子の高い幽霊のような歌唱と耳に取りつくような繊細なギター・プレイでフェスティバルを席巻。クリームというバンドがジェイムスの「I'm So Glad」をカヴァーし、その大ヒットによる印税で、ジェイムスの晩年の入院費がまかなわれた。サン・ハウスと同様に、ロバート・ジョンソンに影響を与えた世代だが、ジョンソンより長生きして素晴らしい音や映像を残してくれたことはラッキーだった。
Recordings
- circa February, 1931, Granfton, Wisconsin
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- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
- July 23-26, 1964, Newport, Rhode Island
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- Devil Got My Woman
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Sick Bed Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- August 13 & 20, 1964, Silver Spring, Maryland & 1964, The Ontario Place Coffee House, Washington, DC
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- All Night Long
- Broke & Hungry
- I'm So Glad
- Bad Whiskey
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Catfish
- Goin' Away To Stay
- Crow Jane
- Devil Got My Woman
- She Lyin'
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Drunken Spree
- Black Gal
- Illinois Blues
- Worried Blues
- Look Down The Road
- October 29-30, 1964, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- All Night Long
- Rock Island Blues
- Little Boy
- 4 O'clock Blues
- Black Gal
- Little Cow And Calf Blues
- How Long Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Lazy Bones
- Walking The Sea
- 22-20 Blues
- Special Rider
- November, 1964, Boston, Massachusetts
- December 16, 1964, Falls Church, Virginia
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- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Sickbed Blues
- Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cherry Ball Blues
- I Don't Want A Woman To Sit Up All Night Long (take 1)
- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long (take 2)
- All Night Long (take 1)
- All Night Long (take 2)
- Skip's Worried Blues
- Special Rider Blues (take 1)
- Special Rider Blues (take 2)
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Motherless And Fatherless
- Drunken Spree
- Illinois Blues (take 2)
- Illinois Blues (take 3)
- Let Jesus Lead You
- I'm So Glad
- 1965, Berkeley, California
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- Low Down Dirty Things
- 22-20 Blues (Mr. Kress)
- Sea Walking Jesus
- No Special Lover
- Peace In The Valley
- January 9-10, 1966, New York
- 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- March 22-24, 1967, New York
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- Good Road Camp Blues
- Little Cow, Little Calf Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- Look At The People Standing At The Judgement
- Worried Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- Mistreating Child Abuse
- Sick Bed Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Lorenzo Blues
- Careless Love
- Illinois Blues
- March 30, 1968, Bloomington, Indiana
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- Introduction By Peter Narvßez
- Skip James Talking
- God Is Real
- Skip Talking
- Crow Jane
- Skip Talking
- Look Down The Road
- Skip Talking
- Lorenzo Blues
- Skip Talking
- Devil Got My Woman
- Skip Talking
- I'm So Glad
- Skip Talking
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Skip Talking
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Skip Talking
- Sickbed Blues
- Skip James Talking
- Illinois Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Washington D.C. Hospital Blues
- Skip Talking
- Hard Headed Woman
- Catfish Blues
- Hard Luck Child
- Skip Talking
- Drunken Spree
- Back-Water Blues
- Look At The People
- Sorry For To Leave You
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning