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Artist:
Skip James
Title:
Today
Tracks:
Side 1: Hard Time Killin' floor Blues
Crow Jane
Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
Special Rider Blues
Drunken Spree/ Cherryball Side 2: How Long Blues/ All Night Long
Cypress Grove Blues/ Look Down the Road
My Gal/ I'm So Glad
Info: Clear crisp modern recordings of the spooky mysterious style of Blues Skip James developed early last century. His guitar playing is perfect. His high haunting voice floats and then holds and makes the hair on the back of your neck crawl. His piano playing is unpredictable yet concise. His unique style which recorded earlier in his life (1930) sounded almost archaic (positively so) now sounds strangely modern due to the increased fidelity of the magnetic tape used for the recording. An unusual and original talent Skip James was one of the best
Label: Vanguard
This item was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 July, 2007
James, Skip - Today - LP
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