Hard Time Killin' Floor
Released: Jun 21, 2005
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Released: Jun 21, 2005
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Hard Time Killin' Floor isn't the first Skip James collection, and one could bet it will not be the last. But Hard Time Killin' Floor makes a pretty good argument for itself: the...
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The Complete 1931 Recordings
Released: Jan 25, 2005
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Released: Jan 25, 2005
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Skip James recorded 18 songs for Paramount Records in Grafton, WI, in 1931, a session that yielded some of the greatest and most unique sides in the history of country blues. These tracks have been...
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Cypress Grove Blues
Released: Mar 9, 2004
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Released: Mar 9, 2004
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With his high, eerie falsetto and haunting guitar tunings, Skip James sounds like no other country blues player. Although his lyrics were generally drawn from the floating bag of clichés that...
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Hard Time: Best of Skip James
Released: Nov 18, 2003
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Released: Nov 18, 2003
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Skip James' fame rested initially on a handful of 78's recorded in 1931, and with his eerie falsetto and odd guitar tunings, not to mention his utterly unique piano style, he was that rarest of...
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Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James
Released: Sep 9, 2003
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Released: Sep 9, 2003
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Skip James' soft eerie falsetto and odd guitar tunings place him apart from other Delta blues players, and when he took a turn at the piano, that, too, was unique. His reputation rests on a dozen...
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Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Released: Jul 15, 2003
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Released: Jul 15, 2003
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Hard Time Killing Floor Blues was the first session Skip James recorded following his rediscovery by John Fahey and Henry Vestine in the mid-'60s. Though he had not played the blues for more than...
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Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased
Released: Feb 11, 2003
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Released: Feb 11, 2003
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All of these 19 songs, not released until 2003, come from a 1967 recording session. That might make it the last studio work Skip James did before his death in 1969, although the liner notes,...
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