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Skip James - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Styles: Delta Blues
Recorded: 1964
Released: 2003
Label: Shout Factory
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 117,5 MB
Time: 51:17
Art: Front
1. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - 3:28
2. Sickbed Blues - 3:40
3. Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues - 4:19
4. Devil Got My Woman - 6:20
5. Illinois Blues - 3:41
6. I Don't Want a Woman to Stay Out All Night - 4:45
7. Cherry Ball Blues - 3:54
8. Skip's Worried Blues - 4:22
9. Cypress Groove Blues - 4:08
10. Catfish Blues - 3:33
11. Motherless & Fatherless - 4:08
12. All Nigh Long - 4:55
rec. 16. Dec. 1964 in Falls Church, VA (first session since 1931)
The sessions (held at Spottwood's home) were formally completed on July 28, 1965. (Storyville SLP 185)
prod. by Dick Spottswood and Louisa Spottswood
rei. 1994
Personnel:
Skip James - vocals, guitar
Notes: 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 20 years, his skills were largely undiminished, and he turns in a fantastic set here. James was the pinnacle of the Bentonia (Mississippi) sound, which combines complex fingerpicking with falsetto vocals, resulting in somewhat spooky-sounding strain of blues. James reprises several of his 1931 Paramount sides on this session, as well as a couple new tunes that chronicle the illnesses of James' latter days. Anyone with a passing interest in acoustic blues should own some James. This set would make a great starting point, especially for those who don't take well to the surface noise that can accompany his '30s sessions. The new mastering here sounds rich and warm. Highly recommended.
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
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