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Blues from the Delta

Blues from the Delta (1998) more music like this

by Skip James

Drawing 18 tracks from Skip James' rediscovery recordings made on Vanguard Records -- Today! and Devil Got My Woman, plus two previously unreleased tracks -- Blues From the Delta is over 75 minutes of the best tracks James ever recorded. Where the definitive cuts of many of these songs haven't been preserved by modern technology without ...

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Ghost World

Ghost World (2001) more music like this

by Original Soundtrack

In the era of soundtracks created more out of corporate synergy than artistic inspiration, the soundtrack to Ghost World is a wonderful treat. The music from the film based on the comic book by Daniel Clowes contains some great obscure blues and West Indian music transferred from vintage 78s as well as Indian film soundtrack music, new recordings ...

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Big Sugar [Canada CD]

Big Sugar [Canada CD] (2003) more music like this

by Big Sugar

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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Best of the Blues

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Best of the Blues (2003) more music like this

by Various Artists

A massive media campaign comprising seven documentary films broadcast on public television and released as a DVD box set, plus accompanying soundtrack albums, a 13-part radio series, a companion book, 12 individual artist compilations, and a five-CD box set, The Blues, executive produced by filmmaker Martin Scorsese, threatened to be even more all ...

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Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2003) more music like this

by Skip James

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 ...

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Vanguard Visionaries

Vanguard Visionaries (2007) more music like this

by Skip James

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Cypress Grove Blues

Cypress Grove Blues (2004) more music like this

by Skip James

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 showed up in countless blues songs, his atmospheric recordings, done in 1931 for Paramount, gave James' songs the appearance of poignancy, and his sad, ...

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Devil Got My Woman

Devil Got My Woman (1968) more music like this

by Skip James

Skip James made his original reputation with 17 recordings that he cut during February 1931, when he was 28. Although fluent on both the guitar and (to a lesser extent) the piano, James was most notable for his storytelling lyrics, his haunting high-pitched voice, and his distinctive interpretations of the Delta blues. James was rediscovered 33 ...

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Blues at Newport

Blues at Newport (1991) more music like this

by Various Artists

Blues at Newport -- Newport Folk Festival 1959-64 offers fine performances by John Hurt, Skip James, Rev. Gary Davis, Robert Wilkins, and others. Mark A. Humphrey, All Music Guide

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Down in the Alley

Down in the Alley (2002) more music like this

by Alvin Youngblood Hart

Hart does a 180 after the husky, power trio/space/R&B/rock of 2000's Start With the Soul by spinning out a dozen blues covers in a solo acoustic setting. On his fourth album (for his fourth label), the contemporary bluesman sounds inspired and refreshed as he accompanies himself on acoustic six-string guitar, banjo, and mandolin. The production is ...

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Vanguard: Roots of the Blues (2002) more music like this

by Various Artists

This three-CD set draws from the Vanguard catalog of blues performances, focusing, apparently, mostly on recordings from the 1960s. "Apparently" because, in an act of negligence, no original recording or release dates are given for any of the 45 songs, except for four previously unreleased tracks done at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and one done ...

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She Lyin' (1964) more music like this

by Skip James

By the time James had been rediscovered in the 1960s, he was still capable of playing entrancing, dynamic music, but was much less consistent and not as striking a vocalist. It was a testimony to his greatness that he still managed to make compelling records, and he was among the best storytellers and dramatic singers in the traditional realm. ...

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Live from Uncle Sam's Backyard (1997) more music like this

by Paul Geremia

This is one of the most pleasing and authentic live recordings, from one of the best country Delta-style blues interpreters playing today. As well as following the tradition of original players such as Willie McTell and Skip James, Geremia lets the songs stretch and grow to fit the changing times. He also adds new and relevant material to the pool ...

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As Good As It Gets: Country Blues (2000) more music like this

by Various Artists

For the most part, the Disky label's As Good As It Gets series lives up to its title, dividing early influential musical genres (gospel, cajun, hillbilly, jazz, etc.) into budget-priced two-disc samplers. As Good As It Gets: Country Blues includes 52 original classic performances from the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis ...

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Chops Not Chaps (1986) more music like this

by Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers's debut album Chops Not Chaps is a fine blues-rock album, driven by his dynamite slide guitar. The album alternates between covers of blues classics and originals that are effective, but not particularly remarkable. Nevertheless, the quality of Rogers's performance makes this an impressive and memorable debut. Thom Owens, All Music ...

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Son of Skip James (2007) more music like this

by Dion

When Dion DiMucci, one of the early great rock & roll stars, knocked out Bronx in Blue in 2005, it caused a rumbling stir among critics, if no one else. To be honest, no one expected much -- not even Dion, who hadn't made music for the masses since 1968 with his last big hit, "Abraham, Martin and John." He nailed down a few hip records in the ...

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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey (2003) more music like this

by Original Soundtrack

This five-disc, 116-track box set presents a sweeping history of the blues from its emergence in the early 1900s clear through to its various contemporary guises, and includes samples of country blues in all of its regional variations, as well as cuts from string bands, jug bands, jazz combos, gritty Chicago blues outfits, and a look at how rock ...

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Odelay [Deluxe Edition] (2008) more music like this

by Beck

Beck's debut, Mellow Gold, was a glorious sampler of different musical styles, careening from lo-fi hip-hop to folk, moving back through garage rock and arty noise. It was an impressive album, but the parts didn't necessarily stick together. The two albums that followed within months of Mellow Gold -- Stereopathetic Soul Manure and One Foot in the ...

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Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (1993) more music like this

by Allen Lowe & The American Song Project With Roswell Rudd

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Illinois Blues (2004) more music like this

by Skip James

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I'd Rather Be The Devil: The Legendary 1931 Session (2007) more music like this

by Skip James

They've been reissued as a piece before, and no doubt they'll be reissued together in the future. But here they are again on this 2007 compilation: all 18 surviving tracks that Skip James recorded in February 1931 for Paramount Records, which in fact represented the totality of his output on disc before he was rediscovered in the '60s. It's gotten ...

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Roots of Canned Heat (2001) more music like this

by Various Artists

Canned Heat was formed by three ardent record collectors with a devout passion for old blues 78s from the 1920s and '30s. Guitarist and harmonica player Alan Wilson, singer Bob Hite, and guitarist Henry Vestine took their scholarly interest in these remarkable old recordings and lovingly re-created them for the emerging rock audience in the late ...

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King of the Blues, Vol. 8 (2003) more music like this

by Skip James

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 same bag of floating clichés that showed up in countless other blues songs, his atmospheric recordings, done in 1931 for Paramount, gave James' songs the appearance of tremendous ...

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Legends of Country Blues (2003) more music like this

by Various Artists

JSP's Legends of Country Blues compiles five CDs of performances by Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Tommy Johnson, and Ishman Bracey. These historic prewar recordings have been remastered, and according to the packaging, feature "unprecedented listening quality." While that claim is a bit of a stretch, the majority of this material does sound ...

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Diabolical Hoodoo: Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952 (2005) more music like this

by Various Artists

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