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I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues by Stephen Calt

I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues Stephen Calt ebook
Page: 400
ISBN: 9781556527463
Format: pdf
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated

Skip James One of the songs that emerged from his exile was “Devil Got My Woman,” a haunted country blues ballad about love and Satan. Oct 7, 2009 - Singers such as Robert Johnson seem to celebrate murder & beating (“32-20 Blues” & “Me & the Devil”) & Skip James—the great bluesman we're considering here today—wrote the musically great but lyrically disturbing song “Crow Jane,” in which the singer apparently shots Crow Jane simply Finally—& to return at last to my original point—I'm aware that this song is sometimes considered misogynist for the line “I'd rather be the devil than to be that woman's man. Original recording: Skip James (Guitar and Vocals) I'd rather be the Devil, then to be that woman's man. Eddie James “Son” House — Born . Skip James (1902 1969) was perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. Apr 24, 2013 - I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues English | ISBN: 1556527462 | 2008 | PDF | 400 pages | 15,9 MB. Oct 27, 2010 - The New York native Calt was best known as the author of the biographies I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues and King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton. Feb 6, 2014 - Devil Got My Woman, Skip James. You are in the right place to get lowest price. Sep 13, 2011 - Skip James, Devil Got My Woman. Oct 17, 2013 - Looking for great deals on I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues and best price? Devil Got My Woman, Skip James (Skip James), 1931. Aug 30, 2010 - Many of his Blues peers believed that Robert Johnson had sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads at midnight in exchange for becoming the greatest Blues musician of all time. Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James. Mar 6, 2013 - Was there pushback from the core audience for this music or the white executives who pushed it?