Bibliograph

I'd rather be the devil, Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt

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I'd rather be the devil, Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

I'd rather be the devil

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stephen Calt

Sub title

Skip James and the blues

Summary

Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm So Glad," and "22-20 Blues" are masterpieces that transcend the genre. Drawing largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, it paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure. In doing so, it offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished

Target audience

adult

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Skip James and the blues

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