I'd Rather Be the Devil Skip James and the Blues

Name: I'd Rather Be the Devil Skip James and the Blues
Price: 4.84 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781556527463

ISBN-10: 1556527462

ISBN-13: 9781556527463

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephen Calt

List price: $22.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $19.28

Marketplace

3 new & used from $4.84

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

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,nbsp;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…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English







The Blues Singer



The Researcher



The Quarry



Looking Back






Woodbine



The Birth Of The Blues



The Buck Rabbit



The Young Sport






The Bootlegger



The Musician



The Performer



The Devil Woman



The Songwriter



The Murderous Music Cat






Recording



Greatness At Grafton



Releasin's



The Convert



Devil Got Religion



The Prodigal Son



Limbo



Resumption



Recognition



The Delta






The Prospectors



The Folk Movement



The Fan



Newport



Washington



The Sick Man



Air Puddings






The Age of Aquarius



The Impostor



The Barrel Of Crabs



Scorpions



The Funeral



The Burying Ground



The Man Nobody Knew


Afterword


Transcription: Devil Got My Woman



Idioms


Subject Index


Song Index