Skip James
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. Born in Bentonia, Mississippi, United States, he died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He first learned to play guitar from another bluesman from the area, Henry Stuckey. His guitar playing is noted for its dark, minor sound, played in an open D-minor tuning with an intricate fingerpicking technique. James first recorded for Paramount Records in 1931, but these recordings sold poorly due to the Great Depression, and he drifted into obscurity. After a long absence from the public eye, James was "rediscovered" in 1964 by three blues enthusiasts, helping further the blues and folk music revival of the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, James appeared at several folk and blues festivals and gave live concerts around the country, also recording several albums for various record labels.
His songs have influenced several generations of musicians, being adapted or covered by Kansas Joe McCoy, Robert Johnson, Alan Wilson, Cream, Deep Purple, Chris Thomas King, Alvin Youngblood Hart, The Derek Trucks Band, Beck, Big Sugar, Eric Clapton, John Martyn, Lucinda Williams and Rory Block. He is hailed as "one of the seminal figures of the blues."
Skip James (baseball)
Philip Robert James (born October 21, 1949 in Elmhurst, Illinois), better known as Skip James, is a former American Major League Baseball player. He played in the minor leagues before a brief stint with the San Francisco Giants, and then played in Japan for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales.
Career
James attended Shawnee Mission North High School, and then played football and baseball at Kansas University, graduating in 1971. He played in the Pacific Coast League for eight years and was finally drafted in 1977 by the San Francisco Giants; he made his debut on September 12, 1977. He played for the Giants for four months as a pinch-hitter (hitting a game-winning two-run single in September against the Los Angeles Dodgers) before they sent him back to the minors. He played for the Vancouver Canadians in 1979, and in 1980 left the United States to play in Japan for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales, besides Félix Millán.
In 1982, he was hired as a graduate assistant coach at Kansas, and worked there as an assistant coach in 1983 and 1984 as well.
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ALBUMS
- 1931 Sessions released: 2008
- I'd Rather Be the Devil: The Legendary 1931 Session released: 2007
- Hard Time Killin' Floor released: 2005
- Skip James Live, Volume 2 released: 2004
- Skip James Live, Volume 3 released: 2004
- Illinois Blues released: 2004
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues released: 2003
- Hard Time: The Best of Skip James released: 2003
- Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased released: 2003
- Blues From the Delta released: 1998
- Skip James Live, Volume 1 released: 1994
- The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James released: 1994
- Complete 1931 Recordings released: 1990
- Devil Got My Woman released: 1968
- Today! released: 1966
- She Lyin' released: 1964
- Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers released: 1964
- Skip's Piano Blues released:
I'd Rather Be the Devil: The Legendary 1931 Session
Released 2007- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long Buck
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I to Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road
Hard Time Killin' Floor
Released 2005- Cypress Grove Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- I'm So Glad
- Cherry Ball Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
- Hard Luck Child
- Little Calf and Cow Is Gonna Die Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Drunken Spree
- Four O'Clock Blues
- How Long Buck
- Yola My Blues Away
- Be Ready When He Comes
- What Am I to Do Blues
- My Black Mama, Part 1
- My Black Mama, Part 2
- Walkin' Blues
- Dry Spell Blues, Part 1
Skip James Live, Volume 2
Released 2004- Introduction by Peter Narvaez
- Skip James Talking
- God Is Real
- Skip Talking
- Crow Jane
- Skip Talking
- Look Down the Road
- Skip Talking
- Lorenzo Blues
- Skip Talking
- Devil Got My Woman
- Skip Talking
- I'm So Glad
- Skip Talking
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Skip Talking
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Skip Talking
- Sickbed Blues
Illinois Blues
Released 2004- Devil Got My Woman
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Hard Luck Child
- O'Clock Blues
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
- Drunken Spree
- Yola My Blues Away
- Be Ready When He Comes
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I to Do Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get Down the Road
- 22-20 Blues
Hard Time: The Best of Skip James
Released 2003- She's All the World to Me
- Everybody Leaving Here
- Hard Time Killin Floor Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Drunken Spree
- All Night Long
- My Gal
- Look at the People Standing at the Judgement
- Worried Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- My Last Boogie
- Lazy Bones
- My Own Blues
- Omaha Blues
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning
- Somebody Loves You
- Sporting Life Blues
- They Are Waiting for Me
- Walking the Sea
- Jack of Diamonds
Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased
Released 2003- Backwater Blues
- Everybody Ought to Live Right
- I Want to Be More Like Jesus
- Jack of Diamonds
- My Last Boogie
- Lazy Bones
- Let My Jesus Lead You
- My Own Blues
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- Omaha Blues
- Bumble Bee
- One Dime Was All I Had
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
- Somebody Gonna Wish They Had Religion
- Somebody Loves You
- Sorry for to Leave You
- Sporting Life Blues
- They Are Waiting for Me
- Walking the Sea
Blues From the Delta
Released 1998- I'm So Glad
- Little Cow, Little Calf Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- 20-20 Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Mistreating Child Blues
- Sick Bed Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Lorenzo Blues
- Careless Love
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
- Crow Jane
- Washington D. C. Hospital Center Blues
- How Long Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Cypress Grove
- Look Down the Road
- She's All the World to Me
- Everybody Leaving Here
- Good Road Camp Blues
Skip James Live, Volume 1
Released 1994- Illinois Blues
- How Long Blues
- Drunken Spree
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard Luck Child
- I Don't Want a Woman to Stay Out All Night
- Loretta Blues
- Special Lover Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Washington, D.C. Hospital Center Blues
- Hard Luck Child (No. 2)
- Look at the People
- Mary Don't You Weep
- Someday You Gotta Die
- I'm So Glad
The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James
Released 1994- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Drunken Spree
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
- Illinois Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- 4 O'Clock Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- Hard Luck Child
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Yola My Blues Away
- I'm So Glad
- What Am I to Do Blues
- Special Rider Blues
Complete 1931 Recordings
Released 1990- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I to Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road
Born: 1902-06-09
Died: 1969-10-03
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Hard Time Killing Floor
by: Skip JamesHard time's is here
An ev'rywhere you go
Times are harder
Than th'ever been befo'
Um, hm-hm
Um-hm
Um, hm-hm
Um, hm-hm-hm
You know that people
They are driftin' from do' to do'
But they can't find no heaven
I don't care where they go
Um, hm-hm
Um-uh-hm
Mm-hm-hm
Um, hm-hm-hm
People, if I ever can get up
Off a-this old hard killin' flo'
Lord, I'll never get down
This low no mo'
Um, hm-hm-hm
Hm, um-hm
Hm, hm-hm
Hm, hm-hm-hm
Well, you hear me singin'
This old lonesome song
People, you know these hard times
Can't last us so long
Hm, hm-hm
Hmm, hmm
Hm, hm-hm
Hm, hm-hm, oh Lord
You know, you'll say you had money
You better be sho'
But these hard times gon' kill you
Just drive a lonely soul
Um, hm-hm
Umm, hmm
Umm, hm-hm
Hm, hm-hm-hm
(guitar)
Umm-hm
Hmm-hm-hm
Umm-hm
Hm-hm-hm
Hmm, hm-hm-hm
(guitar to end)
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