I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues
Product Description
I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues
- Used Book in Good Condition
Skip James (1902–1969) was perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. Drawing on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, Stephen Calt here 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. And in doing so, Calt offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished.
Technical Specifications
You might also like
CROSS DOG BLUES: Book One of A Great Long Story to Tell (Volume 1)
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary
Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf
King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton
How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life
Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues (American Made Music Series)