Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Skip James - Live Boston 1964 & Philadelphia 1966

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:23
Size: 117.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic Delta blues
Year: 1994/2005
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. Illinois Blues
[3:08] 2. How Long Blues
[3:27] 3. Drunken Spree
[3:09] 4. 4 O'clock Blues
[0:55] 5. Hard Luck Child
[4:36] 6. I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long
[4:23] 7. Lorenzo Blues
[2:55] 8. Special Rider Blues
[4:46] 9. Cherry Ball Blues
[5:30] 10. Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
[4:41] 11. Hard Luck Child
[5:02] 12. Look At The People Standing At The Judgement
[2:18] 13. Mary Don't You Weep
[2:20] 14. Someday You Gotta Die
[0:35] 15. I'm So Glad

These recordings, made in coffee houses during the folk boom and James' comeback after 30 years of obscurity, find him still in remarkable control of his talents. His guitar and piano playing are agile and sensitive and his high tenor still sends a shiver down the spine. The sound is very good (save for the occasional drop out), but more importantly the performances are first rate, and with a little imagination you can put yourself right there in the room with this enormous talent. ~Tim Sheridan

Live Boston 1964 & Philadelphia 1966 mc
Live Boston 1964 & Philadelphia 1966 zippy

3 comments:

ER'BO said...

Superbe ! Thank you very much.

Fourcade said...

Great! Old "resurrected" bluesmen weren't precisely in optimal form in general during the folk-blues revival, but that's not the case of this album. Thanks! Cheers Daniel, from Spain...

NYBlues said...

Requesting a ReUP please. Thanks !