Skip James – “Live” / Document CD-5149

Description

Document Records Compact Disc-5149

1964 Boston:

Illinois Blues
How Long Blues
Drunken Spree
Four O’Clock Blues

1966 Philadelphia:

Hard Luck Child
I Don’t Want a Woman to Stay Out All Night Long
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

Personnel includes: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano); Mrs. Lorenzo James (vocals).

Recorded live in Boston, Massachusetts in 1964 & The Second Fret, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1966. Includes liner notes by Roger Misiewicz.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Personnel: Skip James (vocals, guitar, ).

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