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050 00 a| ML420.J234b| C35 1994;

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100 1 a| Calt, Stephen.=| ^A258159;

245 10 a| I'd rather be the devil :b| Skip James and the blues /c| Stephen Calt.;

300 a| xiv, 385 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Includes indexes.;

505 0 a| Part one. The blues singer ; The researcher ; The quarry ; Looking back -- Part two. Woodbine ; The birth of the blues ; The buck rabbit ; The young sport -- Part three. The bootlegger ; The musician ; The performer ; The devil woman ; The songwriter ; The murderous music cat -- Part four. Recording ; Greatness at Grafton ; Releasin's ; The convert ; Devil got religion ; The prodigal son ; Limbo ; Resumption ; Recognition ; The Delta -- Part five. The prospectors ; The folk movement ; The fan ; Newport ; Washington ; The sick man ; Air puddings -- Part six. 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 -- Appendix: Idioms.;

520 a| Skip James (1902-1969) was one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, and 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. This is the first biography ever written of James--and one of the few accounts of the dangerous and disreputable life of a professional blues musician. Based largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, the author 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, the author offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished.;

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I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues / Stephen Calt.

Author/creator	Calt, Stephen
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Da Capo Press, ©1994.
Description	xiv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	James, Skip, 1902-1969. Blues musicians--United States. --Biography.

Contents	Part one. The blues singer ; The researcher ; The quarry ; Looking back -- Part two. Woodbine ; The birth of the blues ; The buck rabbit ; The young sport -- Part three. The bootlegger ; The musician ; The performer ; The devil woman ; The songwriter ; The murderous music cat -- Part four. Recording ; Greatness at Grafton ; Releasin's ; The convert ; Devil got religion ; The prodigal son ; Limbo ; Resumption ; Recognition ; The Delta -- Part five. The prospectors ; The folk movement ; The fan ; Newport ; Washington ; The sick man ; Air puddings -- Part six. 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 -- Appendix: Idioms.
Abstract	Skip James (1902-1969) was one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, and 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. This is the first biography ever written of James--and one of the few accounts of the dangerous and disreputable life of a professional blues musician. Based largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, the author 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, the author offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished.
General note	Includes indexes.
LCCN	94028398
ISBN	0306805790 :

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