Skip James

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Big Joe Turner, Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Hound Dog Taylor and Little Walter, Koko Taylor and Little Walter, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Helen Humes, Earl Hooker, and Muddy Waters.

En The Soul of a Man el director Wim Wenders nos muestra la tensión dramática entre lo sagrado y lo profano dentro del mundo del Blues, explorando la música y las vidas de tres de sus artistas preferidos: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson y J.B. Lenoir. La película, en parte histórica en parte búsqueda personal, nos enseña cómo fueron estas vidas dedicadas a la música, al blues y al jazz, a través de una extensa ficción, de escenas de la vida actual a modo de documental y de canciones de músicos contemporáneos

A travelogue through the Mississippi delta searching for the heart and the spirit of the blues.

Includes "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm So Glad," "Worried Blues," "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning" and more. Features Bukka White, Son House, Howlin' Wolf and more! The Newport Folk Festival has long been known for its contribution to spreading the gospel of traditional American song. This 1966 performance from the festival was manufactured by celebrated archivist Alan Lomax. He created a juke joint atmosphere complete with flowing liquor and this film documents all the action. The juke joint setting may add considerable flavor, but even without the theatrics the footage of the blues legends stands on its own. Prime performances are delivered by Son House, Bukka White, Howlin' Wolf, Reverend Pearly Brown, and Skip James. Between songs the Wolf taunts Bukka and as the music plays the audience dances at a fever pitch.