#skipjames

‘Chasin’ Dem Blues’ Is Joyous Fun Four great performers relive the era when a Grafton WI company was a leader in blues music. By Dominique Paul Noth "I’d taken to worrying a bit about every new, heavily promoted, usually six-week-long offering at the Milwaukee Rep’s Stackner Cabaret. It’s a bit formulaic. ...Chasin’ Dem Blues through March 22 made me stop worrying. Formula? Sure, but the Rep knows the possibilities of this better than I do and it works mightily to keep originality at the forefront of its choice of talents." See you there😃 https://www.milwaukeerep.com/Tickets--Events/201920-Season/Chasin-Dem-Blues-Untold-Story-of-Paramount-Records/ #UMTLive #ChasinDemBlues @ the #MilwaukeeRep Celebrating the lives of: #SonHouse #SkipJames #MaRainey #AlbertaHunter #CharliePatton #PapaJackson #BlindLemonJefferson #BlindWillieMcTell #ParamountRecords #Blues #TheBirthOfAmericanCulture #AmericanCulture (at Milwaukee Repertory Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/B71wiX1JdAs/?igshid=9jet43rhejqj

Here’s my personal favourite ES for #WednESday: 1968 #Gibson #ES330 TD. (Original #art by @michaelsegui) #linocut #skipjames #fineart #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #vintagegear #gibsonsofinstagram #guitarphotography

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“Hunters & Collectors” is day 17 of #edgarandrolandsfebvinylchallenge by @harma808 — Here’s one for the original record collectors, a truly bizarre set of city folk who obsessed over and fetishized prewar country blues to such a degree that they hunted down records of which only a single copy remains and even went and found some of the original bluesmen themselves to bring out of retirement. For a great look into these strange collectors, I highly recommend the book on the left, Do Not Sell at Any Price by Amanda Petrusich. It’s a wild ride and a great read for collectors everywhere. #skipjames #robertjohnson #charleypatton #blues #countryblues #vinyl #vinyladay #lp #vinyloftheday #vinyligclub #vinyljunkie #vinylcommunity #vinylcollective #instavinyl #vinylgram #recordcollector #nowspinning https://www.instagram.com/p/CaGsN17M5iB/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s #superfriendssunday is the Summertime Blues (cue The Who covering Eddie Cochran)... our favorite blues! If you’ve known me long enough, you know I’m a sucker for prewar country blues. Gimme transfers of scratchy 78’s I have no chance of owning because there’s only one known copy. So for today’s theme I picked my 80’s Yazoo pressing of the complete 1931 Skip James. Skip James is a seminal artist, famous for a haunting vocal style and odd, dissonant guitar tunings. His most famous song is Devil Got My Woman Blues, and my favorite is Hard Time Killing Floor Blues, which was covered (faithfully) on the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. And Yazoo is an incredible institution: in the 60’s they started putting out archival compilations of these incredibly rare records that obsessives had been hoarding, bringing an unusual and inaccessible genre into the light and spreading the influence of these great artists into the nascent rock n roll scene. And they’re still going today, putting out public domain compilations without much regard to commercial potential. It’s a record label of love and passion and extreme, next-level dorkiness. Check out the other accounts who have the Summertime Blues today! #superfriendssunday @urmsonvinylfan @funkcroci @waxonwaxoff79 @shmilyvinyl @subhuman65 @mark_j_cox @magistervinyl @tomvece @beagle.eye.records @herr.pojke @jldrueke @b.d.lindert @gardenofpearl @mrcharlie65 @biomechalien @karenvinylgirl @concertpants @rexleetham @garys_records @recordsinmybasement @b_smith429 @troyjayadams @todayinvinylhistory @analogville @dans_vinyl @dmiles49 @yakido #skipjames #countryblues #yazoo #yazoorecords #vinyl #vinyladay #lp #vinyloftheday #vinyligclub #vinyljunkie #vinylcommunity #vinylcollective #instavinyl #vinylgram #recordcollector #nowspinning https://www.instagram.com/p/CPx_qqbMt1R/?utm_medium=tumblr

180 gr. double natural, uncoloured, virgin vinyl. The best wax available. Limited edition. My typewriter says: time for some traditional blues from a guy born in 1920! Of course some songs have a bad audio quality but the quality of his songwriting is great. Now we know why it's called music of the devil. Or maybe we don't. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman 🤘 🤘 🤘 #skipjames #blues #tradblues #bluesmusic #acousticblues #singersongwriter #acousticmusic #songwriter #rock #rocknroll #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinyljunkie #vinyladdict #vinylcollector #vinylcollectionpost #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinyloftheday #vinylcollectionpost #vinylwrap #vinyls #vinyllove #vinylclub #vinylrecord #vinylfigure #vinyllover #vinyltoys #vinyllife #chAos #vonchAos (hier: Bentonia, Mississippi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJq7bjmA9f3/?igshid=g6frv959v40u

One of my favorite (late) blues artists of the Bentonia Style is Jack Owens, who was a close friend & mentor to #JimmyDuckHolmes. Here’s a song of his called ‘Gimme Yo Money’ w/ my good friend & co-conspirator Jay Bundy Johnson on drums. (Link in bio) https://robertconnelyfarr.bandcamp.com/track/gimme-yo-money-2 #blues #bentoniablues #jackowens #jimmyduckholmes #skipjames #corneliusbright #deepblues #mississippiblues #eastvan #eastvancouver #cancon #canadiancontent #sync #musicsupervisor (at East Vancouver) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEH8T7BnbW-/?igshid=9j922ggdanpq

#skipjames #skipjamestoday #vanguardrecords 1974 #blues #countryblues #deltablues #bluesvinyl $24.99 DM to purchase, or order online. Link in bio. Free domestic shipping. #discogs (at Siren Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-DSYI4pyXQ/?igshid=xs3u9rfmt1ad