Today is the birthday of Skip James (1902-1969). This influential Mississippi guitar player (associated with a distinctive open E minor tuning) began his working life as a bootlegger and sharecropper, before going into music in the late 20s and early 30s. After making some recordings in 1931, he dropped off the map for three decades […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:51AM on June 9, 2013