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- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Skip James Blues Collection*
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Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. His guitar playing is noted for its dark, minor-key sound, played in an open D-minor tuning with an intricate finger picking technique. James first recorded for Paramount Records in 1931, but these recordings sold poorly, having been released during the Great Depression, and he drifted into obscurity. After a long absence from the public eye <a href="https://www.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bentonia
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Religion
- Baptists
- Genre
- country blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Vanguard Records
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of birth
- 1902-06-09
- date of death
- 1969-10-03
- Commons category
- Skip James
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Skip James
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- birth name
- Nehemiah Curtis James
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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