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  • Skip James
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  • 1969 deaths
  • American blues guitarists
  • African-American musicians
  • American male singers
  • 20th-century American singers
  • Blues Hall of Fame inductees
  • American blues pianists
  • 1902 births
  • 20th-century pianists
  • American blues musicians
  • American pianists
  • Blues musicians from Mississippi
  • Blues revival musicians
  • Country blues musicians
  • Country blues singers
  • Delta blues musicians
  • Paramount Records artists
  • Songwriters from Mississippi
  • Vanguard Records artists
  • People from Yazoo County, Mississippi
  • Cancer deaths in Mississippi
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  • Nehemiah Curtis %22Skip%22 James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. Born in Bentonia, Mississippi, United States, he died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He first learned to play guitar from another bluesman from the area, Henry Stuckey. His guitar playing is noted for its dark, minor sound, played in an open D-minor tuning with an intricate fingerpicking technique. James first recorded for Paramount Records in 1931, but these recordings sold poorly due to the Great Depression, and he drifted into obscurity. After a long absence from the public eye, James was %22rediscovered%22 in 1964 by three blues enthusiasts, helping further the blues and folk music revival of the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, James appeared at several folk and blues festivals and gave live concerts around the country, also recording several albums for various record labels.His songs have influenced several generations of musicians, being adapted or covered by Kansas Joe McCoy, Robert Johnson, Alan Wilson, Cream, Deep Purple, Chris Thomas King, Alvin Youngblood Hart, The Derek Trucks Band, Beck, Big Sugar, Eric Clapton, John Martyn, Lucinda Williams and Rory Block. He is hailed as %22one of the seminal figures of the blues.%22
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  • Skip James
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  • Vanguard
  • Biograph Records
  • Document Records
  • Paramount Records
  • Stardust Records
  • Yazoo Records
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  • Blues
  • Delta Blues
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