As a kid playing guitar I got to be at the Newport Folk Festival for 1964, '65 and '66. The high point was seeing Skip James perform this song. It's something you never forget.
Fact: They had just pulled skip from the hospital and had no idea whether he could even sing. Then he did this.... beauty of the blues. Death cant stop it till he takes us himself.
@@Pabloignacioalvarez the Album called She Lyin one of his first if you can find it is really good. He was fresh out the hospital and in extreme pain throughout and it really comes out in his voice in playing.
@@Pabloignacioalvarez Specifically that version of devil got my woman is my fav. You have to hear it man. i can't find it on the internet but I have it downloaded. the verison is on the album called "She Lyin'" Track 9. dude was in so much pain.
@@keving9233 Appreciate the fact that people of this generation can appreciate this piece of art and history while being able to connect it to the contemporary art of today that they know and love.
Wow his take on the minor and diminished chords while playing blues riffs, is way different than any other blues artist out there, then and now. I LOVE IT! Never heard of him until now. Greatness right there, with all the GREATS in one room. OMG this is a national treasure in itself for sure. Howlin Wolf standing right there too.. I'll be damned. What a treat! Thanks for the upload. I truly enjoyed this gem.
Yes, I love those distinctive diminished or minor 6th chords. So ghostly! I read that he got into piano first, before guitar, and I think he learned them there.
My goodness!!!! That is pure magic! And surrounded by greatness in the room. A treasure that black America has lost in place of lazy garbage music of today.
Wolf standing and listening. Praise be. I have not seen Skip James' bit before. This was a great little film by Alan Lomax. Very important. Thank you so much for sharing.
anybody remember the movie ghost world?when steve bushemi sells thera birch an old blues album and she falls in love with this song?she asks steve for more songs that sound like this?and he tells her "their are no other songs like that"?priceless!
charliedontsurf70 Oh wow, I saw that movie years ago and I'd completely forgotten that link! Rewatched again today - Daniel Clowes knows where it's at!
John Hurt behind James, Hubert Sumlin next to him. Looks like Carey Bell next to Wolf. Hubert and Bell would have been playing the Festival with Wolf. Skip James was a National Treasure. He was married to John Hurt's daughter Lorenzo, and is buried with her in Malvern on the Main Line outside of Philadelphia.
@@djblackjackshellac They are buried next to each other in Merion Memorial Park, PA. For those who are feeling pedantic www.findagrave.com/memorial/7936559/skip-james
Goddamn, Skip James' voice is just SOARING in this! Not bad for a man in his 60's..And you can tell he really wants to throw down the gauntlet at Howlin' Wolf (in glasses) and everyone else there--it's like James is saying "THIS is how it's done!"
Oh man!!!, that voice, it's the voice of a man with a lot of pain, this guy, skip "master" james, is overrated, and one of the greatest blues musicians of all time 👏👏
Not Newport Folk Festival, but rather private filmed performance. Film of entire array of performances is available under title "Devil Got My Woman: Blues At Newport 1966". On that compilation, there is a superb performance by Howlin' Wolf.
this is true music nothing like the absolute noise people listen to these days. blues is the most important music of the last 150 years (in my opinion)
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As a kid playing guitar I got to be at the Newport Folk Festival for 1964, '65 and '66. The high point was seeing Skip James perform this song. It's something you never forget.
Wow. How big a crowd was listening?
But did you see Dylan go electric and Seeger shit his pants?
I heard Crow Jane a couple of years ago for the first time and I will never forget it, guaranteed
"The blues is the roots; everything else is the fruits" - Willie Dixon
Rock n roll
Heavy-metal (the origins)
Eres genio!!
Incredible music.
This is not a simple video clip its a document of americas tradition.
the heart and soul of America and rock music.
The most unique voice in all of blues music.
I'd say Tommy Johnson is close but yeah probably gotta give it to skip
@@itsallaroundyou7085 Howlin and Lightnin as well.
Fantástico
@@drunkdrywaller7840 Mr. Smokestack Lighting definitely has a unique voice but not like Skip James.
I agree most unique. Skip James! The Canned Heat band use that vocal style
you got son house in the back and howlin wolf standing in the front all these blues musicians its beautiful how music draws people together
I beleive Bukka White was also there
@James Schultz *Est.1982 badass is getting like really trite.
Skip James!! Rick who¿?😑🤨love me some skippy James!!!💚💙🙄☠
Mississippi John hurt too
Also they all got paid for being there 😂
Fact: They had just pulled skip from the hospital and had no idea whether he could even sing. Then he did this.... beauty of the blues. Death cant stop it till he takes us himself.
Best condition possible to play the blues to be honest
@@Pabloignacioalvarez the Album called She Lyin one of his first if you can find it is really good. He was fresh out the hospital and in extreme pain throughout and it really comes out in his voice in playing.
@@Pabloignacioalvarez Specifically that version of devil got my woman is my fav. You have to hear it man. i can't find it on the internet but I have it downloaded. the verison is on the album called "She Lyin'" Track 9. dude was in so much pain.
I love Skip James man. Finally a blues guy that has a higher nasally voice like me lol. Just wish I could play like that. One of the best
oh. My. God. that picking. that falsetto. I could die happy in that room.
great comment, inkarnate
thanks
If a piece of my soul existed somewhere in time and a place, it would be in that room... Wolf, Slip, and Son, in the same room!
Me too brother. What a room to be in hey.
This is not only music this is History.
To me his voice elevates the blues to a different astral plain...
All those men in that room have all seen some pretty deep hardships, and Skip puts it in words over hypnotic, haunting acoustic melodies.
@BD111
All those men are legends of Blues: Wolf and Son House …
The best footprints, of Skip James, better than the moon walk !
So lucky we can listening to that !
+Joarimus Papim Friend , I agree with you!
Oh hell yes my brother!
Joarimus Papim Skip James was real ,the moon landings werent
Skip James has the progression of a crazed man.
Amazing ✨
What a haunting voice, one of the best.
I love Howlin Wolf bobbing his head here.
That voice, man.. May he being singing in peace. Thank you, Skip!
Skip James voice is both scary and beautiful. Love him so much ❤❤❤❤
It's like a house full of Super Saiyan musicians.
No.
These were flesh n blood humans.
Not silly cartoon fantasy.
@@keving9233 Appreciate the fact that people of this generation can appreciate this piece of art and history while being able to connect it to the contemporary art of today that they know and love.
More like ss4
@@spliffsforbreakfastPlaying pretty fast-and-loose with the term "art," aren't you?
Super Saiyan musicians they were. Same as flesh n blood humans. There’s truth in it; cannot be without it, and it was and still is.
Wow his take on the minor and diminished chords while playing blues riffs, is way different than any other blues artist out there, then and now. I LOVE IT! Never heard of him until now. Greatness right there, with all the GREATS in one room. OMG this is a national treasure in itself for sure. Howlin Wolf standing right there too.. I'll be damned. What a treat! Thanks for the upload. I truly enjoyed this gem.
People play 40s or 50s blues like wolf and that mojo workin black dude. I really want to get down with some true delta blues
Yeah, this is a looong ways away from the typical blues you hear. That man was just incredibly talented. And hidden away for 30 years, such a shame...
Speaking of Howling Wolf they filmed and recorded him also during this same session. I recognized the room immediately. Check it out.
Yes, I love those distinctive diminished or minor 6th chords. So ghostly! I read that he got into piano first, before guitar, and I think he learned them there.
Extraordinário
My goodness!!!! That is pure magic! And surrounded by greatness in the room. A treasure that black America has lost in place of lazy garbage music of today.
sad but so.
His guitar playing is chilling, his voice is haunting, ladies and gentlemen I present you Skip James.
The master at his trade. No one like him. Playing it like a blues piano!!
Skip James was the absolute best
The greatest song ever? Maybe. Perfection.
Watch Skip James keep time with both feet. Takes me back to the first time I saw him. DC's Ontario Place, about 1964.
I'd give anything to have seen this legend. ❤
Too cool! That must have been something!!
The voice of an angel
Every time I hear Skip singing this tune , I get the chills ! Something about this song !
play it in summer to cool down. Seriously. It's like a cool wind blowing in from far away, cutting through humidity and hot night air.
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I think Skip James left this world and went to a different plane of consciousness when he sang.
So beautiful! So haunting! Thank you for posting this absolutely essential part of American Civilization!
Guitar playing, the whole delivery
Unforgettable
The guitar playing is chilling!
most beautiful blues song
Skips music was intense and so hypnotic.
Skip James is my favorite. that voice. mmmmm incredible.
Wolf standing and listening. Praise be. I have not seen Skip James' bit before. This was a great little film by Alan Lomax. Very important. Thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome!! So glad that there are video's like this on RUclips!!!
Simply amazing...my hairs are all standing on ends...
haunting is the correct word, masterpiece is another
Imagine being in the room with those guys with Skip and the Wolf.
This is incredible, makes me lucky to be alive
Pur genius.break my heart
Bluesman, thank you kindly for helping me out of a sad situation. RIP
Just love the vocal style and steeped In history with the audience
MASTERpiece!
some of the best vocals ive ever heard. regardless of genre
I concur his voice is so different from everyone else to me. It's like Billie Holiday, well not like her but just stands out like her.
Best song ever written.
Just a Pure GEM !!! like WOW...Blown away and wish we had older footage of the Legends/ Blues God's!! O HELL YEAH !!
Feels like you got a front row seat ❤
This and Freight Train of all I love this Skip track, I know nothing, but this is DNA
Every time I hear Skip on one of these videos, his vocals just blow me away.
Skip had a tragic life. Racism and poverty stalked him.
Real music for real people!! Great Skip!!!!
The baddest of the bad!! Best of all the best BLUES/ ROCK N ROLL CREATORS!!!! EVER!!!
Love everything I see and hear
Hello dear ,how are you doing today
I can’t believe this footage exists. Kudos to the cameraman. This is some evil and idiosyncratic blues. The best kind.
The blues ain't evil
we never doubted you skip
such talent
anybody remember the movie ghost world?when steve bushemi sells thera birch an old blues album and she falls in love with this song?she asks steve for more songs that sound like this?and he tells her "their are no other songs like that"?priceless!
charliedontsurf70 Oh wow, I saw that movie years ago and I'd completely forgotten that link! Rewatched again today - Daniel Clowes knows where it's at!
charliedontsurf70 I have never seen it but what a moving description
This is so much better than the original recording, his maturity shows through his skill here
Hard times create wonderful music
What lyrics! And the voice!! Just so perfect! I love the story of this song
Hello dear,how are you doing
Wow this is amazing music!
Wow... Truly speechless.
That was SICK!!!!!
magic
This is only possible because of the horrific conditions he endured in the 30s. Beautiful
Thank you so much for posting! ❤️🙏🏽
How! Great! If Blues is tear, then this is the true Blues.
That moment when you remember Thora Birch listening to this in Ghost World. Beautiful music.
Love his guitar playing
That voice great Skip
So the great HW couldn't even wait till the end of the song . What was it with those guys . Skippy brilliant HW great
John Hurt behind James, Hubert Sumlin next to him. Looks like Carey Bell next to Wolf. Hubert and Bell would have been playing the Festival with Wolf. Skip James was a National Treasure. He was married to John Hurt's daughter Lorenzo, and is buried with her in Malvern on the Main Line outside of Philadelphia.
Pretty sure that's Rev. Pearly Brown standing behind James. I don't think John Hurt was at Newport in '66.
Buried in Bala Cynwyd, PA. I'm in Malvern right now and he isn't here.
@@djblackjackshellac They are buried next to each other in Merion Memorial Park, PA. For those who are feeling pedantic
www.findagrave.com/memorial/7936559/skip-james
i've read lorenzo was hurt's daughter, sister and niece. niece is from a biography of hurt so i am going with that.
Son House is next to Wolf.
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. The one and only Skip James. YEAH.
that is so cool ! his music lives on forever with this video.
Thank you so much for posting this.
great footage of film,just love it
Pour moi le meilleur, la quintessence du blues, l'âme de toute une culture noire américaine.
A masterpiece! Is that Mississippi John Hurt standing behind Skip?
What a legend!
yes so good !!!
Hello dear ,how are you doing today
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Goddamn, Skip James' voice is just SOARING in this! Not bad for a man in his 60's..And you can tell he really wants to throw down the gauntlet at Howlin' Wolf (in glasses) and everyone else there--it's like James is saying "THIS is how it's done!"
Fantastic.
Extraordinário! Excepcional e original
A favourite.
Oh man!!!, that voice, it's the voice of a man with a lot of pain, this guy, skip "master" james, is overrated, and one of the greatest blues musicians of all time 👏👏
Not Newport Folk Festival, but rather private filmed performance. Film of entire array of performances is available under title "Devil Got My Woman: Blues At Newport 1966". On that compilation, there is a superb performance by Howlin' Wolf.
Thanks for sharing. Nice...
Love it
Incredible
The 28 who have disliked this video need a word with themselves in my opinion, jeez ‘I prefer my music with a little less soul’
Just stupid.
"The blues is not about playing to feel better instead it's about making them feel bad just as much as you."
Si youtube se quedara con sólo este video sería suficiente
this is true music nothing like the absolute noise people listen to these days. blues is the most important music of the last 150 years (in my opinion)
Anybody who knows anything about music would agree, even if they don't like the blues.
Alan Wilson. Now I get it.
You are right on the dime. Skip James was deeply influenced by Skip James
@@yehudafine1015 *Alan wilson
Hello dear,how are you
Smile it's Skip.
Maravilhoso!!!!!!
So sweet
Howling wolf prowling at the bar ,
Only left cause he needed a piss... I would piss myself not to miss a sec 😁
Slip James is an angel
hail the master of blues!