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Blues you ough’ta know with Big Charlie: Skip James and the Bentonia School

  • 02/08/2011
  • by bigcharliedbrs
  • · Uncategorized

Skip James was a true Blues-man, born and trained in Bentonia, Mississippi.  Bentonia is quiet little town outside of the Mississippi Delta with a rich history of producing some of the best Blues guitar players/singers.

While each one was as unique as the next, the Blues-men from this town all seemed to play music with an eerie, depressing feel to it, and always in minor keys.  Pair that with the Skip James signature three-finger picking guitar style and an array of unique tunings (mostly in open E minor and even down to D minor)  and you’ve got the Bentonia “school” of the Blues.

Here’s an example of some Bentonia Blues: Skip James singing and playing “Devil Got My Woman”

To learn a lot more about Skip James and the Blues in general click on that there guitar below

-Big Charlie

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  1. tallbobflood 02/11/2011 · Reply

    Great post and a great blog!!! I LOVE Skip! Also take a loot at my blog: http://theredrooster.wordpress.com!

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