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Program #242 (April 30 at 8:00pm and May 1 at 3:00pm) Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James possessed one of the most hauntingly distinctive styles in the blues, and, according to some who knew him, one of the most disturbed and complex personalities as well. His vocals, guitar work, and song constructions raise the blues to a level of high art and rare beauty, yet his subject matter and presentation were of such a heavy, cheerless nature that Mississippi bluesman Johnnie Temple, a contemporary of Skip’s, told an interviewer that James’ music was so sad that people would pay him not to perform...

Charley Patton   Mississippi Boweavil Blues Down the Dirt Road Blues Pony Blues Pea Vine Blues Prayer of Death, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton, Traditional Prayer of Death, Pt. 2 - Charley Patton, Traditional Lord, I'm Discouraged Elder Greene Blues - Charley Patton, Patton Circle Round the Moon Mean Black Cat Blues   Some These Days I'll Be Gone Green River Blues Magnolia Blues Heart Like Railroad Steel Jim Lee Blues, Pt. 1 Kim Lee Blues, Pt. 2 - Charley Patton, High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2 Jesue Is a Dying-Bed Maker - Charley Patton, I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley P...