The open-tuning finger-picking guitar that delta bluesman Skip James played was so unusual that the guitar style is now called “Bentonia” after the town he lived in.Read more
The movie “Black Snake Moan”, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Cristina Ricci, was inspired by director Craig Brewer listening to Skip James’ “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues”.Read more
When Paramount Records shut down, it was rumored that the blues master recordings from Charley Patton, Skip James, Son House and Blind Lemon Jefferson were thrown into the nearby river.Read more
