The Resource I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt
I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt
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The item I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm So Glad," and "22-20 Blues" are masterpieces that transcend the genre. Drawing largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, it paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure. In doing so, it offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781569769980
- Label
- I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues
- Title
- I'd rather be the devil
- Title remainder
- Skip James and the blues
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Calt
- Title variation
- Skip James and the blues
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm So Glad," and "22-20 Blues" are masterpieces that transcend the genre. Drawing largely on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, it paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure. In doing so, it offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Calt, Stephen
- Dewey number
- 781.643092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- hoopla digital
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- James, Skip
- Blues musicians
- Blues (Music)
- Electronic books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781569769980
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 11334035
- Publisher number
- MWT11334035
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT11334035
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- I'd rather be the devil : Skip James and the blues, Stephen Calt
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781569769980
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 11334035
- Publisher number
- MWT11334035
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT11334035
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
Library Locations
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Evanston Public Library Chicago AveBorrow it900 Chicago Ave., Suite 102, Evanston, IL, 60202, US42.034188 -87.679606
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Evanston Public Library MainBorrow it1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60201, US42.048419 -87.680008
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Evanston Public Library North BranchBorrow it2026 Central Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, US42.064193 -87.702066
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