Complete Bloomington Indiana Concert, Vol. 1 (3/30/68)

RELEASE
October 12, 1999
LABEL
Document
GENRES
Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Regional Blues

Album Review

This is part one of a concert recorded March 30, 1968, in Bloomington, Indiana, spotlighting one of the most influential Delta blues artists, Skip James, at the end of his career. It's eerie and heartbreaking to listen to what essentially amounts to a retrospective by a man who would pass away only seven months following this performance. James covered all the bases on this occasion from the spirituals "God is Real" and "Look at the People (Got to Go to Judgement)" to '60s originals "Lorenzo Blues," "Sickbed Blues," and "Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues." James also played his familiar classics from the '30s, "Devil Got My Woman" and "I'm So Glad." It is to the credit of Document Records that they included James's spoken introductions to these songs, allowing the listener to gain further insight into the mind and heart of one of the preeminent acoustic blues performers of the 20th century.
Al Campbell, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Introduction by Peter Narvaez
  2. Skip James Talking
  3. God Is Real
  4. Skip Talking
  5. Crow Jane
  6. Skip Talking
  7. Look Down the Road
  8. Skip Talking
  9. Lorenzo Blues
  10. Skip Talking
  11. Devil Got My Woman
  12. Skip Talking
  13. I'm So Glad
  14. Skip Talking
  15. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
  16. Skip Talking
  17. Cherry Ball Blues
  18. Skip Talking
  19. Sickbed Blues