Skip James sings "Crow Jane"

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Blues legend Skip James sings "Crow Jane." From 1967.

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I like how the ... ( 1 month ago by tcmic44)

I like how the video starts in space.

BRILLIANT ( 1 month ago by glenneveaux)

BRILLIANT

And the music as ... ( 1 month ago by tcmic44)

And the music as well

Most of the ... ( 3 weeks ago by Bufflapierre)

Most of the original blues musicians were not expressing their "anguish". They were just playing what the white people wanted to hear, which was authentic sounding black music. They were rock stars in every sense of the word. Playing what was the coolest thing around for the money, not for the emotional ventilation.

awesome response i ... ( 3 weeks ago by lennon2007)

awesome response i love it.. you crack me up..funny man. lol hahaha

you heard wrong.. ... ( 3 weeks ago by lennon2007)

you heard wrong.. answer to your older response

is that right . ... ( 3 weeks ago by dontreadimpished)

is that right .thanks for youre little insite there buddy.glad you can speak for people who youve never met .i almost thought they were sincere

"Most of the ... ( 3 weeks ago by pbuckles)

"Most of the original blues musicians were not expressing their "anguish". They were just playing what the white people wanted to hear"
False, the original bluesmen played for blacks, their peers. They didn't sing to express their angst, but they did sing iof their lives and their experiences. They also sang to express their likes and dislikes in thir world. Singin for white folks? Not

Array ( 3 weeks ago by thailow117)

virtuoso.
such a 'complete' guitarist and singer.
derek truck does him well ok.
but this swings.

Wow, I cannot ... ( 3 weeks ago by JosephMalicke)

Wow, I cannot believe how wrong you are.

the white people of ... ( 3 weeks ago by gergandthealein123)

the white people of the blues generation were not listening to guys like this they were listening to rip offs like elvis who stole their style and made it popular because thay were white

there's a part in ... ( 3 weeks ago by Diomedes22)

there's a part in the scorsese documentary in which one of the old blues guys says that in the old days they couldn't openly say what they thought of racism and white people in general so they spoke in code. They don't actually want to kill women, that's ridiculous. These slang terms for women, prostitutes, etc, all refer to the white man. We're talking about music written by black people in the racist south for other black people.

Coded words... ... ( 3 weeks ago by SteelyDMan)

Coded words... ridiculous!
It's just a song about a guy who got tired of his woman looking down on him and treating him bad so he killed her and buried her, but afterwards he felt sorry for what he did.
This song is the lament of a man who committed murder... there are no "coded messages".

here here. ( 3 weeks ago by billyshitcheese)

here here.

Skip James is my ... ( 2 weeks ago by WiicanWizard13)

Skip James is my favorite Blues artist! RIP SKIP. His music will live forever! Just imagine this song in death metal or something:) Blues is the shit, it started everything.

That was so powerful ( 2 weeks ago by glennfryenpie)

That was so powerful

I thought "crow ... ( 2 weeks ago by atypicalmystery)

I thought "crow jane" referred to a woman who upholds the jim crowe laws. I know old blues men used colorful words and built off each others songs,
Here's something to thing about, could the song "Hey Joe" be the other side of the story Skip James is telling. Written as if he was watching the man get his gun, and shoot down his crow jane.

"the white people ... ( 2 weeks ago by JosephNScott)

"the white people ofï»¿ the blues generation"
Which generation? Henry Thomas was 56 years older than Little Walter.
"were not listening to guys like this they were listening to rip offs"
In the '30s, "whites" had very little interest in music that sounded very close to James whether made by "black" or "white" musicians, and I can think of zero "white" musicians who were trying to provide that or ripping off James then. In the '60s, most people who were interested in James were "white."

agreed. ever listen ... ( 2 weeks ago by doldromofthemerry)

agreed. ever listen to blind willie mctell's monologue on accidents? great further insight

"Coded words... ... ( 6 days ago by Kockabilly)

"Coded words... ridiculous!
It's just a song about a guy who got tired of his woman looking down on him and treating him bad so he killed her and buried her, but afterwards he felt sorry for what he did.
This song is the lament of a man who committed murder... there are no "coded messages"."
just that

haha excellent, ... ( 6 days ago by DjangoFortis84)

haha excellent, fuck yo Elvis n%*^$a!!!

yeah!! that's blues ... ( 4 days ago by maartin10)

yeah!! that's blues. awsome:skip james for ever

money ( 1 day ago by earsaucemusic)

money

Nah i think Crow ... ( 23 hours ago by almanacofsleep)

Nah i think Crow Jane is slang for a prostitute.

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