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MIssissippi blues

G. Love AKA Garrett Dutton
G. Love Taps into the Delta Blues on Star-Studded New Album ‘Philadelphia Mississippi’ Watch the animated video for the hip hop/blues-melded lead single “Love From Philly” featuring Schoolly D and Chuck Treece.
Skip James at Newport Folk Festival 26th July 1964.
“His Storytelling Was as Brilliant as His Guitar Playing”: How the Spirit of Skip James is Felt Stronger than Ever Today in Bentonia Blues Washed up at age 30, the legendary bluesman was rediscovered in 1964, just five years before his death.
Skip James, 1967
From Satan to Jesus, Skip James Played Through Shadow and Light on These Five Essential Tracks Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson may have sung about having a hellhound on his trail, but Skip James sounded like the one on the run.

Latest MIssissippi blues

Guitar Player issue 719 April 2022

Hendrix, Van Halen Lead List of Gear Innovators Inside the New Issue of Guitar Player

By Guitar Player Staff published 11 March 22

PLUS Skip James’ Bentonia blues legacy, John McLaughlin, Steve Morse, Jake Shimabukuro, Mike McCready, and Sonny Landreth on the late Howard Alexander Dumble. Plus – 2 unique covers!

Son House (1902 - 1988) on stage, 1967.

Watch Son House’s Unmissable “Death Letter Blues” TV Performance

By Rod Brakes published 22 December 21

Video The Delta blues legend was a true master of slide guitar.

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Jessie Mae Hemphill, 2003

“Girl, How Crazy You Was and How Dangerous It Was”: Blues Icon Jessie Mae Hemphill Looks Back on Her Remarkable Life in Music

By Sue Foley published 11 October 21

The one-woman band shares some hard-won wisdom.

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