Skip James

GPTKB entity

Statements (110)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musician
gptkb:jazz_music
gptkbp:active_years 1930s, 1960s
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:1969
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1930
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Albert_King
gptkb:John_Lee_Hooker
gptkb:B._B._King
gptkb:The_Black_Keys
gptkb:The_Rolling_Stones
gptkb:Koko_Taylor
gptkb:Muddy_Waters
gptkb:Susan_Tedeschi
gptkb:The_Allman_Brothers_Band
gptkb:Freddie_King
gptkb:Derek_Trucks
gptkb:Eric_Clapton
gptkb:Jimmy_Reed
gptkb:Jack_White
gptkb:Buddy_Guy
gptkb:Etta_James
gptkb:Stevie_Ray_Vaughan
gptkb:Gary_Clark_Jr.
gptkb:Charley_Patton
gptkb:Johnny_Winter
gptkb:Robert_Johnson
gptkb:Mississippi_John_Hurt
gptkb:Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II
gptkb:Delta_blues
gptkb:Son_House
gptkb:The_Mississippi_Sheiks
gptkb:The_Blues_Project
gptkb:Keb'_Mo'
gptkb:Joe_Bonamassa
gptkb:Lead_Belly
gptkb:Big_Bill_Broonzy
gptkb:Blind_Lemon_Jefferson
gptkb:Lightnin'_Hopkins
gptkb:Howlin'_Wolf
gptkb:T-Bone_Walker
gptkb:The_White_Stripes
gptkb:Bukka_White
gptkbp:birth_date 1902-06-21
1902-06-09
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Bentonia,_Mississippi
gptkb:Bentonia,_Mississippi,_USA
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Mississippi_John_Hurt
gptkb:Son_House
gptkbp:death_date 1969-10-03
gptkbp:documentary gptkb:The_Blues_(2003)
Deep Blues (1991)
The Last of the Mississippi Jukes (2003)
gptkbp:famous_for unique vocal style
complex guitar playing
gptkbp:famous_song gptkb:I’d_Rather_Be_the_Devil
gptkb:Illinois_Blues
gptkb:Killing_Floor_Blues
gptkb:Cypress_Grove_Blues
gptkb:Cherry_Ball_Blues
gptkb:Hard_Time_Killing_Floor_Blues
gptkb:Special_Rider_Blues
gptkb:Sick_Bed_Blues
gptkb:Devil_Got_My_Woman
gptkb:Sitting_on_Top_of_the_World
I'm So Glad
Back to the Old House
How Long Buck
I’m So Glad (Live)
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Delta_blues
blues
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Skip James
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Lee_Hooker
gptkb:The_Black_Keys
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:Jimi_Hendrix
gptkb:Eric_Clapton
gptkb:Jack_White
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Robert_Johnson
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:guitar
gptkbp:known_for blues music
fingerpicking guitar style
gptkbp:label gptkb:Vanguard_Records
gptkb:Paramount_Records
gptkbp:legacy influential figure in blues music
gptkbp:music_style fingerpicking guitar
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_album Skip James Today!
Skip James Today
gptkbp:notable_song gptkb:Cypress_Grove_Blues
gptkb:Hard_Time_Killing_Floor_Blues
gptkb:Special_Rider_Blues
gptkb:Sick_Bed_Blues
gptkb:Devil_Got_My_Woman
I'm So Glad
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:singer-songwriter
gptkbp:performed_at gptkb:American_Folk_Blues_Festival
gptkb:Newport_Jazz_Festival
Various clubs in Chicago
Various festivals in the 1960s
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_Inductee
gptkbp:record_label gptkb:Paramount_Records
gptkbp:recorded_in 1931 recordings
gptkbp:recording_location gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:style gptkb:Delta_blues
blues
fingerpicking guitar
gptkbp:website skipjames.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:Robert_Johnson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4