Skip James: A Sawmill Shootout, Pimping, Bootlegging, and the Son of a Preacher Man
Skip James: A Sawmill Shootout, Pimping, Bootlegging, and the Son of a Preacher ManUpdate: 2023-04-18
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Skip James’s most famous lyric was “I’d rather be the Devil” and he put his money where his mouth was. He is believed to have shot a man dead, spent time as a pimp and a bootlegger, and womanized up and down the United States. Skip may have eventually found religion, and even recognition as the last great bluesman to be discovered by white America, but all that devilish living–and a possible hex–would bring his lifestyle to a brutal end.
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