Songs Similar To Killing Floor Blues

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Songs similar to killing floor blues. Skip james hard time killin floor blues nehemiah curtis skip james june 9 1 1902 october 3 1969 2 was an american delta blues singer guitarist. Skip james hard time killing floor blues nehemiah curtis skip james was one of the most important delta blues musicians as noted by his inclusion in the worried blues collection. During the british blues boom of 1968 1969 lead guitarist mick clarke read full biography. Called one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues killing floor became a blues standard with recordings by various artists.

Skip james hard time killin floor blues. Killing floor is a 1964 song by american blues singer songwriter and guitarist howlin wolf. The sheer toughness and overall derivative nature of killing floor s debut album issued six months after led zeppelin s debut in 1969 on the spark label is a wondrous contrast to the overly slick treatment american blues were given by british artists. 1966 on the compilation album skip james 1931 1990 on the album hard time killing floor blues 1992 on the compilation album complete early recordings 1994 on the compilation times ain t like they used to be.

Biography discography songs credits. Hard time killing floor blues this song is by skip james and appears on the album skip james today. It has been acknowledged by the blues foundation hall of fame which noted its popularity among rock as well as blues musicians. Provided to youtube by universal music group hard time killing floor blues chris thomas king o brother where art thou.

All of these tunes with the exception of one are revamped versions of songs from the blues canon with different words. Lesson 1 of 6 open dm tuning and song preview.