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Portrait of Skip James

Skip James

  • 1902 to 1969
  • from Mississippi
  • On fono: 12 songs
  • 4 sources

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Skip James wrote or co-wrote 2 of 12 songs on fono (17%)

Top songs

  1. 1
  2. 2

  3. From Cypress Grove Blues

    1. 3

      22‐20 Blues

      1990

    2. 4

      Cypress Grove Blues

      1931

    3. 5

      If You Haven’t Any Hay Get on Down the Road

      1990

  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8

  7. From Today!

    1. 9

      Crow Jane

      1966

    2. 10

      Cypress Grove Blues

      1966

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Releases

  1. 2004

  2. 1993

  3. 1966

  4. 1964

Sources (4)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Skip James is from Mississippi

    Skip James is from Mississippi

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2Wikidata The genre of Skip James is blues

    The genre of Skip James is blues

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 17, 2026

  3. 3Wikidata The genre of Skip James is country blues

    The genre of Skip James is country blues

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 17, 2026

  4. 4Wikidata The genre of Skip James is delta blues

    The genre of Skip James is delta blues

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 17, 2026