Rather Be The Devil

When you think of the blues you think deep voiced, manly, so low it makes you just cry in your hands. Skip James goes the other route, he takes it high, so high that its depressing in its self. Sounding whiny and depressed. His distinctive voice got him recognition from thousands of fans at the Newport folk festival in the late 60s. Devil Got My Woman is a song about a woman that is so mean and low down, he would rather face the devil himself than deal with her. The blues at its best.