I'd Rather Be the Devil
Download or Read eBook I'd Rather Be the Devil PDF written by Stephen Calt and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Stephen Calt |
| Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
| Total Pages | : 401 |
| Release | : 2008-04-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781569769980 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1569769982 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis I'd Rather Be the Devil by : Stephen Calt
Book excerpt: Skip James (1902&–1969) was perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. Drawing on hundreds of hours of conversations with James himself, Stephen Calt here paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure. And in doing so, Calt offers new insights into the nature of the blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that world vanished.
