Skip James - Devil Got My Woman

[syrscycsw]

oh yes. I.m feeling skip today.

[bilrux]

I have the old Vanguard LP that this recording is probably from, and I sat up close when he performed the song at an afternoon blues workshop at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 (where the picture may have been taken). It always sends chills up my spine. He was a true master.

[leitoo321]

crazy genius ... damn!!!

[TheJerseyj32]

def dig this...

[dmarinofan1]

344 more views until 666,666!!

[Owlute]

Skips one my favorite bluesmen, his phrasing is so unique along with his haunting vocals...good man RIP

[numetalci]

this sucks

[rev1080]

@numetalci

thats cos you live in other level, a lower one, with those called "the rats", you and your brothers are just trash, alive trash that will never understand things from our superior court

[numetalci]

@rev1080

why did you take it personal my superior fellow

[Czeckie]

there are no other records like this

[Misami1]

@Czeckie So TRUE!

[KingBlood074]

,, the sweet sound of.... the k\music!

[losdrastic]

I'm glad i found this song. Its great! (^_^)

[MrAnistheking]

How many of u came here after watching Ghost World ?

[Straydogification]

@MrAnistheking Great soundtrack. So eerie song. Like a dying bird.

[sloopjonboswell]

I've never been so proud to be American. You were the best Skip.

[abrambur2]

i subbed just for this song

[mrbrunomiguel]

The red bar is how it should be...ninja!

[spudcustardx1]

Hell this is kool, love it

[bobgifford]

good one

[SakuraKakashiLupin]

I love this song so much, I heard it first on Ghost World and have loved it ever since

[Pikinos]

Thats what Im talking about!

Devil did that to mine too! Long live Skip!

[alejandrosuckmy]

Blind Owl Wilson got his singin' style fro this guy..

[inaricrapp]

Excelente cancion, excelente letra... Amo esta cancion!

[sotathug941]

LOL... did they have child support back in the 1800s

[soupstahoopsta]

Did the Grateful Dead steal a part of these lyrics or did they give credit to Skip James? In the Grateful Dead's song, "I Know Your Rider" they use the line "I laid down last night, tried to take my rest. My mind got to ramblin', like a wild geese from the West." but they just altered the words a bit.

[ashleyweanful]

ghostworld ftw

[philjit1]

i feel some people just dont understand,,, is it cos im older ??????... before you comment on something you know little about ... well dont comment at all....

[philjit1]

SacredSocietyAP .... well said that man..

[spudcustardx1]

whoo, that voice, its not easy to go backward, but this doesn't disapoint

Mr Spud

[badromenful]

Search realivemovement

[Jessicakump]

I'm in love with this song. <3

[Stagerli]

HAUNTING! SKip was the master. So many have paid homage in their music throught the years. RJ taking a bunch from this man.

Great to see Derek Trucks, Greg Allman and Levon Helm do skip songs as of late. Always the highlight of the show for me.

[CALO1891]

the song is good but inspires fear

[ivycompton]

Excessively great.

[MsRockett88]

Why don't you just listen to this music. It's the Blues, everyone can relate to that. Let it touch your soul, we all have that.

[AndrewGilmore1986]

This is perhaps the single greatest blues song of all time. Definitely in the top five.

[Witchunter42]

so true... thanks to this song, I can at least laugh a little (on the irony of life)

[haal2001ch]

this is so bleak! I think I'm gonna cry

[kickalion]

I prefer blink 182 more then this black shit

[michaelb3197]

@kickalion Blink are gay for wee emo rejects who think there cool but really are as their fags.

[christestrada]

@kickalion it's 'than' you ignorant fool.

[Bluestomiv]

@kickalion this a mans soul your hearing. you must not have a soul to prefer blink 182.

[kickalion]

@Bluestomiv you must be a nigger so you only could hav a dog heaven after your death bitch

[ucdani2006]

@kickalion ur a fuckin idiot ill pray for you...

[kickalion]

@ucdani2006 pray? hahaha you are brainwashed as hell

[deewilki]

@kickalion you sad sad individual do you feel powerful using terms like that

[clumsyninjascorner]

one of the most moving songs, these ears have ever heard.

[thebobjones333]

whats his guitar tuned to?

[TheFreemason75]

@thebobjones333 Em or Dm.....EBEGBE or DADFAD......

[thebobjones333]

@TheFreemason75 thanks man!

[greenAppleVodka]

Dude this song is ..haunting.. and I continue to comment on this video because... it.is.greatness.

[orderwine]

i cant believe it took me this long to find this song.

[LegioVIVictrix]

That is SO good! Simply amazing!

[oldsoul247]

Heard this on the radio yesterday...completely changed by day

[oldsoul247]

@oldsoul247 *my

[GoldenNakai17]

@oldsoul247 What the hell city do you live in and can I move there and listen to that station for the rest of my life!?!

[oldsoul247]

@GoldenNakai17 I live near Philly but am able to pick up good music from the Princeton University NJ radio station WPBR 103.3.. I think they stream online too

[GoldenNakai17]

@oldsoul247 I'll make darn certain to check it out!

[spudcustardx1]

I really don't know how to give this recording justice, you can't re-mix it or re-record it. I know he didn't make money out of it, I don't supose for one moment that's why he wrote it. Here we all are still listening to it, I don't know about the rest of you? but I for one would would have been happy to be remembered for this song

Spud Custard

[cisner0z]

what a relly nice damn song!!

[coralin378]

this song hits me in the heart

love this

[TheOrangeRoad]

@TheDarkychou Hmmm I'll just look at the top comment and make a bigger smiley face!

Shut up, and what the hell is ghost world?

[LoneTinaja]

Of all the Blues giants Skip James may be the most intriguing from a psychological standpoint. His relationship with his dad was complex, & it had a profound effect on his musical life. Some of the forces acting upon him must have made aspects of his music better, while some of the forces, together with his own mind, caused big problems, taking him out of Blues music for several decades, preventing him from reaching his full potential. Despite that, his Blues is simply incredible.

[taterfamine]

a very wise man once told me, "the blues aint hard to understand. every blues song is either about fuckin', or not fuckin'. it's either about how your woman is great, or about how your woman is bad."

[ZyncheStrikesBack]

Here because of Magic Dragons and Wizards 3

[TheSTONERBLUES]

@ZyncheStrikesBack gtfoh!

[SacredSocietyAP]

Only a fucking moron would come here talking about video games.

[iampunitan]

@SacredSocietyAP i think crow jane sounds like a game hero

[SacredSocietyAP]

@iampunitan you probably play to many games then. 

[iampunitan]

@SacredSocietyAP i haven't played a video game for 15 years -maybe the odd one now and again but i think they're mainly for kids....i don't think there is any need to call people morons.. if they are on this page and enjoy skips music then they have good taste and are cool in my book..- people find out about diff kinds of music from lots of different places.. stop being a nazi

[MrFuckyouintheneck]

@iampunitan I agree with this guy. I am a 19 year old clean cut lookin kid that has been listening and playing the blues since age 9. Im all for free living, no matter where or what you come from, if you share an interest with someone of any kind of character, embrace it.

[lilja7]

@MrFuckyouintheneck nobody came here to know how old u are. just here for the music and bi***in.

[MrFuckyouintheneck]

@lilja7 I was just giving an example that blues fans can come from all generations and cultures, thats all.

[hollyhousekitchen]

@SacredSocietyAP If I could like this comment more than once I would.

[deewilki]

oh fuck mw3 its for pussies get bf3 now that a game

[TheAriDee]

The entire Ghost World soundtrack is full of amazing music. (Maybe sans the graduation rap and blueshammer :P) Though they left out a terrific Buzzcocks song. Anyway, nobody does this song quite like Skip! Just adore it.

[justhurryupduuuude]

Anyone could play these notes, maybe exactly like this. but it would NEVER be this song.

[TheWhiteSnipes]

@justhurryupduuuude I think there's a special trait in blues music where certain deliveries are why they're great. Sometimes the song is off key, or a clap is off rhythym or it's a real simple song that anyone could play but there's something about it that makes it great and unique no matter how old or repeated it is. 

[justhurryupduuuude]

@TheWhiteSnipes Nice to see there are articulate blues lovers that know what its all about. great name btw.

[MrCoscienza]

effect to the pact with devil at the crossroad same like robert johnson and other theyr soul now suffer in agrtha hell

[rxphxelx]

I love this song..i heard it long time ago in a movie ..

[UnOwInGeD]

Morgan freeman?

[37zeus37]

sometimes he getta hold of her ass

most times she be real good

dont beat me or nuffin

[rudewalking]

you tube comments are like.. that saying...

people don"t know your stupid until you open your mouth.

[GiannisVP]

Blues belongs to Black people! Greatings from GREECE!

[deewilki]

@GiannisVP hell your from greence that means no cunt listens to you !!! blues if for black people that comment shows your ignorance skip james was from a mixed race family  black white and indian so think before you bump your gums , in fact many of the greatest blues men were from mixed backgrounds

[GiannisVP]

@deewilki Hey, KKK bastard, why dont you hung from a brunch? You are not even hair of my dick! The Gospel brought blues! I see a black man up there. You got such a big problem with black people, tyrant(greek word stupid ass, your vocabulary is full of those!)?

[deewilki]

@GiannisVP you my son are the racist the gospel did not bring the blues it was part of its constituents with out it the blues would not be what it is but the blues is many things and the greatest blues artist used a plethora of musical influences skip was a mulato , african , with native american blood and his music has all these parts within it your response is quite pathetic realy you are the tyrant RSVP

[GiannisVP]

@deewilki For sure I am not a racist. The way you shift your manners is pathetic. Its so simple. Africans did not have Blues influeses. Gospel was before B.

Because In English you and you(many) is the same thing on writing you did not got right my last comment.

[deewilki]

@GiannisVP fuckin hell mate learn to type africans did not have blues influence ok now im not replying to any more of your pish you show your stupidity with your last comment africans did not have blues influencess africans brought the rythems and beats from there homelands and applied them into other forms such as country gosple thus forming the foundations of the blues now fuck off and go read some possibly some lomax stuff and educate your self

[GrockJake]

FUCK YOU ENID! YOU FUCKED UP EVERYBODY'S LIFE AND PLANS BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T MAKE UP YOUR FUCKING MIND!

[starkestal]

@GrockJake

i'm sorry man, i hope you get through this piece of hell intact. :\

[MrKevnzero]

Johnny Cash called the theft and re-use of material the Folk Process. And I agree with him. There are just 12 notes in all of music. Odds are nearly total that nothing you play or create is original. Cash created "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" out of an old Irish folk tune. Led Zep did much the same with God knows how many blues songs. Bluesmen swiped from each other and created new things out of what they took. It doesn't bother me, it's just the way things are.

[MrKevnzero]

Too bad most of these great blues artists never got the money they deserved for what they achieved while they were alive.

[1angelheadedhipster]

You can tell he means every word. Plenty of Skip's videos on my channel :)

[kickalion]

that's 1930

[SirDanOfHell]

Many know the blues, but very few HAVE the blues. That's what makes this awesome :)

[Lyrero]

Great Skip James!

If you complain about the way the bluesmen took ideas from other bluesmen and incorporate in their work, you dont understand the blues, noob.

[baldingmoose]

how dare anyone dislike this?! these ingrateful consumers who haven't done a damn thing for society don't have a right.

[deadsherry]

this guy skip obviously stole his guitar playing style from The Edge.

[JumpPunchandRUN]

@deadsherry you have got to be kidding me...........

[ratstompmusic]

this is the best music there is! if you love raw blues you might like Rat Stomp :)

youtube.com/user/ratstompmusic

Our song Reckless Woman and Searching the Forest have a Delta blues style with slide guitar and fingerpicking

[johnydeltablues]

my favourite blues musician...truly unique and timeless .R.I.P. and a note to all blues fans out there ...go watch the whole 7 movies from "martin scorsese presents the blues" series,and start with "soul of a man" ...you can thank me later :)

[nairbasirrah]

@jmrockit, get off it brother; I was just blasting my surprise on the moment...to be causually listening, and hear one of my favorite Robert Johnson lines. It was just disappointing. I "understand the blues" plenty. More than you I'm sure. I know these guys lifted/tributed/stolefrom/"re-­worked", what-you-will, all the time. It's ok. But really, Robert Johnson did it a LOT. And most people don't know. I was just pissed right then and left a comment. Sorry for the offense. Shakespeare was worse.

[jmrockit]

@nairbasirrah fair play brother

[legendofyeti]

Man if all the music in the world was 100% original with no evidence of any other inspiration there would only be a handful of genres and songs. Saying this guy stole this or this guy stole that is total bullshit.

[legendofyeti]

Man if all the music in the world was 100% original with no evidence of any other inspiration there would only be a handful of genres and songs. Saying this guy stole this or this guy stole that is total bullshit.

[MrDumass223]

can you hear how Jimmy Page got his licks?

[nairbasirrah]

I am SO ANGRY to learn Robert Johnson stole is fun Come on in my Kitchen verse "Some joker got lucky, stole her back again" from Skip James. It's such a cancer for me. Like with Led Zeppelin, constantly learning something ELSE they stole from someone else. Of course, RJ fans don't consider it theft. They call it Homage or "re-working" No, it was a young kid stealing other men's songs.

[blueflame2]

@nairbasirrah Well man there is a difference when you take a vocal or instrumental line and work it into a piece, as apposed to taking a complete song, word for word, note for note; singing and playing it and calling it your own. There is a subtle difference of using four measures, rather than performing Crossroads as your version of a Library of Congress song. Young Bob recorded the first rock and roll instrumental solo on Kind Hearted Woman. He was the first modern day blues man

[jmrockit]

@nairbasirrah You dont understand the blues

[fachonistika]

@jmrockit ahaam "this is not blues, is ragtime" ;) jajaja

[jamirosmajicrocks]

16 have no maiden anymore.

[nitarbell]

I've got to say, Ghost world was a real let down for me, but this is a great song.

[ratstompmusic]

If you like delta blues, check out Rat Stomp :)

youtube.com/user/ratstompmusic

[mitchmitchell1969]

A 16 insensibili non piace questo video....

[adr1ew]

Ghost World :)

[Vaczi648]

truly unique song,not even blues its a whole new dimension

[Ukieiri]

I love him

[lfyaz]

please, please, keep this video on youtube. :)

[TheUnbreakableOtaku]

Skip James is truly one of the very greatest of the delta blues musicians. You can feel the sadness in every strum, in every note he sings.

[Josefa102]

ghost world.... amazing song <3

[bobbygnosis]

I love blues hammer.

:*(

[penyorfeas84]

epic love song!!!

[Jmanblues]

Greg Allman has a nice remake on his new album and the guitar player nails Skip James' original sound. Great to hear the original!

[ducrozet74]

15 dislikes??? haha are you serious??? probably lady gaga fans that got lost hahaha

[ratstompmusic]

we love skip james! if you're a delta blues fan, check out our band Rat Stomp :)

youtube.com/user/ratstompmusic

[krylon2009]

What tuning is this in, anyone? I'm trying to learn how to play the blues, I really am, but I don't have a teacher or anything. This music is so much more beautiful than anything I hear that's nowadays "music", because I can relate to it. See, with other music, I can't relate, it doesn't mean a thing. I can't relate to big cars and women and money and fancy drinks. But I can relate to melancholy feelings, or sadness. Everyone's felt sad at some point in their life.

[blindbird42]

@krylon2009 its in minor blues tuning



[Z7scavengerZ7]

@krylon2009 D-minor tuning DADFAD low to high

[gibson3524]

@krylon2009 It's in open D-minor, like an open D-tuning but the G-string half a step down. So from low to high: D-A-D-F-A-D. You can find instruction on the tuning here: youtube.com/watch?v=qwQhe5C0TT­A&feature=related (Guitar Lesson 1 of 6 Hard Time Killing Floor Blues). Skip's playing was really modal (neither minor nor major). sometimes he left the G string open (D minor) or fretted it at the first fret (D major). Skip also tuned up to E-minor but you might break some strings then!

[ralphcraddock]

another great artist who spent most of his life in obscurity .skip james recorded some piano blues that maybe on u tube

[LaneCoutell]

legend



[peachkey]

Satan be takin all my bitches...

[k2peak360]

@peachkey lol

[SirDanOfHell]

@peachkey Bitches love Satans. Or was it satin? I forget. One and the same, probably.

[cbaGAGA]

the only thing that was good about ''ghost world'' this song

[thatalexandragirl]

saw this in the movie Ghost World... amazing

[EmelieLFalk]

@thatalexandragirl Hahaha me too, just now. Love the that movie and now this song :P

[majaekv]

I don't know what to say about this song,it makes me sad..but I love this feeling when I listen Devil got my woman..Respect from Srebia

[MrMaxgomez]

Straight from the pit of my stomach to the tears flowing down my face...

[kirstyabryan]

How could 15 people not like this? Lame!

[Mattyew]

@kirstyabryan 15 people have been PLOWIN...PLOWIN all day long

[psycholotus17]

oh Seymore how I love you...*sigh*

[arzachelek]

Guys, just imagine, you may close your eyes and think what was it like when Skip entered the studio, sat down at the chair and started playing that song, the whole universe stopped for these 3 minutes, one of the most remarkable moments in the history of mankind.. oh I think I would have fainted If I saw and heard this!

[simplethunder]

@arzachelek Every note that was played and sung, along with every emotion attached to them was real.

[BlueBlueFeelin]

@arzachelek it probably took a few takes.

[TheSkinwarrior]

@arzachelek ur kinda ridiculous man, i mean its a great song i love it but dude its not like some forever history changing event, like when jfk was shot, or when the twin towers fell. get real man

[FucklyDuckly]

@arzachelek Might be one of the most amazing things I've read on youtube.

[SpencerJacobMusic]

@arzachelek no doubt.

[greenAppleVodka]

Ghost World XD

This.song.is.greatness.

[footballhero24]

@greenAppleVodka thats the movie that braught me to this song i love it!

[PsychadelicBananas]

@greenAppleVodka No fucking shit this you heard this from Ghost World.

[greenAppleVodka]

@PsychadelicBananas I'll shove Ghost World down your throat. <3

much love.

[JoswaR7]

One of the best blues songs of all TIME!!!

[mathiasbromage]

good thing rafealmadferit showed up to tell people who is allowed to be a bigger fan of a song.  Woulda been a shame if he just sit back and let people enjoy it.

[deepwoodskentuckian]

ah old blues the best form of music

[rediryou]

It's just so amazing, the timing, the combination of culture, society, and an artist with ideas and the availability of an instrument that could be used to express it. Just brilliant.

[louiseduvee]

Another song Mister Johnson did very well.

[GreenNailPolish000]

love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love IT!

[Rpositron17]

ghost world, interesante

[mandolinroad]

14 people are woman-stealing devils.

[maxcap2]

wouldnt have thought so many people saw ghost world.. is it any good?

[shazaha]

@maxcap2 Yeah. Buscemi's really good in it. You should give it a watch.

[nestemata]

@maxcap2 if you cannot relate to 90% of humanity, I would definitely recommend it!

[MemphisBlueAgain]

The devil took my woman left a wandering spirit in the mist of night. Over the dark water screaming daggers of ice, a solitary mind rambling, a sudden fright Where will she go tonight?

[mussman717word]

@MemphisBlueAgain

Where will she go? In the pines, obviously. In the pines where the sun never shines.

(I know, I know, but Leadbelly and Skip James both occupy the same ingenious realm)

[FuckingYouth]

"I laid down last night, laid down last night

I laid down last night, tried to take my rest

My mind got to ramblin', like a wild geese

From the west, from the west" ¡fucking GOD!