I'm So Glad / Special Rider Blues

by Skip James

I'm So Glad / Special Rider Blues cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: September 1931
  • Label: Paramount
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:11
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Contrasting the artist's typically mournful output, this fiercely energetic track features completely dazzling, rapid-fire fingerpicking set to an unusually optimistic melody. The incredibly complex acoustic execution heavily influenced the British blues revival of the 1960s.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Devil Got My Woman (2:59)
  2. I'm So Glad (2:49)
  3. Cypress Grove Blues (3:09)
  4. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues (2:49)
  5. Illinois Blues (3:03)
  6. Crow Jane (2:23)
  7. Yola My Blues Away (3:11)
  8. Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader (2:59)
  9. Four O'Clock Blues (2:50)
  10. Special Rider Blues (3:03)
  11. 22-20 Blues (2:50)
  12. Dry Spell Blues Part 1 (3:12)
  13. Dry Spell Blues Part 2 (3:16)
  14. My Black Mama Part 1 (3:08)
  15. My Black Mama Part 2 (3:15)
  16. Preachin' the Blues Part 1 (3:05)
  17. Preachin' the Blues Part 2 (2:53)
  18. Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues (2:52)
  19. Hard Luck Child (3:03)
  20. Drunken Spree (2:37)
  21. How Long Buck (2:52)
  22. If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road (2:53)
  23. Cherry Ball Blues (2:49)

Credits

  • Skip James - primary artist, vocals, guitar, written-by

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