James, Skip, 1902-1969

LC control no.	n 87823750
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	James, Skip, 1902-1969 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	James, Nehemiah, 1902-1969 Neamiah Jim, 1902-1969
Biography/History note	Individual was a Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductee.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19020621
Death date	19691003
Place of birth	Yazoo County (Miss.)
Place of death	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Affiliation	Texas Jubilee Singers Methodist Church (U.S.) Southern Baptist Convention Paramount (Sound recording label)
Profession or occupation	Blues musicians Pianists Guitarists Clergy
Found in	His The complete 1931 session [SR] 1986: label (Skip James, blues singer/guitarist/pianist) container (b. 1902 in Yazoo City; d. 1969 in Philadelphia) His Complete recordings in chronological order (1931) [SR] p1982: label (Skip James; Nehemiah James) phone call to folk music collector, Charles Perdue, April 17, 2008: (Neamiah Jim; another name for blues performer Skip James) African American National Biography, accessed February 16, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (James, Skip; Nehemiah James; blues musician / singer, pianist, guitarist, bootlegger, music educator, miner, baptist clergy; born 21 June 1902 near Bentonia, Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States; attended St. Paul School and Yazoo High School; pianist Will Crabtree introduced him to public performance; worked at house parties and juke joints with his guitar mentor, Henry Stuckey; settled in Jackson, Mississippi, where he played the streets as a solo musician (1931); auditioned for H. C. Speir, a Paramount Records scout, and signed a two year contract (1931); worked with the Texas Jubilee Singers, a Dallas-based gospel group (by 1932); ordained in both the Methodist and Baptist churches; inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (1992); died 03 October 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)