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James' song "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" was featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? and included on the soundtrack album. [17] James was the inspiration for Dion's 2007 blues album, Son of Skip James, which peaked at No. 4. [18] [19] James was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Bentonia, his hometown.
"Killing Floor" is recognized as a blues standard, with Skip James' 1931 recording "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" as the likely inspiration. [16] In 1991, the song was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the "Classics of Blues Recordings" category. [4] The panel identified it as "one of Wolf’s most recognizable songs.
Both the original album and the bonus disc versions of "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues", "Keep on the Sunny Side", and "Angel Band" are used in the film. The music credits for the movie list two songs, "Admiration" (written by William Tyers and performed by Pat Rebillo) and "What Is Sweeter" (written by M. K. Jerome), which are not included on ...
"Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" 3:24: 2. "Crow Jane" 3:00: 3. "Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues" 4:12: 4. "Special Rider Blues" 5:11: 5. "Drunken Spree" 2:49: 6 ...
“Hard Times Killing Floor Blues” (Skip James song), 1931"Killing Floor" (Howlin' Wolf song), 1964 "Killing Floor", a song on Redgum's 1978 album If You Don't Fight You Lose
They also reissued the recordings with a different track order as A Tribute to Skip James and two other tracks from the 1964 sessions were included on King of the Delta Blues Singers. Biograph also released the material on CD as Hard Time Killing Floor Blues in 2003.
It is included on various compilations as well as Hard Time Killing' Floor (2005), a CD collecting all of James's known recordings, issued by Yazoo Records. [2] James's version is noted for its irony, as the upbeat melody and repeated refrain of "I'm so glad" are set against lyrics that describe restlessness and romantic anguish.
Blues Singer is the 12th studio album by Buddy Guy [2] released in 2003 through Silvertone Records. ... "Hard Time Killing Floor" Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James: 2:49: 2.