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The infamous blues "cutting contest" from Newport Folk Festival in 1966. Alan Lomax staged the "Battle of the Blues", pitting Bukka White against Son House and Skip James. Skip James, Son House and Booker White were brought out and positioned on a little rectangle and made to sing in sequence. none of the three was enthusiastic about the idea and one was violently opposed to it (and when no one would listen to his argument he responded by getting visibly drunk)...The voice you here talking in the backround is none other than Son House. Bukka White and Skip James even did a duet on "Tombstone Blues" but I have no idea how to find the recording of that sadly.


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