NEHEMIAH "SKIP" JAMES

This is a fideo from Wim Wender's documentary of the blues. I have no idea what it's called as I've never seen it, but I ran across this on the World Wide Web. It's amazing footage.

Nehemiah "Skip" James was born at the turn of the century on a plantation and learned to play guitar by the age of 8. He made a handful of sides for Paramount in the 30s and then seemed to drift into obscurity. But by the 60s, a new generation of Beatniks had rediscovered his and a handful of other's music. So, I guess we can thank the Beats for something other than Coffee House Poetry. Stupid Beatniks.