joel
Painter of Dragons, Maker of Mirrors
Pretty much the entire recorded works of Skip James do it for me.
Start with the 1968 Vanguard recording (made a year or two before James died - in total obscurity) and work backwards.
The ethereal tuning, awesome technique that seamlessly blends voice and guitar into a single pulsating (rhythm) instrument and for which he has no equal IMHO), and that haunting falsetto: ancient and modern, close by and far away, my god, that voice...
Start with the 1968 Vanguard recording (made a year or two before James died - in total obscurity) and work backwards.
The ethereal tuning, awesome technique that seamlessly blends voice and guitar into a single pulsating (rhythm) instrument and for which he has no equal IMHO), and that haunting falsetto: ancient and modern, close by and far away, my god, that voice...