Various vocal and instrumental soloists and performing groups. Recorded by William Ferris in various locations in Mississippi, 1963-1974. Most selections previously released. Issued with: Give my poor heart ease : voices of the Mississippi blues / by William Ferris. Track listing on p. [301]-302 of text.
Contents:
Why B.B. King sings the blues [spoken with guitar riffs] (Joe "Poppa Rock" Louis) (:35) -- Going down to the station (Sonny Boy Williams [i.e. Williamson]) (3:09) -- Going away blues (Lovey Williams) (2:38) -- So glad to be here (Chapman Family, led by Fannie Bell Chapman) (3:58) -- He's my rock, my sword, my shield (Chapman Family, led by Velma Chapman) (3:46) -- Lazarus (inmates at Camp B, Parchman Penitentiary) (2:46) -- Hidden violence [excerpt from interview] (anonymous) (1:02) -- Oh Rosie (inmates at Camp B, Parchman Penitentiary) (2:58) -- There are days / Robert Ballinger (Southland Humningbirds) (2:57) -- You shall be free (Mary Gordon) (1:26) -- You can't carry blues and go to church [excerpt from interview] (James "Son Ford" Thomas) (:53) -- I got the world in a jug and the stopper in my hand (Lee Kizart) (2:35) -- It gives me ease [exceprt from interview] (Jasper Love) (1:05) -- Highway 61 blues (James "Son Ford" Thomas) (2:51) -- It's so cold up north (Scott Dunbar) (3:41) -- Blues is round you every day [excerpt from interview] (Arthur Lee Williams) (:34) -- Mystery train (train I ride) / Herman Parker Jr., Sam C. Phillips (Lovey Williams) (2:21) -- Somebody knocking on my door (Napoleon Strickland, vocal and fife ; Bernice Turner, bass drum ; Otha Turner, snare drum) (2:16) -- Jaybird (Scott Dunbar) (8:51) -- Boogie chillun / John Lee Hooker, Bernard Bessman (Lovey Williams) (1:49) -- One drop (Reverend Isaac Thomas) (2:20) -- Cairo blues / Melvin Jackson (James "Son Ford" Thomas) (4:28).
OCLC:
(OCoLC)496123404
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
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