Styles: Blues Revival, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Field Recordings, Traditional Folk, Work Songs
Label: New World Records
Released: 1977
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 113,9 MB
Time: 49:46
Art: front
1. Henry Ratcliff, Bakari-Badji - Louisiana/Field Song from Senegal - 2:46
2. John Dudley - Po' Boy Blues - 2:32
3. Tangle Eye - Katie Left Memphis - 2:11
4. Leroy Miller & a group of prisoners - Berta, Berta - 2:57
5. Fred McDowell & Miles Pratcher - Old Original Blues - 4:11
6. Ed Young & Lonnie Young - Jim and John - 2:15
7. Alec Askew - Emmaline, Take Your Time - 1:08
8. Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - Buttermilk - 3:23
9. Leroy Gary - Mama Lucy - 1:37
10. Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die - 2:35
11. Tangle Eye & a Group of Prisoners - No More, My Lord - 2:48
12. Rev. Crenshaw & the Congregation of New Brown's Chapel (Memphis) - Lining Hymn and Prayer - 3:37
13. Fred McDowell - Death Comes a-Creepin' in my Room - 3:17
14. Congregation of New Brown's Chapel (Memphis) - Church-House Moan - 1:54
15. Bessie Jones - Beggin' the Blues - 2:13
16. Rose Hemphill & Fred McDowell - Rolled and Tumbled - 2:54
17. Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher & Fannie Davis - Goin' Down the Races - 4:18
18. Forrest City Joe - You Gotta Cut that Out - 3:00
Notes: This fine concept recording by Alan Lomax compares an American and a Senegalese (Africa) holler. It also includes elements of work songs, Black string bands, church music, and other styles that fed into the blues before moving on to early blues styles themselves. The rarity of most of the cuts would make this a gem, even without Lomax's analysis. AMG
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