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Big Brazos : Texas prison recordings, 1933 and 1934.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 31789
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Deep river of song
- Alan Lomax collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk songs, English--Texas.
- Folk songs, English.
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- African American prisoners--Music.
- African American prisoners.
- Work songs--Texas.
- Work songs.
- Prisoners' songs--Texas.
- Prisoners' songs.
- Field recordings.
- Ethnic music recordings, English--Texas.
- Ethnic music recordings--Texas.
- Ethnic music recordings, African American--Texas.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings, English--Texas.
- Ethnic music recordings--Texas.
- Ethnic music recordings, African American--Texas.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Texas prison recordings, 1933 and 1934
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Rounder Records, [2000]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- mono
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Ain't no more cane on the Brazos (Ernest Williams and group) (2:47)
- Black Betty (James "Iron Head" Baker and group) (1:24)
- Old Rattler (Moses "Clear Rock" Platt and James "Iron Head" Baker) (3:20)
- Stewball (3:07); Long John (2:34) (Lightnin' Washington and group)
- Go 'way Eadie (Dave Tippin and Lightnin' Washington) (2:12)
- Black gal (Lightnin' Washington and group) (2:33)
- Gonna be a witness for my Lord (Lightnin' Washington, Dave Tippin and group) (1:39)
- Hammer ring (2:39) ; I wonder what's the matter (3:01) ; Great God Almighty (3:32) (Lightnin' Washington and group)
- Go down Old Hannah (Ernest Williams and group) (2:38)
- Johnny, won'cha ramble (Dave Tippin and Lightnin' Washington) (1:39)
- Go on, old 'gator (1:41) ; Old Rattler (2:38) ; God a'mighty drag (3:23) ; Mama, Mama (2:54) (Augustus "Track Horse" Haggerty and group)
- Drop, Old Diamond (6:05) ; Waco Ida (3:36) ; Hammer ring (2:39) Jesse Bradley and group).
- Participant:
- Various performers.
- Notes:
- Original field recordings produced and recorded in Texas, 1933-1934 by John A. and Alan Lomax; collection produced by Anna Lomax Chairtakis and Jeffrey Greenberg.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Bruce Jackson, including bibliography and discography, and song texts inserted in container.
- OCLC:
- 44951903
- Publisher Number:
- 011661182622
- 11661-1826-2 Rounder
- 1826 Rounder
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