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African Americans Mississippi Delta (Region) Music African Americans Mississippi Delta (Region) Social life and customs 20th century African Americans Social life and customs Blues musicians Gospel music Mississippi Delta (Region) Johnson, Robert 1911-1938 McCormick, Mack Mississippi Mississippi Delta (Region) MUSIC / History & CriticismContents: Camp hollers (Son House, Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin) -- Cornfield hollers (Charley Berry) -- I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord (Silent Grove Baptist Church congregation) -- I'm gonna lift up a standard for my King (Church of God in Christ congregation) -- Worried life blues (David Edwards) -- Ragged and dirty (William Brown) -- Special rider blues (Son House) -- Depot blues (Son...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES NEGMcDowell, Fred.
Contents: I'm going down the river (with Fanny Davis, comb, Miles Pratcher, guitar) -- 61 Highway blues -- Wished I was in heaven sitting down -- When the train come along (with Sidney Carter, Rose Hemphill, vocals) -- Shake 'em on down (with Fanny Davis, comb, Miles Pratcher, guitar) -- Worried mind -- Woke up this morning with my mind on Jesus -- You done told everybody -- Keep your lamps trimmed and...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MCDContents: Four' o'clock flower blues (Willie "61" Blackwell & William Brown) -- Interview (Willie "61" Blackwell) -- Walking blues (Son House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown, Leroy Williams) -- When I lay my burden down (Turner Junior Johnson) -- Strange things happening in the land (Charles Haffer, Jr.) -- Missionary sermon : excerpt (J.H. Terrell -- Rock, Daniel (Rev. C.H. Savage and group) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Select 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES LANMcCormick, Mack
Summary: When blues master Robert Johnson's little-known recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life, giving rise to legends that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. McCormick searched to uncover Johnson's life story, from the late 1960s until his own death in 2015. Here McCormick's manuscript is published for the first time, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023