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Afro-American Spirituals, Work Songs, and Ballads

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Object Details

Producer

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

Performer

Bell, Arthur

Recorder

Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)

Field worker

Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948

Performer

Reed, Dock
Reed, Henry
Hall, Vera, 1906-1964
Williams, Willie, (Singer)
Sims, Charlie
Dennis, Wash
Strothers, Jimmie
Coleman, Austin
Brown, Joe Washington
Williams, Ernest
Hill, Clyde
Pace, Kelly, 1913-1958
Webb, Jeff
Jordan, Frank
Prothero, Allen
Baker, James
Lightning (Musician)

Collection Creator

Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records

Collection Citation

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Contents

Trouble so hard --Choose your seat and set down --Handwriting on the wall --The new buryin' ground --Lead me to the rock --The blood-stained banders --Run, old Jeremiah --Aint's no more cane on this Brazos --Long hot summer days --Long John --Jumpin' Judy --Rosie --I'm going to Leland --Jumpin' Judy --Look down that long, lonesome road --The grey goose --John Henry.

Track Information

101 Trouble So Hard / Dock Reed, Henry Reed, Vera Hall. Vocals. 102 Choose Your Seat and Set Down / Dock Reed, Henry Reed, Vera Hall. 103 Hand-Writing on the Wall / Dock Reed, Henry Reed, Vera Hall. 104 The New Buryin' Ground / Willie Williams. 105 Lead Me to the Rock / Charlie Sims, Wash Dennis. 106 Blood-Strained Banders, The (The Blood-Stained Bandits) / Jimmie Strothers. Banjo. 107 Run Old Jeremiah / Austin Coleman, Joe Washington Brown. 108 Ain't No More Cane on this Brazos / Ernest Williams. 109 Long Hot Summer Days / Clyde Hill. 110 Long John / Lightning (Musician). 111 Jumpin' Judy / Kelly Pace. 201 Rosie / Jeff Webb. 202 I'm Going to Leland / Frank Jordan. 203 Jumpin' Judy / Allen Prothero. 204 Look Down that Long Lonesome Road. 105 The Grey Goose / James Baker. 205 The Grey Goose. 206 John Henry / Arthur Bell.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk52c7c9877-c85c-4b1e-b7be-7df23602cf03

Local Numbers

FW-ASCH-LP-3019 Library of Congress.AAFS L3

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

Washington, D.C. Library of Congress

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note

Recorded in: Boykin (S.C.), South Carolina, Nashville (Tenn.), Tennessee, Gould (Ark.), Arkansas, Sandy Point (Tex.), Brazoria (Tex.), Sugarland Prison (Tex.), Texas, Jennings (La.), Louisiana, State Farm (Va.), Parchman (Miss.), Richmond (Va.), Virginia, Livingston (Ala.), United States, Alabama.

General

All three Lomaxes did fieldwork and recording. Ruby Pickens Tarttt helped ì record.

Place

Alabama
United States
Livingston (Ala.)
Virginia
Richmond (Va.)
Parchman (Miss.)
State Farm (Va.)
Louisiana
Jennings (La.)
Texas
Sugarland Prison (Tex.)
Brazoria (Tex.)
Sandy Point (Tex.)
Arkansas
Gould (Ark.)
Tennessee
Nashville (Tenn.)
South Carolina
Boykin (S.C.)

Topic

Spirituals (Songs)
Work songs
Ballads
Shouts
Music -- Juvenile
Vocals
Banjo
Prisons
Spirituals
African Americans

Producer

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

Performer

Bell, Arthur

Recorder

Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)

Field worker

Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948

Performer

Reed, Dock
Reed, Henry
Hall, Vera, 1906-1964
Williams, Willie, (Singer)
Sims, Charlie
Dennis, Wash
Strothers, Jimmie
Coleman, Austin
Brown, Joe Washington
Williams, Ernest
Hill, Clyde
Pace, Kelly, 1913-1958
Webb, Jeff
Jordan, Frank
Prothero, Allen
Baker, James
Lightning (Musician)

Culture

Americans

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP

Function

Festivals

Extent

1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

Archival Repository

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Identifier

CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-3019

Type

Archival materials
Phonograph records

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Restrictions

Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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Record ID

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