Various - Music Down Home: An Introduction To Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.
| Genre: | Folk, World, & Country |
| Singer: | Various |
| Title: | Music Down Home: An Introduction To Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. |
| Short-info: | Label:
Folkways Records – FA 2691
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Date of released: 1965 Category: Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1633 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1636 mb |
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| I. When Life Is Big... | |||
| A1 | –Leadbelly | Take This HammerRecorded By – Moses AschVoice, Twelve-String Guitar – Huddie Ledbetter |
1:35 |
| A2 | –Annie Grace Horn Dodson | Field CallRecorded By – Harold Courlander |
1:15 |
| A3 | –Annie Grace Horn Dodson | Children's CallRecorded By – Harold Courlander |
0:40 |
| A4 | –Enoch Brown | Complaint CallRecorded By – Harold Courlander |
0:40 |
| A5 | –Annie Dodson* | Water On The WheelRecorded By – Harold Courlander |
0:42 |
| A6 | –Rich Amerson | Railroad, 1Recorded By – Harold Courlander |
1:22 |
| A7 | –Rosie Hibler & Family* | Move Members MoveRecorded By – Harold Courlander |
1:52 |
| II. Go Pray Ye... | |||
| A8 | –Annie Dodson* | Go Pray YeRecorded By – Harold Courlander |
2:28 |
| A9 | –Dorothy Melton | The Day Is PastRecorded By – Frederick Ramsey, Jr.* |
1:55 |
| A10 | –Dock Reed And Vera Hall Ward* | Prayer SongRecorded By – Courlander* |
2:32 |
| A11 | –Rich Amerson And Earthy Anne Coleman | King DavidRecorded By – Courlander* |
4:25 |
| B1 | –Fisk Jubilee Singers* | Rockin' JerusalemRecorded By – John W. Work* |
2:30 |
| B2 | –Little Brother Montgomery | Just Got Over At LastRecorded By – Rae Flerlage* |
2:19 |
| III. When Life Is Young... | |||
| B3 | –Vera Hall Ward* | Mama's Goin' To Buy Him A Little Lap DogRecorded By – Courlander* |
0:47 |
| B4 | –Rich Amerson | Brother Hawk, Brother Buzzard And Brother RabbitRecorded By – Courlander* |
1:55 |
| B5 | –Children Of East York School | I'm Goin' Up North - SatisfiedRecorded By – Courlander* |
1:20 |
| IV. Work Songs | |||
| B6 | –Rich Amerson | Railroad, 2Recorded By – Courlander* |
1:50 |
| B7 | –Sonny Terry | Lost JohnRecorded By – Moses AschVoice, Harmonica – Sonny Terry |
3:03 |
| B8 | –Prison Farm Work Group | Lost JohnRecorded By – Chester Bower, Fred Hellerman, John Lomax, Jr.*, Pete Seeger, Toshi Seeger |
4:50 |
| V. Work Songs | |||
| C1 | –Mozelle Moore | I'm Goin' To Pack Up My ThingsRecorded By – Frederic Ramsey, Jr.*Voice, Harmonica – Mozelle Moore |
3:07 |
| C2 | –Brownie McGhee | Careless LoveRecorded By – Moses AschVoice, Guitar – Brownie McGhee |
3:14 |
| C3 | –Snooks Eaglin | Let Me Go Home, WhiskeyRecorded By – Harry OsterVoice, Guitar – Snooks Eaglin |
2:50 |
| C4 | –Victoria Spivey | You're My Man - Slick Chick BluesVoice, Piano – Victoria Spivey |
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| C5 | –Big Bill Broonzy | I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A ManRecorded By – Moses AschVoice, Guitar – Big Bill Broonzy |
2:16 |
| C6 | –Big Bill Broonzy | Mule Ridin', Talking BluesVoice, Guitar – Big Bill Broonzy |
3:38 |
| C7 | –Rich Amerson | Black WomanRecorded By – Courlander* |
4:50 |
| VI. Instrumental Sounds | |||
| D1 | –Gus Cannon | Old John Booker - You Call That GoneRecorded By – Samuel B. ChartersVoice, Banjo [5-string] – Gus Cannon |
1:38 |
| D2 | –Furry Lewis | John HenryRecorded By – Charters*Voice, Slide Guitar [Bottle-neck Guitar] – Furry Lewis |
4:45 |
| D3 | –Gus Cannon & Skiffle Group | Take Your Fingers Off ItGuitar [Tenor Guitar], Vocals – Charlie BurseHarmonica, Vocals – Will ShadeJug – Gus CannonRecorded By – Charters* |
2:48 |
| D4 | –Willie Thomas And Butch Cage* | Blues Fiddle (44 Blues)Recorded By – Moses AschVocals, Fiddle – Willie Thomas*Vocals, Guitar – Butch Cage |
4:08 |
| D5 | –Sonny Terry's Washboard Band | Sonny's JumpFeaturing – Sonny TerryRecorded By – Moses Asch |
3:04 |
| VII. Two Songs Of Alabama | |||
| D6 | –Leadbelly | Birmingham JailRecorded By – Frederic Ramsey, Jr.*Voice, Guitar [12-string] – Huddie Ledbetter |
2:27 |
| D7 | –Montgomery Gospel Trio | I'm So GladRecorded By – Moses Asch |
2:26 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright (c) – Folkways Records & Service Corp.
Credits
- Design [Cover Design] – Ronald Clyne
- Edited By, Liner Notes – Charles Edward Smith
- Illustration – Philip Evergood
Notes
Recording and Original Issue Information:A1: Recorded in New York City, 1940-50. From Folkways FA 2004.
A2, A3, A4, B3, B5, C7: Recorded in Alabama, 1950. From Folkways FE 4417.
A5, A8: Recorded in Alabama, 1950. From Folkways 4474.
A6, B4, B6: Recorded in Alabama, 1950. From Folkways FE 4471.
A7, A10: Recorded in Alabama, 1950. From Folkways FE 4418.
A9: Recorded in Alabama, 1954. From Folkways FP 2657.
A11: Recorded in Alabama, 1950. From Folkways FE 4472.
B1: Recorded in Tennessee, 1955. From Folkways FA 2372.
B2: Recorded in Chicago.
B7: Recorded 1952. From Folkways FA 2035.
B8: Recorded at a Texas prison farm, 1951. From Folkways FE 4475.
C1: Recorded in Alabama, 1954. From Folkways FA 2659.
C2: Recorded in New York City, 1955. From Folkways FA 2030.
C3: Recorded in New Orleans, 1958. From Folkways FA 2476.
C5: Recorded in New York City, 1957. From Folkways FA 2326.
C6: From a Studs Terkel radio interview program, Chicago, 1957. From Folkways FG 3586.
D1, D3: Recorded in Memphis, 1956. From Folkways FA 2610.
D2: Recorded in Memphis, 1959. From Folkways FS 3823.
D4: Recorded at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-1960.
D5: Recorded in New York City, 1954. From Folkways FA 2006.
D6: Recorded in New York City, 1948. From Folkways FP 2942A.
D7: Recorded 1961. From Folkways FH 5591.
No duration is given for track C4.
© 1965 Folkways Records and Service Corp.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Other (Library Of Congress Catalogue Number): R65-1451











