Negro Blues and Hollers

Negro Blues and Hollers

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Sung by various musicians, principally with guitar accompaniment, including Son House, Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Charley Berry, William Blackwell, William Brown, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Silent Grove Baptist Church congregation, Church of God in Christ congregation. Recorded originally in…

Library of Congress, American Folklife Center


    • Jun 6, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 13 EPISODES


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    Negro Blues and Hollers, AFS L59

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    Four O'Clock Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 3:25


    Sung and played by Willie Blackwell and William Brown with guitar at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones am John W. Work

    East St. Louis Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:20


    Sung by William Brown with guitar at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University ot Nashville, Tenn

    Low Down, Dirty Dog Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 4:56


    Sung and played by Son House with guitar at Robinsonville, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn

    Misissippi Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 6:12


    Sung by William Brown with guitar at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lom.a:x:, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

    Special Rider Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:45


    Sung and played by Son House with guitar at Robinsonville, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn

    Depot Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 3:00


    Sung and played by Son House with guitar at Robinsonville, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

    Worried Life Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:57


    Sung by David Edwards, with guitar at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

    Ragged And Dirty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 4:53


    Sung by William Brown, with guitar at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn

    I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 3:14


    Sung by the congregation of Silent Grove Baptist Church with trombone and guitar at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomas, Lewis Jones and John W. Work

    I'm Gonna Lift Up A Standard To My King

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 3:49


    Sung by the Congregation of the Church of God in Christ at Moorehead Plantation, Lula, Mississippi, 1941. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

    Camp Hollers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:33


    Sung by an unidentified singer at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1941. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

    Cornfield Hollers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 6:40


    Sung by Charley Berry at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

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