Music from the South, Volume 5: Song, Play, and Dance

Folkways Records – FA 2654

Field recordings taken in Alabama, louisiana, and Mississippi under a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial foundation by frederic Ramsey, Jr. With photographs, notes, and personnels.
Series: Music From The South – Volume 5
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues, Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Fox Chase: Horace Sprott (1:42)
A02 Buck Dance by Harry Rutledge: Horace Sprott (0:57)
A03 Take Rocks and Gravel To Make a Solid Road - Railroad Blues: Horace Sprott (2:44)
A04 Me and My Short Box (or Pork Chop): Mrs. Philip Ramsey (2:57)
A05 Saturday Night Hoe-Down: Horace Sprott (1:52)
A06 I Feel Good Now, Baby: Philip Ramsey and Horace Sprott (3:26)
A07 Blind Child: Berenice Ford, Eunice Ford, and Bessie Lee Daniels (2:39)
A08 Head-Shoulder Baby: Berenice Ford, Eunice Ford, and Bessie Lee Daniels (1:08)
A09 I Asked My Mother for Fifty Cents: Berenice & Eunice Ford, and Bessie Lee Daniels (1:24)
A10 Talk About Jesus: Philip Ramsey, Rosemary Daniels, and Berenice Ford (1:37)
B01 Blues: Mississippi String Band, Tom Johnson, and John Copeland (2:30)
B02 Hootchie Kootchie: Mississippi String Band, Tom Johnson, and John Copeland (1:56)
B03 It's Tight Like That: Mississippi String Band, Tom Johnson, and John Copeland (2:08)
B04 See See Mama: Mississippi String Band, Tom Johnson, and John Copeland (2:05)
B05 Memphis Mail: Scott Dunbar (3:14)
B06 Buck Dance by Joe Tucker: Scott Dunbar and Joe Tucker (1:21)
B07 Forty-four - Forty-four Blues: Scott Dunbar (4:18)
B08 Easy Rider: Scott, Celeste, and Rosie Dunbar (3:56)
[Credits]
Philip Ramsey (guitar/vocals) Mrs. Philip Ramsey (guitar/vocals) Scott Dunbar (guitar/vocals) Tom Johnson (guitar/vocals) Horace Sprott (harmonica/vocals) Horace Sprott (harmonica) John Copeland (mandolin) Berenice Ford (vocals) Bessie Lee Daniels (vocals) Celeste Dunbar (vocals) Eunice Ford (vocals) Rosemary Daniels (vocals)
Producer, Recorder and Photographer: Frederic Ramsey, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This collection of recordings from Alabama features several kinds of music and dance, from Horace Sprott's country blues harmonica to the sounds of Vicksburg musicians, who were influenced by both Kansas City jazz and Jelly Roll Morton’s piano artistry.