Negro Folk Music of Alabama Vol. 1 Secular Music

Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4417

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Mama Don't Tear My Clothes: Joe Brown (1:42)
A02 Southern Pacific: Joe Brown (1:23)
A03 Black Woman: Rich Amerson (5:00)
A04 Kansas City Blues: Red Willie Smith (1:46)
A05 Salty Dog Blues: Red Willie Smith (1:30)
A06 I'm Goin' Up North: East York School (Ala.) (1:27)
A07 Little Sally Walker: Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) (1:05)
A08 See See Rider: Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) (1:21)
B01 Mama's Goin' To Buy Him a Little Lap Dog: Vera Hall (0:47)
B02 Soon As My Back's Turned: Earthy Anne Coleman (1:35)
B03 She Done Got Ugly: Willie Turner (1:21)
B04 Now Your Man Done Gone: Willie Rurner (2:05)
B05 Field Calls: Annie Grace Horn Dodson (1:20)
B06 Father's Field Call: Annie Grace Horn Dodson (0:27)
B07 Children's Call: Annie Grace Horn Dodson (0:45)
B08 Greeting Call: Annie Grace Horn Dodson (0:48)
B09 Complaint Call: Enoch Brown (0:42)
B10 Brer Rabbit and the Alligators: Rich Amerson (3:55)
[Credits]
Recorder and Linaer Notes: Harold Courlander, Director: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
In an attempt to break away from the caricature of black music that was popular in America during the 1950s, Harold Courlander compiled this collection as documentation of black music in Alabama in its purest form. This first volume of secular music highlights some of the different manifestations of black music during that time including the virtuosic harmonica playing of Joe Brown, the left-handed guitar playing of Willie Smith, and the popular ring games of school children.