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 2
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Smoke Like Lightning - Smoked Like Lightning (2:17)
A2 Early One Morning, the Blues Come Falling Down (4:14)
A3 When the Saints Go Marching Home (2:53)
A4 Ain't This a Mean World (3:33)
A5 Oh Glad, Oh Free (3:08)
A6 My Hoe Leadin' My Row (1:50)
B1 Interview (15:16)
B2 Luke and Mullen (2:31)
B3 Interview Continued (1:50)
[Credits]
Horace Sprott (harmonica/vocals)
Producer, Recorder and Photographer: Frederic Ramsey, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Horace Sprott, born around 1890, performs on Volumes 2, 3, and 4 of this series. Frederic Ramsey, Jr. writes, "There were many men like Sprott...[who] passed from one hard time to another, never forgetting the song. In that way, the tradition and the repertoire grew, and a body of poetic expression emerged. This poetry, and the music that went with it, was their heritage and their trust."
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