The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol. 13 - Earliest Times
Download links and information about The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol. 13 - Earliest Times by The Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax. This album was released in 1998 and it belongs to Blues, Gospel, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist genres. It contains 21 tracks with total duration of 51:40 minutes.
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| Artist: | The Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax |
| Release date: | 1998 |
| Genre: | Blues, Gospel, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist |
| Tracks: | 21 |
| Duration: | 51:40 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Live Humble (featuring Group, John Davis) | 3:48 |
| 2. | The Buzzard Lope (featuring Bessie Jones, Group) | 1:47 |
| 3. | Ain't I Right? (featuring Group, Henry Morrison) | 2:18 |
| 4. | Row the Boat, Child (featuring Group, Peter Davis) | 1:52 |
| 5. | You Got My Letter (featuring Group) | 1:52 |
| 6. | Riley (featuring Group, John Davis) | 1:35 |
| 7. | See Aunt Dinah (featuring Bessie Jones, Group) | 3:05 |
| 8. | Pay Me (featuring Group) | 1:32 |
| 9. | Carrie Belle (featuring Group, John Davis) | 3:38 |
| 10. | Reg'lar, Reg'lar Rollin' Under (featuring Bessie Jones, Group) | 2:23 |
| 11. | You Better Mind (featuring Bessie Jones, Group) | 2:12 |
| 12. | Everybody Talking About Heaven (featuring Group) | 3:07 |
| 13. | Read 'Em, John (featuring Group, John Davis) | 2:04 |
| 14. | Union (featuring Bessie Jones, Group) | 2:29 |
| 15. | Hop Along, Let's Get Her (featuring Group, John Davis, Henry Morrison) | 1:05 |
| 16. | Raggy Levee (featuring Group, John Davis) | 2:22 |
| 17. | Hard Times in Ol' Virginia (featuring Group, John Davis) | 3:13 |
| 18. | Knee Bone (featuring Group) | 2:10 |
| 19. | The Old Tar River (featuring Group, John Davis) | 2:29 |
| 20. | East Coast Line (featuring Bessie Jones, Group) | 1:18 |
| 21. | Buzzard Lope (featuring Group, John Davis) | 5:21 |
Details
[Edit]Subtitled "Georgia Sea Islands Songs for Everyday Living," this is a collection of 21 performances recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959 and 1960. Often structured in a call and response fashion, and arranged a cappella or only with minimal percussion and instrumentation, these are considered as some of the American recordings which are closest to the African roots of African-American music. About a dozen performers are heard on the record, arranged into three different combinations of groups, with different soloists spotlighted all the time. Academic significance aside, it's reasonably strong and stirring music with a spiritual current, even though many of the songs are not religious in content; one, in fact, "Ain't I Right" is an original (by Henry Morrison) about the stinginess of white plantation owners.