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Table of Contents:

• Savannah syncopators. Agbekor (Ladzekpo and Ewe Drum Orchestra) ; Ring dance (Mamprusi tribesmen) ; Fife and drum piece (Othar Turner) ; Praise song (Kunaal and Sosira) ; Forty four blues (Butch Cage and Willie Thomas) ; Halam improvisation (Thyam Sy Griots) ; Wild about my loving (Lonnie Coleman)
• Blacks, Whites and blues. Coon from Tennessee (Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers) ; Don't think I'm Santa Claus (Lil McClintock) ; Sweet Sara blues (Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton) ; Charleston contest, part 2 (Too Tight Henry) ; Decatur Street 81 (Georgia Browns) ; Jug rag (Prairie Ramblers) ; Caught us doing it (Hokum Boys) ; Brain cloudy blues (Bob Wills and Texas Playboys)
• Recording the blues. Kid man blues (Bertha Chippie Hill) ; Rabbit foot blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) ; Blue bloomer blues (Whistlin' Alex Moore) ; Death's black train is comin' (Reverend J.M. Gates) ; When the war was on (Blind Willie Johnson) ; New stock yard blues (Robert Wilkins) ; Detroit special (Big Bill Broonzy) ; Press my button (Ring my bell) (Lil Johnson) ; Fannie Mae blues (Pinetop Burks).

Contributors:

Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958 , performer

Burks, Pinetop , performer

Cage, Butch , performer

Castle, Henry Lee , performer

Coleman, Lonnie , performer

Darby, Tom, -1971 , performer

Gates, J. M., Rev , performer

Griots, Thyam Sy , performer

Hill, Bertha Chippie , performer

Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 , performer

Johnson, Blind Willie , performer

Johnson, Lil

McClintlock, Lil , performer

Moore, Alex, 1899-1989 , performer

Poole, Charlie, 1892-1931 , performer

Tarlton, Jimmie, 1892-1979 , performer

Thomas, Willie , performer

Turner, Orthar , performer

Wilkins, Robert, 1896-1987 , performer

Wills, Bob, 1905-1975 , performer

Georgia Browns (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Hokum Boys , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Kunaal and Sosira , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Ladzekpo and Ewe Drum Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Mamprusi tribesman , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

North Carolina Ramblers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Prairie Ramblers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Texas Playboys , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Agbekor

Blue bloomer blues

Brain cloudy blues

Caught us doing it.

Charleston contest

Coon from Tennessee

Death's black train is comin'

Decatur Street 81

Detroit special

Don't think I'm Santa Claus

Fannie Mae blues

Forty four blues

Jug rag

Kid man blues

New stock yard blues

Press my button (Ring my bell)

Rabbit foot blues

Recording the blues

Sweet Sara blues

When the war was on

Wild about my loving

Subjects:

Blues (Music)

Country music — To 1951

Folk music — Africa, West

Gospel music

Griots — Africa, West — Songs and music

Old-time music

To 1951

Country music

Folk music

Griots

United States

West Africa

Genres:

Songs and music

General Notes:

"This album illustrates the book "Yonder comes the blues" published by Cambridge University Press"--Original container.
All selections, except tracks 1-2, 4, were previously released.
Historical and program notes by Paul Oliver, Tony Russell, and Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich, and discographical information laid in original container.
Originally issued as compact disc.
Various performers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (72 min.))

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

OCLC Numbers:

1053522672

Other Control Numbers:

74670 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP74670/amso