Root Hog or Die: An Alan Lomax Centennial Tribute

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Tracklist

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1I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler
Alan Lomax3:11
2I Could Hear My Name a Ringin’
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1947-03-02)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
piano:
Memphis Slim
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1947-03-02)
Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim & Big Bill Broonzy3:34
3One, Two, Three
Anita Wilkins and group1:30
4Ol Carneàl El Va El Vé (Carnival Comes and Goes)
Celeste Cappelli and group1:06
5Le Jour de l’an (New Year’s Day)
recorded in:
Baraga, Michigan, United States (on 1938-10-12)
foot stomps [podorhythmie]:
Edward King (Canadian born US folk musician)
vocals:
Edward King (Canadian born US folk musician) (on 1938-10-12)
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1938-10-12)
Edward King3:07
6Hambone
Steven Wright1:59
7Dinah
Sheila Kay Adams2:13
8Steal Away / Didn’t Hear Nobody Pray
Rev. R.C. Crenshaw & Greater Harvest M.B. Church congregation6:08
9Alabama Bound
Jelly Roll Morton4:05
10Sally Ann Johnson
Clark Kessinger and group2:11
11Go Down Old Hannah
recorded in:
Central State Farm, Sugarland, Texas, United States (in 1933-12)
recording engineer:
John Lomax (in 1933-12) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1933-12)
Ernest Williams and group2:41
12New Prospect (#320)
recorded in:
Fyffe, Alabama, United States (on 1959-09-12)
choir vocals:
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (ensemble at the 56th annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention, September 1959, Fyffe, Alabama) (on 1959-09-12)
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-09-12)
recording of:
New Prospect (on 1959-09-12)
composer:
William S. Turner (in 1866)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 390)
United Sacred Harp Musical Association2:16
13Finnish Waltz
Abraham "Aapo" Juhani1:22
14Faro
recorded in:
Como, Mississippi, United States (on 1959-09-25)
guitar:
Rosa Lee Hill
vocals:
Rosa Lee Hill
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-09-25)
Rosa Lee Hill6:13
15Banshi instrumental
Jasimuddin0:48
16High Society
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1949-04-03)
clarinet:
Alphonse Picou
guitar:
Paul Dominguez, Jr.
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1949-04-03)
Alphonse Picou & Paul Dominguez, Jr.2:17
17Sing Anything
Neal Morris2:42
18Como las propias rosas
Banda de Castelló de la Ribera3:10
19Amen, Amen, Amen
Mohead Plantation Church of God In Christ1:47
20Madame Young / Mon chère bébé créole
Dennis McGee2:59
21Her Mantle So Green
Margaret Barry3:58
22Meet Me on the Road
Beatrice Dick and group1:32
23Nnuena (Christmas novena)
Luigino Scollo & Pietro Guarrasi2:21
24Cindy
recorded in:
Salem, Virginia, United States (on 1959-08-24)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-08-24)
piano:
Hobart Smith
Hobart Smith2:01
25Pu’in Bracken (Pulling Bracken)
Isla Cameron1:19
26Cherry Ball Blues
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (from 1966-07-21 until 1966-07-24)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
guitar:
Skip James
vocals:
Skip James
recorded at:
Newport Folk Festival 1966 (1966-07-21 – 1966-07-24)
Skip James3:59
27Downhearted Blues
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (from 1966-07-21 until 1966-07-24)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (from 1966-07-21 until 1966-07-24)
guitar:
Son House
vocals:
Son House
recorded at:
Newport Folk Festival 1966 (1966-07-21 – 1966-07-24)
Son House5:46
28Baile de Ibio (Warrior Dance)
Unidentified2:54
29Big Kilmarnock Bonnet
John Steven and group4:34
30Chèz‐o, prete m yon chèz‐o (Chair, Oh! Let Me Have a Chair)
La Roux Chayopye2:29
31Train on the Island
Wade Ward0:48
32Arkansas Traveler
Elmer Barton2:10
33Cornbread Rough, Biscuit Tough
recorded in:
Senatobia, Mississippi, United States (on 1959-09-26)
vocals:
Bobby Jean Hemphill, Ruby Hemphill and Lucille Rice
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-09-26)
Bobby Jean Hemphill, Ruby Hemphill & Lucille Rice0:47
34Down in Arkansas
recorded in:
Greers Ferry, Arkansas, United States (in 1959-10)
assistant recording engineer:
Shirley Collins (British folk singer) (in 1959-10)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1959-10)
assistant producer:
Shirley Collins (British folk singer)
producer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
vocals:
Almeda Riddle (in 1959-10)
Almeda Riddle2:31
35Jolly Tinker / The Pretty Girls of Mayo
Paddy Breen & Michael Coleman2:22
36You Got to Reap What You Sow / A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1961-11-11)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1961-11-11)
guitar:
McKinley Peebles
vocals:
Bessie Jones and McKinley Peebles
McKinley Peebles & Bessie Jones4:38
37Since You Have Disdained Me I’ll Cross the Deep Blue Sea
Harvey Porter0:49
38Bonsoir Moreau
recording of:
Bonsoir Moreau
writer:
Canray Fontenot
Canray Fontenot & Bois Sec Ardoin2:12
39In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
Big Bill Broonzy4:08
40Tramps and Hawkers
Jimmy McBeath2:45
41Remember Jesus Died When He Was Young
Charles Barnett3:01
42Ninna Nanna
Venturina Marandella1:12
43Read ’em John
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1965-08-01)
lead vocals:
John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist)
vocals:
Peter Davis (US Gospel/Blues musician), Mable Hillery, Bessie Jones and Emma Ramsay (US gospel singer)
recorded at:
Central Park in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1965-08-01)
John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers and the Georgia Sea Island Singers1:22
44Strigaturi
Unidentified2:14
45Flirtation Dance
South Hill Methodist Church women's league1:33
46Zoological Gardens
Brendan Behan2:42
47Indian Red
White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians5:01
48Lenga Serpentina (Serpent Tongue)
Compagna Sacco3:13
49Laura Lee
Emma Hammond0:27
50Sailing in the Boat When the Tide Run Strong
Elizabeth Austin and group1:11
51When We Reach That Other Shore
Brother Alec Stamps & Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church Congregation2:17
52Lord Have Mercy
Mississippi Fred McDowell1:50
53When I Can Read My Titles Clear
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1948-05-01)
vocals:
Vera Hall
recorded at:
Alan Lomax's apartment in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1948-05-01)
Vera Ward Hall1:25
54Going to Fishing
recorded in:
Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, United States (on 1941-09-03)
guitar:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues")
harmonica:
Leroy Williams (Mississippi blues musician)
washboard:
Fiddlin’ Joe Martin
vocals:
Fiddlin’ Joe Martin
field recordings:
Lewis Jones (worked with Alan Lomax) (on 1941-09-03) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1941-09-03)
recorded at:
Clack Store in Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, United States (on 1941-09-03)
Fiddlin’ Joe Martin and group3:23
55Cruising Round Yarmouth
Harry Cox3:38
56Rambleaway
Shirley Collins3:22
57Fare You Well My Little Annie Darling
recorded in:
Clay County, Kentucky, United States
guitar:
Daw Henson (old-timer eastern Kentucky singers) (on 1937-09-11)
vocals:
Daw Henson (old-timer eastern Kentucky singers) (on 1937-09-11)
field recordings:
Elizabeth Lyttleton Lomax (wife of Alan Lomax) (on 1937-09-11) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1937-09-11)
Little Daw Henson2:54
58Join this Food Campaign
Herth Colaire and group1:50
59My Gal’s a Corker
Cedar Place Children1:49
60Jerusalem Cuckoo
Alice Gibbs3:30
61Memories of the 1940 National Folk Festival / Fisher’s Hornpipe
Uncle Eck Dunford with Uncle Charlie Higgins3:36
62Calypso Invasion
Duke of Iron and group2:31
63Mo nighean donn á Còrnaig (Brown‐Haired Girl from Còrnaig)
Waulking group2:43
64This Old World’s in a Tangle
Calvin Frazier & Sampson Pittman3:46
65Tammuriata (drum rhythms)
Unidentified fishermen3:44
66Wi’ My Rovin’ Eye
Jeannie Robertson1:38
67Diamond Joe
recorded in:
Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1961-10-06)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1961-10-06)
vocals:
Bessie Jones
Bessie Jones1:19
68So Soon I’ll Be at Home
recorded in:
Sledge, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-08-15)
banjo:
Lucius Smith
bass drum:
Will Head
fiddle:
Sid Hemphill
guitar:
Alec Askew
vocals:
Sid Hemphill
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1942-08-15)
Sid Hemphill and group1:38
69Cold Mountains
recorded in:
Tazewell County, Virginia, United States (on 1959-08-25)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-08-25)
vocals:
Texas Gladden
Texas Gladden1:16
70Reuben Train
Ray Hicks3:10
71MacPherson’s Rant
recorded in:
Camden Town, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-12)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1957-12)
accordion:
Davie Stewart (Scottish travelling singer and accordion player)
vocals:
Davie Stewart (Scottish travelling singer and accordion player)
Davie Stewart6:46
72The Hundredth Man
Bukka White5:36
73I Wonder Where My Mother Has Gone
Emperor Mackenzie0:56
74Coco rico de la Habana (Good coconuts from Havana)
Unidentified street vendor0:18
75Roll Roll Roll and Go
Babsy McQueen and group1:21
76The Day Is Past and Gone
Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptists4:01
77Cosher Bailey Had an Engine
John Llewellyn Edwards and the Treorchy Male Choir & Treorchy Male Choir2:26
78Stop All the Buses
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-09-30)
guitar:
Cecil Augusta
vocals:
Cecil Augusta
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-09-30)
Cecil Augusta2:57
79Ya Malikna (Oh, Our King)
Troupe of Monsieur Mohamed ben Abderrahmane5:56
80Yo sí la quería
Epifanio Capellán and group3:30
81Di yo pa hele pou nou
Raphael Hurtault and group1:22
82I’ll Be Waiting There
Sophie Loman Wing and group1:38
83Early in the Morning
lead vocals:
"22" (Benny Will Richardson) (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22')
vocals:
"Hart Hat" (Willie Lacey), "Little Red" (1940s prison blues recorded by Alan Lomax) and "Tangle Eye" Walter Jackson (American soul ballad singer)
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (from 1947-11 until 1947-12)
recorded at:
Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States and Camp B, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States (from 1947-11 until 1947-12)
“22” and group4:47
84Prayer / Doption
Rev. Olsie Cowan and Spiritual Baptist congregation4:14
85Nottamun Town
recording of:
Nottamun Town (Fair Nottamun Town / Nottamun Fair)
lyricist and revised by:
Barry Childs‐Helton
writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1044)
Jean Ritchie2:24
86Fandango de Comares
Inez Muñoz and Grupo de Cádiz2:40
87Two Step de Eunice
Dennis McGee0:55
88Blues #2
live recording of:
Blues #2
composer:
Belton Sutherland
Belton Sutherland4:38
89High Force Agricultural Show
Mark Anderson3:35
90Al‐Hamdulillah (Thanks Be to God)
Unidentified Amazigh man0:40
91Little and Low
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1965-08)
bass drum:
Lonnie Young, Jr.
fife:
Ed Young
snare drum:
Lonnie Young (Lonnie Young, Sr., 1950s fifer and drummer, and songwriter from North Mississippi)
vocals:
Ed Young
recorded at:
Central Park in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1965-08)
Southern Fife & Drum Corps2:48
92Mèt Kafou Men Djab‐la (Master of the Crossroads, Here Is the Devil)
Francilia1:48
93Keen for a Dead Child
Kitty Gallagher1:44
94Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
Mississippi Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell1:09
95Grace’s Favourite
Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band1:31
96Free a Little Bird
Bascom Lamar Lunsford2:19
97Mormond Braes
John Strachan4:15
98I’m Tired
Bright Light Quartet2:51
99Duérmete, niño angelito (Sleep, angel baby)
Dolores Fernández Geijo0:47
100I Bid You Goodnight
Unidentified men3:34