Negro Folk Music Of Alabama- Negro Alabama 2: Religious / Various
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 it's purest form. Placed in the context of homilies and prayers this second volume of religious music captures the essence of black spirituals found in the south and features the popular hymn, "Free at Last."
Tracklist:
- Trampin' Trampin'
- Dead and Gone
- Abraham and Lot
- Rock Chair, I Told You to Rock
- I Wonder Where My Brother Gone
- Free at Last
- Jonah
- Low Down Death Right Easy
- Jesus Goin' to Make Up My Dyin' Bed
- Prayer
- Prayer Meeting
- Move Members Move
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 it's purest form. Placed in the context of homilies and prayers this second volume of religious music captures the essence of black spirituals found in the south and features the popular hymn, "Free at Last."
Tracklist:
- Trampin' Trampin'
- Dead and Gone
- Abraham and Lot
- Rock Chair, I Told You to Rock
- I Wonder Where My Brother Gone
- Free at Last
- Jonah
- Low Down Death Right Easy
- Jesus Goin' to Make Up My Dyin' Bed
- Prayer
- Prayer Meeting
- Move Members Move