093074007921

Black Banjo Songsters Of North Carolina And Virginia

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40079

Release Date:  17 February 1998

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074007921

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing—32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. 64 minutes.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Coo Coo - John Snipes
      • 2. Coo Coo - Dink Roberts
      • 3. Old Rattler (Fox Chase) - John Snipes
      • 4. Georgia Buck - Dink Roberts
      • 5. Georgia Buck - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson
      • 6. John Henry - James Roberts
      • 7. High Sheriff - Dink Roberts
      • 8. John Hardy - Dink Roberts
      • 9. Garfield - Dink Roberts
      • 10. Old Corn Liquor - Dink Roberts
      • 11. Old Corn Liquor - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson
      • 12. John Henry - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson
      • 13. Love Somebody - Joe Thompson & Tommy Thompson
      • 14. Long Tail Blue - John Snipes
      • 15. Ain't Gonna Rain No More - John Snipes & Tommy Thompson
      • 16. Going Where I've Never Been Before - John Snipes
      • 17. Black Annie - Dink Roberts
      • 18. Old Blue - Dink Roberts
      • 19. Going Away From Home - John Snipes
      • 20. You Don't Know My Darling - John Snipes
      • 21. Jaybird March - Etta Baker & Cora Philips
      • 22. Going Up North - John Jackson
      • 23. Sugar Hill - Homer Walker
      • 24. Momma Don't Allow - Irvin Cook & Leonard Bowles
      • 25. Shortnin' Bread - Leonard Bowles
      • 26. Shortnin' Bread - 'Big Sweet' Lewis Hairston
      • 27. Fox Chase - John Tyree
      • 28. Roustabout - Dink Roberts
      • 29. Cookin' In The Kitchen - John Snipes
      • 30. Coo Coo Bird - Rufus Kasey
      • 31. Fox Chase - Dink Roberts
      • 32. Little Brown Jug - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson