Chain Gang- prison songs recorded by Pete Seeger; dubs of Songs for PAC album [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1956
name: label: recorder
content: Seeger, Pete 1919-2014
label: recorder
content: Seeger, Toshi
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy--Recorded by Pete & Toshi Seeger in the winter of 1951 at two Texas prison farms, this album represents some of the oldest and most traditional work songs found among African American prison communities in the southern United States. Traditionally a participatory art form, these songs were typically sung while groups of 10-30 prisoners performed tasks such as chopping and hoeing. With origins reaching back to their West African ancestry as well as during the era of African American slavery, work songs served the purpose of alleviating the mundane nature of repetitive tasks as well as providing a forum for the song leader to keep the group together through rhythms and lyrics. Pete Seeger narrates and dubs various songs from 78s.
label: Table of contents
content: Wings of Harmony--Rough and rocky road--Southern prayer--Calvary--Over there; --Job (on My way to Cannan's land)--Wasn't that a time; Jesse McKinney--In the wilderness--You don't treat me right; Pete Seeger--Cumberland Mountain bear chase---Midnight Special; --- Dubs of Songs for PAC album-- Pete Seeger and others--A doillar ain't a dollar--Voting union--Get out and vote--Dollar for PAC--Oh what congress did to me--4 nursery rhymes--No No No discrimination--Oh Walter Oh walter--DDT--Fare thee well congressmen; Shep Ginades--Its sister Jenny's turn to throw the bomb; Weavers--Clementine--True love (Papers and pins)--Taking it easy--Pinone
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Texas
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Prisoners' songs
label: Topic
content: Work
label: Topic
content: Prisons
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1512
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in