Blues from the Mississippi Delta [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1963
name: label: performer
content: House, Son
label: producer
content: Charters, Samuel Barclay 1929-2015
label: Creator
content: Short, J. D. 1902-1962
notes: label: Notes
content: Folkways 2467
label: Notes
content: CDR copy
label: Notes
content: Blues selections by Delta bluesman Son House, obtained by Sam Charters from the Library of Congrss folksong archive. Tape 2 of 2 given to Moe Asch by Charters to produce an album of blues artist from the Delta, notes indicate "the single most important section in the blues development." Tapes result in FW02467, Son House and JD Short: Blues From the Mississippi Delta. This album presents the distinctive blues born from the hardships of life-especially African-American life-in northern Mississippi. In addition to their music, this collection includes the men's speech: Son House presents a description of "the key of minor." Back of box notes "Charters".
label: Notes
content: Songs by Son House and J. D. Short; sung by the composers accompanying themselves on guitar.
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: Mississippi, United States.
label: Table of contents
content: My black woman -- Sun goin' down --I ain't goin' to cry no more --The key of minor --This war will last you for years --Was I right or wrong -- Country farm blues
label: Track information
content: 101 My Black Woman / Guitar
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content: 102 Sun Goin' Down / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 103 I Ain't Gonna Cry No More / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 104 Key of Minor / Guitar
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content: 105 War Will Last for Years / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 106 Was I Right or Wrong / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 107 County Farm Blues / Guitar
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: Mississippi
topic: label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Guitar
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-2690
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