Southern Journey, Vol. 9: Bad Man Ballads [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: liner notes
content: Lomax, Alan 1915-2002
label: performer
content: Carter, James
label: producer
content: Goldstein, Kenneth S. 1927-1995
label: performer
content: Ball, E.C. (Estil Cortez) 1913-1978
label: performer
content: Smith, Hobart 1897-1965
label: performer
content: Riddle, Almeda
label: performer
content: Moore, Johnny Lee
label: performer
content: Birns, Roy
label: performer
content: Moore, Spence
label: performer
content: Batts, Floyd
label: performer
content: Helmes, Carolyn Mainer
label: performer
content: Mainer, J. E (Joseph E.) 1898-1971
label: performer
content: Mainer, Mary
label: performer
content: Morris, Neil, folk singer
label: performer
content: Bright Light Quartet
notes: label: Notes
content: Additional imprint on container: Prestige International. Program notes by Alan Lomax on container.
label: Table of contents
content: Pretty Polly (Estil C. Ball, vocal & guitar) -- Po' Laz'rus (Bright Light Quartet) -- Claude Allen (Hobart Smith, vocal & guitar) -- Hangman tree (Almeda Riddle, vocals) -- Early in the mornin' (Johnny Lee Moore, lead vocal, with prisoners from Camp B, Mississippi State Penitentiary at Lambert) -- Lawson murder (Spencer Moore, vocal & guitar; and Roy Everett Birns, mandolin) --Dangerous blues (Floyd Batts, vocals) --Railroad Bill (Hobart Smith, vocal & guitar) --Columbus stockade (Carolyn Mainer Helmes, Mary Mainer, vocals & guitars; J.E. Mainer, fiddle; Glen Mainer, banjo; Floyd Overcash, bass) -- Willie Brennan (Neil Morris, vocal & guitar) -- Hawkins County jail (Hobart Smith, vocal & 5-string banjo) -- Po' Laz'rus (James Carter, lead vocal, with prisoners from Camp B, Mississippi State Penitentiary at Lambert). Pretty Polly -- Po' Laz'rus -- Claude Allen -- Hangman tree --Early in the mornin' -- The Lawson murder -- Dangerous blues -- Railroad Bill -- Columbus Stockade -- Willie Brennan -- Hawkins County Jail -- Po' Laz'rus
label: Track information
content: 101 Pretty Polly / E.C. Ball. Guitar
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content: 102 Po' Laz'Rus / Bright Light Quartet
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content: 103 Claude Allen / Hobart Smith. Guitar
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content: 104 Hangman Tree (Child No. 95)/ Almeda Riddle
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content: 105 Early In the Mornin' / Johnny Lee Moore
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content: 106 The Lawson Murder / Roy Birns, Spence Moore. Guitar,Mandolin
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content: 201 Dangerous Blues / Floyd Batts
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content: 202 Railroad Bill / Hobart Smith. Guitar
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content: 203 Columbus Stockade / Carolyn Mainer Helmes, J. E. (Joseph E.) Mainer, Mary Mainer. Guitar,Fiddle,Banjo,Bass
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content: 204 Willie Brennan / Neil Morris. Guitar
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content: 205 Hawkins County Jail / Hobart Smith. Banjo
label: Track information
content: 206 Po' Laz'Rus / James Carter
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
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Ballads
label: Topic
content: Spirituals (Songs)
label: Topic
content: Gospel music
label: Topic
content: Prisoners' songs
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Guitar
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content: Mandolin
label: Topic
content: Violin
label: Topic
content: Banjo
label: Topic
content: Bass
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
label: Culture
content: African American
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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: Prestige/International.25009
label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-LP-1690
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 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in