Blues from the Mississippi Delta
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-2690
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: Mississippi, United States.
label: General
content: Folkways 2467

CDR copy

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&#x2014especially African-American life&#x2014in 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".

Songs by Son House and J. D. Short; sung by the composers accompanying themselves on guitar.
name: label: Performer
content: House, Son
label: Producer
content: Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929-2015
label: Creator
content: Short, J. D., 1902-1962
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Mississippi
topic: label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Guitar
label: Topic
content: African Americans
creator: label: Performer
content: House, Son
label: Producer
content: Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929-2015
label: Creator
content: Short, J. D., 1902-1962
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / Commercial / Folkways Recordings
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-2690
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: 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.

102 Sun Goin' Down / Guitar.

103 I Ain't Gonna Cry No More / Guitar.

104 Key of Minor / Guitar.

105 War Will Last for Years / Guitar.

106 Was I Right or Wrong / Guitar.

107 County Farm Blues / Guitar.