Been here and gone
By: Frederic Ramsey, Jr.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Athens, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism; Folk music -- Southern States -- History and criticism; African Americans -- Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Description: "This volume by Frederic Ramsey, Jr., documents his five journeys through the 1950s South, where he traveled in search of what might still remain of an original, authentic African American musical tradition.".

"In these photographs, songs, interviews, and narratives, Ramsey portrays farmers, railroad workers, housewives, children, church congregations, and country brass bands from Saratoga, Florida, to New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramsey's images of a past way of life capture the deceptively poor landscapes and lives that gave birth to and sustained some of our warmest and most deeply felt music."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1960. Reprinted by arrangement with Rutgers University Press.