These powerful performances recorded between 1933 and 1939 by pioneering collector John A. Lomax showcase African-Americans at work and in worship. Traveling for the Library of Congress across the rural south, Lomax captured voices that, speaking from the past, evoke the deep and abiding cultural values of the African American tradition. Dock Reed, Henry Reed, Vera Hall / Willie Williams and group / Wash Dennis, Charlie Sims / Jimmie Strothers / Joe Washington Brown, Austin Coleman / Ernest Williams and group / Clyde Hill and group / "Lightning" and group / Kelly Pace and group / Jeff Webb and group / Frank Jordan and group / Allen Prothero / James (Iron Head) Baker and group / Arthur Bell

17 tracks on the CD include:

Trouble So Hard; Choose Your Seat and Set Down; Handwriting on the Wall; The New Buryin' Ground; Lead Me to the Rock; The Blood-Stained Banders; Run Old Jeremiah; Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos; Long Hot Summer Day; Long John; Jumpin' Judy; Rosie; I'm Going to Leland; Jumping Judy; Look Down that Long, Lonesome Road; The Grey Goose; John Henry

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Product #: 21202030