SONG SYLLABUS / WEEK 3

WEEK 3: Thursday, February 1 / DRAFT
Spirituals: OVERCOME



“OH MARY DON'T YOU WEEP”
S&P Swan Silvertones ****

The Southernaires (check this one on line—it’s great!!)*** http://www.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/southernairesmary1257.html

S&P Mississippi John Hurt***
AAS Fisk Jubilee Singers Vol. 3 (1924-1940) 1:42
AAS Frazier Family (Mississippi Blues & Gospel 1934 – 1942) 2:16

SWG Lead Belly (for comparison)
SWG Pete Seeger (for comparison)
iTunes Aaron Neville (sample) For a “modern” interpretation, N.O. style


“SINCE I LAID MY BURDEN DOWN”
S&P Mississippi John Hurt ****

S&P Turner Junior Johnson (Library of Congress Archive) *** (LISTEN TO ADDITIONAL TRACKS--Negro Religious Songs and Services, Rounder CD1514))***

AAS Rev. Edward Clayborn (1929-34)
AAS Bessemer Sunset Four (1928-30)
AAS Turner Junior Johnson (1934-32) (same as above) ***
AAS Under “Laid My Burden Down” Prophet B.W. West ***
SWG Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation
SWG Cat Iron
SWG Joseph Spence *** (note that Spence is from Andros Island in the Bahamas)

Regarding AAS: Look up songs lead by Prophet W.B. West—listen to all.


“DO LORD” (Library of Congress, Lomax field recordings)
S&P Jimmy Strothers & Joe Lee, Library of Congress Archive ****
(Negro Religious Songs and Services, Rounder CD1514)

AAS Sister Rosetta Winn *** (This is wonderful--listen to more tracks)
AAS Clara Belle Gholston
AAS Heavenly Gospel Singers
AAS Golden Eagle Gospel Singers

Supplements: (all from Library of Congress Archive—Lomax field recordings) on Rounder CDs 1510 & 1514):

Look Down That Long Lonesome Road (Hattie Belle) ***
Ain’t No More Cane On This Brazos ***
Long John
Jumpin Judy
Everything on these field recordings is of interest!