Various Artists - Voices Of Mississippi

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126-page book edited by William Ferris
Writings by Scott Barretta, David Evans and Tom Rankin
Two CDs featuring Blues and Gospel recordings (1966-1978)
One CD featuring Interviews and Storytelling (1968-1994)
One DVD featuring Documentary Films (1972-1980)
Transcriptions and Annotations
With download code. In fitted, lidded box.

Tracklist

		Blues
1-1	–James "Son Ford" Thomas*	44 Blues	3:45
1-2	–Lovey Williams (3)	I Feel So Good	2:06
1-3	–Wallace "Pine-Top" Johnson* & Maudie Shirley With Jasper Love (2)	Stackalee And Billy Lyons	2:45
1-4	–Scott Dunbar	Lil’ Liza Jane	2:59
1-5	–Mississippi Fred McDowell*	Big Fat Mama	2:28
1-6	–Louis Dotson	Bottle Blowing	0:52
1-7	–Sonny Boy Watson	Bring Me My Shotgun	3:08
1-8	–Sam Myers	Eyesight To The Blind	2:25
1-9	–James “Son Ford” Thomas*	Cairo	2:49
1-10	–Scott Dunbar	Jaybird	8:35
1-11	–Tom Dumas	Cotton Eyed Joe	2:24
1-12	–Lovey Williams (3)	Coal Black Mare	2:37
1-13	–Unknown Artist With Mississippi Fred McDowell*	I Dreamed I Went To The U.N.	2:30
1-14	–Walter Lee Hood	Darling If You Must Leave	1:06
1-15	–Mississippi Fred McDowell*	I Got A Letter From Hot Springs	3:54
1-16	–Wallace “Pine-Top” Johnson* & Maudie Shirley With Jasper Love (2)	Baby Loves To Boogie	3:13
1-17	–Wash Heron & “Big” Jack Johnson*	Nothing	1:36
1-18	–James “Son Ford” Thomas*	Dust My Broom	2:31
1-19	–Scott Dunbar	The Memphis Mail	3:30
1-20	–Sonny Boy Watson	Have You Seen My Baby	3:48
1-21	–James Hughes	Instrumental Guitar Piece In A	1:37
1-22	–Lovey Williams (3)	Train I Ride	1:57
1-23	–Unknown Artist With Mississippi Fred McDowell*	Little Red Rooster	3:01
1-24	–Unknown Artist	Darlin’ Why You Treat Me So?	2:19
1-25	–Unknown Artist	Water Boy Drowned In The Mobile Bay	1:57
1-26	–George Lee “Sun Bud” Spears*	I Ain’t Gonna Live It No More	4:10
1-27	–James “Son Ford” Thomas* With Sonny Boy Watson	I Cannot Stay Here Baby	4:03
		Gospel
2-1	–Mary Alice* & Alan McGowan (2)	My Mother’s On That Train	1:36
2-2	–The Southland Hummingbirds*	You Don’t Know Like I Know	3:48
2-3	–Lovey Williams	I’m Standing In The Safety Zone	1:20
2-4	–Reverend Smith And Family	Children, Go Where I Send Thee	3:27
2-5	–Liddle Hines	What Could I Do?	3:23
2-6	–Providence Missionary Baptist Church	So Glad I Got Good Religion	3:21
2-7	–Church Of God In Christ*	I Know The Lord Will Make A Way (Yes He Will)	2:08
2-8	–Walter Lee Hood And Parchman Inmates*	Home On High	2:28
2-9	–Fannie Bell Chapman	We’re So Glad To Be Here	3:52
2-10	–Mary & Amanda Gordon	Lord, I’m In Your Hand	2:59
2-11	–Reverend Ott & Family*	You Don’t Knock, You Just Walk On In	2:29
2-12	–Walter Lee Hood	They Tell Me Of An Uncloudy Day	1:33
2-13	–Rose Hill Church	Thanks For Bill Ferris	0:35
2-14	–Rose Hill Church	Over Yonder Where The Sun Will Never Shine	2:48
2-15	–The Southland Hummingbirds*	I’ve Been Born Again	3:18
2-16	–Lovey Williams & Family*	The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow	2:51
2-17	–Providence Missionary Baptist Church	How Did You Feel When You Come Out Of The Wilderness	4:10
2-18	–Church Of God In Christ*	I Don’t Have To Worry About Where I Spend Eternity	2:56
2-19	–Fannie Bell Chapman & Family*	He’s My Rock, My Sword, And Shield	3:58
2-20	–Walter Lee Hood & Parchman Inmates*	Thank You Jesus	2:23
2-21	–Mary & Amanda Gordon	Cross Of Calvary	2:50
2-22	–The Church Of God In Christ*	My Grave’s Gonna Be Decorated On That Day	2:55
2-23	–The Southland Hummingbirds*	There Are Days	2:58
2-24	–The Church Of God In Christ*	You Can’t Hide Sinner	2:43
2-25	–Reverend Isaac Thomas & Rose Hill Church	Lord, Remember Me	2:51
2-26	–The Church Of God In Christ*	Glory, Glory (Lay My Burden Down)	8:38
		Storytelling
3-1	–Barry Hannah	On Bill	1:34
3-2	–Alice Walker	Regions Of The Mind And Heart	0:46
3-3	–Alex Haley	The South	1:46
3-4	–Ray Lum (2)	A Trader Is	1:18
3-5	–Bobby Rush	The Blues To Me	1:23
3-6	–Barry Hannah	On Son Thomas And Tradition	1:49
3-7	–James "Son Ford" Thomas*	I Know It’s Wrong To Be Playin’ The Blues	2:56
3-8	–Sonny Boy Watson	Jitterbug Comes To Town	2:06
3-9	–James "Son Ford" Thomas*	You Whistlin’	2:19
3-10	–Joe "Skeet" Skillet*	Mule Toast And Pool Hall Toast	3:02
3-11	–Joe Cooper (6)	The Preacher	1:28
3-12	–Wallace "Pine-Top" Johnson*, Jasper Love (2), Maudie Shirley	Lyin’	1:05
3-13	–Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown*	Two Brothers, Heaven And Hell	5:26
3-14	–Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown*	Creekman Killed Charlie Kirkland	3:26
3-15	–B.B. King	Lucille	3:20
3-16	–Allen Ginsberg, James "Son Ford" Thomas, Bill Ferris	On Blues Composition	4:41
3-17	–Robert Penn Warren	The Decline In Human Values	2:46
3-18	–Pecolia Warner	The Bible Salesman	5:06
3-19	–Ray Lum (2)	Fast Traders Disguising Mules	2:50
3-20	–Ray Lum (2)	Horses Too Tall To Drown	1:02
3-21	–Ray Lum (2)	The Ark And The Cats	1:55
3-22	–Ray Lum (2)	The Panther	1:33
3-23	–Victor Bobb	Fixing Charles Lindbergh's Engine	7:43
3-24	–Barry Hannah	Lying About Being From Mississippi	0:58
3-25	–Pete Seeger	We Shall Overcome	2:13
3-26	–James "Son Ford" Thomas*	Cemetery Conversations	6:50
		Films
DVD-1	–William Ferris	Gravel Springs Fife And Drum - Otha Turner	10:00
DVD-2	–William Ferris	Green Valley Grandparents	12:00
DVD-3	–William Ferris	Ray Lum: Mule Trader	18:00
DVD-4	–William Ferris	Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer	42:00
DVD-5	–William Ferris	Four Women Artists - Pecolia Warner, Eudora Welty, Ethel Mohamed, Theora Hamblett	24:00
DVD-6	–William Ferris	Hush Hoggies Hush: Tom Johnson's Praying Pigs	4:00
DVD-7	–William Ferris	Bottle Up And Go - Louis Dotson	18:00