Drop On Down in Florida: Field Recordings of African American Traditional Music 1977–1980

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Annotation

Two CD's packaged in a 224-page hardback book containing original liner notes with new essays, annotations and 60 images.

Annotation last modified on 2017-07-14 13:58 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Secular Recordings
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Early One Foggy Morning
Robert Dennis5:18
2Boogie
Robert Dennis1:56
3Questionnaire Blues
Robert Dennis2:30
4Mean Mistreater Blues
Robert Dennis1:53
5Tain’t but the One Things That Grieves My Mind
Richard Williams2:18
6Baby Please Don’t Go
Richard Williams2:39
7Old Forty
Richard Williams3:12
8Careless Love
Ella Mae Wilson and Richard Williams3:48
9Polk County Blues
Ella Mae Wilson and Richard Williams4:10
10Polk County Blues
Willie Gillard3:31
11Old-Time Rounders
Emmett Murray2:54
12She’s a Fool, She Ain’t Got No Sense
Emmett Murray3:03
13Mobile Blues
Emmett Murray2:55
14I’m Gonna Dig Myself a Hole
Emmett Murray3:08
15I’ll Find a Way
Emmett Murray2:13
16Drinkin’ Bad Bad Whiskey
Emmett Murray3:15
17I’m From Itta Bena, Mississippi
Moses Williams0:12
18Rolling and Tumbling
Moses Williams2:05
19Sitting on Top of the World
Moses Williams2:53
20Mama Got More Out of Me Away From Home
Moses Williams0:34
21I Was Natalie Roberta’s Son
Moses Williams3:05
22Harmonica Solo
Moses Williams1:10
23Harmonica “Hustle”
Moses Williams0:52
24The Train
Moses Williams1:54
25Catfish Blues
Moses Williams2:51
26Come Back Baby
Moses Williams3:07
27Apple Farm Blues
Moses Williams3:49
28I3 Highway
Moses Williams2:17
29Which Way Did My Baby Go?
Moses Williams4:32
▼ CD 2: Sacred Recordings
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1That’s All Right
Johnny Brown1:32
2Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Johnny Brown1:14
3Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Johnny Brown1:13
4He Got the Whole World in His Hand
Johnny Brown1:14
5I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without the Lord
Johnny Brown1:10
6Motherless Children
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams2:32
7Do, Lord, Remember Me
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams3:23
8Trial in Judgement
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams3:52
9When the Saints Go Marching In (When the Moon Go Down in Blood)
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams2:47
10You Got to Move
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams3:02
11I Knew It Was the Blood
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams2:47
12In the Morning
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams3:38
13He’s a Battle Axe
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams and Richard Williams3:27
14I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without the Lord / Did Christ O’Er Sinners Weep? (The Weeping Savior)
Testerina Primitive Baptist Church11:30
15Altar Call / Congregational Prayer / He Set Me Free
Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy6:47
16God’s Gonna Set the World on Fire
Florida‐Alabama Progressive Seven‐Shape‐Note Singing Convention2:33
17Inside the Pearly Gates
Florida‐Alabama Progressive Seven‐Shape‐Note Singing Convention4:26
18The Old Ship of Zion
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention2:55
19Florida Storm
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention4:45
20Service of the Lord
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention2:48
21Sweet Morning
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention2:20
22Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention3:13
23Pisgah
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention2:34
24Parting Hand
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention3:04