Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
144 Blues
James Son Ford Thomas3:45
2I Feel So Good
Lovey Williams2:07
3Stackalee and Billy Lyons
Wallace Pine‐Top Johnson, Maudie Shirley & Jasper Love2:45
4Lil’ Liza Jane
Scott Dunbar3:00
5Big Fat Mama
Mississippi Fred McDowell2:28
6Bottle Blowing
Louis Dotson0:53
7Bring Me My Shotgun
Sonny Boy Watson3:09
8Eyesight to the Blind
Sam Myers2:25
9Cairo
James Son Ford Thomas2:50
10Jaybird
Scott Dunbar8:35
11Cotton Eyed Joe
Tom Dumas2:24
12Coal Black Mare
Lovey Williams2:37
13I Dreamed I Went to the U.N.
Unidentified Musician with Mississippi Fred McDowell2:30
14Darling If You Must Leave
Walter Lee Hood1:06
15I Got a Letter From Hot Springs
Mississippi Fred McDowell3:55
16Baby Loves to Boogie
Wallace Pine‐Top Johnson, Maudie Shirley & Jasper Love3:14
17Nothing
Wash Heron & Big Jack Johnson1:37
18Dust My Broom
James Son Ford Thomas2:32
19The Memphis Mail
Scott Dunbar3:31
20Have You Seen My Baby
Sonny Boy Watson3:49
21Instrumental Guitar Piece in A
James Hughes1:37
22Train I Ride
Lovey Williams1:57
23Little Red Rooster
Unidentified Musician with Mississippi Fred McDowell3:02
24Darlin’ Why You Treat Me So?
Leland Musician2:19
25Water Boy Drowned in the Mobile Bay
Inmates at Parchman Farm1:57
26I Ain’t Gonna Live It No More
George Lee Sun Bud Spears4:11
27I Cannot Stay Here Baby
James Son Ford Thomas with Sonny Boy Watson4:03
2▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Lord, I’m in Your Hand
Mary and Amanda Gordon2:59
2You Don’t Know Like I Know
The Southland Hummingbirds3:49
3I’m Standing in the Safety Zone
Lovey Williams1:21
4Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Reverend Smith and Family3:23
5What Could I Do?
Liddle Hines3:23
6So Glad I Got Good Religion
Providence Missionary Baptist Church3:21
7I Know the Lord Will Make a Way (Yes He Will)
Church of God in Christ2:08
8Home on High
Walter Lee Hood and Parchman Inmates2:28
9We’re So Glad to Be Here
Fannie Bell Chapman3:52
10My Mother’s on That Train
Mary Alice & Alan Mcgowan1:36
11You Don’t Knock, You Just Walk On In
Reverend Ott and Family2:30
12They Tell Me of an Uncloudy Day
Walter Lee Hood1:34
13Thanks for Bill Ferris
Rose Hill Church0:35
14Over Yonder Where the Sun Will Never Shine
Rose Hill Church2:49
15I’ve Been Born Again
The Southland Hummingbirds3:18
16The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow
Lovey Williams and Family2:52
17How Did You Feel When You Come Out of the Wilderness
Providence Missionary Baptist Church4:11
18I Don’t Have to Worry About Where I Spend Eternity
Church of God in Christ2:56
19He’s My Rock, My Sword, and Shield
Fannie Bell Chapman and Family3:58
20Thank You Jesus
Walter Lee Hood and Parchman Inmates2:23
21Cross of Calvary
Mary and Amanda Gordon2:50
22My Grave’s Gonna Be Decorated on That Day
Church of God in Christ2:55
23There Are Days
The Southland Hummingbirds2:59
24You Can’t Hide Sinner
Church of God in Christ2:43
25Lord, Remember Me
Reverend Issac Thomas and Rose Hill Church2:52
26Glory, Glory (Lay My Burden Down)
Church of God in Christ8:39
3▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1On Bill
Barry Hannah1:34
2Regions of the Mind and Heart
Alice Walker0:46
3The South
Alex Haley1:46
4A Trader Is
Ray Lum1:18
5The Blues to Me
Bobby Rush1:23
6On Son Thomas and Tradition
Barry Hannah1:49
7I Know It’s Wrong to Be Playin’ the Blues
James Son Ford Thomas2:56
8Jitterbug Comes to Town
Sonny Boy Watson2:06
9You Whistlin’
James Son Ford Thomas2:19
10Mule Toast and Pool Hall Toast
Joe Skeet Skillet3:02
11The Preacher
Joe Cooper1:28
12Lyin’
Wallace Pine‐Top Johnson, Jasper Love & Maudie Shirley1:05
13Two Brothers, Heaven and Hell
Shelby Poppa Jazz Brown5:26
14Creekman Killed Charlie Kirkland
Shelby Poppa Jazz Brown3:26
15Lucille
recording of:
Lucille
writer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Franklin Boyd Music Ltd., LZMC and Pamco Music
B.B. King3:20
16On Blues Composition
Allen Ginsberg, James Son Ford Thomas & Bill Ferris4:41
17The Decline in Human Values
Robert Penn Warren2:46
18The Bible Salesman
Pecolia Warner5:06
19Fast Traders Disguising Mules
Ray Lum2:50
20Horses Too Tall to Drown
Ray Lum1:02
21The Ark and the Cats
Ray Lum1:55
22The Panther
Ray Lum1:33
23Fixing Charles Lindbergh’s Engine
Victor Bobb7:43
24Lying About Being From Mississippi
Barry Hannah0:58
25We Shall Overcome
recording of:
We Shall Overcome
lyricist:
Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton (folk musician), Zilphia Horton and Pete Seeger
composer:
Charles Albert Tindley
Pete Seeger2:13
26Cemetery Conversations
James Son Ford Thomas6:50

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