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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#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 and 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