Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris

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

Tracklist

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 Love, 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
28My Mother’s on That Train
Mary Alice & Alan McGowan1:36
29You Don’t Know Like I Know
The Southland Hummingbirds3:49
30I’m Standing in the Safety Zone
Lovey Williams1:21
31Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Reverend Smith and Family3:28
32What Could I Do?
Liddle Hines3:23
33So Glad I Got Good Religion
Providence Missionary Baptist Church3:21
34I Know the Lord Will Make a Way (Yes He Will)
Church of God in Christ2:08
35Home on High
Walter Lee Hood and Parchman Inmates2:28
36We’re So Glad to Be Here
Fannie Bell Chapman3:52
37Lord, I’m in Your Hand
Mary & Amanda Gordon2:59
38You Don’t Knock, You Just Walk On In
Reverend Ott & Family2:30
39They Tell Me of an Uncloudy Day
Walter Lee Hood1:34
40Thanks for Bill Ferris
Rose Hill Church0:35
41Over Yonder Where the Sun Will Never Shine
Rose Hill Church2:49
42I’ve Been Born Again
The Southland Hummingbirds3:18
43The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow
Lovey Williams & Family2:52
44How Did You Feel When You Come Out of the Wilderness
Providence Missionary Baptist Church4:11
45I Don’t Have to Worry About Where I Spend Eternity
Church of God in Christ2:56
46He’s My Rock, My Sword, and Shield
Fannie Bell Chapman & Family3:58
47Thank You Jesus
Walter Lee Hood & Parchman Inmates2:23
48Cross of Calvary
Mary & Amanda Gordon2:50
49My Grave’s Gonna Be Decorated on That Day
Church of God in Christ2:55
50There Are Days
The Southland Hummingbirds2:59
51You Can’t Hide Sinner
Church of God in Christ2:43
52Lord, Remember Me
Reverend Issac Thomas & Rose Hill Church2:52
53Glory, Glory (Lay My Burden Down)
Church of God in Christ8:39
54On Bill
Barry Hannah1:34
55Regions of the Mind and Heart
Alice Walker0:46
56The South
Alex Haley1:46
57A Trader Is
Ray Lum1:18
58The Blues to Me
Bobby Rush1:23
59On Son Thomas and Tradition
Barry Hannah1:49
60I Know It’s Wrong to Be Playin’ the Blues
James “Son Ford” Thomas2:56
61Jitterbug Comes to Town
Sonny Boy Watson2:06
62You Whistlin’
James “Son Ford” Thomas2:19
63Mule Toast and Pool Hall Toast
Joe "Skeet" Skillet3:02
64The Preacher
Joe Cooper1:28
65Lyin’
Wallace “Pine‐Top” Johnson, Jasper Love & Maudie Shirley1:05
66Two Brothers, Heaven and Hell
Shelby “Poppa Jazz” Brown5:26
67Creekman Killed Charlie Kirkland
Shelby “Poppa Jazz” Brown3:26
68Lucille
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
69On Blues Composition
Allen Ginsberg, James “Son Ford” Thomas, and Bill Ferris4:41
70The Decline in Human Values
Robert Penn Warren2:46
71The Bible Salesman
Pecolia Warner5:06
72Fast Traders Disguising Mules
Ray Lum2:50
73Horses Too Tall to Drown
Ray Lum1:02
74The Ark and the Cats
Ray Lum1:55
75The Panther
Ray Lum1:33
76Fixing Charles Lindbergh’s Engine
Victor Bobb7:43
77Lying About Being From Mississippi
Barry Hannah0:58
78We 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
79Cemetery Conversations
James “Son Ford” Thomas6:50