Time: 76:44+76:32+69:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Gospel
Art: Front
CD 1:
01. James 'Son Ford' Thomas - 44 Blues (3:43)
02. Lovey Williams - I Feel So Good (2:02)
03. Wallace 'Pine Top' Johnson, Maudie Shirley, & Jasper Love - Stackalee And Billy Lyons (2:41)
04. Scott Dunbar - Lil' Liza Jane (2:56)
05. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Big Fat Mama (2:24)
06. Louis Dotson - Bottle Blowing (0:49)
07. Sonny Boy Watson - Bring Me My Shotgun (3:05)
08. Sam Myers - Eyesight To The Blind (2:21)
09. James 'Son Ford' Thomas - Cairo (2:46)
10. Scott Dunbar - Jaybird (8:31)
11. Tom Dumas - Cotton Eyed Joe (2:20)
12. Lovey Williams - Coal Black Mare (2:33)
13. Unidentified Musician With Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Dreamed I Went To The U.N' (2:26)
14. Walter Lee Hood - Darling If You Must Leave (1:02)
15. Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Got A Letter From Hot Springs (3:51)
16. Wallace 'Pine Top' Johnson, Maudie Shirley, & Jasper Love - Baby Loves To Boogie (3:09)
17. Wash Heron & 'Big' Jack Johnson - Nothing (1:33)
18. James 'Son Ford' Thomas - Dust My Broom (2:28)
19. Scott Dunbar - The Memphis Mail (3:27)
20. Sonny Boy Watson - Have You Seen My Baby (3:45)
21. James Hughes - Instrumental Guitar Piece In A (1:33)
22. Lovey Williams - Train I Ride (1:53)
23. Unidentified Musician With Mississippi Fred McDowell - Little Red Rooster (2:58)
24. Leland Musician - Darlin' Why You Treat Me So' (2:15)
25. Inmates At Parchman Farm - Water Boy Drowned In The Mobile Bay (1:53)
26. George Lee 'Sun Bud' Spears - I Ain't Gonna Live It No More (4:06)
27. James 'Son Ford' Thomas With Sonny Boy Watson - I Cannot Stay Here Baby (4:01)
CD 2:
01. Mary & Amanda Gordon - Lord, I'm In Your Hand (2:55)
02. The Southland Hummingbirds - You Don't Know Like I Know (3:44)
03. Lovey Williams - I'm Standing In The Safety Zone (0:46)
04. Reverend Smith & Family - Children, Go Where I Send Thee (3:23)
05. Liddle Hines - What Could I Do (3:19)
06. Providence Missionary Baptist Church - So Glad I Got Good Religion (3:17)
07. Church Of God In Christ - I Know The Lord Will Make A Way (Yes He Will) (2:04)
08. Walter Lee Hood & Parchman Inmates - Home On High (2:24)
09. Fannie Bell Chapman - We're So Glad To Be Here (3:48)
10. Mary Alice & Alan McGowan - My Mother's On That Train (1:32)
11. Reverend Ott & Family - You Don't Knock, You Just Walk On In (2:26)
12. Walter Lee Hood - They Tell Me Of An Uncloudy Day (1:29)
13. Rose Hill Church - Thanks For Bill Ferris (0:31)
14. Rose Hill Church - Over Yonder Where The Sun Will Never Shine (2:45)
15. The Southland Hummingbirds - I've Been Born Again (3:14)
16. Lovey Williams & Family - The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (2:48)
17. Providence Missionary Baptist Church - How Did You Feel When You Come Out Of The Wilderness (4:07)
18. Church Of God In Christ - I Don't Have To Worry About Where I Spend Eternity (2:52)
19. Fannie Bell Chapman & Family - He's My Rock, My Sword, And Shield (3:54)
20. Walter Lee Hood & Parchman Inmates - Thank You Jesus (2:22)
21. Mary & Amanda Gordon - Cross Of Calvary (2:46)
22. Church Of God In Christ - My Grave's Gonna Be Decorated On That Day (2:53)
23. The Southland Hummingbirds - There Are Days (2:55)
24. Church Of God In Christ - You Can't Hide Sinner (2:39)
25. Reverend Isaac Thomas & Rose Hill Church - Lord, Remember Me (2:48)
26. Church Of God In Christ - Glory, Glory (Lay My Burden Down) (8:37)
CD 3:
01. Barry Hannah - On Bill (1:32)
02. Alice Walker - Regions Of The Mind And Heart (0:42)
03. Alex Haley - The South (1:42)
04. Ray Lum - A Trader Is (1:14)
05. Bobby Rush - The Blues To Me (1:22)
06. Barry Hannah - On Son Thomas And Tradition (1:45)
07. James 'Son Ford' Thomas - I Know It's Wrong To Be Playin' The Blues (2:51)
08. Sonny Boy Watson - Jitterbug Comes To Town (2:02)
09. James 'Son Ford' Thomas - You Whistlin' (2:15)
10. Joe 'Skeet' Skillet - Mule Toast And Pool Hall Toast (2:58)
11. Joe Cooper - The Preacher (1:24)
12. Wallace 'Pine Top' Johnson, Jasper Love, & Maudie Shirley - Lyin' (1:01)
13. Shelby 'Poppa Jazz' Brown - Two Brothers, Heaven And Hell (5:22)
14. Shelby 'Poppa Jazz' Brown - Creekman Killed Charlie Kirkland (3:23)
15. B.B. King - Lucille (3:17)
16. Allen Ginsberg, James 'Son Ford' Thomas & Bill Ferris - On Blues Composition (4:37)
17. Robert Penn Warren - The Decline In Human Values (2:42)
18. Pecolia Warner - The Bible Salesman (5:04)
19. Ray Lum - Fast Traders Disguising Mules (2:41)
20. Ray Lum - Horses Too Tall To Drown (0:58)
21. Ray Lum - The Ark And The Cats (1:51)
22. Ray Lum - The Panther (1:32)
23. Victor Bobb - Fixing Charles Lindbergh's Engine (7:39)
24. Barry Hannah - Lying About Being From Mississippi (0:54)
25. Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome (2:09)
26. James 'Son Ford' Thomas - Cemetery Conversations (6:49)
This watershed release represents the life’s work of William Ferris, an audio recordist, filmmaker, folklorist, and teacher with anunwavering commitment to establish and to expand the study of the American South. William Ferris was born in Vicksburg, Mississippiin 1942.
Growing up on a working farm, Ferris began at a young age documenting the artwork, music, and lives of the people on thefarm and in his local community. The archive of recordings that he created and the documentary films that he had a hand in producinghave served as powerful tools in institutions of higher learning for decades. It is with great excitement that we present these films andrecordings. Our hope is that the enjoyment and educational value that has been received by Ferris’s students over the years will betransmitted to listeners around the world and further the understanding of Southern culture.
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris includes three CDs -- two of the CDs feature blues and gospel recordings (1966-1978), and the final CD features interviews and storytelling (1968-1994).
Growing up on a working farm, Ferris began at a young age documenting the artwork, music, and lives of the people on thefarm and in his local community. The archive of recordings that he created and the documentary films that he had a hand in producinghave served as powerful tools in institutions of higher learning for decades. It is with great excitement that we present these films andrecordings. Our hope is that the enjoyment and educational value that has been received by Ferris’s students over the years will betransmitted to listeners around the world and further the understanding of Southern culture.
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris includes three CDs -- two of the CDs feature blues and gospel recordings (1966-1978), and the final CD features interviews and storytelling (1968-1994).
Voices Of Mississippi
