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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
Subseries 3: Events (continued)
Georgia Sea Islands (talk with songs: Been In the Storm, My Mind, We Shall Overcome, See God's Ark)
Alan Lomax (morning session)
Guy Carawan
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0355 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 3, May 7, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 355 / Edwards / Mississippi / 3 / Itta Bena Freedom Singers. See note for SR0353. Jake McGrainy was from Quito, MS; all other singers in the group were from Itta Bena, MS.
2nd session - workshop (afternoon)
Itta Bena Freedom Singers: Clint Loggins, Cleveland Anderson, Colton Ginn, Nick Hampton, James Reed, William McGee, Jake McCrainy - harmonica player)
Bessie [Jones] teaching songs and games
demo. Hand clapping technique (Johnny Brown, Johnny C[?] and [?])
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0356 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 4, May 7, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 356 / Edwards / Mississippi / 4 / Doc Reese / Bessie. See note for SR0353.
2nd session (Friday afternoon)
games etc. by Bessie [Jones]
Doc Reese teaching work songs (Texas songs)
Alan [Lomax] - Stewball with Freedom Group; also Riley
Row Michael Row; Reborn Again; Down On Me; Drive Old Satan Away
Doc Reese - start of Go Down Old Hannah
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0357 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 5, May 7, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 357 / Edwards / Mississippi / 5 / Doc Reese / Bessie. See note for SR0353.
End of 2nd session, with Doc Reese and Bessie [Jones]
Evening session
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0358 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 6, May 8, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 358 / Edwards / Mississippi / 6 / Discussion / Doc Reese / Alan Lomax / Guy. See note for SR0353.
2nd part of morning session
Discussion etc. - Doc Reese, Alan [Lomax], Guy [Carawan]
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0359 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 7, May 7-8, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 359 / Edwards / Mississippi / 7 / Discussion / Doc Reese / Alan Lomax / Guy. See note for SR0353.
Last half evening session, May 7, 1965
First part of morning session, May 8, 1965
Discussion of why's [?] in regard to singing
With Doc Reese, Guy [Carawan], Alan Lomax, Freedom Cove
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0360 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 8, May 8, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 360 / Edwards / Mississippi / 8 / Talk on African Music by Alan Lomax. See note for SR0353.
Saturday afternoon
This Little Light of Mine - talk by Alan Lomax on African music
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0361 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 9, May 8, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 361 / Edwards / Mississippi / 9 / Alan Lomax / Ed Young / Freedom Singers. See note for SR0353.
Saturday afternoon
Alan Lomax
Ed Young
MSH [?]
Freedom Singers (Cordell [Reagon] [?])
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0362 Sing for Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, tape 10, 1965
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
From the tape box side panel: 362 / Edwards / Mississippi / 10 / Ed Young / Ed McCraney / Bessie / Itta Bena Singers. See note for SR0353.
Saturday evening
Ed Young - Ida Ray and Sitting on Top of the World
Jake McCraney [?] with Guy [Carawan]
Cordell [Reagon] - Which Side; Brown Baby
Bessie [Jones] - Lullaby; Buzzard Lope
Alan [Lomax], Little John [Lomax?] - [?]
Itta Bena Singers
Roger
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0579 850 / Resurrection City / Wash. D.C. / Town Meeting / CBS dub / 1 of 3, May 16, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Resurrection City town meeting
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0580 851 / Resurrection City / Wash. D.C. / Town Meeting / CBS dub / 2 of 3, May 16, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
See note for SR0579
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0626 716 / Resurrection City / Washington D.C. Town Meeting / CBS Dub / 3 of 3, June 16, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Dub of CBS News. The tape box back has the date May 15, and a tape box panel has June 16.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0581 853 / Resurrection City Festival / #1, May 29, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, two track, mono ; 7 in.
1st generation dub of tapes made by Ralph Rinzler. Source recordings located at Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections.
Side 1
1. Woke Up This Moring With My Mind on Freedom (J. Collier, James Thornton, Bernice Reagon)
2. Precious Lord (Eddie Walker)
3. Norman Molton and Co.
4 [a]. Mule Train - Robert Sinclair (Memphis)
4 [b]. Coal Train - Robert Sinclair (Memphis)
4 [c]. Panama Limited - Robert Sinclair (Memphis)
5. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen -James Thornton
6. Birds of Paradise (musical group)
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0582 854 / Resurrection City Festival / #2, May 29, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, two track, mono ; 7 in.
See note for SR0581. Songs 2-4 not documented on the tape box; these were located in the metadata for the recording on the Smithsonian web site.
1. When the War is Over - Georgia Sea Island Singers
2. Handwriting on the Wall - Georgia Sea Island Singers
3. Give Me the Gourd to Drink Water - Georgia Sea Island Singers
4. Going Across Jordan - Georgia Sea Island Singers
5 [a]. Bye and Bye - Libba Cotten [Elizabeth Cotten]
5 [b]. Freight Train - Libba Cotten [Elizabeth Cotten]
5 [c]. Babe It Ain't No Lie - Libba Cotten [Elizabeth Cotten]
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0583 855 / Resurrection City Festival / #3, May 29, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, two track, mono ; 7 in.
See note for SR0581
1. [unidentified]
2. South Dakota Indians
3. [unidentified]
4. Ponca Sioux
5/ D[?]/Willie Clyde (D[?]n)
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0584 720 / Resurrection City Festival / #4, May 29, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, two track, mono ; 7 in.
See note for SR0581. The original was recorded on a Nagara, full track.
David from Detroit
Bernice Reagon
Indians
Saints Go Marching In - group
Dea[?]
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0585 721 / Resurrection City Festival / #5, May 29, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, two track, mono ; 7 in.
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