Home  |  Search help  |  Classification Scheme   |   Leslie Shepard   |   Zotero

Black Texicans : balladeers and songsters of the Texas frontier

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: CD 1821 | RounderSeries: Alan Lomax collection, Deep river of songPublication details: Rounder, 1999.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):
Contents:
1. St. James Hospital / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 2. The old Chisolm trail / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 3. Ranging buffalo (The buffalo skinners) / Pete Harris -- 4. Western cowboy / Lead Belly -- 5. Western cowboy / Percy Ridge -- 6. St. James Hospital / James “Iron Head” Baker -- 7. Jack of Diamonds / Pete Harris -- 8. He rambled / Pete Harris -- 9. My pretty little yellow gal (My yellow gal) Lightnin’ Washington and work group -- 10. Pick a bale of cotton / Unnamed axe-cutting group -- 11. That's all right, baby / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 12. Old aunt Dinah / “Butter Boy” -- 13. Square dance calls (Little Liza Jane) / Pete Harris -- 14. East Texas rag / Smith Casey -- 15. When I was a little boy / The Angelina Quartet -- 16. Rabbit in the garden / Ace Johnson -- 17. Old aunt Dinah / Henry Truvillion -- 18. Let's go a-huntin’ (Come on boys and let's go to huntin’) / Henry Truvillion -- 19. Walk-a-Dolly walk / Henry Truvillion -- 20. Fox chase / Unnamed harmonica player -- 21. Old Joe Clark / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 22. Long summer day / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 23. Log rolling / Uncle Billy McCrea -- 24. Buzzard song (Old king buzzard) / Arthur Armstrong -- 25. Boll weevil / Phineas Rockmore -- 26. Been on the cholly so long / Don Mooney -- 27. The Dallas railway / Will Roseborough and tie tamping group -- 28. Traveling man / Phineas Rockmore-- 29. The train / Unnamed harmonica player.

Compact disc.

Ethnographic and historical information plus song texts and translations in booklet.

1. St. James Hospital / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 2. The old Chisolm trail / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 3. Ranging buffalo (The buffalo skinners) / Pete Harris -- 4. Western cowboy / Lead Belly -- 5. Western cowboy / Percy Ridge -- 6. St. James Hospital / James “Iron Head” Baker -- 7. Jack of Diamonds / Pete Harris -- 8. He rambled / Pete Harris -- 9. My pretty little yellow gal (My yellow gal) Lightnin’ Washington and work group -- 10. Pick a bale of cotton / Unnamed axe-cutting group -- 11. That's all right, baby / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 12. Old aunt Dinah / “Butter Boy” -- 13. Square dance calls (Little Liza Jane) / Pete Harris -- 14. East Texas rag / Smith Casey -- 15. When I was a little boy / The Angelina Quartet -- 16. Rabbit in the garden / Ace Johnson -- 17. Old aunt Dinah / Henry Truvillion -- 18. Let's go a-huntin’ (Come on boys and let's go to huntin’) / Henry Truvillion -- 19. Walk-a-Dolly walk / Henry Truvillion -- 20. Fox chase / Unnamed harmonica player -- 21. Old Joe Clark / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 22. Long summer day / Moses “Clear Rock” Platt -- 23. Log rolling / Uncle Billy McCrea -- 24. Buzzard song (Old king buzzard) / Arthur Armstrong -- 25. Boll weevil / Phineas Rockmore -- 26. Been on the cholly so long / Don Mooney -- 27. The Dallas railway / Will Roseborough and tie tamping group -- 28. Traveling man / Phineas Rockmore-- 29. The train / Unnamed harmonica player.

Share