Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris (4-CD)

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 3
Released: June 1, 2018
Originally Released: 2018
Label: Dust To Digital

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.44 Blues - James "Son" Thomas
2.I Feel So Good - Lovey Williams
3.Stackalee and Billy Lyons - Jasper Love / Maudie Shirley / Wallace Johnson
4.Lil' Liza Jane - Scott Dunbar
5.Big Fat Mama - Mississippi Fred McDowell
6.Bottle Blowing - Louis Dotson
7.Bring Me My Shotgun - Sonny Boy Watson
8.Eyesight to the Blind - Sam Myers
9.Cairo - James "Son" Thomas
10.Jaybird - Scott Dunbar
11.Cotton Eyed Joe - Tom Dumas
12.Coal Black Mare - Lovey Williams
13.I Dreamed I Went to the U.N. - Mississippi Fred McDowell
14.Darling If You Must Leave - Walter Lee Hood
15.I Got a Letter From Hot Springs - Mississippi Fred McDowell
16.Baby Loves to Boogie - Jasper Love / Maudie Shirley / Wallace Johnson
17.Nothing - Wash Heron / Big Jack Johnson
18.Dust My Broom - James "Son" Thomas
19.Memphis Mail, The - Scott Dunbar
20.Have You Seen My Baby - Sonny Boy Watson
21.Instrumental Guitar Piece in A - James Hughes
22.Train I Ride - Lovey Williams
23.Little Red Rooster - Mississippi Fred McDowell
24.Darlin' Why You Treat Me So? - Leland Musician
25.Water Boy Drowned in the Mobile Bay - Inmates
26.I Ain't Gonna Live It No More - George Lee "Sun Bud" Spears
27.I Cannot Stay Here Baby - James "Son" Thomas - (featuring Sonny Boy Watson)

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Lord, I'm in Your Hand - Mary and Amanda Gordon
2.You Don't Know Like I Know - The Southland Hummingbirds
3.I'm Standing in the Safety Zone - Lovey Williams
4.Children, Go Where I Send Thee - Reverend Smith and Family
5.What Could I Do? - Liddle Hines
6.So Glad I Got Good Religion - Providence Missionary Baptist Church
7.I Know the Lord Will Make a Way (Yes He Will) - Church Of God In Christ
8.Home on High - Parchman Inmates / Walter Lee Hood
9.We're So Glad To Be Here - Fannie Bell Chapman
10.My Mother's on that Train - Mary Alice / Alan McGowan
11.You Don't Knock, You Just Walk on In - Reverend Ott and Family
12.They Tell Me of an Uncloudy Day - Walter Lee Hood
13.Thanks for Bill Ferris - Rose Hill Church
14.Over Yonder Where the Sun Will Never Shine - Rose Hill Church
15.I've Been Born Again - The Southland Hummingbirds
16.Lord Will Make a Way Somehow, The - Lovey Williams
17.How Did You Feel When You Come Out of the Wilderness - Providence Missionary Baptist Church
18.I Don't Have to Worry About Where I Spend Eternity - Church Of God In Christ
19.He's My Rock, My Sword, and Shield - Fannie Bell Chapman
20.Thank You Jesus - Parchman Inmates / Walter Lee Hood
21.Cross of Calvary - Mary and Amanda Gordon
22.My Grave's Gonna Be Decorated on that Day - Church Of God In Christ
23.There Are Days - The Southland Hummingbirds
24.You Can't Hide Sinner - Church Of God In Christ
25.Lord, Remember Me - Isaac Thomas / Rose Hill Church
26.Glory, Glory (Lay My Burden Down) - Church Of God In Christ

Tracks on Disc 3:

1.On Bill - Barry Hannah
2.Regions of the Mind and Heart - Alice Walker
3.South, The - Alex Haley
4.Trader Is, A - Ray Lum
5.Blues to Me, The - Bobby Rush
6.On Son Thomas and Tradition - Barry Hannah
7.I Know It's Wrong to Be Playin' the Blues - James "Son" Thomas
8.Jitterbug Comes to Town - Sonny Boy Watson
9.You Whistlin' - James "Son" Thomas
10.Mule Toast and Pool Hall Toast - Joe "Skeet" Skillet
11.Preacher, The - Joe Cooper
12.Lyin' - Jasper Love / Maudie Shirley / Wallace Johnson
13.Two Brothers, Heaven and Hell - Shelby Brown
14.Creekman Killed Charlie Kirkland - Shelby Brown
15.Lucille - B.B. King
16.On Blues Composition - James "Son" Thomas / Allen Ginsberg / Bill Ferris
17.Decline in Human Values, The - Robert Penn Warren
18.Bible Salesman, The - Pecolia Warner
19.Fast Traders Disguising Mules - Ray Lum
20.Horses Too Tall to Drown - Ray Lum
21.Ark and the Cats, The - Ray Lum
22.Panther, The - Ray Lum
23.Fixing Charles Lindbergh's Engine - Victor Bobb
24.Lying About Being from Mississippi - Barry Hannah
25.We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger
26.Cemetery Conversations - James "Son" Thomas

Tracks on Disc 4:

1.Gravel Springs Fife and Drum
2.Green Valley Grandparents
3.Ray Lum: Mule Trader
4.Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
5.Four Women Artists
6.Hush Hoggies Hush: Tom Johnson's Praying Pigs
7.Bottle Up and Go

Product Description:

Deluxe box set with a 120-page hardcover book edited by William Ferris. The set features essays by Scott Barretta, David Evans and Tom Rankin; Two CDs of Blues and Gospel recordings (1966-1978); One CD of Interviews and Storytelling (1968-1994); One DVD of Documentary Films (1972-1980). Also included are transcriptions for each track and a download/streaming code. Winner of two 2019 Grammy Awards: Best Historical Album and Best Liner Notes.