Southern Journey, Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi - Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music

Alan Lomax, Various Artists - Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B0000002UK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,706 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #36 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Delta Blues

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Gift You Weren't Expecting, November 9, 1998

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Craig Riecke (East Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Journey, Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi - Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music (Audio CD)

These days, it's easy to forget that folk music is made by ... well, folks. And not folks in Greenwich Village. These field recordings are stunning in their breadth, clarity, and subtlety. The singers have played these songs for years and have a homey, bright feel to them. "God's Unchanging Hand" is beautiful, slow, deliberate gospel, and "Fred McDowell's Blues" is earthy and transcendent at once. This is my favorite field recording EVER.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Collection, February 18, 2005

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D. Webster (Falmouth, Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Journey, Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi - Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music (Audio CD)

I love the Southern Journey series, and this particular volume is heavily into blues. The first field recordings, actually the first recordings ever, of Fred McDowell alone make this essential listening. For anyone with more than a passing interest in country delta blues this cd is essential. The spirituals and work songs are absolute magic. This is the real deal, not something dreamed up in a recording studio.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw & Real & Robust AAAAAAA+++++++++++, February 10, 2008

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P. Edmonds - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Journey, Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi - Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music (Audio CD)

These recordings take blues to a higher level. To hear an artist clear his throat or a dog barking in the backround in the middle of a song, it doesnt get anymore real than this. A fantastic mix of styles plus the stories behind the songs in the sleeve. Its one of the best field hollering collections I own. Lomax was a genius to preserve this music and artistry, my only regret, I wish I accompanied him in the process of gathering these historical recordings. I would of loved to meet the men and women creating this music....