Voices of Mississippi : artists and musicians documented by William Ferris.
Blues. 44 blues I feel so good Stackalee and Billy Lyons Lil' Liza Jane Big fat mama Bottle blowing Bring me my shotgun Eyesight to the blind Cairo Jaybird Cotton eyed Joe Coal black mare I dreamed I went to the U.N. Darling if you must leave I got a letter from Hot Springs Baby loves to boogie Nothing Dust my broom The Memphis Mail Have you seen my baby Instrumental guitar piece in A Train I ride Little red rooster Darlin' why you treat me so? Water boy drowned in the Mobile Bay I ain't gonna live it no more I cannot stay here baby
Gospel. Lord, I'm in Your hand You don't know like I know I'm standing in the safety zone Children, go where I send thee What could I do? So glad I got good religion I know the Lord will make a way (Yes He will) Home on high We're so glad to be here My mother's on that train You don't knock, you just walk on in They tell me of an uncloudy day Thanks for Bill Ferris Over yonder where the sun will never shine I've been born again The Lord will make a way somehow How did you feel when you come out of the wilderness I don't have to worry about where I spend eternity He's my rock, my sword, and shield Thank you Jesus Cross of Calvary My grave's gonna be decorated on that day There are days You can't hide, sinner Lord, remember me Glory, glory (Lay my burden down)
Storytelling. On Bill Regions of the mind and heart The South A trader is The blues to me On Son Thomas and tradition I know it's wrong to be playin' the blues Jitterbug comes to town You whistlin' Mule toast and pool hall toast The preacher Lyin' Two brothers, Heaven and Hell Creekman killed Charlie Kirkland Lucille On blues composition The decline in human values The Bible salesman Fast traders disguising mules Horses too tall to drown The ark and the cats The panther Fixing Charles Lindbergh's engine Lying about being from Mississippi We shall overcome Cemetery conversations
Films. Gravel Springs fife and drum Green Valley grandparents Ray Lum : mule trader Four women artists Hush hoggies hush : Tom Johnson's praying pigs Bottle up and go
In quest of Southern voices / Blues / Gospel / The long and patient listening of William Ferris / Storytelling -- Films.
Ferris, William R. recordist, filmmaker.
Barretta, Scott, writer of supplementary textual content.
Evans, David, 1944- writer of supplementary textual content.
Rankin, Tom writer of supplementary textual content.
(James "Son Ford" Thomas) -- (Lovey Williams) -- (Wallace "Pine-Top" Johnson & Maudie Shirley with Jasper Love) -- (Scott Dunbar) -- (Mississippi Fred McDowell) -- (Louis Dotson) -- (Sonny Boy Watson) -- (Sam Myers) -- (James "Son Ford" Thomas) -- (Scott Dunbar) -- (Tom Dumas) -- (Lovey Williams) -- (Unidentified musician with Mississippi Fred McDowell) -- (Walter Lee Hood) -- (Mississippi Fred McDowell) -- (Wallace "Pine-Top" Johnson & Maudie Shirley with Jasper Love) -- (Wash Heron & "Big" Jack Johnson) -- (James "Son Ford" Thomas) -- (Scott Dunbar) -- (Sonny Boy Watson) -- (James Hughes) -- (Lovey Williams) -- (Unidentified musician with Mississippi Fred McDowell) -- (Leland musician) -- (Inmates at Parchman Farm) -- (George Lee "Sun Bud" Spears) -- (James "Son Ford" Thomas with Sonny Boy Watson)
(Mary & Amanda Gordon) -- (The Southland Hummingbirds) -- (Lovey Williams) -- (Reverend Smith and family) -- (Liddle Hines) -- (Providence Missionary Baptist Church) -- (Church of God in Christ) -- (Walter Lee Hood and Parchman inmates) -- (Fannie Bell Chapman) -- (Mary Alice & Alan McGowan) -- (Reverend Ott & Family) -- (Walter Lee Hood) -- (Rose Hill Church) -- (Rose Hill Church) -- (The Southland Hummingbirds) -- (Lovey Williams & Family) -- (Providence Missionary Baptist Church) -- (Church of God in Christ) -- (Fannie Bell Chapman & family) -- (Walter Lee Hood & Parchman inmates) -- (Mary & Amanda Gordon) -- (Church of God in Christ) -- (The Southland Hummingbirds) -- (Church of God in Christ) -- (Reverend Isaac Thomas & Rose Hill Church) -- (Church of God in Christ).
(Barry Hannah) -- (Alice Walker) -- (Alex Haley) -- (Ray Lum) -- (Bobby Rush) -- (Barry Hannah) -- (James "Son Ford" Thomas) -- (Sonny Boy Watson) -- (James "Son Ford" Thomas) -- (Joe "Skeet" Skillet) -- (Joe Cooper) -- (Wallace "Time-Top" Johnson, Jasper Love, & Maudie Shirley) -- (Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown) -- (Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown) -- (B.B. King) -- (Allen Ginsberg, James "Son Ford" Thomas, and Bill Ferris) -- (Robert Penn Warren) -- (Pecolia Warner) -- (Ray Lum) -- (Ray Lum) -- (Ray Lum) -- (Ray Lum) -- (Victor Bobb) -- (Barry Hannah) -- (Pete Seeger) -- (James "Son Ford" Thomas).
(Otha Turner) (Pecolia Warner, Eudora Welty, Ethel Mohamed, Theora Hamblett) (Louis Dotson)
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