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Louisiana catch that train and testify!

Language: English
French
Format: Music CD 2004
Availability: Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies

Available (2)
Location Collection Call #
CLP - Main Library Second Floor Film & Audio--Music CD COMPACT DISC Fo Lou 25004
Location  CLP - Main Library
 
Collection  Second Floor Film & Audio--Music CD
 
Call Number  COMPACT DISC Fo Lou 25004
 
 
Penn Hills Library Audio Visual CD #4556 MIS
Location  Penn Hills Library
 
Collection  Audio Visual
 
Call Number  CD #4556 MIS
 
 

Contents
Hallelujah (Lamb on the altar) ; New Calvary (Washington Brown and group)
Lord, Lord, Shorty ; Good Lord (Joe (Washington) Brown and group)
Catch that train ; Big Leg Ida (Sam Ballard)
Julie Montgomery (unidentified male section group)
Bye-bye, bonsoir, mes parents (Paul Junius Malveaux and Ernest Lafitte)
J'ai fait tout le tour du pays (Jimmy Peters and ring dance singers)
Là-bas chez Moreau (Cleveland Benoit and Darby Hicks)
Je veux me marier (Jimmy Peters and ring dance singers)
Moi malheureux ; Si li, lé bat (Joe Massie)
Bonsoir, petit monde (Paul Junius Malveaux and Ernest Lafitte)
Zydeco pas salé ; Allons à Lafayette (Anderson Moss and group)
(Goodnight) Irene ; Mama, did you bring me any silver? (Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly))
(Little) Liza Jane (Stavin' Chain (Wilson Jones) and string band)
Trench blues (John Bray)
Baton Rouge rag/interview (Joe Harris)
Winding boy ; Tiger rag/interview (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton; recorded May-June 1938, Washington, D.C.).
Additional Information
Subjects Popular music -- Louisiana -- 1931-1940.
Folk songs, English -- Louisiana.
Folk songs, Cajun French -- Louisiana.
Zydeco music.
Ring shout (Dance) -- Louisiana.
Work songs -- Louisiana.
Blues (Music) -- Louisiana -- 1931-1940.
String band music -- Louisiana.
Jazz -- Louisiana -- 1931-1940.
Field recordings.
Publisher Cambridge, Mass. :Rounder Select,2004
Other Titles Catch that train and testify!
Contributors Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, recordist.
Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948, recordist.
Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill), recordist.
Yeager, Paul, recordist.
Participants/Performers Various performers.
Language English
French
Notes Contains some previously unreleased material.
Compact disc.
Program notes by John Cowley and Barry Jean Ancelet, biographical notes on performers, bibliography, discography, and lyrics with English translations ([40] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Description 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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