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Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia, Vol. 1

Various Artists
Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia, Vol. 1

Beginning in 1977, renowned folklorist Art Rosenbaum traveled around northern Georgia making field recordings of songs learned from the oral tradition. The outcome was a two-volume anthology and a book by the same title. The first half of Volume 1 features "early mountain songs, ballads and tunes" ranging from ancient British ballads to more recent breakdowns and love songs. The second half presents "black religious singing" (traditional spirituals), some of which are recorded in a local church.

Rosenbaum's liner notes provide detailed information about the singers and each song, as well as complete lyrics and photographs of the musicians and singers.

Track Listing

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Berthie Rogers, Paralee McCloud, and Lawrence Eller
03:05
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102
Paralee McCloud
02:15
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103
Lawrence and Vaughn Eller
02:19
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104
Ross Brown and Howard Cunningham
00:50
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105
Lawrence Eller, Vaughn Eller, and Ross Brown
02:06
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106
Leatha Eller
02:41
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107
Maude Thacker
01:27
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108
Maude Thacker
01:40
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109
W. Guy Bruce
01:13
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110
W. Guy Bruce
02:43
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111
W. Guy Bruce
02:42
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201
Brady "Doc" and Lucy Barnes
02:25
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202
Brady "Doc" Barnes
02:06
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203
Naomi Bradford and Gospel Chorus, Greater Macedonia Baptist Church of Athens
03:48
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204
Reverend Willie Gresham and Congregation, Greater Macedonia Baptist Church of Athens
05:02
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205
Reverend Nathaniel Mitchell, Sister Fleeta Mitchell, Brady "Doc" Barnes, and Lucy Barnes
01:34
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206
Brown's Chapel Choir, Imogene Riggens, Bea Robinson, Viola Watkins, Lily Mae Davis, and Otha Cooper
02:57
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207
Otha Cooper
03:53
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208
Brown's Chapel Choir, Imogene Riggens, Bea Robinson, Viola Watkins, Lily Mae Davis, and Otha Cooper
03:30