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Good Morning Little School Girl

Mississippi Fred McDowell
Good Morning Little School Girl

The Mississippi hill country is the Delta’s tobacco-spitting, one-eye-missing, hard-luck cousin. Distinct in style from the more popular Delta blues of Robert Johnson, hill country blues is characterized by an emphasis on rhythm and percussive guitar. Mississippi Fred McDowell’s weathered voice soars over the hypnotic, droning groove of his bottleneck slide guitar. On several tracks his wife, Annie Mae, joins in, contributing her hoarse, high wail to the driving force of the spirituals. Standards like “Amazing Grace” and the titular “Good Morning Little School Girl” are transformed into haunting, elemental dirges. McDowell does not play rock ʼn’ roll, but the spirit is rollicking in this compilation of spirituals and blues.

Track Listing

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Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:21
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102
Mississippi Fred McDowell
02:59
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103
Mississippi Fred McDowell
04:46
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104
Mississippi Fred McDowell
06:59
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105
Mississippi Fred McDowell
04:20
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106
Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:05
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107
Mississippi Fred McDowell
05:02
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108
Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:35
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109
Mississippi Fred McDowell
02:54
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110
Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:23
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111
Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:24
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112
Mississippi Fred McDowell and Annie Mae McDowell
02:53
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113
Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell, Hunters Chapel Spiritual Singers
02:29
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114
Mississippi Fred McDowell and Annie Mae McDowell
02:42
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115
Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell, Hunters Chapel Spiritual Singers
03:32
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116
Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell, Hunters Chapel Spiritual Singers
01:45
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117
Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell, Hunters Chapel Spiritual Singers
03:46
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118
Mississippi Fred McDowell and Annie Mae McDowell
02:46
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119
Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:03
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120
Mississippi Fred McDowell
04:27
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121
Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:29
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122
Mississippi Fred McDowell
02:19