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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101
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Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Fred McDowell | 3:21 | |
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102
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Little Girl, Little Girl, How Old Are You | Fred McDowell | 2:59 | |
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103
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Fred's Rambling Blues | Fred McDowell | 4:46 | |
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104
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Don't Look For Me On A Sunday | Fred McDowell | 6:59 | |
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105
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I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis | Fred McDowell | 4:20 | |
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106
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Red Cross Store Blues | Fred McDowell | 3:05 | |
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107
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Gravel Road Blues | Fred McDowell | 5:02 | |
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108
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Where Were You When The Rooster Crowed 'Fore Day | Fred McDowell | 3:35 | |
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109
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Drop Down Mama | Fred McDowell | 2:54 | |
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110
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I Looked At The Sun | Fred McDowell | 3:23 | |
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111
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Early This Morning (Write Me A Few Of Your Lines) | Fred McDowell | 3:24 | |
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112
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Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning | Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell | 2:53 | |
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113
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Get Right Church | Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell | 2:29 | |
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114
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I'm Going Over The Hill | Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell | 2:42 | |
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115
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Amazing Grace | Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell | 3:32 | |
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116
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I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down | Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell | 1:45 | |
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117
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You Gotta Move | Fred McDowell, Annie Mae MCDowell, & Hunters Chapel Spiritual Singers | 3:46 | |
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118
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It's A Blessing | Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell | 2:46 | |
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119
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Bye And Bye | Fred McDowell | 3:03 | |
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120
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I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion | Fred McDowell | 4:27 | |
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121
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Look Way Down That Lonesome Road | Fred McDowell | 3:29 | |
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122
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When The Saints Go Marching In | Fred McDowell | 2:19 |
Album Info
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