Folk Guitar, Bahaman Ballads and Rhyming Spirituals

This collection of three virtuosos from the island of Andros is a compilation of several recordings not previously released on Samuel Charters’ series of Bahamian music (see SFW40066, FW03845, and FW03846). Opening with the country’s premiere folk guitarist, Joseph Spence, whose distinctive playing style is only matched by his own half-singing/half-grunting through his pipe, this collection includes the music of John Roberts and Frederick McQueen who demonstrate the islands’ fading art of three-part anthem singing.

Track Listing

101	Bimini Gal	Joseph Spence	06:22
102	Lord Is My Shepherd	Joseph Spence	05:23
103	Glory Glory	Joseph Spence	04:50
201	Out on the Rolling Sea	John Roberts	04:18
202	Cecil Gone in the Time of Storm	John Roberts	04:58
203	Harcourt Got Drowned	Frederick McQueen	02:37
204	Dig My Grave	Frederick McQueen	02:20
205	Kneeling Down Beside the Gate	Frederick McQueen	02:23
206	Shake My Hand	Frederick McQueen	03:38