Negro Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 1: Secular

In an attempt to break away from the caricature of black music that was popular in America during the 1950s, Harold Courlander compiled this collection as documentation of black music in Alabama in its purest form. This first volume of secular music highlights some of the different manifestations of black music during that time including the virtuosic harmonica playing of Joe Brown, the left-handed guitar playing of Willie Smith, and the popular ring games of school children.

Track Listing

101	Mama Don't Tear My Clothes Joe Brown	01:42
102	Southern Pacific Joe Brown	01:23
103	Black Woman Rich Amerson	05:00
104	Kansas City Blues Red Willie Smith	01:46
105	Salty Dog Blues Red Willie Smith	01:30
106	I’m Goin’ up North Children of East York School, East York, Alabama	01:27
107	Little Sally Walker Children of Lilly's Chapel School, York, Alabama	01:05
108	See See Rider Children of Lilly's Chapel School, York, Alabama	01:21
201	Mama’s Goin’ to Buy Him a Little Lap Dog Vera Hall	00:47
202	Soon as My Back’s Turned Earthy Anne Coleman	01:35
203	She Done Got Ugly Willie Turner	01:21
204	Now Your Man Done Gone Willie Turner	02:05
205	Field Call Annie Grace Horn Dodson	01:20
206	Father's Field Call Annie Grace Horn Dodson	00:27
207	Children's Call Annie Grace Horn Dodson	00:45
208	Greeting Call Annie Grace Horn Dodson	00:48
209	Complaint Call Enoch Brown	00:42
210	Brer Rabbit and the Alligators Rich Amerson	03:55