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Negro Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 1: Secular

Various Artists
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

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101
Joe Brown
01:42
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102
Joe Brown
01:23
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103
Rich Amerson
05:00
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104
Red Willie Smith
01:46
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105
Red Willie Smith
01:30
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106
Children of East York School, East York, Alabama
01:27
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107
Children of Lilly's Chapel School, York, Alabama
01:05
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108
Children of Lilly's Chapel School, York, Alabama
01:21
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201
Vera Hall
00:47
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202
Earthy Anne Coleman
01:35
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203
Willie Turner
01:21
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204
Willie Turner
02:05
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205
Annie Grace Horn Dodson
01:20
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206
Annie Grace Horn Dodson
00:27
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207
Annie Grace Horn Dodson
00:45
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208
Annie Grace Horn Dodson
00:48
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209
Enoch Brown
00:42
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210
Rich Amerson
03:55