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Recorded by Alan Lomax on May 5, 1960 on St. Simons Island, GA as part of his Southern Journeys recordings of ...

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Bessie Jones leads a work song she first heard sung by a road-crew chain gang in Georgia in the nineteen-teens...


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Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers from the DVD--The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes -- available from ...

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In voudun there are gods and demigods of death and of the cemetery who come to the dancing ground and possess ...

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The late Bessie Jones, one of THE greatest folk singers, and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, singing Before Th...

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Bessie Jones, lead vocal, with Nat Rahmings, drum; Hobart Smith, banjo; Ed Young, fife; and John Davis, Henry ...

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Bessie Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984), gospel singer from Smithville, GA[1]. She learned her songs f...

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Georgia Sea Island Singers from the DVD- The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes- available from www.media-generation.co...

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Bessie Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984), gospel singer from Smithville, GA[1]. She learned her songs f...

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From the So Glad I m Here : Songs And Games From The Georgia Sea Islands Singers: Bessie Jones, Douglas Quimby...

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From the collection of Alan Lomax recordings Southern Journey Volume 1: Voices from the American South...

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Georgia Sea Island Singers from the DVD- The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes- available from www.media-generation.co...

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Lead singer on this track Bessie Burkes. Bessie Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984), gospel singer from S...

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Bessie Jones - Daniel in the Lion s Den Townes Van Zandt - Highway Kind, Standin , Malvina Reynolds - the Alba...

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Bessie Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984), gospel singer from Smithville, GA[1]. She learned her songs f...


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The Buzzard Lope sung by Bessie Jones and backup singers a capella....

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with lyrics and additional text Bessie Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984), gospel singer from Smithville...


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I learned this from the late Helen Schneyer from Washington, DC It is originally a song from the Georgia Sea I...

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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, April 14th 1912. I first heard this versio...

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Ralph Rinzler was a performer, scholar, writer, and a tireless advocate for traditional music in the United St...

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Bessie Jones and Douglas Quimby sing Goodbye, Sing Hallelujah during folk artist residency at CSU, Fresno in 1...

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Bess Lomax Hawes (1921-2009) led the establishment of public folklore programs throughout the United States. S...

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Moving Star Hall Singers recorded at The Sea Island Folk Festival, Johns Island, South Carolina...