Southern Journey Vol. 6: Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha...

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合計収録時間 : 01:02:09
Producer: Alan Lomax. Compilation producers: Anna L. Chairetakis, Jeffrey Greenberg. Recorded between August 24, 1959 and May 5, 1960. Includes notes by Andrew L. Kaye. This is part of Rounder's Alan Lomax Collection. "Southern music, sacred and sinful" is what this volume is subtitled, gathering 16 songs that either extol the holy (the sacred) or warn against/describe evil temptations (the sinful). This has some of the more renowned performers of the Southern Journey series, such as Fred McDowell, Almeda Riddle, Estil Ball, Hobart Smith, and Neil Morris, though they don't necessarily overshadow the other performers. As always, the diversity is the most attractive element of the package, encompassing Georgian Sea Island groups, fiddlers, Delta blues, and church congregations. Willie Jones' down-home "You Got Dimples in Your Jaws," the same song as John Lee Hooker's "Dimples" (one of the blues great's most famous early recordings), seems a bit uptown in the Southern Journey context, though its inclusion is hardly upsetting. Estil Ball and Lacey Richardson's "Tribulations" is a close-harmony highlight that will appeal to anyone who likes the Louvin Brothers or the Delmore Brothers. ~ Richie Unterberger
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