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Chain Gang- prison songs recorded by Pete Seeger; dubs of Songs for PAC album

Catalog Data

Recorder:
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014  Search this
Seeger, Toshi  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this
Folkways Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
Texas
United States
Contents:
Wings of Harmony--Rough and rocky road--Southern prayer--Calvary--Over there; --Job (on My way to Cannan's land)--Wasn't that a time; Jesse McKinney--In the wilderness--You don't treat me right; Pete Seeger--Cumberland Mountain bear chase---Midnight Special; --- Dubs of Songs for PAC album-- Pete Seeger and others--A doillar ain't a dollar--Voting union--Get out and vote--Dollar for PAC--Oh what congress did to me--4 nursery rhymes--No No No discrimination--Oh Walter Oh walter--DDT--Fare thee well congressmen; Shep Ginades--Its sister Jenny's turn to throw the bomb; Weavers--Clementine--True love (Papers and pins)--Taking it easy--Pinone
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1512
General:
CDR copy--Recorded by Pete & Toshi Seeger in the winter of 1951 at two Texas prison farms, this album represents some of the oldest and most traditional work songs found among African American prison communities in the southern United States. Traditionally a participatory art form, these songs were typically sung while groups of 10-30 prisoners performed tasks such as chopping and hoeing. With origins reaching back to their West African ancestry as well as during the era of African American slavery, work songs served the purpose of alleviating the mundane nature of repetitive tasks as well as providing a forum for the song leader to keep the group together through rhythms and lyrics. Pete Seeger narrates and dubs various songs from 78s.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Folk songs -- United States  Search this
Prisoners' songs  Search this
Work  Search this
Prisons  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1512
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5526f6692-e81b-41f4-8532-5852b1703c0d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref19973