Trouble So Hard

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1Troubled So Hard
recorded in:
Livingston, Alabama, United States (on 1959-10-10)
assistant recording engineer:
Shirley Collins (British folk singer)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-10-10)
editor:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
recording of:
Trouble So Hard
writer:
Vera Hall
Vera Hall1:40
2Old Alabama
Mississippi and Louisiana State Penitentiaries Prisoners3:03
3God's Gonna Cut Them Down
The Golden Gate Quartet2:33
4Lord Have Mercy If You Please
Blind Willie McTell with Curley Weaver2:58
5Let Your Hammer Ring
Inmates of Ramsey or Retrieve State Farms, TX5:49
6Amazing Grace
Mahalia Jackson2:18
7Pick A Bale Of Cotton
Lead Belly2:59
8The Midnight Special
Brownie McGhee, Coyal McMahan, Sonny Terry2:35
9He's My Rock
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi2:56
10John The Revelator
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20), Angeline Johnson (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
John the Revelator (on 1930-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6701)
Blind Willie Johnson43:19
11Take This Hammer
Horace Sprott2:12
12Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burned
Mississippi Fred McDowell2:47
13Wade In The Water
The Charioteers2:46
14Stand By Me
The Staple Singers3:37
15Old Dollar Mamie
percussion [hoes] and background vocals:
unidentified men (field recordings of unnamed prisoners at Mississippi State Penitentiary)
lead vocals:
Benny Will Richardson (“22”) (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22')
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1947)
recorded at:
Lambert Camp, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States (in 1947)
’22’ & Group3:28
16Down By The Riverside
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:31
17Berta
Prison Group1:57
18C.C. Rider
Big Bill Broonzy3:18
19Told My Cap'n
Josh White and the Carolinians3:19
20Roll Jordan Roll
The Skylarks2:47
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