- Additional Authors
- Ferris, William R.
- Louis, Joe (Poppa Rock)
- Williams, Sonny Boy.
- Williams, Lovey.
- Gordon, Mary (Monk)
- Thomas, Son, 1926-1993.
- Kizart, Lee.
- Love, Jasper.
- Dunbar, Scott.
- Williams, Arthur Lee.
- Strickland, Napoleon.
- Thomas, Isaac (Singer)
- Chapman Family (Musical group)
- Southland Hummingbirds (Musical group)
- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 302 p.) : ill., map.
- Series Statement
- H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
- Uniform Title
- Give my poor heart ease (Online)
- H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
- Alternative Title
- Black Delta (Motion picture)
- Parchman Penitentiary (Motion picture)
- Give my poor heart ease (Motion picture)
- I ain't lyin' (Motion picture)
- Made in Mississippi (Motion picture)
- Two Black churches (Motion picture)
- Subject
- Note
- "This book was published with the assistance of the H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269), discography (p. 269-284), filmography (p. 284-289) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Event (note)
- CD contents recorded 1963-1974.
- Contents
- Blues roots. Rose Hill : Mary Gordon ; Reverend Isaac Thomas -- Lake Mary : Martha Dunbar ; Scott Dunbar -- Lorman : Louis Dotson -- Centreville : Fannie Bell Chapman -- Gravel Springs : Otha Turner -- Parchman Penitentiary : Johnny Lee "Have Mercy" Thomas ; Camp B work chant ; James "Blood" Shelby ; Ben Gooch ; Sergeant Webb ; Roosevelt Stewart, Jr. -- Tutwiler : Tom Dumas ; Lee Kizart -- A delta road in Coahoma County : C.L. Redwine ; Corine Gardner -- Blues towns and cities. Leland : James "Son Ford" Thomas ; Gussie Tobe ; Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown -- Clarksdale : Jasper Love ; Wade Walton -- WOKJ, Jackson : Joe "Poppa Rock" Louis : The Big Daddy Show ; Bruce Payne, news ; Reverend Marcus Butler : gospel music ; Gary's Meat House ad ; Bruce Payne -- Beale Street : Robert Shaw -- Looking back : Willie Dixon ; B.B. King -- Sacred and secular worlds. Rose Hill Church : Rose Hill Church service ; Clarksdale : house party.
- CD contents. Why B.B. King sings the blues (Joe "Poppa Rock" Louis) (:35) -- Going down to the station (Sonny Boy Williams) (3:09) -- Going away blues (Lovey Williams) (2:38) -- So glad to be here (3:58) ; He's my rock, my sword, my shield (3:46) (The Chapman Family) -- Lazarus (inmates at Camp B, Parchman Penitentiary) (2:46) -- Hidden violence (anonymous) (1:02) -- Oh Rosie (inmates at Camp B, Parchman Penitentiary) (2:58) -- There are days (Southland Hummingbirds) (2:57) -- You shall be free (Mary Gordon) (1:26) -- You can't carry blues and go to church (James "Son Ford" Thomas) (:53) -- I got the world in a jug and the stopper in my hand (Lee Kizart) (2:35) -- It gives me ease (Jasper Love) (1:05) -- Highway 61 blues (James "Son Ford" Thomas) (2:51) -- It's so cold up north (Scott Dunbar) (3:41) -- Blues is round you every day (Arthur Lee Williams) (:34) -- Mystery train (train I ride) (Lovey Williams) (2:21) -- Somebody knocking on my door (Napoleon Strickland) (2:16) -- Jaybird (Scott Dunbar) (8:51) -- Boogie chillun (Lovey Williams) (1:49) -- One drop (Isaac Thomas) (2:20) -- Cairo blues (James "Son Ford" Thomas) (4:28).
- DVD contents. Black Delta. Pt. 1-2 -- Parchman Penitentiary -- Give my poor heart ease : Mississippi Delta bluesmen -- I ain't lyin' : folktales from Mississippi -- Made in Mississippi : Black folk art and crafts -- Two Black churches.
- LCCN
- 2009016647
- OCLC
- ssj0000338143
- Title
Give my poor heart ease [electronic resource] : voices of the Mississippi blues / [interviews by] William Ferris.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
- Series
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269), discography (p. 269-284), filmography (p. 284-289) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Event
CD contents recorded 1963-1974.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Ferris, William R.
Louis, Joe (Poppa Rock)
Williams, Sonny Boy.
Williams, Lovey.
Gordon, Mary (Monk)
Thomas, Son, 1926-1993.
Kizart, Lee.
Love, Jasper.
Dunbar, Scott.
Williams, Arthur Lee.
Strickland, Napoleon.
Thomas, Isaac (Singer)
Chapman Family (Musical group)
Southland Hummingbirds (Musical group)
- Added Title
Black Delta (Motion picture)
Parchman Penitentiary (Motion picture)
Give my poor heart ease (Motion picture)
I ain't lyin' (Motion picture)
Made in Mississippi (Motion picture)
Two Black churches (Motion picture)