Negro Alabama 1: Secular / Var Negro Alabama 1: Secular / Var CD

In an attempt to break away from the caricature of black music that was popular in America during the 1950s, Harold Courlander compiled this collection as documentation of black music in Alabama in it's purest form. This first volume of secular music highlights some of the different manifestations of black music during that time including the virtuosic harmonica playing of Joe Brown, the left-handed guitar playing of Willie Smith, and the popular ring games of school children.

1. Mama Don't Tear My Clothes 2. Southern Pacific 3. Black Woman 4. Kansas City Blues 5. Salty Dog Blues 6. I'm Goin' Up North 7. Little Sally Walker 8. See See Rider 9. Mama's Goin' to Buy Him a Little Lap Dog 10. Soon As My Back's Turned 11. She Done Got Ugly 12. Now Your Man Done Gone 13. Field Calls 14. Father's Field Call 15. Children's Call 16. Greeting Call 17. Complaint Call 18. Brer Rabbit and the Alligators