Title
March 30, 1970 Hunter Family Session
Contributor
Library of Congress
Files
Date
3-30-1970
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Description
Two sessions with the Hunter Family. The first at a play party that includes the Hunter children performing children's songs and games, and the second a blues session with Johnny Hunter, Joe Hunter, Janie Hunter, and Mabel Hillary. Children perform "Ranky Tanky," "One and Two and Three Cent Herring," "Here We Go, Zoodio," "Kumala," "We are the Greatest," "Who's Got the Rythm," "Tic Tac," "Tussy, Tussy," "Miss Mary Mack," "Take a Letter Maria," two takes of "I Don't Want to Go to Mexico" and "Miss Mary Mack," "I Went to Kentucky Store," and "Oh My Darling." Blues ensemble performs "Have You Ever Been Mistreated," "Jenny, Need Your Loving," "You Gonna Need Me Now," "My Baby's Gone," "That's All Right," "My Brown Bird," "I Don't Want Much," "Hope You're Getting Your Loving," "Baby, What's Wrong with You," "I Don't Want Nobody Talking about Me," "Motherless Child," and "See What the End's Gonna Be."
Subject
Gullahs--Music;Gullahs--South Carolina--Johns Island--Social life and customs;Spirituals (Songs)--South Carolina--Johns Island;Church music--South Carolina--Johns Island;Children's songs--South Carolina--Johns Island;Games--South Carolina--Johns Island;Sea Islands Creole dialect--South Carolina--Johns Island; Gospel music--South Carolina--Johns Island;Folk music--South Carolina--Johns Island;African Americans--South Carolina--Johns Island (S.C.)--Religous life and customs;Field recording;Blues music--South Carolina--Johns Island;Yurchenco, Henrietta;Johns Island (S.C.)
Keywords
Spirituals, church music, blues music, gospel, children's songs, children's games, gullahs, creole dialect, Hunter Family, play party
Rights
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Duration
01:05:00