Audio file

Title: Interview with Bessie Jones on I Don't Know What I Will Do Without The Lord
Date recorded: October 6, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: interview/commentary
Instruments: voice
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Language: English

Subject(s):

Note: Bessie Jones says that she has sung "How Much I Owe" before. Introducing "I Don't Know What I Will Do Without The Lord."
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Archive ID: T985R19

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T985
Track: 19

Part of: New York City 10/61

About the session: The tenth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.

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