Audio file

Title: Commentary with Bessie Jones on Once There Was No Moon
Date recorded: September 26, 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: Jones introduces Once There Was No Moon and Once There Was No Sun: "Oh, goodness, something for me to worry about – how dark it must have been. At night when I lay down I could just picture it."
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Archive ID: T977R58

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T977
Track: 58

Part of: New York City 9/61

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

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