Audio file

Title: Interview with Bessie Jones about being saved (I)
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 was saved in 1932 at age 29. She feels that for years, the devil kept her from finding the right church, "her spiritual home."
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Archive ID: T952R28

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T952
Track: 28

Part of: New York City 9/61

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

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