The Father And His Three Sons' Professions

Title: The Father And His Three Sons' Professions
Date recorded: August 4, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Big Drum group; Performer: Unidentified; Performer: Sylvester, Gold; Performer: Mims, Oliver; Performer: Marishow, Michael; Performer: Joseph, St. Bernard; Performer: Henry, Adolphus; Performer: Glaud, Jean; Performer: George, Ralph; Performer: Duncan, Cornelius; Performer: Britton, Eli; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: Anansi story, story song
Instruments: drum(s), voice
Culture: Grenada, Grenadines

Subject(s):

Note: Narrated story interspersed with singing with call-and-response between the lead singer and chorus.

Location: Gouyave, Saint John Parish, Grenada Island, Grenada

Archive ID: T1211R04

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1211
Track: 4

Part of: Gouyave 8/62

About the session: This session features lead/chorus singing. Performances include Nancy stories (song/stories), chanteys (sailor songs), and other genres. Alan Lomax indicates that there were two drums used for these performances and that they were "switched around all evening” among the performers. Some of the performances can be heard on Caribbean Voyage: Grenada (Rounder CD 1728).

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