Way John, Stop The Tambour-la (part 1)

Audio file
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
Subject(s):
Genre: Anansi story, story song
Culture: Grenada, Grenadines
Instruments: drum(s), voice
Language: Grenadian Creole English
Location: Gouyave, Saint John Parish, Grenada Island, Grenada
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1211
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: T1211R01
Note: Call-and-response between the lead singer and chorus.
Belongs to: 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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