Dolphus Coker

Audio file
Date recorded: August 2, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Big Drum group; Performer: Sylvester, Virginia; Performer: Solon, Lawrence; Performer: Lejen, Derrick; Performer: Lawrence, Prince; Performer: Lawrence, Faith; Performer: Joseph, Virginia; Performer: Joseph, Sheraf; Performer: Joseph, Newton; Performer: Henry, Margaret; Performer: Hector, Edith; Performer: Duncan, Sweet Honey; Performer: Duncan, Millicent; Performer: Duncan, Lucianne; Performer: Dick, Martha; Performer: Dick, Beatrice; Performer: Bristol, Charles; Performer: Aikens, Daniel; Performer: Adams, Ferguson (Sugar Tamarind); Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: game song
Culture: Carriacou, Grenadines
Instruments: clapping, voice
Setting: Tombstone feast
Language: Carriacou Creole English
Location: La Resource, Carriacou, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Grenada
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1209
Track Number: 17
Archive ID: T1209R17
Note: Call-and-response between the lead singer and chorus. Chorus sings in parallel harmony. Performance includes some instances of trumping or doption (i.e., rhythmic inhaling sometimes used to induce trance) and handclapping throughout.
Belongs to: La Resource 8/62
About the session: This session features predominantly leader/chorus singing of chanteys (sailor songs), story songs (Nancy stories), pass-play (a game typically played by unmarried teenagers), and other genres. In his field log, Alan Lomax names a number of individuals who participated in this session and (unless otherwise specified by Lomax) they are all listed as "possible" performers.
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