Interview with Lawrence Solon and others about You Go Lay Down In Cacapool

Audio file
Date recorded: August 2, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Big Drum group; Performer: Unidentified men; Performer: Solon, Lawrence; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Carriacou, Grenadines
Instruments: voice
Setting: Tombstone feast
Location: La Resource, Carriacou, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Grenada
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1210
Track Number: 6
Archive ID: T1210R06
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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