Interview with Frank Hodge and others about We're All Stone Blind Drunk

Audio file

Date recorded: July 4, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Women's League; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Hodge, Frank; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Anguilla, Caribbean
Instruments: voice
Setting: Women's League, Methodist Church
Location: South Hill Village, Anguilla Island, Anguilla, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1144
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T1144R04
Note: Alan asks about who Mr. Lincoln was. The singers reply that he was a good man who tried to do the right thing and who got rid of slavery. They laugh with seeming embarassment.
Transcript:
Belongs to: South Hill Village 7/62
About the session: This session features a number of instrumental and vocal configurations and performance styles, including a female chorus with guitar accompaniment (and occasionally male lead); solo voice; and a male chorus; performing work songs, drinking songs, and more.
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