Shine and the Titanic (#2)

Audio file

Date recorded: July 25, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: King, O.C.; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis

Subject(s):

Genre: spoken, story

Instruments: voice

Setting: At the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation

Location: Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS6632

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: 6632B2

Note: Following the recitation, King gives his age as 28 and says he lives nearby.

Technical Note: P/S corrected to -0.75 / 95.9%

Belongs to: Clarksdale 7/42

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