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Date recorded: September 12, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Dawson, Eugene; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: spoken
Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: 56th Annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Corinth Baptist Church
Language: English
Location: Fyffe, Dekalb County, Alabama, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T875
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T875R04
Note: Eugene Dawson: "I think this is mighty fine singing. I moved up 70 miles to get down here where they sing and I really think it paid off."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Fyffe 9/59
About the session: Recordings from the 56th Annual Convention of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association, held at Corinth Baptist Church, in Fyffe, Alabama. Leman Brown, chairman. The numbers following the songs refer to their page numbers in the Sacred Harp. Often the name listed as "lead" is not the leader of the song, but the person who has picked the selection.
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