Dull Care (#98)

Title: Dull Care (#98)
Date recorded: September 12, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: United Sacred Harp Musical Association convention; Performer: Holly, Sue; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: sacred song, shape note
Instruments: voice
Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.
Language: English

Subject(s):

Note: Alan Lomax: "distortion – elaborate composition – true primitive.... Sue Holly was 18 years old."
Setting: 56th Annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Corinth Baptist Church

Location: Fyffe, Dekalb County, Alabama, United States

Archive ID: T874R07

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T874
Track: 7

Part of: 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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