Sing Till The Power Of The Lord Come Down

Audio file

Date recorded: October 4, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Greater Harvest M.B. Church congregation; Performer: Unidentified; Performer: Professor Fleming; Performer: Dawson, Mr. A.; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred song, spiritual
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: clapping, organ, piano, voice
Setting: New Browns Chapel (temporary home of Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church)
Location: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T904
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T904R04
Note: Alan Lomax: "leader off mike."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Memphis IV 10/59
About the session: Spirituals and preaching at a service of the Great Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, at their temporary home at the New Browns Chapel in Memphis. According to the announcement made by the "narrator" in the middle of T904.1, the congregation choir is under the direction of Mrs. Lulabelle Johnson. Other credits she gives, including her own, are indecipherable.
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